How to say “NO” to your kid.

Children are curious and intrusive by nature. Especially at the earlier age, because children are born naturally to be curious and intrusive they always have the intention to understand. As they grow up, they will be more inquiring because they want to comprehend the way you think and why they should follow the same way. So when you setting up the rules and expectations in your home it is imperative to let your child understand that there is no room for questioning the rules you set. You will set the forth and consequence of breaking the rules. They will understand that the rule is to be follow; you will be fine if you break the rules. As, they are too young to understand the reasons.

Children born with the tendency of being a child that their parents proud with. This is the nature of a child. Honestly, children do not understand your long and lengthy explanation when you are trying to tell them “NO” or not allowing to do things at such a young age. But, children are born with the capability of being their parent’s good kids. They will try their best to become good kids. So when you are trying to say NO to your children you can always tell that. Don’t do that because I am not happy with it. You will be surprise that they will not repeat that again. Because they understand that, if that repeat or did that again, my mummy or daddy will be not happy with me.

As a parent, try your best to avoid telling your kids “Because I said NO”. Just imagine, children are so curious when they start to learn and expose to the world. But as a parent you are stopping them by just a word “NO” don’t you think it is cruel to your kids? You are controlling them but not teaching them! You will probably explain to them as they grow or when they have the capability to understand. But when they are small, (between the ages of 1-4), you can try to stop them from doing things by telling them you are not happy with, they will not do that!

But as your child grows to the teenager and adolescents stage, you will need to explain to them. Because, at this age they are equip with the mentality and ability to understand. You will start to get a lot of ‘why’ ‘why I can’t’ questions. At this stage, you will need to tell them honestly the reasons of not being allowed to do so. When your child is grow to be at this age, it will be an opportunity for you to set the consequences of not obedient to the house’s rules. But, you must be consistent, firm and clear if you want to train your child to be discipline. At this stage, you will face bigger challenge. As you will need to answer and tell them why they are not allowing doing so. As your child might start to questioning you the reason of following the setting up rules or why it need to be like that. Control your emotion parents, calm down and do not get frustrated. This is their way of understanding the new world that they are born into and they are in the learning stage too. So appreciate your child.

Motive your kids in study

Motivating children for their study is a knowledge that every parent should learn as learning is the root of your children successful life in the future. You need to learn and understand tips that can cherish and motivate your children. Initially, children feel excited to go school. But the excitement and enthusiasm tends to wane after a few days of school life.

As a parent, you need to work out with some tricks which can maintain their hard work after the early excitement. This is important as if your children fail to have interest in their study then they future will be ruin.

You understand your child the most. You should design a study method which suits his character most. Observe your kid. Different kids with different character will have their own way of study. So, different study method will need to be setup. But do bear in mind that when you are working out with your children study plan, please make it easy and simple. You must first identify the study environment that they prefer. They like to study in their quite room, or they wish to have people around when they are studying. Some kids will enjoy studying with the music. So the first step before creating any study method you need to identify their study area and environment. The study method might be different for your first and second kids.

You must clarify to them the connections between career and academics in their early age. Give them the exposure of career and study. Let your kids understand the important of study and must share with him successful and excellent career will be depending on his learning at this moment. You can plan some activities which will enhance his interest in study and building up their passion to study is important. Do not let them feel boring with study.

Setting goals is important in every stage of life. Life without goals is meaningless. Give them the experience and belief of achievement is a product of their effort. Give them a concrete reason to study. Then he will contribute more effort in his study. Children with their goal will be organizing and they will be less likely to drop out from any programs or study in their later age. So, practice goal settings with your children. But do remember to make their goal setting simple. Attaining success will help to increase their chances of setting up a higher goal. This will also lead them to successful life.

Children love to be reward. Every parent should practice rewarding their children when they are success to reach their goal. When he score or achieve something, as a parent, praise him. Reward him as you promise. Rewarding will be very efficient in some children as they can work very hard in order to get something they wish to have. Our positive reinforcements will proportionally help to increase our children confidence and self esteem which we do not realize.

Diet during breastfeeding

Every lady is so eager to lose weight after giving birth. No lady will feel great of carrying the excess weight on the body. All women is so excited to lose the extra fat after giving birth. Do not be thrilled until put behind the nutrition you needed during breast feeding.

