You are not in this alone. You are part of a team: you and your newborn. However, at the beginning, you may not feel that either of you are on the same team. You may not be in sync. This is not unusual. In fact, it is quite normal to feel at bit at odds [...]
A lot of young parents who are juggling career and family life are overwhelmed with a lot of work that they fail to recognize emotional stress in their children. By the time the parents get home, they are either too tired or too stressed to pay much attention to what is going on with their [...]
Pregnancy is an emotional event for many women around the world. Even if the pregnancy is planned some women feel emotional and ambivalent especially during the first few months of conception. First time mothers are especially prone to emotional stress and pregnancy blues simply because they do not know what to expect during this period. [...]
Sleep Apnea in Children
Children who are diagnosed with sleep apnea can be hyperactive and aggressive. They can also suffer greatly in their studies. Sometimes they may sleep different than normal. They may also wet the bed. During the daytime hours, some of them will breathe through their mouth instead of breathing through their nose.
Snoring loudly, [...]
The new-born baby is exercising many of its muscles in the very act of feeding at the breast. Crying in itself is a very important exercise for the lungs and the diaphragm and plays a very important part in the development of the baby’s musculature.
You have just to watch a baby feeding or crying to [...]
Breast feeding your child too requires an expertise. Never feed your child when it is lying below you or at the lower level than of your breasts. In such cases the child develops some ear trouble which causes much problem in the grown up age. While you are feeding your child by your left breast, [...]
You need to wear comfortable clothes throughout pregnancy. Following are a few guidelines for clothing during pregnancy:
Start wearing loose clothes from the fourth month of pregnancy.
Wear lightweight cotton clothes, especially if you feel warmer during pregnancy.
Do not wear any tight belts, brassiere, slacks, tight pants, corsets, tight underwear, knee caps, etc.
Use an abdominal support only [...]
Learning is not shopping. By sending your child to the most expensive school or hiring the best tutors for him, learning does not happen. Unless you and your child have the right attitude, learning is difficult.
It is only when you impart the right values to your child about school, about teachers and about himself, that [...]
Pregnancy Problems #1
Morning sickness – a feeling of nausea and actual vomiting on waking – is very common in the early weeks of pregnancy. Usually the expectant mother feels quite well for the rest of the day, and simple treatment with glucose drinks on waking is all that is required. In severe cases, the doctors [...]
Immediately after delivery, stomach becomes totally flat. But if one sees it closely one can feel the hard womb between the navel and the lower abdominal region. Even after delivery the mild constriction could be felt, causing mild pain.
Every day the enlarged womb constricts to regain its normal size. In about a week’s time it [...]