tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563366329714899432024-03-12T23:27:25.581-07:00YOUR BABY'S FIRST YEARZanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-58327591392720802182011-11-20T23:01:00.000-08:002011-11-20T23:01:08.534-08:00BATHING<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Y</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">our infant doesn't need much bathing if you wash the diaper area thoroughly during changes. 2 or 3 times a week during her first year is plenty. If she is bathed more frequently, it may dry out the skin.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the first week or two, until the stump of the umbilical cord falls off, your newborn should have only sponge baths. In a warm room, lay the baby anywhere that's flat and comfortable for both of you - changing table, bed, floor, or counter next to the sink will do. Pad hard surfaces with a blanket of fluffy towel. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If baby is on a surface above the floor, use a safety strap or keep one hand on her at all times to make sure she doesn't fall.</span></div><a name='more'></a><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a basin of water, a damp, double-rinsed (so there is no soap residue in it) washcloth, and a supply of mild baby soap within reach before you begin. Keep your baby wrapped in a towel, and expose only the parts of her body you are actively washing. Use the dampened cloth first without soap to wash her face, so you don't get soap into her eyes or mouth.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then dip it in the basin of soapy water before washing the remainder of her body and, finally, the diaper area. Pay special attention to creases under the arms, behind the ears, around the neck, and especially with a girl, in the genital area.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the umbilical area is healed, you can try placing your baby directly in the water. Her first bath should be as gentle and brief as possible. She will probably protest a little; if she seems miserable, you should go back to sponge baths for week or two, then try the bath again. She will make it clear when she's ready.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most parents find it easiest to bathe a newborn in a bathinette, sink, or plastic tub lined with a clean towel. Fill the basin with two inches of water that feels warm - not hot to the inside of your wrist or elbow. If you're filling the basin from the tap, turn the cold water on first (and off last) to avoid scalding yourself or your child. In addition, make sure your hot water is set no higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make sure that supplies are at hand and the room is warm before undressing the baby. You'll need the same supplies that you used for sponge bathing, but also a cup for raising with clear water. When your infant has hair, you'll need baby shampoo, too.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you've forgotten something or need to answer the phone or door during the bath, <i>you must take take the baby with you</i>, so keep a dry towel within reach. <i>Never leave a baby alone in the bath, even for an instant</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your baby enjoy her bath, give her some extra time to splash and explore the water. The more fun your child has in the bath, the less she'll be afraid of the water. As she gets older, the length of the bath will extend until most of it is taken up with play. Bathing should be very relaxing and soothing experience, so don't rush unless she's unhappy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When your infant comes out of the bath, baby towels with the built-in hoods are the most effective way to keep her head warm she's wet. Bathing a baby of any age is wet work, so you may want to wear a terry-cloth apron or hang a towel bath over your shoulder to keep you dry.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the early months you may find the easiest to bathe your infant in the morning, When she's alert and the house is quite and warm. By the time she graduates to the bathtub (usually to shift when she's sitting up or outgrows the basin), you may want to shift to evening schedule on the days she' bathed. The bath is relaxing way to prepare her for sleep.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bath toys are not really needed for every young babies, as the stimulation of the water and washing is exciting enough. Once a baby is old enough for the bathtub however, toys become invaluable. Containers, floating toys, even waterproof books make wonderful distraction as you cleanse your baby. </span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-13533235807106454892011-11-18T01:16:00.000-08:002011-11-18T01:50:05.615-08:00DIAPER RASH<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">D</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">iaper rash is the term used to describe a rash or irritation in the area covered by the diaper. The first sign of diaper rash is usually redness or small bumps on the lower abdomen, buttocks, genitals, and thigh folds - surfaces that have been in direct contact with the wet or soiled diaper. This type of diaper rash is rarely serious, and usually clears in the 3 or 4 days with appropriate care.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most common causes of diaper rash include.</span></div><a name='more'></a><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1. </b>Leaving a wet diaper on too long. The moisture makes the skin more susceptible to chafing. Overtime, the urine in the diaper decomposes, forming chemicals that can further irritate the skin.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2. </b>Leaving a stool-soiled diaper on too long. Digestive agents in the stool then attack the skin, making it more susceptible to a rash.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regardless of how the rash begins, once the surface of the skin is damaged, it becomes even more vulnerable to further irritation by contact with urine and stool.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another cause of rash in this area is yeast infection. This rash is common on the thighs, genitals, and lower abdomen but almost never appears on the buttock.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While most babies develop diaper rash at some point during infancy, it happens less often in babies who are breastfed. Diaper rash occurs more often at particular ages and under certain conditions:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Among babies eight to ten months old</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If babies are not kept clean and dry</span></li>
</ul><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When babies have frequent stools(especially when the stools are left in their diapers overnight)</span></li>
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</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To reduce your baby's risk of diaper rash, make these steps part of your diapering routine:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1.</b> Change the diaper as soon as possible after a bowel movement. Cleanse the diaper area with a soft cloth and water after each bowel movement.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2.</b> Change wet diapers frequently to reduce skin exposure to moisture.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3.</b> Expose the baby's bottom to air whenever </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">feasible</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. When using plastic pants or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">disposable</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> diapers with tight gathers around the abdomen and legs, make sure air can circulate inside the diaper.</span><br />
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</span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If a diaper rash develops in spite of your efforts and the skin is dried out, you may need to use a lotion or ointment; if it is a moist rash, use a drying lotion. The rash should improve noticeably within forty-eight to seventy-two hours. If it doesn't, consult your pediatrician.</span></div></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-12011755410465648022011-11-18T00:40:00.000-08:002011-11-18T01:17:28.438-08:00BOWEL MOVEMENT<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">n the first few day of life your baby will have his first bowel movement, which is often referred to as passing meconium. This thick, dark green or black substance filled his intestines before birth, and it must be eliminated before normal digestion can take place. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once meconium is passed, the stools will turn yellow-green.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your baby is breastfeed, his stool should soon resemble light mustard with seed like particles. Until he starts to eat solid foods, the consistency of the stools should be soft, even slightly runny. If his formula-fed, his stools usually will be tan or yellow in color. They will be firmer than in a baby who is breastfed, but no firmer than peanut butter.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever breastfed or bottle-fed, if your baby's has hard or very dry stools, it may be a sign that he is not getting enough fluid, or that he is loosing too much fluid due to illness, fever, or heat. Once he has started solids, hard stools might indicate that he's eating too many constipating foods, such as cereal or cow's milk, before his system can handle them.(Whole cow milk is not recommended for babies under 12months.