Baby powder can create some respiratory problems for the baby

According to some experts in American Academy of Pediatrics, it can create some respiratory problems for the baby. There are some parents who don’t know about this problem, therefore the parents should have a great consideration to use the baby powder especially on the baby`s face.

Baby powder can make the baby to have some breathless or even it can cause a serious problems for his lungs when the baby inhale the small particle of it. Some of them got some irritations of their lungs. The small particle of the baby powder is very difficult to be controlled when it has been spread out on the air (After used). It will be very dangerous for the baby because it has the greater risk for having the respiratory problems.

The use of baby powder can make some irritation in the baby skin if it is not cleaned properly. The small particle of the baby powder will accumulate on the baby skin that will create some irritation. But if we want to use the baby powder, we have to consider these following tips:

1. Use a little baby powder
2. Pour the baby powder on the mother`s hands where the positions of the mothers hand is not too close to the baby, and then wipe it on the baby skin smoothly.
3. After completion of use, keep the packaging / containers out of reach of baby.

The respiratory problems which happens to the baby is not only caused by the baby powder but also in other powder such as rice flour, corn flour, and other types of flour. Therefore we must have a great consideration to use the baby powder properly because it will make the baby to have a high risk for having a respiratory problems.

Summary:

• The baby powder can cause some respiratory problems for the baby and some irritations such as skin and lungs irritations.
• The dangerous effect of the baby powder will increased especially for the premature infant, and also the baby who has congenital heart disease or RSV.
• We have to be careful to use the baby powder

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The Benefits of the Puerperal Gymnastics after Childbirth

The puerperal gymnastics after childbirth can help you are less confident with the appearance, because the uncomfortable in adapting the changes that occur after childbirth. The puerperal gymnastics is the movements exercise which is done to give the comfort to the muscles of body and can be started six hours after delivery that is done gradually and continuously.

The puerperal gymnastics will give the comfort in the physical form, gives fluency in the process for the return of the womb into the previous shape, helps to accelerate the return of the condition of the body after childbirth, and prevents the some complications after childbirth. The puerperal gymnastics is also useful to improve the blood circulation after delivery. But the puerperal gymnastics can only done in the women who have a healthy condition, no anomalies either during the pregnancy or childbirth.

The puerperal gymnastics for the normal delivery can be done on the first day after the childbirth by train the respiration with the purpose to smoothen the blood circulation, so the organs of body will recover after childbirth. This gymnastics is need to observe the contraction of the pelvic muscles before sitting down, and when sitting choose the seat base are strong and somewhat hard intent on can restrain the pelvic muscles. When sitting and standing you should not be too long. The easiest puerperal gymnastics is by doing the Kegel gymnastics, because in addition to useful, this movement is safe to performed without fear of the stitches. With the Kegel gymnastics can strengthen the muscles around the vagina and accelerates healing the birth cannal.

Whereas the benefits of the puerperal gymnastics for caesarean are able to help increase the muscle strength of bladder and colon. But to do physical exercise the puerperal gymnastics would have the doctor's permission. For cesarean delivery, this gymnastics can be started after the first week after delivery. You must pay attention the position of waking from the sleep, which should be very slowly, and to reduce the pain can put a small pillow.

Besides useful toward the body fitness, the puerperal gymnastics can also reduce the infection that occur in the uterine involution which result of the residual blood can not get out so reducing the risk of abnormal bleeding and avoid the blood gelation that clogged the veins. The puerperal gymnastics can be done in the delivery clinic when you childbirth and next you can do in your home to maintain the health after childbirth.

Summary:

• The puerperal gymnastics can giving the comfort and a sense of relaxation after childbirth,
• One of the simplest puerperal gymnastics movement is to perform the Kegel gymnastics,

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The Right Caring Tips in Baby

Having a first child is the most beautiful gift and could trigger anxiousness because the parents feel quite difficult responsibility. There is no exact science that must be learned and there is no also a certain program or degree to become parents who are able successful caring the first baby.

In order for you avoided from various common mistakes of taking care of the baby that done by many parents for the first child, please, read and study carefully some things as the following:

Panic

This condition is most common experienced by new parents, if something happens to the baby. Panicity when the child fell, slipped, vomiting or fever are not much help because panic will make the child more cry and you can not to think quickly and accurately.

Suppose that baby is hungry

When the baby cries, parents often think that their baby are hungry and need breastfed. But you should know too that the baby cries because they need to urinate, defecate, or when they feel uncomfortable Baby sleeping position. A baby cries can also be caused too long in carried.

Too soon to call a doctor

Some new parents can even call a doctor because the reason of the baby hiccups. This worry and panic can be unnecessary if you often read the health tips for family.

Do not want the baby to cry

Crying is a baby's way to communicate to the people around him. For mothers do not too worry when your baby cries. Find out just what he wants.

Easy to believe the others

The others’ words about caring for baby should not direct be trusted and be done. Just follow your heart and collect information in a place that can be trusted, especially related to baby.

