Blog Archives

Best Way to Encourage Your Child to Self-Feed

Self-feeding is messy, and it often takes a child a long time to eat even a small meal, but you should encourage it anyway. Don’t panic if your child prefers fingers to spoons; they’re faster, and the feeling of food is as important to a child as its color and… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Do Laundry for Baby Clothes

Parents are often surprised by the amount of laundry a tiny per­son can generate. If you’re using cloth diapers, make sure they’re not only clean but germ-free, to help prevent diaper rash. Many parents opt for a diaper service, especially in the first few weeks or months with a new… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Do Heart Massage to Your Child

If your child’s heart has stopped beating, heart massage (external chest compression) may start it working again and save his life. This has to be done at the same time as the kiss of life because a child whose heart has stopped beating will soon stop breathing.

How to tellContinue Reading…

Best Way to Discipline Children without Spanking

Studies show that violence is more common in the home than on the streets. One problem with spanking is that because it doesn’t work, it escalates into unintended vio­lence. Parent support groups, crisis hotlines, parent education, parent/child drop-in centers, and “parents anonymous” groups can all provide support when you don’t… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Determine School Readiness for a Child

Most children are psychologically and physically ready for school when the first day of kinder­garten finally arrives. But some are not, and they may find school a daunting experience because they will be unable to meet some of the demands placed upon them. You can help your child reach a… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Detect Bowel Problems and Hemorrhoids in a Child

If your child has a bowel problem, especially constipation, it is possible that you are not aware of it. As is the case with many parents who do not wish to become unhealthily preoccupied with their children’s bowel movement routines, you may have simply not noticed. Or your child’s urinary… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal With Sickle-Cell Anemia in Children

Many children who have sickle-cell anemia wet their beds. In 1995, T. Ernesto Figueroa and a group of researchers at the South Florida Health Sciences Center found that about 30 percent of the center’s 91 children who had sickle-cell disease had been wetting the bed since infancy. Sickle-cell anemia is… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal with Postnatal Depression

All new mothers experience mixed emotions immediately after the birth of their baby Almost 80 percent of women have mild feelings of depression and anxiety in the first few weeks following their baby’s birth. Known as the “baby blues,” these emotions are so common as to be regarded as normal,… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal with Diabetes Mellitus in Children

Diabetes mellitus, often called “sugar diabetes,” is a disease most people know something about. “Diabetes” means “a siphoning off’ or “a run­ning through”; it describes a condition in which the body excretes a great deal of urine. “Mellitus” means “sweet” (containing sugar). There are two types of diabetes mellitus. Physicians… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Deal With Children Stealing

A child under the age of three does not usually have a full understanding of the significance of personal pos­sessions. True, a young child can get very agitated when his friend takes one of his favorite toys without asking, but he can­not generalize this concept to other people’s possessions. So… Continue Reading…