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keep in mind that occasional variations in color and consistency of the stools are normal. For example, if the digestive process slows down because the baby has had a particularly large amount of cereal that day or foods requirements more effort to digest, the stool may become green; or if the baby is given supplement iron, the stools may turn dark brown. If there is a minor irritation of the anus, streak of blood may appear on the outside of the stools. However, if there are large amounts of blood, mucus, or water in the stool, call your pediatrician immediately. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These symptoms may indicate severe diarrhea or an intestinal abnormality.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main concern with diarrhea is the possibility that dehydration can develop. If ever is also present and your infant is less than 2 months old, call your pediatrician immediately. If your baby is over 2 months and the fever last more than a day, check his urine output and rectal temperature; then report your findings to your doctor so she can determine what need to be done.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The frequency of bowel movements varies widely from 1 baby to another. Many pass a stool soon after each feeding. This is a result of the gastrocolic reflex, which causes the digestive system to become active whenever the stomach is filled with food.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 3 to 6 weeks of age, some breastfed babies have only one bowel movement a week and still are normal. This happens because breastmilk leaves very little solid waste to be eliminated from the child's digestive system. Thus, infrequent stools are not a sign of constipation and should not be considered a problem as long as the stools are soft (no firmer than peanut butter), and your infant is otherwise normal, gaining weight steadily, and nursing regularly.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your baby is formula-fed, he should have at least 1 bowel movement a day. If he has fewer than this and appears to be straining because of hard stools, he may be constipated. Check with pediatrician for advice on how to handle this problem.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-69830832337055884042011-10-31T06:34:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:08:01.519-07:00URINATION<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Y</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">our baby may urinate as often as every one to three hours, or as infrequently as four to six times a day. If she's ill or feverish, or when weather is extremely hot, her usual output of urine may drop half and still be normal.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Urination should never be painful. If you notice any signs of distress while your infant is urinating, notify your pediatrician, as this could be a sign of infection or some other problem in the urinary tract.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a healthy baby, urine is light to dark yellow in color (the darker the color, the more concentrated the urine; the urine will be more concentrated when your child is not drinking a lot of liquid). Sometimes you'll see a pink stain on the diaper which may be mistaken for blood. But in fact, this stain is usually a sign of highly concentrated urine, which has pinkish color. As long as the baby is wetting at least four diapers a day, there probably is no cause for concern, but if the pinkish staining persists, consult your pediatrician.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The presence of actual blood in the urine or a bloody spot on the diaper is never normal, and your pediatrician should be notified. It may be due to nothing more serious than a small sore caused by diaper rash, but it could also be a sign of a large problem. If this bleeding is accompanied by other symptoms, such as abdominal pain or bleeding in other areas, seek medical attention for your baby immediately.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-16767159723394347242011-10-31T05:20:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:08:22.049-07:00DIAPERS<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">U</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ntil disposable diapers were introduced about thirty-five years ago, the only choice was to use cloth diapers, and either launder them at home or use a commercial diaper service. Today, modern disposable diapers meet the needs and expectations of most parents, and make up 80% or more of all diapers changes in virtually all developed countries. However, diaper choice is a decision that every new parents faces. Ideally, you should choose between cloth and disposable diapers before the baby arrives, so you can stock up or make delivery arrangements ahead of time. In order to plan ahead, you should know that most newborns go through about ten diapers a day.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To fit a disposable diaper, place the baby on the open diaper so the fastening tapes are in back of the baby, and bring the front of the diaper between the baby's legs. Then bring back the edges of the diaper over the front and press the tapes into place to fasten. When changing a soiled diaper, dump loose stool into a toilet. Do not flush the diaper, because it can block you plumbing. Wrap the diaper in its outer cover, and discard in a waste receptacle.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>CLOTH DIAPER</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like disposable diapers, reusable cloth diapers have improved over the years, and available in a variety of absorbencies and textures. The original single-layer cotton diaper that is folded down to size has been largely replaced with the double-layered rectangular cotton diaper that has a multi-ply or fiber-filled center strip. Most parents fasten them with diaper pins. To prevent pricking the baby when using pins, you need to keep your hand between the pin and your baby's skin. You can also use diaper tape, which comes in a dispenser like household tape, and adheres to the clothe. To prevent wet clothes and bedding, cloth diapers can be covered with a waterproof pant or over-wrap. Cloth diapers are also available that combine the diaper and over-wrap into a single unit.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to use a diaper service, shop around before you make a choice. Ideally, a diaper service should pick up dirty diapers and drop off clean ones twice a week. Some services ask you to rinse the diapers yourself, while others prefer that you leave them intact, waste and all, in the diaper pail. If a diaper service is not available, or you choose to wash diapers yourself, keep them separate from the other clothes. After dumping stool into a toilet, you should rinse diapers in cold water, then soak them in a mild detergent solution with bleach for 30 minutes. Wring them out, then wash in hot water with a mild detergent. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A number of scientific studies have found that each diaper has some environmental effect. Disposable diapers add 1% to 2% to municipal solid waste, while cloth diapers use more energy and water laundering and contribute to air and water pollution. It is difficult to judge whether solid waste issues. In the end, it is up to individuals to make their own decisions about diaper type based on their own concerns and needs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are also some health aspects to consider. Excessively wet skin and contact with urine and stool can cause diaper rash. Because cloth diapers can't keep wetness away from you baby skin as effectively as disposables, it's especially important to change cloth diaper quickly after they become wet or soiled. If you use cloth diapers, you might consider using disposables overnight and during trips and outings, when it is often less convenient to change them frequently.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another health-related issue results from the ability of diapers to prevent leakage of urine and stool. This is particularly important in group child-care settings such as day care centers, where intestinal disease can be easily transmitted among the children. Disposable diapers are generally able to prevent leaks better than cloth because their super absorbent polymers lock wetness inside. Because of the increased risk for leaks and diaper handling issues, many day care centers require the use if disposable diapers.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-63210532764648142332011-10-30T09:56:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:06:31.976-07:00HOW YOUR BABY SLEEPS<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ven before birth your baby's day were divided between periods of sleep and wakefulness. By the eighht month of pregnancy or earlier, her sleep periods consisted of the same two distinct phase that we all experience:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RAPID EYE MOVEMENT(or REM) SLEEP, the times during which she does her active dreaming. During these periods her eyes will move beneath her closed lids, almost as if she were watching a dream take place. She may also seem to startle, twitch her face, and make jerking motions with her hands and feet. All are normal signs of REM sleep.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NON-REM SLEEP, which consists of four phases: drowsiness, light sleep, deep sleep, and very deep sleep. During the progression from drowsiness to deepest sleep, your baby becomes less and less active, and her breathing slows and becomes very quite, so that in deepest sleep she is virtually motionless. Very little, if any, dreaming occurs during non-REM sleep.</span></li>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each of these sleep periods will include relatively equal amounts of REM and non-REM sleep, organized in the following order:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