Summary:

• Tips to caring for the first baby should be with caution and loving,
• Some causes of the baby crying are hungry, bedwetting, defecate, and uncomfortable sleeping position.

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The Ideal Baby's Sleep Time

Baby's sleep time is an important moment of baby to maximize his growth. At the early age of birth, the baby sleeps with the longest time and will decrease along with increasing age of the baby. The other factor that affect the baby's sleep time is custom applied by the parents. For that, parents are expected to have an active role in shaping the ideal baby’s sleep time.

There are some general description of the ideal baby's sleep time, you can look at the following explanation:

• The baby’s sleep time of age 1-4 weeks has sleep time 15-16 hours in a day, even some babies will sleep for 18 hours per day. The premature baby’s sleep time are longer than babies with normal birth. At this age, a baby does not have a regular sleep cycle. He could be a lot of sleep in the day or otherwise. 
• The baby’s sleep time of age 1-4 months is 14-15 hours in one day. At this age, the baby has had enough regular sleep pattern. When once sleep can spend 4-5 hours and it will often occur at night. And the baby has been able to feel where the night and day. 
• The baby’s bedtime of age 4-12 months is about 14-15 hours per day. At this age, parents should start giving the good baby’s sleep time habits. This is caused, the baby starts interacting and follow the parents sleep pattern. If at this age, parents are fail to apply the good sleep pattern, then these habits will carried to adulthood. 
• The baby’s sleep time of age 1-3 years is 12-14 hours in one day. At this age, usually a child will start lose the sleep time in the morning and will sleep in the day only one time and continued in the night, starting between the hours of 7 to 9 pm (as the usuality) and will wake up in the morning between the hours of 6 or 8 hours. 
• The baby’s sleep time of age 3-6 years is around 10-12 hours per day with the time in the night and some children are difficult to sleep in the day. This is of course based on the habits taught by parents.

Summary: 

• The baby's baby’s sleep time is important to maximize the baby’s growth and health, 
• The newborn baby will sleep longer and his sleep time will be decrease along with the increasing his age, 
• The newborn baby’s sleep time between 1-4 weeks of age sleep between 15-16 hours even 18 hours per day. 

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Signs and Causes of Babys Lack of The Breast Milk

Most of the Babys at the age of three to four days will loss 5-10% of their body weight. And the weight will go up after transitional breast milk exit on the tenth or fourteenth day after the baby is born. And the most common problem of a baby is the lack of breast milk, which finally makes his growth is not maximal.

The simple signs of a baby lack of breast milk in his early life are a little urinate in a day just replace a few diapers, remove the urine that looks reddish, defecate less than once in a day, difficult sleeping and often crying for no reason. These symptoms should immediately consult with a doctor, if developed into the signs as the following:

• Your baby constantly look hungry and rarely seem satisfied after feeding, 
• The baby looks limp and no interest to feeding at all, 
• The Babys have the mucous membranes in the dry mouth or the Babys’ mouth are not shiny and does not look wet. 
• The baby's skin remains taut when you gently pinch the skin of the arm, leg or the baby’s abdomen and release it. 
• The baby’s face, eyes, legs, chest, or abdomen yellow colored. 

The Baby's problems of lack of breast milk may not be caused by insufficient production of breast milk, but it could be caused by the inability of the baby to suck enough the breast milk. The other causes of baby lack of the breast milk are as the following:

1. Ineffective Paste Oral up

If your baby can not properly paste his mouth on the breast, then it can cause him not getting the breast milk enough. It can be seen from the nipples that very sore and cracked. Babys born prematurely, being ill or have a neurological condition can interfere the ability to suck the breast milk directly from the breast. To overcome that problem, you can consult with an expert, or give the additional breast milk using another tool.

2. Breastfeeding is Scheduled

Babys with slow growth or newly born need more frequent breastfed about once in 2 hours, either it day or night. And do not postpone the breastfeeding, whenever he shows interest in feeding and make sure that your baby suckle as long as he wants.

3. Suckling only from The One Breast

Breastfeeding is just one side of the breast will cause the breast milk production is not reduced and limit the amount of milk received. For the reason, you have to give suck your baby with both the breasts. And if this is not possible (because one of the troubled breast) completes the needs of breast milk with formula milk.

4. Babys Long Sleeping

Many parents would be happy if their Babys get more sleep or long sleep. However, this can trigger the Babys lack of the breast milk. For that reason, wake the baby up every 2-3 hours for feeding.

5. The Breastfeeding Mother Lifestyle

The level of stress which excessive in lactating mothers, consume the alcohol, caffeine, and cigarettes can disturb the production of breast milk to the baby. For those of you who are fond to the baby and want the growth is maximum, leave the bad habits immediately.

