All over America, Halloween celebrations are creepy, fun-filled and sugary too! Halloween fun and thrill can be much more than a single night of trick or treating. Take your little psyched witches, warriors, bug bunnies and super heroes to some of the exciting ‘run away’ destinations in America so as to inject an additional dose…
Infants are used to mothers milk or liquids only, in the first few months of their lives. The method of induction is sucking, either from the breast or the bottle. This much feeding is enough for the baby till 3 to 4 months of age. Then baby’s growth needs more nutrition, which can be fulfilled…
Lactation failure can be defined as, the requirement to start ‘top feeding’ for the baby within 3 months after birth because of insufficient breast milk supply of mother. Lactation failure diagnosis is confirmed by expert doctors or gynecologists. A failure of lactation is established if anyone of the following conditions persists: Inadequate or insufficient or…
The optimum weight of a baby at the time of birth is 2.5 kg for a girl, and slightly more for a boy. If the weight of the baby is lower than this, then special care needs to be taken, especially in feeding. Feeding low birth weight babies require extra efforts for mothers and caretakers….
Pregnancy heralds an addition to the family and is a pleasing experience for all women. Although there is much to look forward to, pregnancy brings with it many difficulties through which a woman has to pass during the next nine months after conception. The most common problems are morning sickness and back ache. These go…
The period of pregnancy, especially in the case of first time mother, results in lots of mental and physical changes and she has to undergo much mental and physical stress. As the skin of the stomach stretches it becomes hard resulting in pain and inconvenience to the mother. So hardness of the stomach during advanced…
Folic acid, also called folate, is a form of vitamin B specifically vitamin B9 and is found in natural food like pulses and also in green vegetables. Folic acid is needed by the human body to produce red blood cells and DNA. For healthy development of the brain and nervous system Folic acid is necessary….
Except in case of some complication that could arise due to a variety of reasons where doctors recommend bed rest, exercise is generally recommended to the pregnant lady. After one gets the first indication of being pregnant, at the time of the first check up generally doctors give a detailed chart of what to do…
Reams have been written about the innocence of children but now-a-days as you gaze into the eyes of a child, what you see reflected in them is that the babe is sizing you up. During earlier times, when technology was less advanced and sources of information rare, kids used to begin by learning from their…
In case of first pregnancy a pregnant woman wants to give birth to her child in a normal way without the aid of medicines. This may be due to underestimation of the extent of pain during labour. However as the time passes there is a change of mind and the woman on labour desires to…