Pre-School Information for Parents

To fully enjoy the joy of breastfeeding is necessary to follow a few tips that are actually necessary knowledge to achieve a healthy and uncomplicated breastfeeding. Here we give you the most important things to consider.

Take as much liquid as possible
We recommend taking at least eight glasses of fluid per day and more so during the hot days. The best thing is water and you hydrated until the color of your urine is pale yellow or colorless. The hydration status of the mother is extremely important because this will depend on your health and the amount of milk produced. If you notice that your urine color is intense and you have dry mouth, increased fluid intake.

Rest as much as possible
While breastfeeding is a stage where feeding your baby will interfere with your regular schedule of sleep, rest is needed as the excess of fatigue can interfere with the breastfeeding process. Try to rest as much as possible and try to nap between intervals in the afternoon. If you can not sleep during the day, stay at rest or practice a relaxation technique. (more…)

In breast milk are nearly all the nutrients your baby needs to grow. Only vitamin K and D are not sufficient. Your child has needed for blood clotting vitamin K and vitamin D for proper bone development.

Vitamin K

If your baby is breastfeeding, you need him the first thirteen weeks of extra vitamin K issue. Vitamin K is important for blood clotting. If your baby has too little of this, hemorrhages can occur. Vitamin K is not naturally present in breast milk. A supplement is necessary. It is recommended that your baby additional 25 micrograms of Vitamin K per day to give. After three months your baby is enough vitamin K to itself. (more…)

Forbidden Foods

If your child has diarrhea from not eating or drinking any of the following foods:

• Milk and dairy in general, tolerance can be tested milk-based probiotics.
• Cheeses in general and especially mature.
• Egg yolk.
• Red meat and fish.
• leafy vegetables are high in fiber and cellulose.
• Raw fruits, whole and peeled.
• The following fruits: orange, grapefruit, tangerines, strawberries, kiwis, cherries, plums, grapes, pineapple, melon, watermelon
• Whole grains (more…)

During the period that you are breastfeeding, you need extra energy to make sufficient milk. The Nutrition Center recommends that, in the period that you are breastfeeding, a glass of milk, a sandwich, a potato and a pint to take extra moisture.

If you eat according to the Food Guide by Food Center, you have basically no extra vitamins and minerals, except vitamin D. If you are breastfeeding, you might just go with using a multivitamin or mineral tablets. (more…)

All babies can be massaged. So I want to start massaging yours today. Massage can more rapidly develop motor coordination, increase muscle reactions, except that the baby will be more receptive and more apt to react to the surrounding space. Besides these, we selected other benefits:

Benefits of massaging your baby

1 – It helps to regulate and strengthen the respiratory, circulatory and gastrointestinal. Through the stimulation, you can control the discomfort caused by colic, gas and constipation, and discomfort at the exit of the first teeth.
2 – Help your baby to relax and relieve stress, the blockades, which produces daily with new things found.
3 – It helps to enhance affective communication between the parents and baby also the people around them, providing non-verbal communication. (more…)

Most parents tend to be quick to switch the full and smelly diapers, and think first and foremost on the child’s comfort.

Advice to parents of small children:

* Package of the wipes in the beach bag, or have the car so that nappy changing is comfortable. Wipes clean efficiently and is also gentle in contact with sensitive skin.
* Remove the diaper and let your skin get the air out for a while each day. (more…)

It is a highly contagious viral infection that usually occurs in older children and young adults. It is transmitted by respiratory route. After virus exposure, infection takes 2 to 3 weeks to appear. It is believed that the virus replicates in the respiratory mucosa or in nearby lymph nodes before entering the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.

Rubella is a disease manifested as mild and of short duration. The main symptoms are fever, a mild and widespread red rash,muscle pain and headache. (more…)

The disease
Acute sinusitis in children is an inflammation of the lining of one or more sinus.

Pathophysiology
It is most often viral, with possible secondary bacterial infections. The bacteria involved are the same as those responsible for acute purulent otitis media: Haemophilus influenza, Streptococcus pneumonia and Branhamella catarrhalis. (more…)

For infants under 6 months:

* Avoid giving plain water to a young infant or days unless the child’s doctor must state the amount you give.
* Offer your child small amounts, but frequent-about 2 or 3 teaspoons, or up to 20 ml, of an oral electrolyte solution every 15 to 20 minutes with a spoon or syringe. Oral electrolyte solutions (available in most supermarkets or pharmacies and also called oral electrolyte maintenance solutions) contain salts in concentrations to replace what is lost through vomiting or diarrhea, and also contain some sugar. It is particularly important that any fluids given to young infants have the correct salt balance (unflavored electrolyte solutions are best for younger infants). (more…)

Fever in children is usually a natural reaction to an infection caused by bacteria or viruses. Viral infection is the commonest cause of fever in children. There are various things you can do to relieve the symptoms of fever. Contact your health visitor, child or children emergency room doctor’s office if your child is under three months and a fever.

Fever is not a disease but a sign of illness. Fever is when your body is warmer than normal. If the child is busy playing or become very hot, for example during hot weather, the temperature can also rise without there being any sign of disease.

Symptoms

A child has a fever if the temperature measured by the tail, is over 38 degrees. But it can vary from child to child. Body temperature is usually between 36.0 and 37.8 degrees. At this temperature the body’s systems work best. The temperature varies during the day and is lowest at night and highest in the afternoon. (more…)