Tips to Fulfill the Needs of Breast Milk on Babys 

The most often causes of Babys lack of the breast milk is the breast milk production of mothers can not fulfill the needs of baby. And to overcome this, you can try this following tips:

• Breastfeed the baby at least 8 to 12 times a day (rest 2-3 hours of nursing) 
• Do not limit the breastfeeding with give the breast milk for the baby still he wants to. 
• Make sure your baby's mouth can paste to the breast well, and make sure you can hear the baby swallows when sucking. 
• Take the baby to bed and give the milk by the skin to skin contact, and give it as long as you want. This gives you time to rest and be able to pay attention accurately when breastfeeding. But remember do not let you fell asleep, because it will endanger your baby, if the breast milk into the nose, or nose closed by your breasts. 

Summary:

• The simplest sign of Babys lack of breast milk is he hard to sleep and often crying for no reason, 
• The main cause of Babys lack of the breast milk is the production of breast milk of the mothers breastfeed who can not fulfill their needs, 
• Tips to fulfill the needs of Babys are breastfeed at least 8-12 times in one day. 

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How to Good and Correct Bathing the Baby

Bathing the Baby will certainly be a very enjoyable activity. But for young mothers who had newly the first child is often be a feared activity, because they still do not know how to good and correct bathing the baby.

Bathing the Baby is useful to the health of baby and certain tighten the bond between parent and child. Therefore, bathing the baby is advisable not only done by the mother, but also done by the father. For those of you who are accustomed to bathe the baby, will give eleven ways of good and correct bathe a baby, they are:

1. Do not bathe the baby after eating, especially bathing a newborn baby, because it can cause the baby vomit. 
2. Before bathing the baby, prepare the baby equipment first, including the clothes that will be used after the bathe. 
3. The water temperature for bathing the baby is 36-37 degrees Celsius. Or the easiest way to know the temperature of the water for bathe a baby fit is by dipping elbow into the water, so the water felt not too hot or cold. And always remember, do not bathing a baby with cold water, because it can make the skin dry and not good for the baby’s health. 
4. Put the baby into the bath is done by putting one of your hands under the shoulders of baby, while the other hand is placed on the buttock, and put into the baby to the tub slowly. 
5. Limit the lather while bathing the baby, because it can make the baby's skin sensitive. Do not  bathing a baby using an antibacterial soap or antiseptic, because is not good for the baby's skin which still growing. 
6. Open up the baby’s clothes, and wrap with using a towel on your lap. Furthermore, wipe the baby's eyes with a cotton that has been wetted with the cold boiled water, Then wipe the baby's eyes from the outside to the inside with a cotton wetted with the warm water. And do not forget to clean the baby's face and mouth. 
7. Clean the head, face, chest, arms, neck, back, leg and also the baby folds areas. 
8. Clean the baby's nostrils and the outer side (the part that is visible) by using a cotton (cotton bud) wetteed with warm water. 
9. Use the soap to clean the baby’s head and body will be better if you wipe it using a washcloth. And always remember, when bathing the baby, always prop the baby's neck and shoulders. 
10. When finished, lift the baby out of the tub by holding the buttocks and back. Next, wrap and dry the water using a soft towel. 
11. After finished of bathed, the baby should always be given a baby’s body warmer oil. After the baby is given warmer, gives powder and wear the clean clothes. Make sure the baby’s powder does not cause allergies in baby (often sneezing and coughing). 

Summary:

• How to good and correct bathing the baby are carefully, using the safe equipment, and always sustain the baby with a strong, 
• Cleaning the baby’s nose and ears are only enough on the outside hole, 
• After finished bathe, the baby should always be given the warmer oil so the baby is not cold. 

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Tips of The Baby Health Care for Parents

The baby health care is certainly a basic subject that should be known by parents. Either the new parents or who already have children more than 2 times depends on the pediatrician to evaluate and diagnose their babies. The pediatricians are doctors who specialize theirself to care and treatment for children aged under 12 years.

In the first year of baby’s life, usually he will visit the pediatrician one or two times in one month. In that visit the pediatrician will record the weight and height of baby. It is of course to know the baby's growth. The aspects of baby’s care focuses on monitoring about the baby’s health so if there is something wrong with the baby will be continued act.

The care does also the monitoring toward the effects of treatment products which used by babies, so avoided the irritation because the sensitive baby skin. The best way to avoid it is certain to avoid the chemical products and new elements.

At the beginning of supplementary feeding and the baby formula milk should also be monitored. What about the reaction that received by the baby, do not harm the health of your baby. The baby health care in the period will be maximal if the parents introduce the foods one by one for the baby. So the reaction of allergy toward the certain foods can be known.

Many parents are excessive in facing the child with a fever, especially if the baby begin to cry often. But ignoring the basic care of baby's health can indeed danger for the health of your baby. So immediately response if finds irregularity in babies. They can not talk or complain and could only cry when feeling uncomfortable or painful. Weeping which is caused uncomfortable and pain feeling is certain different. You as a parent should be able to distinguish the difference.

So if the kid did not stop crying for more than twenty or thirty minutes, surely the best idea that you should do is take him to the doctor for a checkup. The baby health care is something that is quite extensive. Consult with your pediatrician that you believe in ordr to your baby's health is maintained.