Why a good and healthy diet is important during breast feeding period, because the quality of the breast milk produce by your body is depending on the diet you consume and your diet after giving birth will speed up the cycle for your body to rebounds from child birth. Having appropriate diet is crucial during breastfeeding period as this will ensure that the nutritional requirements of your baby are sufficient.

During breastfeeding period, you are also consuming for two persons. Where part of your diet will be used to generate the breast milk produce for your baby and also necessary to recover your weak body which is recover from delivery. If you are not having sufficient diet during your breastfeeding period, all the nutrition will be contribute to milk production in your body. Thus, your body will endeavor to keep up the milk production and give negative impact to your body. So you must have sufficient nutrition in order to maintain your and your baby health during breastfeeding times.

During breast feeding period, you need to consume about three quarts of water daily. You will need water to accommodate the production of milk but in opposite, excessive water consumption will bring down the milk production. Fruits and vegetables is high recommended during breastfeeding period, ensure that at least two or three pieces of fruits is taken daily. So increase the dairy consumption during breastfeeding time. You can plan your diet to control your weight but consume adequate diet by separating your meal to five meals in a day. Instead of usual three meals in a day separate it to five meals in a day. This can help to control your weight gain during breastfeeding period.

You may want to increase your calcium consumption during breastfeeding as calcium is the mineral aid in the bones development, and lack of calcium will result in osteoporosis in your children later life. Dairy products, milk, soya, tofu and almonds are foods which is high in calcium. Further more, folic acid is good your baby’s growth and development. Foods which have high content of folic acid include cabbage, spinach, corn, asparagus and peas.

A well balance diet is needed during breastfeeding period.

Baby Colds

My Baby First Cold

My first newborn was having cold. I feel so miserable and upset because she is feeling uncomfortable and the infection is worsening day after day. I really don’t know what to do to help her. The feeling is even worst as it is me who was suffering from cold. But, my advice will be do not get panic all mothers where you wake up one day and discover your baby is suffering from cold. Consult your doctor will be the safest way for your getting cold’s baby.

As times goes by, I keep my study and research in taking care of my baby and gain a lot of knowledge from it. Actually, you can assist to reduce your newborn discomfort and avoid the infection to worsening by guarantee she is getting adequate rest, sleep and liquids (water or milk).

Plenty of water should be given to your baby when she is suffering from cold. You can also grant her some fresh juices when she is more than six months old. Milk can also assist the infection from getting worse.

During their sleeping time when they are catching in cold, keep your baby’s head elevated. Sleeping in slight incline help the cold by relieving the postnasal drip. Build your baby head elevation by putting something beneath his mattress. Head elevation helps him for better breath. Try to avoid him laying flat on the bed. As laying flat on the mattress will pose difficulty for them to breath and baby will feel discomfort.

Mother can always sooth their baby cold by using the steam in the bathroom. Turn the shower in the bathroom which will steam up the bathroom, let your baby sitting with you for about fifteen minutes. The steam produce by the hot shower will help to relieve his cold by relieving the nasal congestion.

Place a mist humidifier or vaporizer in your baby’s room to enhance the humidity or moisture in the room where it will help your baby’s breath to improve.

If your baby has terrible nasal congestion you can help to suck out the mucus from his nostrils. Get a rubber suction bulb to draw out the mucus. If you find difficult to suck out the mucus as it is thicken in the nostrils, use saline nose drops to soften the mucus first. Then only extract the mucus from the nostrils when it is soften.

Lastly, giving your love to your newborn will improve her cold faster. Give your full attention, love, care and hugs to your newborn during her first cold. They can feel the love pouring by you and recover quickly.

Swaddling Baby

Baby swaddling is not so popular nowadays. But it is a famous practice in many countries, Middle East, Turkey, Afghanistan and Albania. Baby swaddling is not known among people of North America and Western Europe.

Recent study has shown that baby swaddling will help to reduce the possibility of colic baby. Baby swaddling help out with the problem of colic baby because during swaddling, your baby is being swaddle firmly in a blanker where they will feel secure and thus will help in colicky baby. Besides that during baby swaddling, newborn have the high tendency to concentrate, remaining relax and calm due to your efforts of resolving their need. Baby swaddling, will help to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Babies are hold in a stable and firm position while sleeping thus lowering the risk of sudden infant death. Baby swaddling should be practice among American and Western Europe especially at the age of three months as this is the age of high risk sudden infant death.