1. Drowsiness</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. REM sleep</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Light sleep</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Deep sleep</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Very deep sleep</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After about 2 to 3 months the order will change, so that as she grows older she cycles through all the non-REM phases before entering REM sleep. This pattern will last into and through adulthood. As she grows older the amount of REM sleep decreases, and her sleep will become generally calmer. By the age of 3, only one-third or less of total sleep time is spent in REM sleep.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-60666505304129480842011-10-30T06:58:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:09:53.036-07:00HELPING YOUR BABY SLEEP<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nitially, your infant doesn't know the difference between day and night. Her stomach holds only enough to satisfy her for three or four hours, regardless of the time, so there's no escaping round-the-clock walking and feeding for the first few weeks. But even at this age, you can begin to teach her that nighttime is for sleeping and daytime for playing. Do this by keeping nighttime feedings as subdued possible. Don't turn up the lights or prolong late-night diaper changes. Instead of playing, put her back down after feeding and changing her. If she's napping longer than three or four hours, particularly in the late afternoon, wake her up and play with her. This will train her to save her extra sleeping for nighttime.</span><br />
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This recommendation applies to infants throughout the first year of life. However, the recommendation is particularly important for the first 6months, when the incidence of SIDS is the highest.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It also important to avoid placing your baby down for sleep on soft, porous surfaces such as pillows or quilts. Her airway may become blocked if her face becomes burrowed in such surfaces. A firm crib mattress covered by a sheet is the safest bedding.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As she gets older and her stomach grows, your baby will be able to go longer between feedings. In fact, you'll be encouraged to know that more than 90 percent of babies sleep through the night(6-8 hours without waking) by 3 months. Most infants are able to last this long between feedings when they reach 12 or 13 pounds, so if yours is a very large baby, she may begin sleeping through the night even earlier 3 months. As encouraging as this sounds, don't expect the sleep struggle to end all at once. Most children swing back and forth, sleeping beautifully for few weeks, or even months, then returning abruptly to a late-night wake-up schedule. This may have to do with growth spurts increasing the need for food, or, later, it may be related to teething or developmental changes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From time to time you will need to help your baby fall asleep or go back to sleep. Especially as a newborn, she probably will doze most of easily if given gentle continuous stimulation. Some infants are helped by rocking, walking, patting on the back, or by a pacifier in the mouth. For others, music from radio or a record or tape player can be very soothing of played at moderate volume. Even the sound of the television, played quietly, can provide comforting background noise. Certain stimulation, however, is irritating to any baby - for example, ringing telephones, barking dogs, and roaring vacuum cleaners.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is no reason to restrict your baby's sleeping to her crib. If, for any reason, you want her closer to you while she sleeps, use her infant seat or bassinet as a temporary crib and move it around the house with you. (She'll be perfectly happy in a padded basket if you don't have an "official" bassinet).</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-38164831401786828702011-10-17T22:17:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:10:24.522-07:00DAY TO DAY - RESPONDING TO YOUR BABY'S CRIES<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">rying serves several useful purposes for your baby. It gives him a way to call for help when he's hungry or uncomfortable. It helps him shut out sights, sounds, and other sensations that are too intense to suit him. And it helps him release tension.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may notice that your baby has fussy periods throughout the day, even though he's not hungry, uncomfortable, or tired. Nothing you do these times will console him, but right after these spells, he may seem more alert than before, and shortly thereafter may sleep more deeply than usual. This kind of fussy crying seems to help babies get rid of excess energy so they can return to a more contented state.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pay close attention to your baby's different cries and you'll soon be able to tell when he needs to picked up, consoled, or tended to, and when he is better off left alone. You may even be able to identify his specific needs by the way he cries. For instance, a hungry cry is usually short and low pitched, and it rises and falls. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes different types of cries overlap. For example newborns generally wake up hungry and crying for food. If you're not quick to respond, your baby's hunger cry may give way to a wail of rage. You'll hear the difference. As your baby mature his cries will become stronger, louder, more insistent. They'll also begin to vary more, as if to convey different needs and desires.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best way to handle crying is to respond promptly to your infant whenever he cries during his first few months. You cannot spoil a young baby by giving him attention; and if you answer his calls for help, he'll cry less overall.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When responding to your infant's cries, try to meet his diapers is wet, warm him up, change his diaper, and then feed him. If there's a shrieking or panicked quality to the cry, you should consider the responsibility that a diaper pin is open or a strand of hair is caught around a finger or toe. If he's warm, dry, and well fed but nothing is working to stop crying, try the following consoling techniques to find the ones that work best for your baby:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rocking, either in a rocking chair or in your arms as you sway from side to side.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gently stroking his head or patting his back or chest</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Swaddling(Wrapping the baby snugly in a receiving blanket)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Singing or talking</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Playing soft music</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Walking him in your arms, a stroller, or a carriage</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Riding in the car</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rhythmic noise and vibration</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Burping him to relieve any trapped gas bubbles</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Warm baths (Most babies like this, but not all.)</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes, if all else fails, the best approach is simply to leave the baby alone. Many babies cannot fall asleep without crying, and will go to sleep more quickly if left to cry for a while. The crying shouldn't last long if the child is truly tired. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your baby is inconsolable no matter what you do, he may be sick. Check his temperature. If its over 100degrees Fahrenheit, he could have an infection. Contact your pediatrician. </span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-40983490660521341292011-10-17T22:16:00.003-07:002011-10-31T07:10:44.037-07:00LIVING THE DELIVERY AREA<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">f you've given birth in a birthing room or alternative birth center, you probably won't be moved right away. But if you delivered in a conventional delivery room, you'll be taken to a recovery area where you can be watched for problems such as excessive bleeding. Your baby may be taken to the nursery at that time, or he may receive his first physical examination by your side.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This exam will measure his vital signs: temperature, respiration, and pulse rate. The pediatrician or nurse will check his color, activity level, and breathing pattern. If he didn't receive his vitamin K and eye drops earlier, they will be administered now. And once he's warm, he'll be given his first bath and the stump of his cord may be painted with a blue antibacterial dye or other medication to prevent infection, Then he'll be wrapped in a blanket and, if you wish returned to you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all this activity during first couple of hours, your baby will probably fall into a deep sleep, giving you time to rest and think back over the exciting things that have happened since labor began. If you have your baby with you, you may stare at him on wonder that you could possibly have produced such a miracle. Such emotions may wipe away your physical exhaustion temporarily, but don't fool yourself. You need to relax, sleep, and gather your strength.<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">NURSING AFTER DELIVERY</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you plan to breastfeed your baby? If so, ask ahead of time about the hospital's policies on nursing in the delivery area. Most hospital today encourage immediate breastfeeding following routine delivery unless the baby's Apgar scores are low or he's breathing very rapidly, in which case nursing would be delayed temporarily.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breastfeeding right away benefits the mother by causing the uterus to contract, thus reducing the amount of uterine bleeding. (The same hormone that stimulates milk production triggers the routine contraction.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first hour or so after birth is a good time to begin breastfeeding, because your baby is very alert and eager. When put to the breast he will first lick it. Then, with a little help, he'll grasp the nipple and suck vigorously for several minutes. If you wait until later, he may be sleepier and have more difficult holding the nipple effectively.<br />