Summary:

• Parents should be more careful in maintain the baby’s health under one year of age,
• Not a little baby experience allergy when do the introduction of food at the first time,
• Consultation to the reliable pediatrician routinely is the best way to maintain the babies’ healthy.

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The Right Tips Cleaning a Baby’s Ear

Cleaning a baby’s ears is no less important with cutting the baby’s nails. And this case also often makes horror and fear for some parents to do it. No matter of disgusted or how, but most of them are afraid if when cleaning the ears can hurt their baby.

But with the courage, steadiness of heart and after reading this article, cleaning the baby's ears will not be as complicated as you think. The most important thing is you remain calm although your baby always moving their head. You also do not need to insert a cotton ball or cotton-stemmed into their ear hole. Because cleaning the baby’s ear is enough on the outside of the ear and only the baby’s leaves.

The baby’s ear cleaning steps that you can do are as the following:

1. Doing cleaning the baby's ears simultaneously when bathing him.
2. Dampen a washcloth with warm water used for bathing and add a little baby soap into the washcloth. Lift the baby's head, then wipe the ears and behind the ears. After that, rinse the soap residue until clean.
3. Dampen a round cotton or cotton-stemmed round with warm water, then clean up the outside (the door of ear hole), including the grooves on the baby's ears.
4. After clean, dry the ear by using a small soft towel.

You do not need to worry if there is a wax liquid out of the baby ear hole. Because it is actually normal, because the fluid is useful as a barrier entry of dirt into the baby's ear hole. You need to clean if it is harden and cover your baby ear hole.

Summary:

• Cleaning a baby's ear is enough on the outside do not need until in of the ear hole,
• Liquid resemble wax that comes out of the baby's ears purposes to prevent the dirt entering into the baby's ear hole.
• Cleaning  the baby’s ear can be done simultaneously when bathing in order to your baby does not move much,

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Tips for conducting the breastfeeding when the woman gets some illnesses

Does the woman who gets some illnesses allowed to do the breastfeeding? There are so many women who ask about it because they are worried if the illnesses can be spread by the breast milk. In this occasion the writer will try to discuss about it to find appropriate solution. The solution is that the woman shouldn’t be worried about that because the illnesses will not influence the breast milk quality.

The breast milk will produce the antibody substances which are useful for the baby although the woman is having some illnesses. Therefore it will give an equal benefit for the baby to get a good immunity system. Likewise the drug consumed by the woman will not influence the quality of the breast milk. But there are some medicines that can influence the woman`s breast milk such as the anticancer medicines or the woman having the cancer treatment using radioactive.

Tips for conducting breastfeeding when the woman having influenza or fever

For the woman who gets influenza will be better to use the masker when doing the breastfeeding because the influenza viruses can be easily to spread through the sneeze or cough. The woman shouldn’t be wary to consume some influenza medicine and fever given by the doctor.

Tips for conducting the breastfeeding when the woman gets some diarrhea 

Diarrhea is one of the disease that can cause a heavy defecate in the frequent period (It can be more than 6 times a day). The diarrhea can cause some dehydration, therefore the woman need to consume a lot of foods and beverages to replace the body fluids. The woman should wash her hand using soap before conducting the breastfeeding. The diarrhea microbe can spread through the unsterile hand.

Tips for conducting the breastfeeding when the woman getting the hepatitis a disease

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics there is no evidence that is found related to the spreading of the hepatitis A in the woman`s breast milk. To prevent the infection of the hepatitis a for the baby, the woman should wash her hand before conducting the breastfeeding. Therefore the woman should not be worried about it.

Tips for conducting the breastfeeding for the woman who gets the diabetes 

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is not a contagious disease but you must pay for attention about that. The woman will has some profit during the lactation. Based on a certain research, the woman who is conducting the breastfeeding will have a lower risk of getting the diabetes mellitus in the next pregnancy. The hormonal changes in the woman`s body can reduce the blood sugar level and make the woman feels well.

Summary:

• The woman is allowed to do the breastfeeding when she gets some illnesses which is not caused by contagious disease through the breast milk.
• Doing the breastfeeding when the woman gets some illnesses will give an equal benefit for the baby to improve his immunity.

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Tips to Increase The Ability of Baby Speech

The capability of child speech must be trained from the early age, so that the vocabulary is more diverse and spoken correctly. You should know that children aged 18 months to 2 years, learn a new word in one week. And they have been able to say about 50 to 100 words at age 2 years.

To achieve the maximum results, you can invite the baby to talk all the day about a lot of things. Because you speak more and more to the baby, then the many new words to be studied. There are some tips to increase the ability of children speech, you can do:

Often talking to the baby

During do the activity, the ducky often invites to speak even when bathing, choose the clothes, wearing the clothes and other activities. Reveal all the parents do in words so that the children can hear more new words. Before sleeping you can also telling a story, or just singing to your child.
Reading a story book to the child

In order to the child get not bored, you can create how read the story to make it more interesting. Change your voice according to the character of the characters being read out. This become one of the ways to introduce the baby with the new words. Do not replace the activity of storytelling with a television show, because the intonation and tempo on the media is not exactly like when you talk directly to the ducky. The tempo of conversation on television too fast, and not appropriate yet with the ability to understand the meaning of the spoken word.