Baby swaddling give the sense of security to your newborn. They haven been staying for nine months in the uterus where it is restricted and warm, swaddling help to reproduce the feeling of warm and restricted as if in the uterus. Giving them the feeling help to secure and relax them. Thus increasing the sleeping period of the baby where they will feel more relaxing due o the prevention of sudden movement which will awake them. Swaddling can also help to increase the sleeping cycle of the baby. In addition to that, baby swaddling give baby the warm feeling where their body temperature is being regulated. Swaddling helps the baby and mother to get more rest, as baby sleep more and mother will be able to rest.

What you need to concern during baby swaddling is the overheating. It is suggest swaddling your baby with only diaper during summer time. Clothes and shirt can be excluded. Apart from that, you should also avoid to cover baby head during swaddling. As long as you are following the instruction of swaddling and apply the proper way to swaddle your baby, the temperature was not an issue to worry. Give special care to guarantee your baby circulation is proper and baby is comfortable with the swaddling process. Consult your doctor or nurse and seek for the correct method of baby swaddling.

Swaddling will help to increase your and baby sleeping time, why do not want to give it a try As it really benefits both the parents and children.

Weight During Pregnancy

Weight gain during pregnancy is a normal as you are eating for you and the baby inside to thrive. It is a natural and essential phenomenon to gain weight for all pregnant women. But this is not an opportunity for you to over eat as an excuse of eating for two peoples. There are a lot of women gain excessive weights during pregnancy and facing difficulty to lose it after delivery.

How to maintain the proper and ideal weight during your pregnancy period? You might need to understand the relations between weight and your pregnancy before planning anything.

First of all, you are gaining weight during pregnancy because the weight of the embryo in your uterus is growing and developing. And this is essential and healthy during pregnancy. In average, all women will gain 25-35 pounds from their normal weight before pregnancy.

In order to determine the best weight range you should have, you need to know whether in what weight range you are at based on your age and height before pregnancy. If you are in the category of healthy weight range during pre-pregnancy, the maximum weight you can gain is thirty five pounds. Whereas for those people who fall under underweight category before pregnancy, you can gain a bit more compare to normal pregnant women but the maximum extra pounds to gain is not more than five pounds. For women who are obese before pregnant, you can only gain the maximum of extra twenty five pounds during pregnancy period. So make sure to watch your weight during pregnancy.

Do not try to lose weight during pregnancy period. As most of the cases where pregnant women who tend to deprive from healthy diet, will end up in having problems to both the mother and baby. Eat accordingly to avoid nutrition deprived to your baby and risks of getting heart attacks. You will not want your child to have all the health issue disease. So eat accordingly with proper diet.

Many of the women will get an excuse from pregnancy where they can eat whatever they want. You should keep to your regular eating habits. You will gain weight during pregnancy time, this is for sure. During the second trimester, an increase of one or two pounds in a week time will be normal. But do not let the weight exceed five pounds during the first trimester period. Weight yourself once in a week in the early morning after toilet. Watch your weight confirm it is within the extra number of your allowable weight gain range.

Pregnant women get hungry easily. Increase your consumption of whole grains, beans, nuts, vegetables and fruits. This will help to maintain your weight. Try to consume high fiber food if you feel hungry easily. During pregnancy, what you consume will be deliver to your child. So, your eating habits and diets will either positively affect your child or adversely. Avoid all the junk foods or food which is high calories in the fear of becoming obese.

Diet During Pregnancy

Pregnant women need to be cautious to their diet as what they consume will pass to the baby. Women need to be careful in everything they eat as some of the food might affect the development of the baby. So understand the food that is allowable during pregnancy will help to prevent the miscarriages, still birth that nobody wishes. Pregnant women need to bear in mind that what you consume will pass to your baby so think before you eat!

Breakfast is the key meal to start off your day. Do not skip breakfast during pregnancy. If you are sick of morning meals, choose something small such as fruits and milk for breakfast. Breakfast is a must for all pregnant women.