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Breast milk does not begin flowing for three to five days after delivery, but your baby does receive colostrum, a thin, yellowish fluid that contains protien and antibodies to protect him from infection. Colostrum doesn't provide as many as calories or as much fluid as breastmilk, but it it still an important source of nutrition and immunity</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-22694725734677100662011-10-17T22:16:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:11:09.126-07:00WHAT IS APGAR SCORES<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">s soon as your baby is born, a delivery nurse will set one timer for one minute and another for five minutes. When each of these time period is up, a nurse of physician will give your baby her first "tests," called APGARS.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This scoring system helps the physician estimate your baby's general condition at birth. The test measures your baby's heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflex response, and color. It cannot predict how healthy she will be as she grows up or how she will develop; nor does it indicate how bright she is or what her responsibility is like. But it does alert the hospital staff if she is sleepier or slower to respond than normal and may be in need of assistance as she adapts to her new world outside the womb.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each characteristics is given an individual score; then all scores are totaled. For example, let's say your baby has a heart rate of more than 100, cries lustily, most actively, grimaces and coughs in response to the syringe, but is blue; her one-minute Apgar score would be 8.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your baby's Apgar scores are between 5 and 7 at one minute, she may have experienced some problems during birth which lowered the oxygen in her blood. In this case, the staff will probably dry her vigorously with a towel while oxygen is held under her nose. This should start her breathing deeply and improve her oxygen supply so that her five-minute Apgar scores total between 8 and 10.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A small percentage of newborns have Apgar scores of less than 5. For example, babies prematurely or delivered by C-section are more likely to have low scores than infants with normal births. These scores may reflect difficulties the baby experienced during labor, or problems with her heart or respiratory system.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your baby's Apgar scores are very low, a mask may be placed over her face to pump oxygen directly into her lungs. If she's not breathing on her own within a few minutes, a tube can be placed into her windpipe, and fluid and medications may be administered through one of the blood vessels in her umbilical cord to strengthen her heartbeat. If her Apgar scores are still low after these treatments, she will be taken to the special-care nursery for more intensive medical attention.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-18063546341239299922011-10-17T22:15:00.003-07:002011-10-31T07:11:26.074-07:00DELIVERY ROOM PROCEDURES<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">s your babies lies with you following a routine delivery, his umbilical cord will still be attached to the placenta. For several minutes the cord may continue to pulsate, supplying the baby with oxygen while he establishes his own breathing. Once pulsing stops, the cord will be clamped and cut.(Because there are no nerves in the cord, the baby feels no pain during this procedure.)<br />
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The clamp will remain in place for twenty-four to forty-eight hours, or until the cord is dry and no longer bleeds. The stump that remains after the clamp is removed will fall of sometime between ten days and three weeks after birth.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depending on the hospital's routine, your baby may also be weighed, measured, and receive medication before leaving the delivery room. All newborns are slightly low in vitamin K, which is necessary for normal blood-clotting, so they are given an injection of this vitamin to prevent excessive bleeding.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because bacteria in the birth canal can infect a baby's eyes, your baby will be given antibiotic eye drops or silver nitrate ointment, either immediately after delivery or later in the nursery, to prevent any infection.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's at least one other important procedure to be done before either your newborn leaves the delivery room: Both of you will receive matching labels bearing your name and other identifying details. After you verify the accuracy of these labels, one will be attached to your wrist and the other to you while in hospital, the nurse will check the bracelets to make sure they match. Many hospitals also footprint newborns as an added precaution.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-50607526792876565722011-10-17T22:15:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:11:44.120-07:00BONDING<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">f you have a delivery without complications, you'll be able to spend the first hour or so after birth holding, stroking, and looking at your baby. Because babies are usually alert and very responsive during this time, researchers have labeled this the "SENSITIVE PERIOD."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first exchange of eye contact, sounds, and touches between the two of you are all apart of process called bonding, which helps lay the foundation for your relationship as parent and child. While it will take months to learn your baby's basic temperament and personality, many of the core emotions you feel for him may begin to develop during this brief period immediately after birth.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you gaze at him and he looks back, following your movements and perhaps even mirroring some of your expressions, you may feel a surge of protectiveness and awe. This is part of the attachment process. it's also quite normal if you do not immediately have tremendously warm feelings for your baby.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Labor is a demanding experience, and your first reaction to the birth may well be a sense of relief that at last it's over. If you're exhausted and emotionally drained, you may simply want to rest. That's perfectly normal. Give yourself a half hour or so until the strain of labor fades, and then request your baby. Bonding has no time limit.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also, if you're baby must be taken to the nursery right away for medical attention, or if you are sedated during the delivery, don't despair. You needn't worry that your relationship will be harmed because you didn't "bond" during this first hour. You can and will love your baby just as much, even if you weren't able to watch his birth or hold him immediately afterward. Your baby also will be fine, just as loving of you, and connected to you.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-56265823576067222942011-10-17T22:14:00.001-07:002011-10-17T22:14:31.975-07:00BIRTH AND THE FIRST MOMENTS AFTER<div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">G</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">iving birth is one of the most extraordinary experiences of a woman's life. Yet after all the months of careful preparation and anticipation, the moment of birth is almost never what you had expected. Labor may be easier or more physically demanding than you had imagined. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may end up in delivery room instead of the birthing room you'd wanted, or you could have a Cesarean section instead of a vaginal delivery. You health, the condition of the fetus, and the policies of the hospital will all help determine what actually happens. But fortunately, despite what you may have thought when you were pregnant, these are not issues that will make your child's birth a "success" What counts is the baby, here at last and healthy.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-9163096405105184032011-10-17T22:13:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:12:20.918-07:00PREPARING YOURSELF FOR DELIVERY<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">oward the end of pregnancy, you may start feeling a little frantic. You'll be eager for the baby to arrive, but at the same time worried that your baby will be born before you have everything in perfect order. As your due date approaches(and in some cases, passes), you'll have to fend off countless callers who are almost as excited as you are, and also concerned about your welfare. This social pressure, added to the physical discomfort of late pregnancy, can make the ninth month seem endless. But story does have a nice ending so try to enjoy your leisure time as much as you can.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you use this wisely, you can get some chores out of the way that would otherwise have to be done after delivery.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cook a number of meals and freeze them. You may not feel up to cooking for a while after the baby arrives.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look for child-care and/or housekeeping help if you can afford it, and interview candidates, and interview candidates in advance. Even if you don't think you'll need extra help, you should have a list of names to call in case the situation changes.</span></li>