Showing the Form of Real Objects

In order to a child quickly talk, the parents should say something to the child while showing a concrete object of what was said. So that be a variation, you can also invite the child to the zoo and mention the objects and animals that were there while showing a real physical form. Mentioning, pointing, and describing an object will increase the development of language, cognitive and social development of the ducky.

Summary:

• The children aged 18 months to 2 years, will learn one new word per week,
• The child aged 2 years should have saying 50-200 words,
• Increasing the ability of children speech can by often Talking to Child, Reading the Story Books, Showing the Form of Real Objects.

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The breastfeeding tips for the baby who is sleeping

Doing the breastfeeding to the baby who is sleeping is not easy because we have to know about some technique to avoid the rejection of the baby. Sometimes the baby will refuse to get the breastfeeding because he feels uncomfortable to get it while sleeping.  However we have to give an adequate breastfeeding for the newborn baby. It will be better to give the breastfeeding approximately about 8-12 times in a day or in every 2-3 hours.

The breast feeding position can be divided in some types based on the suitable position to do the breastfeeding. One of the positions which is difficult to do the breast feeding is while the baby spends his time to sleep. The mother often to ask about how to do the breastfeeding when the baby sleeping almost the time.
Sleeping is the nature of the baby that is very useful to develop their growth. We can use some technique about how to give the breastfeeding for the baby who is sleeping without disturb him. Let see the following useful steps to do the breastfeeding for the baby who is sleeping:

1. Weak the baby carefully. Make sure that the baby is wake up by looking the movement of his eyes and his body. Wipe him smoothly so that he can weak up slowly and don`t let him to get some shocked when he weak up.
2. Change his position when he sleeps, even when doing the breastfeeding. It frequently when the baby feel so sleepy therefore it makes him to sleep soundly. In this situation we can change his position smoothly, and carefully to prevent the stagnation.
3. We can weak him up by hugging and swinging smoothly. It can be done if the baby is asleep while drinking the breast milk. The mother can change his position smoothly so that he weak up or the mother keeps talking to him to make him still awake.

Giving the breastfeeding for the baby who is sleeping can cause some problems such as the stagnation, therefore it will be better to weak up him first to prevent the stagnation. You can do the breastfeeding gradually especially for the new born baby. It can be useful to maximize the baby`s growth and to improve the immunity.

Summary:

• Giving the breastfeeding especially for the new born baby should be done gradually even it should be done when the baby is sleeping.
• The breastfeeding should be done approximately about 8-12 times in a day or in every 2-3 hours.
• To do the breastfeeding for the baby who is sleeping can be done by weak him first. Make sure that he still awake during the breastfeeding process.

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The Causes of Late Talking Children

This time the late talking children becomes a common problem that occure and indeed the case is increasingly from the year to year. Speaking becomes one of the basic human ability to be able communicate and comprehend the information. The capability to speak of the child is also a big influence in the intelligence. So it is very reasonable, if many parents are worried when their children had a speech delay.

From the data collected from 7 hospitals in Indonesia in 2007, obtained the result that the speech and language disorders occupy the first rank of the child growth disorders. Many factors of the causes of the late talking children, and the most cause is lack of the stimulation from the environment.

This was reinforced by the other research which mentioned that this growth child disorder is more often found in the villages reached 30%, 19% in the city. It is more often caused by the factors of upbringing, where the children in the village were carried without stimulated until the age of 2 years.

The Medical Disorders of the Causes of Late Talking Children

In addition to the lack of stimulation, the late talking children can also be caused by some medical disorders, such as the anomalies in the child's mouth (oral motor), the palate and tongue too short so causing the tongue movement is hampered to produce the words.

The oral-motor disorder is also trigger the communication in the brain area which be on duty to produce the words are not efficient. The children in this case will be difficult to use and coordinate the tongue, lips, and jaw to say the words. Besides the late to talk, the children who have oral-motor disorders are usually also have difficulty to eat.

The next causes of the late talking children is because the hearing disorder. So it is very important when doing check of the growth, the pathologist will doing the hearing test at the first. The other cause is also suspected being the cause of late talking children is because the malnutrition since in the womb.

The child development trip especially the speech delay problems should be monitored because it is difficult to predicted. Every parent should assume that their children had a risk of this communication disorder so monitoring their growth actively. And if there is a problem as small as possible can be known and handled quickly by consult the physician expert.

Summary: 

• The child speech disorders are increasingly from the year to year, and more in the children who live in the village,
• The highest cause of the difficult talking children is the lack of stimulation since as a baby,
• The other causes of the late talking children are because the oral motor, the hearing disorder and malnutrition since in the womb.