Pregnant women advise to have 4-6 meals throughout the day instead of 3 normal meals. Divide the amount of food to smaller portion and more meals as this will help to reduce the effects of heartburn and bloated feeling during pregnancy. But do not over eat as you might face some difficulty to reduce your weight after giving birth.

Having the right nutrition is very important during pregnancy. Consume more calcium, vitamin and mineral product, such as milk, cheese and yoghurt. Cereal is also encouraged during pregnancy as cereal contains high fiber which will aid constipation. Protein intake is also important during pregnancy as protein assist in maintaining muscles, enzyme and hormones. Lean meat, poultry and fish are high in protein.

Fruit and vegetables is highly encourage as fruits and vegetables contain high fiber and vitamins. Take more green food such as broccoli and green beans.

Raw meat and raw egg should be avoided during pregnancy. As the raw meat and egg contain bacteria which will lead to miscarriage or still birth. If you are really craving for deli meat, cook until well done as this help to kill the bacteria. The bacteria contain in the raw meat and egg is harmless for normal consumption but it is not allow during pregnancy as our body immune system decrease when we get pregnant so the bacteria will be harmful to our body. Unpasteurised milk and soft cheese will cause birth defects and miscarriages.

Although fish are encouraged as it is the source of protein but some type of fish is inhibit due to the high content of mercury. Mercury will restrain the baby development and cause brain damage to your baby. High mercury fish include shark, tuna. sea bass and swordfish.

Alcohol and drug is exactly NO during pregnancy. You should stop alcohol and drug intake during pregnancy as this will inhibit the brain development of your child. Overdose of caffeine will also increase the possibility of miscarriage and low birth weight. Restrict your caffeine consumption to not more than 300mg per day.

Understand the right diet during pregnancy is important as this affect your child brain development and growth. To have a healthy newborn, small sacrifice is worth the value of.

Teach your kid to fishing but dont fish for them!

Parent love to do everything for their kids.By doing everything for your kids,do not indicate that you are giving them the best but it is actually the opposite.

By doing everything for your kids will increase the dependence of your kids on you. Preparing and doing everything for them will rob your kid’s opportunity to grow up, their opportunity to develop self reliance, which is the root of building their self esteem.

Basicprinciple of parenting, teach your kid how to hold his head high no matter what comes, then he will definitely sow seeds of happiness, success and prosperity in future life.

Give your kids the opportunity to learn to do things for themselves. It is common for them to made mistake but everybody learn from mistake and without making any mistake in life it is not called grow up process. We also made mistakes in life. Successful people in society made a lot of mistake before them success. Do not afraid of mistake and try to help them learn from mistake. So do not feel anxious to let your kids to do thing on their own, don’t be over protective where you help them in everything. Spoon feed them. This will spoil your kids and also affect their upbringing. It is your responsibility as a parent to produce a responsible, self-confident and independent kid.

To develop self-reliant and self-esteem in his inner self. As a parent, the must do thing is develop faith in your child.It is impossible for you to be forever with your child so you must let them fish on their own.Have faith in your child. This is what most of the parents lack of. Faith the best encouragement for your kids, for kids, to be trusted by their parents is a great compliment. Let them try some simple chores, you will be surprise that they feel honoured to be given the responsibility. They will finish the task by trying their best. They will have their natural way of doing it. Gratitude them when they helping out with the chores, and loosen your daily task. Your kids will feel value and loved by you. This will naturally help them boost up their self worth and self confident which will be useful in their future life.

Cherish your children

How many parent know that cherish your children is one of the smart parenting tips. I understand that sometime your children really drive you up to the fence. But bear in mind that no matter what situation you are in, cherish your children. Appreciate them. Do you know that there are millions of people in the world that wish to have kids but and unable to do so. Do you know that there so thousand of peoples in this world those are willing to trade places with you? All the kids are so naughty and it is normal for them to drive you crazy. But learn to enjoy them this is part of the parenting process where you will enjoy and appreciate when the memory flash back in future. Parent are impatient especially young parent, they do not tolerate the behaviour of their naughty child end up in scolding and whacking them. Do you know that this will affect your grown up child. So how can you get angry so easily when dealing with your kids? You are so lucky to have kids. Practice to hugs your kid. Do it at least once a day and try to tell them you are glad to have them with you. Show and express your gratitude of having the opportunity to be their parent. Don’t hide in your heart. You will be surprise that your kids will be impress and this help in the growing. A lot of parent do not realise the important of cherish their children and compare a child where their parent cherish them and child where their parent spend time scolding them, it is totally different. The child will grow up with different attitude and surprisingly, parents who always cherish their children will have a closer bond and your child can share a lot of things with you when they grow up. So parents don’t miss out this important thing in your parenting life.

