Pre-School Information for Parents

The number of children diagnosed with allergic dermatitis in the U.S. has increased from 3% in the 60 to 10% in 90.

In Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and Japan have also seen a sharp increase in allergic diseases.

The rise of asthma has been thoroughly documented. In the U.S. reached about 30% between 1980 and 1987. Between 1990 and 1992, the number of people in this country who reported having asthma increased from 10.4 to 12.4 million. Asthma is more common among African American children than among white children (26% more often) from 1980 to 1987, asthma deaths in the U.S. increased by 30%.

It has also increased in Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand. Just as asthma, in the U.S., mortality rates are higher among minorities: in the period between 1982 and 1992, blacks were three times more likely to die from asthma than whites. (more…)

The main types of immune system disorders are allergies and autoimmune diseases, which seems to affect women more than men.

Allergies and immune system disorders its incidence is rising dramatically worldwide, especially among the poorest inhabitants of the cities. Analysis of biological and social implications of this increase suggests that changes in food production, transportation and consumption taking place around the globe could be contributing to these disorders of the immune system. Given the impact that changes in diet may be having on human health, understanding the interaction between the immune system and food has become a major issue, and even urgent. (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…)

Between 3 and 12 months, it is generally time for the first teeth start appearing. Usually it is one of the bottom two front teeth first appear as small grains break through the gums. This is followed by the upper two front teeth, upper and lower lateral incisors, primary molars, canines, and finally the rest of the molars. All milk teeth usually have been about three years old

Doctors and other experts say that the tooth is usually rupture at most result in itching gums and some discomfort for the baby, but nothing more serious than that. Something that is not at all consistent with what parents experience during the period when their children get their first teeth. (more…)