</ul><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before entering your ninth month, make your last-minute preparations for delivery. Your checklist should include the following.</span></div></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Name, address, and phone number of the hospital</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Name, address, and phone number of the doctor or nurse midwife who will deliver your baby</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The quickiest and easiest route to the hospital or birthing center</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The location of the hospital entrance you should use when labor begins</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The phone number of an ambulance service, in case you need such assistance in an emergency</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The phone number of the person who will take you to the hospital(if that individual does not live with you)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bag packed with essentials for labor and for the rest of your hospital stay, including toiletries, clothing, addresses, and phone numbers of friend and relatives</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An infant seat for the car so you can bring the baby home safely. make sure the seat meets all safety specifications</span></li>
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</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once your baby finally arrives, all the waiting and discomforts of pregnancy will seem like minor inconveniences. Suddenly you'll get to meet this new person who's been so close and yet so mysterious all these months. The rest of this is about the child she will become and the job that awaits you as a parents. </span></div></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-74216731620384169362011-10-17T22:12:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:12:39.084-07:00PREPARING YOUR OTHER CHILDREN FOR THE BABY'S ARRIVAL<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">f you have other children, you'll need to plan carefully how and when to tell them about the new baby. A child who is four or older should be told as soon as you start telling friends and relatives. He should also be apprised of the basic facts about conception and pregnancy so he understands how he is related to his new brother or sister. Fables about storks and such may seem cute, but they won't help your youngster understand and accept the situation. Using one of the picture books published on the subject may help you to explain "where babies come from."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If your younger than four when you become pregnant, you can wait awhile before telling him. When he's this young, he's still very self-centered and may have difficulty understanding an abstract concept like an unborn baby. But once you start furnishing the nursery, bringing his old crib back into the house, and making or buying baby clothes, he should be told what's going on. Also take advantage of any questions he may ask about Mom's growing "stomach" to explain what's happening. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Picture books can be helpful with very young children, too. Even if he doesn't ask questions, start talking to your older child about the baby by the last few months of pregnancy. Point out other newborns and their older siblings, and tell him how he's going to be a big brother soon.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't promise that things will be the same after the baby comes, because they won't be, no matter how hard you try. But reassure your child that you will love him just as much and help him understand the positive side of having a bad sibling.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breaking the news is most difficult if your child is between two and three. At this age, he's still extremely attached to you and doesn't yet understand the concept of sharing time possessions, or your affection with anyone else. He's also very sensitive to change going on around him, and may feel threatened by the idea of a new family member. The best way to minimize his jealousy is to include him as much as possible in the preparations for the new baby. Let him shop with you for the layette and the nursery equipment. Show him picture of himself as a newborn, and if you're recycling some of his old equipment, let him play with it a bit before you get it in order for the newcomer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any major changes in your preschooler's routine, such as toilet training, switching from a crib to bed, changing bedrooms, or starting nursery school, should be completed before the baby arrives. If that's not possible, put them off until after the baby is settled in at home. Otherwise, your youngster may feel overwhelmed when the upheaval caused by the baby's arrival is added to the stress of his own adjustments.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the baby is home, encourage your toddler to help and play with the newborn, but don't force him. If he shows an interest, give him some tasks that will make him feel like a big brother, such as disposing of dirty diapers and picking out baby's clothes or bath toys. And when you're playing with the baby, invite him to join you and show him how to hold and move the baby. Make sure he understand, however, that he's not to do these things unless you or another adult is present.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However busy ore preoccupied you may be with your new arrival, make sure you serve some special time each day just for your older child. Read, play games, listen to music, or simply talk together. Show him that you're interested in what he's doing, thinking, and feeling - not only in relation to the baby but about everything else in his life. </span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-34944295807016739532011-10-17T22:11:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:13:20.500-07:00ISSUES TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR PEDIATRICIAN<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">O</span>nce you have found a pediatrician with whom you feel comfortable, let her help you plan for you infant's basic care and feeding. Certain decisions and preparation should be made before the baby arrives. Your pediatrician can advise you such issue as:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>WHEN SHOULD THE BABY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fact that a short hospital stay(less than forty-eight hours) for term healthy infants can be accomplished does not mean that it is appropriate or every mother and baby. Each mother and baby should be evaluated individually to determine the best time to discharge. The timing of of the discharge should be the decision of the physician caring for the infant, not the insurance company.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SHOULD THE BABY BE CIRCUMCISED?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have a boy, you'll need to decide whether or not to have him circumcised. Unless you are sure you're having a girl, it's a good idea to make a decision about circumcision ahead of time, so you don't have to struggle with it amid the fatigue and excitement following delivery.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At present, there is controversy over whether or not circumcision is advisable from a medical standpoint. New information suggest there is potential medical benefits to circumcision. Recent studies have concluded that male infants who are not circumcised may be more likely to develop urinary tract infections than those who are. Further studies are needed to confirm this observation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Circumcision does, however, pose certain risks such as infection and bleeding. If the baby boy is born prematurely, has an illness at birth, or has a congenital abnormalities or blood problems, he should not be immediately circumcised. The procedure should not be performed only on stable, healthy infants.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-42176302202865543262011-10-17T22:10:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:13:46.459-07:00HOW TO FIND A PEDIATRICIAN FOR YOUR BABY<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">good place to start looking for a pediatrician is by asking your obstetrician for referrals. He or she will know local pediatricians who are competent and respected within the medical community. Other parents also can recommend pediatricians who have successfully treated their children. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few suggestion to get you started.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>HOW SOON AFTER BIRTH WILL THE PEDIATRICIAN SEE YOUR BABY?