Well manage marriage

To become a smart parent, you need to protect your marriage. Divorce statistics show about 50% of marriage failure. Children growing in divorce family are often filled with unhappiness and emptiness. As a parent, take a stand and put some effort into your marriage. To become a smart and effective parent, you need to provide happy and complete family to your children. Do not do everything for your kids only, put your marriage before your kids. Do not do everything for your kids only until neglecting the relations between you and your partner. Do plan some night date with your partner or planning a vacation with your partner. Do this for your whole family's own good. Protect your marriage in order to be a smart parent. Have a happy marriage and family.

Love yourself before you love your kids

You must love yourself first before you love your kids. As a parent, we hope to have happy and healthy adult. One of the best things we can do as a parent, is to give them foundation for becoming happy and healthy adut. In order to build a happy and healthy foundation, as a parent, you need to self care yourself as being a good parent and a healthy and balanced human being. You need to be healthy and happy also. You character in human being will affect your child growth.

Living in new century, parents are all stressed out with life and career. So many children living with stressed out parents. How are they going to be healthy and happy when growing up with stressful parents. Make your relationship with your kids to be fun and playful. Let them enjoy and exposure to happy and healthy human being then they will naturally growing up to be health and happy human being.Do not be on the brink of parent burnout, because it is not a pleasant thing for you and your family to experience.

Baby Language

A newborn baby may seem like a mystery to you where you don’t know how to communicate with them. But newborn does have a surprising ability to communicate. They will communicate with you by expressions and gestures. Try to understand the expression and gestures then you will understand what your baby trying to tell you.

If your baby eyes is widely open and he has worry expressions, he seem like having little effort to suckle and long pauses this show that the milk flow is insufficient. But if you feel that you have sufficient milk, then something wrong with your breastfeeding. Try to adjust the position of your breast in order for the baby to latch properly.

If your baby shut his eyes, show signs of sleeping but still firmly attached to the breast. This indicates that the flow of milk slowed down until baby fell asleep while waiting for the milk flow. Removing baby from the breast will make him start to root and fuss.

Baby pulling off the breast, screaming, flails arms, attempts to relatch. Baby is frustrated by the slow flow of the milk, but he is not rejecting the breast yet but may eventually do so if the flow remains at low level.

Your baby is sucking and swallows well for few minutes only then settling into a drowsy state. Normal and health baby will feed steadily until full as long as there is a good flow. If you need to keep on stimulate your baby to suck, this show that the milk flow is too slow. Newborns will suckle slow flowing breast for few minutes then become lazy.

Gripping on nipple but jerks head away from the breast showing the frustration towards the slow flowing milk.

Your baby is startled, eyes is widely open, show noisy gulps and almost no pauses. This shows that the milk flow is too fast. So hold the baby upright and try to lean after latching to make sure baby’s throat is higher than the nipple.

When your baby pulls off and relatches frequently and he does not maintain a deep latch, this baby is probably overwhelmed by the flow of milk. So the baby is having a shallow latch, in order to control the flow of the milk. The overflow of milk also cause milk drips and sprays each time the baby pulls away from the breast.

Baby show he is very hungry after the first breast but refuse when offered the second breast, the baby is most probably still hungry but the flow of the second breast is too fast and he prefer to latch to the first breast for more leisure feeding.

When the baby needs to burp? Some babies burp during breastfeeding and continue without a pause. Do not interrupt a feeding to burp the baby unless they seem uncomfortable where they are swallowing well but the upper body is wriggling or twisting.

Basic Parenting

Basic parenting for all the new parent in the world. Cover all the topic that new parent will need to know and learn in order to take care of their infant and give the best to their baby.Every parent wish to give everything the best to their new born. In order for you to give the best to your newborn what you need to do? You need to learn and know more. Welcome to parenting world.

