Born Angels

Archive for August, 2010

The check of a healthy child helps the doctor monitor baby’s growth. They are also an opportunity for you to raise questions about the health of your baby and its development – and get some answers.

From the moment of birth, you takes hold of a role to play for a long time: You are the lawyer of his son, his voice in the adult world and its eyes and ears that they know better than anyone. “Pediatricians are interested in providing the best care possible,” says Dr. Lynn Olson of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This means both “responding to the needs of parents, and make a difference in the lives of children”. But your doctor can not do it alone. It requires that parents be active partners in the health of your child.

The better informed you are, the better for your baby. But it is hard to know what to do in a new situation. This is what you can expect during doctor’s visits – and how to make the most of the time you spend with your pediatrician. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the great pleasures of parents and the entourage of a baby is to choose clothes that will dress their tiny little princess or little prince. But how to navigate all that is? What clothes are appropriate for each age? Sizes, materials, comfort … Tips for making his choice.

What topics of baby clothes?
The natural materials and breathable linen and cotton, are best suited for babies. The best fabric is pure cotton base fabric clothing for children. Tip: choose a soft cotton, for example a soft combed cotton. Many brands now offer organic cotton. The pajamas are made of sponge babies warm. Avoid synthetic materials, which may cause skin irritation or allergies (especially if the presence of chlorine and formaldehyde). In addition, synthetic materials are sweating.

Baby Clothes: good size
The size is more complicated. All brands have their system size. Some great cut, others small. Vendors say that, overall, baby clothes cut small. Also, it is advisable to take a size up, or even two sizes above some shops. In particular, do not buy too many clothes in size 0 (birth) or one month: Some babies can not wear them two or three weeks! In general, we find 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 months. Some brands of intermediate sizes are: 1, 9 and 18 months for example. Read the rest of this entry »

Your pregnancy test is positive and gives you the answer you expect. You are pregnant and the greatest miracle of life happens to you, a being in formation, whose genetic heritage is half you and half of your spouse. A new being, unlike any other, unique: your child.

The many faces of the specificity of the human being. All different yet all man. It is the result of the immense genetic mixing that occurs from time immemorial. Mixture infinite source of wealth and development.

At the end of your first month of pregnancy, you have roughly 15 days of delayed menstruation, because ovulation and fertilization occur, generally around the 14th day of your cycle. You have six weeks of gestation (six weeks after the start of your last period). Read the rest of this entry »

If toddlers generally love the water and bath time, this is not always the same for the shampoo … This action is indispensable. Discover the few hair products essential to their well-being.

The bath is a perfect time to relax and play. Take this opportunity to help them discover the benefits of the shampoo. The bath is an inexhaustible source of fun, play and development since the hot water helps muscle relaxation and psychological preparation at bedtime.

If this instant sensation in high aquatic products requires appropriate physical, it must be true in regard to hair care. Like the skin, scalp baby is fine, very sensitive and easily irritated. The baby’s sebaceous glands have been stimulated during pregnancy by maternal hormones, they are so excessively developed at birth, hence the unavoidable presence of excess sebum in the skull. It then form crusts called dry secretions milk.

It is imperative to treat or prevent these minor ailments to choose hair products “special baby”, both soft, hypoallergenic, pH-neutral, color, fragrance free (or very little) and meet the film hydro-lipid. Formulated without soap, they also have the advantage that it does not sting the eyes. Read the rest of this entry »