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most hospitals ask for the name of your pediatrician when you're admitted to deliver your baby. The delivery nurse will then call that pediatrician or his associate on call as soon as your baby is born. If you had any complications during either pregnancy or delivery, your baby should be examined at birth. Otherwise the examination can take place anytime during the first 24-hours of life. Ask the pediatrician if you can be present during the initial examination. This will give you an opportunity to learn more about your baby and gets answer to any question you may have.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>WHEN WILL YOUR BABY'S NEXT EXAM TO TAKE PLACE?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pediatricians routinely examine newborns and talk with parents before the parents are discharged from the hospital. This lets the doctor identify any problems that may have arisen and also gives you a chance to ask questions that have occurred to you during your hospital stay, before you take baby home. Your pediatrician will also let you know when to schedule the first office visit for your baby, and how he or she may be reached if a medical problem develops before then.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>WHAT HOSPITAL DOES THE DOCTOR PREFER TO USE?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ask the pediatrician where to go if your baby becomes seriously ill or injured. If the hospital is a teaching hospital with interns and residents, find out who would actually care for your infant if he was admitted.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out if the pediatrician takes her own emergency call at night. If not, how are such calls handled? Also ask if the pediatrician sees patient in the office after regular hours or if you must instead take your baby to emergency room When possible, it's often easier and more efficient to see the doctor in her office, because hospital frequently require length paperwork and extended waits before your child receives attention. On the other hand, serious medical problems are usually better handled at the hospital, where staff and medical equipment are always available.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>HOW OFTEN WILL THE PEDIATRICIAN SEE YOUR BABY FOR CHECKUPS AND IMMUNIZATION?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The american Academy of Pediatrics recommended checkups by 1 month, and at 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and 24 months, and annually after that. If the doctor routinely schedules examinations. If not, ask how much frequently than this, discuss the difference with her. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>WHAT ARE THE COST OF CARE?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your pediatrician should have standard free structure for hospital and office visits as well as after-hours visits and home visits(if he makes them). Find out if he charges for routine visits include immunization. If not, ask how much they will cost. Also, if you are covered by a managed-care system, check whether the pediatrician is on the panel of physicians.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After this interview you must ask yourself if you are comfortable with pediatrician's philosophy, policies, and practice. You must feel that you can trust him and that your question will be answered and your concern handled compassionately.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once your baby arrives, the most important "test" of the pediatrician you have selected is how he cares for your infant and responds to your concern. If you are unhappy with any aspect of treatment you and your baby are receiving, you should talk to pediatrician directly about the problem. If the response does not address your concerns properly, or the problem simply cannot be resolved, don't hesitate to change physicians. </span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-49165378668461186582011-10-17T21:59:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:14:05.537-07:00GIVING YOUR BABY A HEALTHY START<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">V</span>irtually everything you consume or inhale while pregnant will be passed through to the fetus. This process begins as soon as you conceive. In fact, the embryo is most vulnerable during the first two months, when the major body parts (arms, legs,hands, feet, liver, heart, genitalia, eyes, and brain) are just starting to form. Chemical substances such as those in cigarettes, alcohol, illegal drugs, and certain medications can interfere with the developmental process, as well as with later development, and some can even cause congenital abnormalities.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take smoking, for instance. If you smoke cigarettes during pregnancy, you baby's birth weight may be significantly decreased. Even inhaling smoke from the cigarettes of others(passive smoking) can affect your baby. Stay away from smoking before you got pregnant, and still do, this is the time to stop - not until you give birth, but forever. Children who grow up in a home where a parent smokes have more ear infections and more respiratory problems during infancy and early childhood, and also have been shown to be more likely to smoke themselves when they grow up.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's just as much concern about alcohol consumption. Excessive alcohol intake during pregnancy increase the risk of miscarriage. It also can cause a condition called fetal alcohol syndrome, which causes birth defects and below average intelligence. To date, no one has determined exactly how much alcohol is too much for a pregnant woman, but there is evidence that the more you drink, the greater the risk to the fetus. Until there is more data, it is safest not to drink alcoholic beverage during pregnancy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You should also avoid all medical and supplements except those your physician has specifically recommended for use during pregnancy. This includes not only prescription drugs that you may have already been taking, but also non-prescription or over-the-counter products such as aspirin, cold medications, and antihistamines. Even vitamins can be dangerous if taken in quantities larger than the recommended doses. Consult your physicians before taking drugs of supplements of any kind during pregnancy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your caffeine intake also should be limited while you are pregnant. While no adverse effects from normal caffeine intake have yer been proven, caffeine does tend to keep adults awake and make them irritable, which can only make things less comfortable and restful for you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another cause of congenital abnormalities is illness during pregnancy. Some of the most dangerous diseases you should take precautions against include:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>GERMAN MEASLES(rubella)</b></i>, which can cause mental retardation, heart abnormalities, cataracts, and deafness. Fortunately, this illness can now be prevented by immunization, though <i>you must not be immunized against rubella while pregnant.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The majority of adult women are immune to German measles because they had the disease during childhood or have already been immunized against it. If you're not sure whether you'r immune, ask your obstetrician to order a blood test for you. In the unlikely event that the test shows you're not immune, you must do your best to avoid young sick children especially during the first three months of your pregnancy. It is then recommended that you receive immunization after giving birth to prevent this same concern in the future.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Chickenpox</b></i> is particularly dangerous if contracted shortly before delivery. If you have not already had chickenpox, you should avoid anyone who might have or might be coming down with this disease, particularly young children who have been around others with chickenpox. If you have not had chickenpox, you should receive the preventive vaccine when you are not pregnant.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Toxoplasmosis</b></i> is primarily a danger for cat owners. This illness is caused by parasitic infection common in cats. The infected animal excretes a form of the parasite in its stools and anyone who comes in contact with infected stools could themselves become infected. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-46817927186746220102011-10-17T21:58:00.002-07:002011-10-31T07:14:21.798-07:00PREPARING FOR A NEW BABY<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">P</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">regnancy is a time of anticipation, excitement, preparation, and, for new parents, uncertainty. You dream of a baby who will be strong, healthy, and bright - and you make plans to provide her with everything she needs to grow and thrive. You probably also have fears and questions, especially of this is your first child, or if there have been problems with this or a previous pregnancy. What if something goes wrong during the course of your pregnancy, or what if labor and delivery are difficult? What if being a parents isn't everything you've always dreamed it would be? Fortunately, most of these worries are needless. The nine months of pregnancy will give you time to have your question answered, calm your fears, and prepare yourself for the realities of parenthood.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of these preparations should begin when you first learn you're pregnant. The best way to help your baby develop is to take good care of yourself, since medical attention and good nutrition will directly benefit your baby's health. Getting plenty of rest and exercising moderately will help you feel better and ease the physical stresses of pregnancy. Talk to your physician about prenatal vitamins and avoiding smoking and alcohol.