Baby Teeth Calendar

Posted by admin in Baby Development, Baby Health on April 11th, 2011 |  No Comments »

Baby teething is a difficult time for both the babies and their moms, as children often have high temperature, can’t eat, have swollen gums and cry without stopping at this period. Moms swallow sleeping pills and ask their relatives to stay with a baby for at least several hours to have a break and most of them don’t know that simple tricks can help to releive the pain and make this period much easier for both you and your baby.

As a rule, first teeth appear at the age of 3 months and continue to appear during the next 33 months. By the age of 3 most babies have 20 teeth. Nowadays we can observe even the cases when babies are born with their bottom front teeth.

Normally, teeth appear in groups and in certain order. The approximate teething schedule is:
• 2 bottom front teeth
• They are followed by 4 upper front teeth
• Then incisors and first molars erupt
• 4 canines
• Remaining molars

Then baby’s teeth erupt, he/she can cough, have diarrhea, high temperature and bad appetite. Try to adjust the diet of your baby to the new conditions to make sure he/she gets all the necessary minerals and nutritional elements.

A baby’s immune system is very weak and prone to viral infectons and other types of diseases and the period when the teeth erupt is one of the most diffucult ones. Pityriasis Rosea is a skin rash, which starts from a so-called “mother patch” and develops into a rash all over the body. Breast-feeding is one of the best ways to support the immune system of the baby adn protect it from Pityriasis Rosea.

Infantile Colic. How to Help the Baby?

Posted by admin in Baby Health on April 8th, 2011 |  No Comments »

Infantile Colic is common for babies from birth to 3-4 months. Don’t get scared, this is just the general statistics, and you can skip this problem if your baby is breastfed and you eat the products which don’t cause colic.

Some pediatricians tend to claim that colic is a normal state of a baby at this age and as soon as it becomes older, the problem will vanish – bull..rt!

If you baby is crying, feels uneasy and screams all the time, this is not normal. Of course, colic is caused by the imperfection of the gastro-intestinal tract of the infant, but there are easy ways to soothe the pain of your baby. There are many mixtures these days and some of them are not bad. Of your baby isn’t allergic to meds, try some of them. If they work – use them, if not – don’t spoil your baby’s health and use more simple and safe methods or get professional consultation from top thyroid doctors in Holtorf Medical Group.

Fennel water or tea (by the way, you can make it at home) is a perfect anti-colic med. But the simplest way to help your baby is to arm your baby’s tummy. You can put a warm cloth or use special appliances. The minus is that it’s difficult to control the temperature of the cloth or the warmer all the time, so the best way out is… – to put the baby on your tummy! I used to put the baby on me even at nights and it saved me a lot of nerves. When the baby was warmed and slept well, I used to put him back to his bed.

Massage, warmth and special diet can make more than any doctor or a med can. Good health to you and your babies! Listen to your baby, try to understand what he wants and it’ll make your life easier and your baby healthier.

How to Choose a Good Diaper Cream?

Posted by admin in Baby Health on April 7th, 2011 |  No Comments »

A diaper cream or a lotion determines not only the state of your baby’s skin, but also your infant overall behavior and day schedule. The only way for the baby to tell you something is wrong with him/her is to cry. Every mom knows the character of her baby crying and knows what her baby wants. A baby can cry to tell you he/her is hungry, wet or just needs your attention.

So, if your baby feels uncomfortable in new nappies or his skin is irritated, you’ll get a nervous baby, sleepless nights and big skin irritation under the nappies.

There are different approaches to the choice of baby cream, but the most important things are:
• Choose the cream your baby isn’t allergic to. Don’t choose the creams containing the components your baby can be allergic to. To test a new cream, apply some cream to a small patch of baby’s skin and wait for about 20 min. As a rule, this is enough to see the reaction of the body to the cream, but in some cases the reaction can be postponed. Stop to use any cream if it causes skin irritation or other problems.
• Don’t use cheap, third-party creams. No need to comment here.
• Use oil reach diaper creams, as they prevent urine contact with your baby’s skin.