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The Benefits of Swimming for Baby’s

Now swimming for Baby’s is becoming a new trend in Indonesia, even some the hospitals or midwifes began to offer services for this activity. Indeed, the kids like swimming and play with water, moreover based on the research was known by swimming can train the motoric and Baby’s intelligence. Swimming for Baby’s also make them more confortable and no fussy.

The other benefit of swimming for Baby’s is to train the braveness of children early on, so when full grown they will be familiar with the water sports and be able to master the fear with the water depth. This swimming are also useful to hone the children's independence and self-confidence, helps the muscles growth, and increases the Baby’s’ body immune toward the onset of the various of diseases that are often attack because of a weak immune.

Besides for the health, swimming for the Baby’s can also increase the affection and togetherness of the parents and children. By swimming can train the children to adapt and socialize since they were a toddler. This is caused, usually there are also other parents who invite the Baby’s to swim in the pool, so the Baby’s can recognize the friends of the same age.

Tips of the Baby’s Swimming Safety for

After knowing the many benefits of swimming for Baby’s, you should know the safety factor when swimming, so it is not make a risk of danger for the baby while swimming. There are few things that you need to observe are as following:

• Do the swimming exercise is phased, according to the age and the development of the baby. Swimming for the Baby’s can be started at the age of 3 months, which is done on a small tub of warm water and given a float on their bodies. Swimming practice at this age must getting the supervision of the experts.
• Some parents also choose to start teaching the Baby’s to swim at the age of 6 months. At this age the Baby’s usually have started to sit down straight and can use a bigger swimming tub.
• Choose the swimming pool or the service of a baby swimming pool place that always keeps the cleanliness, the water is clear, not too cold, the swimming place is not too hot of sunlight, and not too crowded.
• For the safety of the swimming baby, use a baby float like the Neck Ring buoy with size and exact air pressure.
• Train the baby to move their legs and arms and be certain the head is not immersed in the water.
• Long swimming for the Baby’s should not be more than 20 minutes or end when the baby has started to aquiver or the skin becomes wrinkled white.
• After swimming, bathes the baby with the clean warm water and spreads a body warmer oil, put the sweater and give the mother’s milk.

In order to get the maximal result, swimming for the Baby’s can be done once a month. And if it is done correctly and regularly, you can get the benefits of swimming which is promised.

Summary:

• Swimming for the Baby’s start becoming a new trend of baby treatment in addition to the baby massage,
• The Benefits of Swimming for Baby’s is increasing the motoric development, intelligence, self-confidence, and increase the Baby’s immune,
• Baby’s Swimming can be started at the age of 3 months and the supervision of the experts.

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There are some factors that can be able to cause some cough and cold for the new born infants

Some cough and colds can be frequently happened for the young children. But if it happens to the new born infants, certainly it will make the parents becomes so worried about it. Even they feel so confused how to solve this problem. The new born infant is possibly to be attacked by the cough and cold disease.

This kind of disease can be caused by some viruses from the RNA cluster (ribonucleic acid). But sometimes the bacteria can also infect the infants. There some indications when the baby having the cough and cold disease such as getting some cough without any clear indication, having nasal discharge, having runny nose, sometimes followed by body heat and fever.

This kind of disease may happens to the new born infants approximately about 2-3 days, but if it happens more than 1 week, it can be indicated that the infant gets the advance bacterial infection. Even it will cause a dangerous disease for the infant that is bronchitis. You may call the doctor as soon as possible to get the medical treatment.

How to overcome the cough and cold disease for the infants
There are some ways to care the new born infant who have cough and cold disease:

• The mother should give the breast milk for the infant and avoid to use the milk bottle. When the infant suck the breast milk, it will close the Eustachio which connects the nose and the ear.  It can reduce the risk of the ears infection caused by some bacteria in the infant`s nose and throat. 
• Do not give some antibiotic without any medical recommendations. You must consult to the doctor first to identify the kind of the bacteria infects the baby. After that the doctor will give some treatments which are appropriate for the baby.
• If the cough and cold disease is followed by fever in a high temperature or even more than 38 degree Celsius you should give the febrifuge for the baby. Don’t compress your baby with the cool water to avoid the stiff. 
• Before giving milk to the baby it will be better to remove the mucus in the baby`s nose by distillation process, claps the baby`s back smoothly in the facedown position, or you may remove the mucus in the baby`s nose by usingsnot vacuum that is available in the drug store.

To prevent the cough and cold disease, the baby should be given the influenza vaccination. It starts from 6 months old and the vaccination can be conducted periodically in every year. If the disease can cause the reducing the baby`s appetite for sucking the breast milk in more than 1 week please contact the doctor as soon as possible.

Summary:

• The cough and cold disease can be caused by the bacteria especially for the RNA cluster.
• The cold and cough disease can be prevented by giving the influenza vaccination.
• Giving the exclusive breast milk for the baby can reduce the risk of the cold and cough disease.