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As pregnancy progresses, you're confronted with a long list of related decisions, from planning for the delivery to decorating the nursery. You probably have made many of these decisions already. Perhaps you've postponed some others because your baby doesn't yet seem "real" to you. However, the more actively you prepare for your baby's arrival, the more real that child will seem, and the faster your pregnancy will appear to pass.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Eventually it may seem as though your entire life revolves around this baby-to-be. This increasing preoccupation is perfectly normal and healthy and may actually help prepare you emotionally for the challenge of parenthood. After all, you'll be making decisions about your child for the next two decades - at least! Now is a perfect time to start.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-77660049347609448192011-10-17T21:58:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:14:40.765-07:00BUYING FURNITURE AND BABY EQUIPMENT<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>alk into any baby store and you probably will be overwhelmed by the selection of equipment available. A few items are essential, but most things, while enticing, are not necessary. In fact, some are not even useful. To help you sort through options, here is a list of the basic necessities you should have on hand when your baby arrives.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A crib that meets all safety specifications. check them carefully to make sure they meet the same standards. Unless you have money to spare, don't bother with bassinet. Your baby will outgrow it in just a few weeks.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A crib matters that is firm and covered with material that can be easily cleaned. If this covering is made of plastic or other nonabsorbent material, place a thick fabric pad on top of it so your baby won't lie in moisture caused by perspiration, drooling, or sit-up.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crib bumpers to keep your baby from hitting her head on crib bars. Make sure these bumpers are tied to the crib railings, using all the strings. The bumper should be removed when your child starts to stand; otherwise she may climb up on them and out of her crib. It is unnecessary and potentially dangerous to use pillows in a newborn's crib.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bedding for the crib, including a flannel-backed, water proof mattress cover(which is cooler and more comfortable for your baby than plain plastic of rubber covers), two fitted sheets, and a quilt of soft full-size blanket. Never use infant cushions that have soft fabric coverings and are loosely filled with plastic foam beads or pellets. </span></li>
</ul><ul><li style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A 3-gallon diaper pail with deodorizer. If you are going to wash your own diapers, you'll need a second pail so you can separate wet diapers, you'll need a second pail so you can separate wet diapers from "soiled" ones. If you use a diaper service, They usually will provide the pail.</li>
</ul><div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A large plastic washtub for bathing the baby. As an alternative to the washtub, you can use the kitchen sink to bathe your newborn, provided the faucet swings out of the way. After the first month, however, it's safer to switch to a separate tub, because the baby will be able to reach and turn on the faucet from the sink. Always make sure the bathing area is very clean prior to bathing your baby.</span></li>
</ul></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-3959754510625877122011-10-17T21:57:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:15:17.173-07:00CHOOSING A LEYETTE<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">s your due date nears, you'll need to acquire a layette, the basic collection of baby clothes and accessories that will get your newborn through his first few weeks. A suggested starting list includes: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 or 4 pajamas sets(with feet)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 to 8 T-shirts </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 newborn sacques</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 sweaters</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 sleeping bag or bunting</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 bonnets</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 pairs of socks or booties</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 to 6 receiving blankets</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 set of baby washcloths and towels</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 to 4 dozen newborn-size diapers</span></li>
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<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have other children, most of this layette probably will consist of hand-me-downs. If this is your first child, you may receive many of items from friends and relatives. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some guidelines to help you make your selections for the rest of the items you need.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buy big. Unless your baby is born prematurely or is very small, he will probably outgrow "newborn" sizes in a matter of days-if he never fits into them at all! Even three-month sizes may be outgrown within the first month. You'll want a couple of garments that your child can wear in the every beginning, but concentrate on larger sizes for the rest of the wardrobe. You'r baby won't mind if his clothes are slightly large for awhile.</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To avoid injury from burning garments, all children should wear flame-retardant sleepwear and clothing. Make sure the label indicates this. These garments should be washed in laundry indicates this. These garments should be washed in laundry detergents, not soap, because soap will washed out the flame retardant. Check the garment labels and product information to determine which detergents to use.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make sure the crotch opens easily for diaper changes.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Avoid clothing that pulls tightly around the neck, arms, or legs. These clothes are not only safety hazards but are also uncomfortable.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check washing instructions. Clothing for children of all ages should be washable and require little or no ironing.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do not put shoes on a newborn's feet. Shoes are not necessary until after he starts to walk. Worn earlier, they can interfere with the growth of his feet. The same is true of socks and footed pajamas if they're to small and worn for a prolonged period of time.</span></li>
</ul>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-59495380480615765812011-10-17T21:56:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:15:38.156-07:00SHOULD I BREASTFEED OR BOTTLE-FEED?<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">B</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">efore your baby arrives, you'll want to decide whether you're going to breastfeed or feed formula. While not identical to breast milk, most formulas are approximately as nutritious and digestible as human milk. Both approaches are safe and healthy for your baby and each has its advantages.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most obvious benefits of breastfeeding are convenience and cost, but there are some real medical benefits, too. Breast milk provides your baby with natural antibodies that help her resist certain kinds of infection. Breastfeed babies also are less likely to suffer from allergies that occasionally occur in babies fed cow's milk formula.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mother who nurse their babies also say that there are many emotional rewards. Once the milk supply is established and the baby is nursing well, both mother and child experience a tremendous sense of closeness and comfort, a bond that continues throughout infancy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If cannot breastfeed or you choose not to do so, you can still achieve similar feelings of closeness during bottle-feedings. Rocking, cuddling, stroking, and gazing into your baby's eyes will enhance the experience for both of you, regardless of the milk source.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-50264669837615213792011-10-17T21:55:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:16:01.408-07:00THE GIFT YOU GIVE YOUR BABY<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A</span>s his parents, you have many vital gifts to offer your child in return. Some are subtle, but all are very powerful. Giving them will make you a good parents. Receiving them will help your baby become a healthy, happy, capable individual.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">UNCONDITIONAL LOVE</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SELF-ESTEEM</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">VALUES AND TRADITION</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">JOY IN LIFE</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GOOD HEALTH</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SECURE SURROUNDING</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SKILLS AND ABILITIES</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b></b></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>UNCONDITIONAL LOVE</b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love lies at the core of relationship with your child. It need to flow freely in both directions. Just as she loves you without question, you must give her your love and acceptance absolutely. Your love shouldn't depend on the way she look or behaves. It shouldn't be used as a reward, or withheld as a threat. Your love for your baby is constant and indisputable, and it's up to you to convey that. Love must held separate and above any fleeting feelings of anger or frustration over her conduct. Never confuse the actions with the child. The more secure she feels in your love, the more self-assurance she will have as she grows up.