Archive for June, 2012
First Birthday: Making Year One Special
If time for that first birthday celebration is rolling around, you can look at your nearly one year old baby and be pleased. You’ve done it. You’ve made it through that first year, which is all about surprises, things the baby books never told you, and trying to keep up with the baby that never seems to want to sleep. If your baby is finally going to be a year old, then that’s reason to celebrate. So start getting out the cookbooks and the wrapping paper—a first birthday party needs to be planned.
Planning the Event
Some parents are just too tired by the time for first birthday celebrations rolls around, and if that’s you, don’t try to force a celebration. That first birthday party can be just as good if you do it with just you and the baby, and it will be a way to avoid any extra stress that you probably don’t need. Read the rest of this entry »
Your Child’s First Holy Communion Gifts
The First Holy Communion of a child is a memorable one for them and their parents alike. If you have a child who has reached that age, or you know someone whose child is finally old enough to participate, then you can help them to celebrate the occasion with a First Holy Communion gift. Gifts are often given on this momentous occasion in a child’s life, and if you as the parent or as a friend of the family want to participate, then you need some gift ideas.
Plaques
One great gift for a child who has just made it to their First Holy Communion and who has gone through the sacrament is a commemorative plaque or block with the date and name of the child engraved. They’ll feel like they have accomplished much more if they see it written in stone, glass or wood, rather than just in words said in passing. A customized engraved plaque or stone can be gotten in many places for no big price, and it will be a gift your child treasures as long as they treasure the memory. Read the rest of this entry »
Cuddles and caresses necessary for our baby
The baby often captures our love through touch, which is why it is very important that we provide constant care and lots of cuddling, embrace it, cherish it and demonstrate unconditional love.
The newborn babies need to feel free, and the first months of life can not stand the loneliness, but always able to perceive if we are close to them, as being in the same room or on the side of his, as this lets them know that we will go with them just need us. Read the rest of this entry »
Learn to play order
Since childhood is important for our son to feel useful and what better to do some housework participate, to learn through play to be ordained, and disciplined, as well as neat.
Save your clothes, your toys and keep them organized at an early age, must be a responsibility of the child and their things. Here we leave some tips to implement when teaching some order.
Of all the toys that are scattered about the room to one of them we can place a nice surprise, teaching him to put one at the basket, and if you take the one, then we will surprise, and play at that time with the child to put toys away is a pleasant time, and learn through play. Read the rest of this entry »
Preventing accidents in the bathroom with the children
There are places in our house such as bath or kitchen, as the baby grows need to pay attention to them, because they can produce accidents that can be avoided with simple care.
- ● The door to the bathroom should always be closed and the toilet lid down to prevent the child attempts to climb, drink water there, or cause unnecessary injury.
- ● When the children start to use the bathroom must have the support for toilets that lets you use it without falling into it.
Last weeks of pregnancy
These are almost reaching the goal, left only a few weeks before you finally see your baby, hold her in your arms and never let go, in addition to this meeting, these doors to finish what you started 9 months ago, the last 6 weeks are the strongest in the sense that you have anxiety, nerves, and expectations. In this article we want to show you have to do from week 34 until week 40.
Week 34:
You’ve already attended classes of relaxation for childbirth and know that you remain calm, rubs your tummy and talk to your baby, prepare the case where the time went to the hospital, try to make massage with oil in the perineum to enlarge its flexibility. Read the rest of this entry »
Visiting the Pediatrician
We talked about already, the importance that requires choosing a good pediatrician and what are the things that we must bear in mind.
Probably a week after birth the child must go to do a complete check as it grows and then periodically once a month. The aim of the pediatrician is to verify that your child is developing properly.
This will consider the following items in the query:
- ● Growth: We ask you to undress, and then weighed and measured, the length and head circumference.
- ● Head: The soft spots of the fontanelles should remain open during the first months.
Vegetarian families and anemia in children
We all know that vegetarian food is based on the exclusion of animal foods, including red meat, which is the main source of iron, especially necessary in the early years of children for a perfect brain development and prevention of anemia.
In these cases the family chooses to carry a pure only and exclusively a base of vegetables, this point must be taken into account, since it is very important to child development that not missing or iron, or vitamins, so it should increase the vegetable consumption as necessary to balance the daily requirement of iron available, especially the first year of life. Read the rest of this entry »
Tips for breastfeeding your baby more comfortable
To get a perfect breast and a safe food for your baby, always remember to note that the change of position is an ally at that time; your diet should not miss foods like fruits and vegetables, as well as grains. Do not forget to drink plenty of fluids, either by mineral waters, wines, teas etc.
It is important to always keep hydrated, even drinking a glass of water before breastfeeding and then another when the baby has finished feeding, nor leave rest, always allow your son to spend hours to sleep and your energy replenishment. Read the rest of this entry »
The senses and early stimulation of a baby
Each stage of growth of our little baby needs to stimuli that are directly related to what happens in all levels of internal growth, and is individual for each child.
When it comes to early learning is very important to respect without comparing or pressure, individual growth, the goal of this development if we force the baby to situations for which is not ready, no good, and will not lead more that the failure of the special motivation of all its potential. Read the rest of this entry »