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Breast Feeding Problems

Ouchh........It is pain! I suffer sore nipples. Breast feeding's mother suffering from nipples sore. Feel helpless, no idea how to treat them? What is the main cause of nipples sore? This happened because your baby doesn’t latch on properly.
It is easier to prevent sore nipples than to treat them. Prevention is better than cure. To avoid nipples sore make sure your baby latch on the right way. If it does not, take off your baby from the breast by releasing the suction using your finger in the corner of baby’s between the gums. Make sure your baby is latched on the correct position during breast feeding. If you feel your baby sucking hurts, this indicates that your baby is not latched on the correct position. Try to a position when your baby sucking do not cause any uncomfortable to your nipples. Other than that, if your baby is position and latch on the proper way, the sucking pressure, his tongue and gums action will be concentrate on the areola but not the nipple.

Breast engorgement

New mothers normally will face a lot of breast feeding problems. Among the commons problems are pain due to breast engorgement and sore nipples. Why do this happened and how to overcome it? First of all, understand what breast engorgement is and why this happened first. Breast engorgement basically is the milk level contained is greater than the areola or the size that they should contain in. Just imagine a 500ml container is filling with 550ml of water what will happen? This is breast engorgement.

Breast engorgement happened because your baby does not take the milk out as the body produce, the imbalance between milk produce and infant demand. Or it may happened if you normal breast feeding routine is interrupted, your baby suddenly stop breast-feeding due to poor appetite or increasing solid foods.

How to reduce the pain of engorged breasts? Get your baby to help you. When you are having breast engorgement, try to breast feed your baby. But, during engorged period, the nipple will be flattening. So you might need the help of hand or electric pump to pull off some milk first. You can also use hand, where finger on the bottom and thumb on the top and roll it from top to bottom. This will help to press the milk come out slowly. This will reduce your pain and eventually baby will attach and complete the job. Your baby is the most efficient comparing to any pump. So try to be patient and encourage your baby to help you.

How to breast feeding

How to breast feed your infant/newborn?This is specially brought for new parent who never experience breast feed before. But for those parent who are not sure about the proper way of breast feeding do have this as reference. It is simple and easy seven steps during breast feeding.

1. Put your thumb on top of your breast and other fingers below the breast.Dont touch the arelo (dark skin around your nipple) because this is where your baby's lips will be.
2. Try putting your baby's lips to your nipple until he opens his mouth widely.
3. Slightly push your nipple all the way in your baby's mouth and push baby's body close to you.This help by letting your baby's jaw squeeze the milk ducts under arelo.
4. To make sure your baby is latched on the correct position, check the lips of the baby, it should be pout out (not be pulled in over his gums) and cover nearly all of the areola.
5. Newborn will make some low-pitched swallowing noises.Baby's jaw may move back and forth.
6. If you feel pain, this indicate that baby is not properly latched on.
7. Your baby's nose may touch your breast during nursing.If you fear that your baby cant breathe, gently press down your breast near baby's nose to give him more room to breathe.

Infant's Sleeping Hours

3 months infant tend to sleep 15 hours per day. Normally 9 hours at night and 6 hours during daytime.Sleep cycle may varies for every hours.

6months infant tend to take 2 naps and 2 hours a pieve.THey will rest at night time sleep.

9months infant need to sleep 14 hours per day. The nap decrease of about 30 minutes for every cycle.

1year old and above, baby tend to sleep 131/2 hours and 11 hours at night time.

Infant Sleeping

Infant sleeping for the early months is full of interruptions because their sleep cycle is shorter than adults. Adults need six hours deep sleep and two hours light sleep and adult can sleep in one uninterrupted nighttime period. But babies don’t. Babies need a lot of sleep but they are having two times more light sleep cycles comparing with adults. So babies overall sleep cycles are shorter and they are having more light sleep than deep sleep. This cause they wake up frequently.

When they move from deep to light cycle of sleep they frequently wake up. Babies need help to fall asleep and getting back to sleep. So a lot of parents spend much time in helping their babies to fall into sleep. Parents face frustration situation- Where when they rock/hold their baby until fall asleep but when try to laying baby down, the minute baby’s head touch the mattress, baby wake up. This happened because the parent let the baby down when they are having light sleep. Make sure your baby is having deep sleep before putting her down to the mattress. Check whether the baby is in deep sleep by limp limbs. Try to pick up her arm or leg and if the arm or leg flops back down and baby doesn’t jerk it or awake this show that baby are in deep sleep.

