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| October, 1999 Volume 5, Number 10 HOME EDITORIAL COVER STORY SPECIALS IMMIGRATION EVENTS CLASSIFIEDS HEALTH ARCHIVES |
From the Editor's Desk
Parent's Guide Baby's Safety Is Very Important Taking your Baby with you when you jog or cycle sounds like a good idea. But for safety's sake, take the baby to a park or quite road, says Bryant Stamford, Ph.D., a professor of exercise physiology at the university of Louisville, in Kentuky. Use a jogging stroller with a deep seat, a secure seat belt, a locking brake and a handle that won't get slippery . Choose a smooth surface to keep Baby's head from bouncing-important for child under -1. Never carry a child under 1 on a bike-his neck muscles are weak and could be strained by the side-to-side motion of the bike.Baby's Vision There are many kids below 12 years of age have never had their eyes examined by the doctor or eye-care professional, according to a survey. The chief optometrist Rodney Tahran says school vision screening usually check only for nearsightedness and farsightedness.After age 6 when early checkups are less routine, contact your doctor about scheduling a vision test. Spine problem Stresses and strains of taking care of the baby , no wonder your back's out of order. Raising kids can be backbreaking work like bending over, carrying a baby in a pack, lifting toddler or crouching to adjust a car seat. But the good news is stretching and strengthening the muscles will support the spine. Dos and Dont Holding Baby on your hip compresses that side of the spine. Keep weight evenly distributed on both legs. Don't lift heels or upper body forward. Sit with spine straight. Don't hunch your shoulder when carrying a baby. How To Talk To Baby Many parent's dont know how to speak to baby's. there are some examples which will help them to change their way of speaking to their loved ones. Your child begs to stay up past her bedtime to watch TV. Too harsh : Go to sleep or there will be no TV from tomorrow. Best way : You know you have to go to bed at 8.00 on school nights. Child wants to wear a jeans for family party Too harsh : You have to wear your shorts and shirt no ifs, ands, or buts. Best way : This is very important party so you have to look nice, if you are not sure of what to wear i will help you out. Hard for even an adult to understand Stephanie Digney is working as a safety specialist for the Indianapolis star newspaper. Her job is hard for even male adult to understand. It will be difficult for her to explain to her 2 year old daughter why and how she is working. All she knows is that she goes to day care when dad and mom go to work says Stephanie. When Rebecca started growing little older, I will tell her that i help people so they do not get hurt when they are working. she is doing safety training for 1700 employees, includes inspecting work sites, and making sure that her employer complies with safety laws. I want my kid to know that I love what I do and I find it interesting and challenging.Our company has some really great programs for teaching children all about news paper, i think children will learn lot out of this. Stephanie hopes that her daughter will get the right kind of training and the advantages of having a mother woks in male dominated field. When she grow up and learn that Women can do whatever men do. When Baby Gets Stressed According to Edgardo Miguel, a psychologist at the Long island Infant development Program, in Merrick, New York at the end of a day you and your little one both feel tense and here is how to tell and help her relax. Sign of stress. Your baby tenses up when you hold her instead of relaxing in your arms. She does not stop crying . She is fussy and has difficulty nursing. She takes more time to sleep. She startles easily, crying at noises that normally Best way to relax. Avoid abrupt transitions and keep to your regular routine as much as possible. Speak in a low , calm voice. hold the baby close to your body and walk. Make it dark and have a night lamp. Lie down and read her story. Snuggle in bed and sing one of her favorite songs to her softly until she relaxes. Baby's Behavior kids are in schools tend to focus on some pretty predictable themes. Power Three or Four year olds are learning to become more independent, so they are greatly attracted to strong characters such as dinosaurs, super heroes, dragons etc. Kids often write about good guys and bad guys and enjoy being able to put the bad guy in to jail. Birth kids might make up a story about their own birth or express their curiosity or thoughts about where they came from. Separation: Kids generally describe a character leaving, dying, or getting lost like mummy leaving or waiting for mummy to come back these anxieties will help your child learn to cope with separation. Herbs and Babies Giving herbs to baby's when they are suffering may sound harmless, but it is not a good idea because like other medicines herbs have side effects. This can be mislabeled or contaminated according to M.d. , Kathi Kemper director of the center for Holistic Pediatric education and Research at Children's Hospital, in Boston. There are some common herbal remedies. Goldenseal . This is in use to cure sore throats, coughs but this can cause brain damage to a child says M.D. gregory A. plonnikoff , Medical director of the center for Spirituality and Healing at Minnesota university. Echinacea: This is used for cold but it can develop rash and face swelling. Beware Beads look pretty when braided into a child's hair, but according to experts, it can be dangerous. A kid wearing beads falls and hits her head, she can sustain a scull fracture.Never let a kid under 4 wear or play with hair beads. For Great Looks There is a way to speed up your beauty routine is to keep it simple. If your skin is fair, chances are that your eyes need more definition. But you don't want to come too strong. Eye shadow in a soft, warm brown doubles as brow make up and eyeliner. Use the same slant-tipped makeup brush for both steps. Dip your brush in the shadow, then blow off the excess. Using short quick strokes, brush shadow over brows. To line eyes keep the brush as close to lashes as possible. When applying shadow along lower lashes, tilt your head back and look up. Blood Pressure Control Research shows that people who have high blood pressure now, had had high intake of salt as infants and adolescents. It is a well known fact that high blood pressure leads to heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. So it is advisable to limit your children's salt intake. But a word of caution though, cutting down too much of salt from a child's diet could be detrimental. To prevent high blood pressure from developing in later stages it is recommended that you limit your child's intake of pretzels, potato chips etc or at least go for the low salt and low sodium variety. That should do the trick. So the next time your child reaches for chips, make sure they are the low sodium type. Did you like this editorial? |
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