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Natural cough medicines for six months old baby

Sometimes many parents become so confused to get a safe cough medicine for the six months old baby. A very young baby will very sensitive to be threatened by many kinds of disease especially the cough disease. It happen because the baby`s immunity is not strong enough to prevent the disease therefore the disease can spread rapidly. Even it can cause a dangerous condition for the baby.

The baby who is threatened by the disease should be treated as soon as possible. It will be better if we give the first aid using some traditional treatment. If the baby doesn’t have a good progress we must call the doctor soon.

Traditional cough medicines for six months old baby

The chemical medicines can cure the disease rapidly and it will more simple way because we don’t need to make some herb to cure the disease. But the chemical medicines will create side effects for a very young baby. It will make the viruses become more resistant toward a higher level of the medical treatment. While we use the traditional medicines it will take more times to cure the disease but will not have side effects for the baby. Using the traditional medicines will improve the baby`s immunity therefore the baby will be more resistant toward the diseases.

These are the following example of the traditional herbs for six months old baby

A traditional herb which is made by lemon and honey mixture

• 3 tablespoons of lemon water
• 4 tablespoons of pure honey
• 4 tablespoons of boiled water

We can make a traditional herb made of those materials. Firstly we must mix those materials together, and then steam it for 10-15 minutes. Give a tablespoon full of this herb for 7-11 months old baby in twice or three times a day.

A turmeric herb is a traditional cough medicine for the baby

The turmeric can be used not only for the cook spice but it can be used for a cough medicine for the baby. It can be used by dabbing the turmeric powder to the mother`s breast before give suck.  We can also mix the turmeric powder and milk together. Give it twice a day.

Massage oil can be used to cure the cough disease. There are some substances can be used for the baby massaging. For example we can use the cajuput oil, peppermint, and also the rosemary. By massaging the back, chest and baby`s legs, it can be used to cure cough.

The use of traditional medicine will take more time to cure the disease but it is very safe to be used for a very young baby. It will reduce the disease recurrence possibility. It will be better for us to use the traditional medicines because it has a low risk and side effects for the baby.

This traditional cough medicine should be given for baby who is more than six months old because the baby who is less than 6 months old is still having an incomplete digestion system. As an alternative way we can put the baby in outside in the morning to get enough sunlight that is good for the baby`s growth. If the cough can`t be cured by using the traditional herb in one week we should consult to the doctor immediately.

Summary:

• We can make the traditional cough medicine by using the lemon and pure honey mixture, using the turmeric herb and also the massaging oil.
• The traditional cough medicine should be given for baby who is more than six months old because the baby who is less than 6 months old is still having an incomplete digestion system.
• If the cough can`t be cured by using the traditional herb in one week we should consult to the doctor immediately.

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Smoking will be very dangerous for the baby and also the woman who is giving suck

There are many people who knows about the negative effect of smoking for the human`s health especially for the pregnant woman. There are a lot of pregnant women who smoke everywhere although they have known that smoking will have a lot of dangerous effects for the baby and also their health. Even some of them become the heavy level of smoker. They can smoke more than 2 packs of cigarette in one day.

There are several women who decide to stop smoking during the pregnancy. But amount of they are starting to smoke again after give birth. Even smoking becomes a major motive to stop the lactation. They afraid to give suck because the breast milk has been contaminated by the dangerous substances of smoking and it will be dangerous for their baby.

That is true that the smoking will have a negative effect for the woman breast milk. But we have to be considered that it will be more dangerous if the baby lives around the smoker area and he doesn’t get adequate breast milk from his mother to keep his immunity system. We should consider about the dangerous effect of smoking and try to stop smoking. Let see the following explanation related to the dangerous effects of smoking.

• Smoking will reduce the woman`s prolactin hormone. Therefore the breast milk production becomes decreasing. It will increase the risk of early weaning.
• Smoking will influence the LDR (Let down reflect). It will makes the baby becomes very difficult to suck the breast milk.
• The baby who inhales the smoke will have a high risk of lung inflammation, asthma, bronchitis, ear infections, sinus infection, and eyes irritations.
• The baby becomes often to cry because of the nicotine in the woman breast milk. The baby who lives in the smoker area will inhale a lot of smoke and it will make him becomes restless and often to cry.
• The baby who is born from the smoker woman will have a high risk to get the SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Moreover the baby will be often to get the respiratory infection. In the future the baby is also having a high risk to be an active smoker.
• The children who become the active smoker will have a few HDL blood level. Therefore they will have a high risk to get the coronary heart disease.
• Recently there are some research found that the children who live in the smoking area will have a high risk to get the lung cancer.

Certainly knowing the negative effect of smoking above is not enough. We must do these following ways therefore we will have a good health and a good lifestyle.