Sleep is very important for baby. Baby needs a lot of sleep and normally they sleep for 16-18hours a day. Normally baby will tend to sleep two to three hour increments even at night time and they normally wake up for feeding and socializing. This will cause headache to parents. But don’t worry as infant grow, infant sleeping pattern will develop. They will start to wake up on regular rhythm. This will reduce a lot o hassle to parent.

Colic Remedy

We already discuss about the causes of colic in newborn or colic baby. Now let we explore colic remedy or colic calm.

You can place a warm water bottle on your baby’s stomach (make sure the temperature of the water is not too hot) for colic cure. This can help because sometimes colic happened because of too many air swallow into infant stomach when they cry. So these will easy the uncomfortable.

Colic cure can also be done by rocking your baby in rocking chair or cradle. Or rock your baby in rocking chair or cradle is one of the colic remedy too. Putting your baby in a wind-up swing will also make colic ease but confirm that you baby’s head is supported.

Warm bath for your colicky baby is one of the colic remedy too. Or you can try to give pacifier to your baby.

If all the above do not help to ease your colicky baby then you try to gently rub your baby’s stomach or wrap the baby in a soft blanket. Different baby will have different way to sooth when they are colic.

Colic can be ease by bring your baby to walk around in a stroller. When they go out and have a walk, they will feel not so uncomfortable like us also. So try to bring them walk around in stroller or go for a drive in car can also help in colic relief.

Colic in baby or Infant Colic

What is Colic? Colic symptoms are when baby cries loud and continuously and they will draw their arm and legs toward their body and it seem like they are in pain. They will stretch their arms and legs and stiffen then draw up again. Colic baby feet may be cold and hands may be clenched. Some baby face will even turn bright red from crying. Colic in baby will cause difficulty in falling and staying asleep. When this entire sign lasts for more than three hours a day, it is sign of colic.

Colic baby will cry more compare to normal baby and colic baby will cry most of the time. Until now, there is no confirming cause of colic. Colic baby are healthy. Colic is not caused by the way baby is handled or treated and it is not parent’s fault to have colic baby.

There are no exact causes of colic. But there are some theories on colic in baby. Colic may caused by the uncomfortable feel of the baby due to stomach pain or baby’s temperament. When baby cries, he may swallow air this will make his tummy tight and look swollen which will cause uncomfortable to him. Colic baby need more attention and is sensitive to surroundings compare to other babies. Some believe that colic is caused from immature digestive system. Apart than that, there are theory suggest that colic I due to immature nervous system where baby will tense up response to normal external stimulation. Even though there are many theories of causes in colic baby but there is no factual evidence on the cause of colic.

Newborn colic usually happens between third and six week after birth. Colic usually goes away by 3 months of age. Colic baby is not unhealthy so there is no worry. But if colic in baby occurs after 6 months old you need to consult doctor.

Baby Crying- Newborn Communication

Crying is a way of communication. Newborn using crying as their communication tool. Recall back to the moment of birth, your baby come to the world and communicate, baby first cry for the moment of birth. They began to communicate. Crying baby is the way your baby trying to communicate with you.

Baby cry is actually baby trying to communicate with you. Right after birth, you introduced your baby to your own ways of communicating such as touching, soothing, holding, facial gestures. Your baby will learn the language you are trying to communicated with them, on the opposite you will also need to learn your baby's language.

Newborn and young babies cry is generally tell you that something is wrong is their world. There is meaning baby crying, baby cry meaning varies. Crying is a way to express empty belly, wet bottom, tiredness, discomfort from tight clothing, they need to be held or cuddled, anxiety or emotional needs. Baby cries vary for different needs and as time go by you will be able to recognize your baby needs and respond accordingly. You will be able to identify their needs by type of crying, such as short and low-pitched is signal of hungry while choppy sound means 'I need cuddled, mummy' By trial an error, you will be able to recognise their needs.

When you baby cries, you should pick them up for cuddle and find out what they want and reassures that you will be always there for them. Don’t worry, this will not spoil your newborn by giving attention.

