Posts Tagged ‘child health’
Relaxation techniques for children
In order to find appropriate techniques of relaxation for children it should take into account the age of the children, already a particular technique can be effective for children who spend seven years of age, but counterproductive to turn for these children.
Anyway, very generally different relaxation techniques may be recommended for children, same can be made as exercises that can have their children as if were games. One of the relaxation techniques for children called “like a balloon”, and is based on the behavior that has an air balloon to give and when left untouched.
That is, the child should slowly suck the air present in their environment, making them among her lungs directly and that at some point feel that the air inflates your abdomen as if it were a balloon. Read the rest of this entry »
Main diseases of infants
Since the baby is born, parents always worry about the health of their child. Carefully observed it in every moment and laying down that nothing in your environment which disturbs and bother to the newborn.
During the first year of life, babies often suffer few diseases. For example, the cramps, which are considered within normal and can be caused by disturbances in the feeding schedule, nasal congestion, caused by environmental pollution, constipation, and caused by the lack of strength in the stomach. Read the rest of this entry »
Reflexology for babies
Reflexology helps to strengthen and balance the immune system of the baby, for this to develop and fulfill their responsibilities in the best possible way, extremely important as it can help your child fight a host of germs and foreign substances that fill the middle environment where the child is being raised.
It helps to prevent infection, combat allergies, etc. It should be noted that during this early stage of human beings, the immune system matures and how to help the rest of our lives to our immunity. It promotes and supports the development of self-healing capacity of the body. Read the rest of this entry »
Symptoms and diagnosis of celiac baby
The celiac disease may be revealed at any age and in infants, until it begins to feed grain, probably do not know they are infected or not.
The symptoms of this disease are many and varied, usually presents with chronic diarrhea (malabsorption syndrome), repeated vomiting, abdominal distension, flatulence, lack of muscle mass, weight loss, growth retardation, short stature, skin and very dry hair, softening, loss of appetite and bad character.
When children are little larger triggers with strong abdominal pain, lack of energy, rejection of sports, and rejection of sport and often cause changes in their menstrual period. Read the rest of this entry »
How to infant massage
Smaller babies are more like parents to show him affection through caresses and massages are excellent, especially when he suffers from some passengers problems such as headaches gut, lack of sleep, gas or constipation.
In general we know well the body of our son, and by means of smooth caresses in the zones affected massaging with care we can calm to the small one and to alleviate it, to favor the circulation and its respiration. The only thing to keep in mind before having a massage our baby, is not to be against his will, if the child gets really annoying and does not want, we should not insist. Read the rest of this entry »
Caring for your baby’s skin naturally
When your baby is born, probably the part of their body more worship is their skin. Smooth, delicate, nice and clean, their skin requires special cares to keep their healthy and besides because it is a very sensitive organ. So today we offer some tips for natural skin care for your baby.
First, you can mix ¼ cup of baby shampoo, ¼ cup of vegetable oil and 2 cups water in a bowl. Add lavender essential oil to give a pleasant aroma. Mix and passed over the skin of its tail preparation, diaper change. Read the rest of this entry »
How to treat minor health problems
We give some practical guidelines on how to deal with some small problems of your baby health. This does not replace the advice of never pediatrician, but may be helpful.
Colic: If your baby cries for long, seemingly inconsolable, is that it has colic. If the doctor says its okay, do not worry. Rocking gently, reassured him.
Nasal congestion: If the baby has a nose cap that makes their food and sleep, you can use saline. However, we recommend that you avoid the use of vasoconstrictive drops.
Diaper rash: During the teething babies, it is not uncommon to have the red ass. It could be diaper rash and is convenient to visit the doctor. Hygiene is an important measure to prevent it: wash their ass after each bowel movement, often changing their diaper and put a barrier cream. Read the rest of this entry »
Consumption of DHA and ARA in children
Some parents think that all fats are bad for children, but there are some fats that are good and promote the development of the kids, these are DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and ARA (arachidonic acid).
Infants fed these fats obtained important development in vital organs like the brain and the baby’s eye; these acids are present in breast milk and infant formulas.
Breast milk is an irreplaceable food whip the child, but if it happens that you can not give milk to your child, your best bet is to use formulas enriched with DHA and ARA. Read the rest of this entry »
What to do with a hyperactive child?
A hyperactive child is not just a loose, playful or not for a second. Hyperactivity disorder with attention deficit disorder is a very serious distress faced by many children and parents.
It is sometimes confused with a rude or unruly child but you have to know what the real problem of hyperactive before judging. They are not bad or unintelligent children are children who have a behavior problem of neurological origin. It occurs in 3% to 5% of children, is more common in boys than in girls and requires psychological treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
Stress during pregnancy may increase risk of asthma in the baby
Asthma is a common childhood disease; some studies have shown that drugs such as antacids, antibiotics, and paracetamol may be related to increased susceptibility of asthma in the small. Also what happens to the mother in this case the stress will be transmitted to the small that is in gestation.
A new study by Harvard Medical School in Boston (USA), determined that stress during pregnancy may increase the risk of baby developing asthma in childhood. It has been shown since the pregnant woman transmits the stress to the baby in the form of sensitivity to allergen exposure and possibly increased risk of asthma in the future. Read the rest of this entry »