• We have to think about our health, our beloved family, and people around us. We can improve our energy optimally to educate and grow up our beloved children in a healthy environment.
• If you unable to stop smoking, it will be better to give an adequate breast milk for your baby at least for 2 years. Because the breast milk contains a lot of substances and nutrition which are very useful for the baby`s growth. The baby who doesn’t get an adequate breast milk supply will have a high risk to get the respiratory infection. And it will be more dangerous if the baby live in the smoking area.
• A view number of smoking will reduce the effects that you will get of it.
• Don’t smoke with the baby in one room. Moreover when you giving suck to your children. Never smoke while giving suck to the baby. You should give a distance at least 1.5 hours between smoking and breastfeeding, because some researches explain that our body will need 1,5 hours to eliminate the nicotine inside of the body.
• The use of nicotine patch has the similar effects of smoking. It based on the nicotine value that is found in the nicotine patch.

The parents will have a great responsibility to do the best for their baby and for their beloved family. The writer hopes that this article can provide a good knowledge, and a good information for us. Therefore what is your choice will be depended your decision.

Summary:

• Smoking will be very dangerous for the pregnant woman, and also the baby.
• There are a lot of diseases caused by smoking effects. It will very dangerous for the baby who lives in the smoking area.
• The body needs 1,5 hours to eliminate the nicotine in our body.

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Baby who gets some cold and diarrhea is not necessary to take some medicines

Many parents often to be worried when the baby gets some colds and diarrhea, they want to get the medical treatment quickly. Sometimes the doctor just gives some antibiotic prescription.  Even if the doctor does not give the prescription, the parents will ask the prescription to the doctor. Whereas giving the antibiotic can be more excessive action for a certain disease.

It is supported by Purnawati Pujiarto, a pediatrician and also the activist of parents care foundation who says “If the baby gets the colds and diarrhea, we need to identify the cause of the disease whether it caused by some infections or other factors.” “If there is an infection, we need to identify the cause of the infection itself whether it caused by the viruses or the bacteria.”

It is unnecessary to give some antibiotic if the disease is caused by viruses because the function of the antibiotic is to kill the viruses but it used to kill the bacteriaso that good bacteria in the body is also killed. This condition will cause resistance, and it will reduce the immunity system of the baby.

It is unnecessary to give antibiotic to cure the cold and diarrhea disease. The cold here means the common cold indicated by heavy runny nose, headache and some cough. While the diarrhea here means an acute diarrhea without any bleeding. Drugs are commonly given by doctors to give a sense of comfortable.

The colds and diarrhea are commonly happen to the baby. It is normal when the baby under 2 years old often to get these kinds of disease. Even it will happen for the teenagers. These kinds of disease will have a positive side to improve the baby`s immunity system. When the baby getting the diarrhea give him much water. It can be used to prevent the dehydration and a lot of nutritious foods. When the baby getting the cold, make sure that he has an enough bed rest. Do not allow him to do a lot of activities.

The parents should not be worried about the baby`s health if the baby like to play in the grown or play in the rain because this activity will make the immunity system becomes improving.

Summary:

• Baby who has a normal cold and diarrhea is unnecessary to consume antibiotics.
• The disease will strengthen the body immunity system therefore the baby becomes resistant toward the disease.

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How to Treat the Coughs and Colds in Toddlers

Today the coughs and colds in toddlers are much happening which is caused by erratic weather. You as a parent need to know that actually the cough and cold is not a disease but a indication of disease (usually influenza).

Treating the cough and colds in toddlers should not be arbitrary certainly, moreover giving the free drugs are sold in the shop. And if possible, it will be better with treated naturally. In this article will give some the Family Health Clinic which you can do to reduce the disorder of cough and cold in the toddler, they are:

1. Giving a chance for ducky to take a rest and give a drink more than usual. This way aims to dilute the sputum so it is more easily removed and the cough and cold will heal fast.
2. Their hands are more washed frequently, especially after they holding their nose. This is also prevail for the parents and baby sitters, especially when their hands contact with the objects which are also touched by the toddler that they are care for.
3. Increase giving of the nutritious food and fruits that contain lots of vitamin C (orange, guava, and mango). These kind of foods will increase the body immune of toddlers, so they can fight the virus that causes influenza. And actually, this virus can be cured naturally with the strength of the baby immune.
4. Avoid giving the foods that trigger cough (fried foods, foods or drinks that are too cold like an ice cream). Ought you giving food or warm drink that contain the calorie, high protein and they are easy to digest such as a chicken soup or a meat soup.
5. To soothe the cough and cold in toddlers, you can give a child cough and cold medicines accordance with the existing symptom. And it would be better if giving the drug is consulted to the pediatrician.
6.  Influenza disease is infect easily to the others especially in children. So for the prevention in the future, avoid the children from people who suffering influenza. If they had getting the flu and cough, keep it away from the sister or brother.

And when the cough and cold are not reduced within a week check the toddler to doctors quickly. This is done to know the cause of cold and cough actually. Being worried if it is not be caused by the influenza virus but the other viruses are more dangerous.

Summary:

• The Cough and Cold in the Toddlers is a indication of the influenza virus infection,
• The Cough and Cold in the Toddlers can heal itself without a drug, but the parents should increase the intake of vitamin C for children,
• If the cough and cold are not reduced within a week check the toddler to doctors quickly.

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