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SELF-ESTEEM</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of your most important gifts as a parents is to help your child develop self-esteem. It's not an easy or quick process. Self-respect, confidence, and belief in oneself, which are the building blocks of self-esteem, take years to become firmly established. Beginning in infancy, your child needs your steady support and encouragement to discover his strengths. Loving him, spending time with him, listening to him, and praising his accomplishments are all part of this process. If he is confident of your love, admiration, and respect, it will be easier for him to develop the solid self-esteem he needs to grow up happy and emotionally healthy.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>VALUES AND TRADITION</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regardless of whether you actively try to pass on your values and beliefs to your child, she is bound to absorb some of them just by living with you. She'll participate in family rituals and traditions and think about their significance. Giver her guidance and encouragement, not only commands. Encourage questions and discussions, when age and language permit, instead of trying to force your values on your child. If your beliefs are well reasoned and if you are true to them, she will probably adopt many of them. If there are inconsistencies in your actions, something we all live with, often your children are the ones who will make that clear to you, either subtly by their behavior or, when they are older, more directly by disagreeing with you. The road to developing is not straight and unerring. It demands flexibility built in firm foundations. While the choice of values and principles will ultimately be hers to make, she depends on you to give her the foundation through your thoughts, shared ideas, and most of all, your action and deeds.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>JOY IN LIFE</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your child doesn't need to be taught to be joyful, but he does need your permission and occasional encouragement to let his natural enthusiasm fly free. The more joyful you are, particularly when you are with him, the more delightful life will seem to him and the more eagerly he will embrace it. When he hears music, he'll dance. When the sun shines, he'll turn his face skyward. When he feels happy he'll laugh. This exuberance is often expressed through his being attentive and curious, willing to explore new places and things, and eager to take in the world around him and incorporate the new images, objects, and people into his own growing experience. Remember, different babies have different temperaments, some more apparently exuberant than others, some more noisily rambunctious, some more playful, some more reserved. But all babies demonstrate their joy in life in their own ways, and you as the parents will discover what those ways are and nurture your baby's joy. This gift ever child deserve.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>GOOD HEALTH</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your baby's health depends significantly on the care and guidance you offer her. You begin during pregnancy, by taking good care of yourself and by arranging for obstetric and pediatric care. By taking your baby to the doctor regularly for consultations, keeping her safe from accidents, providing a nutritious diet, and encouraging exercise throughout childhood, you help protect and strengthen her body. You'll also need to maintain good health habits yourself, while avoiding unhealthy ones, such as smoking, excessive drinking, drug use, and lack of adequate physical activity. In this way you'll give you child a healthy example to follow as she grows up.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SECURE SURROUNDING</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You naturally want to give your baby a safe, comfortable home. This means more than a warm place to sleep and a collection of toys. As important as it is to provide shelter that is physically safe and secure, it is even more important to create a home that is emotionally secure with minimum of stress and maximum of consistency and love. Your child can sense problems between other family members and may be very troubled by them, so its important that <i>all </i>family problems, even minor conflicts,be dealt with directly and resolved as quickly as possible through cooperation. This may entail seeking advice but remember, your family well-being maintains an environment that promotes your baby's development and will allow him to achieve his potential. The family's dealing effectively with conflicts or differences will ultimately help him feel secure in his ability to manage conflicts and disagreements and will provide him a positive example for resolving his own challenges.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>SKILL AND ABILITIES</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As your child grows up, She'll spend most of her time developing and polishing a variety of skills and abilities in all areas of her life. You should help here as much as possible by encouraging her and providing the equipment and instruction she needs. It's also important not to forget some of the most important learning tools: Your baby will learn best when she feels secure, confident, and loved; she will learn best when information is presented in a way that she will respond to positively. Some information is best presented through play - the language of children. Young children learn a tremendous amount through play, especially when with parents or playmates. Other information is best learned or incorporated through actual experience. This may mean learning through exposure to diverse places, people, activities, and experience. Other things are learned through stories, picture books, and activity books. Still other things are learned by watching - sometimes just watching you, sometimes watching other children or adults.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you enjoy learning and making discovery fun for your baby, she will soon recognize that achievement can be a source of personal satisfaction as well as a way to please you. The secret is to give her the opportunities and let her learn as best fits style and at her own.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2356336632971489943.post-26645998224034221602011-10-17T21:54:00.001-07:002011-10-31T07:16:27.876-07:00YOUR BABY'S GIFT TO YOU<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A</span>lthough simple, your baby's gift to you are powerful enough to change your life positively.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unqualified Love</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Absolute Trust</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Thrill of Discovery</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Heights of Emotion</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>UNQUALIFIED LOVE</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From birth, you are the center of your child's universe. He gives you his love without question and without demand. As he gets older, he will show this love in countless ways, from showering you with his first smile to giving you his handmade valentines. His love is filled with admiration, affection, loyalty, and an intense desire to please you.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>ABSOLUTE TRUST</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your child believes in you. In her eyes, you are strong, capable, powerful, and wise. Over time, she will demonstrate this trust by relaxing when you are near. Sometimes, she will lean on you for protection from things that frighten her, including her own sensitivities. For example, in your presence she may try out new skills that she would never dare alone or with a stranger. She trusts you to keep her safe.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having a baby gives you a unique chance to discover the pleasure and excitment of childhood. Although you cannot relive your life through your child, you can share in his delight as he explores the world. In the process, you probably will discover abilities and talents you never dreamed you possessed. Feeling of empathy mixed with growing self-awareness will help shape your ability to play and interact with your growing child. Discovering things together, whether they be new skill or words or ways to overcome obstacles, will add to your experience and confidence as a parent and will better prepare you for new challenges that you never even envisioned.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Through your child, you will experience new heights of joy, love, pride, and excitement. You probably also will experience anxiety, anger, and frustration. For all those delicious moments when you hold your baby close and feel her loving arms around your neck, there are bound to be times when you feel you cannot communicate. For you as a parent, the challenge will be to accept and appreciate all the feeling your baby expresses herself and arouses in you, and to use them in giving her steady guidance.</span></div>Zanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15067667347191063537noreply@blogger.com1