Don’t get panic by your crying baby. Occasionally, baby crying due to the feeling of overwhelmed by sights and sounds of the world. Sometimes, newborn baby crying with no apparent reasons at all. So, don’t get upset when baby cries and unable to console them immediately. Bear in mind, crying is a way of shutting out stimuli when baby overloaded.

Diet for breast feeding mothers

Mothers who practice breast feeding should have balanced diet in order to provide nutrition for both the mother and baby. Dieting while breast feeding is very crucial as this will affect mother and infant health.

Quantity of milk a mother produce very much depends on the mother's diet. Food that absorb mother not only fulfils mother nutritional needs but also enables her to produce milk. Normally mother nutritional needs are greater during postnatal period. Nursing mothers who do not feed herself properly will actually deteriorate her own health. Without sufficient nourishment during nursing period, mother’s body will make producing milk the first priority and mother’s own health will be affected.

In order to maintain mother health at nursing period, a balanced diet with calcium should be taken. Fruits, vegetables, whole-grain cereals, breads, eggs, meat or beans, milk and dairy product (cheese) should consist in daily meal. Consume balanced diet which include carbohydrates, protein and healthy fats.Nursing mothers will need to have 500 or more calorie than usual. Remove empty calories from your diet as much as possible but try to get as much nutrition as you can from the foods you had. Nursing period is not the time to go for diet to lose weight, because by practicing healthy diet the excessive weight will decrease naturally. Try to spread the calorie intake to over five meals, breakfast, lunch, after non snack, dinner and extra evening snack. Make sure your diet is rich in calcium and iron. In order to help your body absorb iron better, taking iron rich foods which contain vitamin C.

Nursing mother need to drink plenty of fluids. The high water consumption will increase quarterly per day. Higher consumption of fluids is essential for breast feeding mothers. During breast feeding period, mothers tend to be thirsty during feeding session this happened because part of the water consumption goes directly to milk production. Practice drinking a glass of water before nursing session.

Smoking should be avoided for breast feeding mom. As this is harmful for baby and also decrease the milk production. Mom who breast feeding should avoid caffeinated and alcohol intake before nursing. Intake of alcohol will pass through milk in less than an hour which will retard the growth of the infant. If you want to take alcoholic or caffeinated drinks, only do it when you need not have to nurse for few hours and only one or two drinks are allowed in one day.

Dieting while breast feeding is very crucial in determine mother and baby health.

How Often Breastfeeding is sufficient?

All mothers especially those new mummies will be worry whether their baby has sufficient nutrient from breastfeeding. Is the breastfeeding sufficient for the baby? Will breastfeeding hurt the mother? There are varieties of myth regarding breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding is the best formula to welcome your baby to the world. Breast milk is the wonderful thing in the world it provides the entire nutrient that no formula milk can substitute. I guess all the mothers know that breast milk is easily digested compare to formula milk. So if breastfeeding is chosen for your baby then you should follow the instructions below in order for your baby to gain sufficient nutrient.

The common concern all the mothers have. How to ensure that your newborn getting sufficient milk? Normally after birth, infant will lose 10 % of the weight. But the weight lose will be gain back within 2 or 3 weeks times.

Normally, for the first month, breastfeeding is requiring for every 2/3 hours depend on the infant digestion ability. How often breastfeeding is require for infant. Normally, breastfeeding is requiring for 8/12 times daily for the first month. How to check whether your infant is sufficiently feed? Infant will be alert and content if they are well feeding. They will have steady weight gain.

If the infant is under feeding, their skin will remain wrinkled well after 1month, observe their face, infant who is not sufficiently feed their face doesn't fill out and the infant will not feel satisfy after feeding. This is all the symptoms of not sufficient feeding to your infant.

For the following two months, only 6-8feeding is requiring daily.
Normally the 10-14th day after giving birth, infant will need to breastfeed more.

Other than that, diapers will be the good indicators for infant feeding. Breast milk is concentrated so normally breastfeed infant require only 1/2 diapers for the first 24-48hours after given birth. Following the 2-4 days, six or more diapers are required. The diapers should be clean and very pale urine only. For bowel movements, breastfeeding infant may not have one per day.

Mother who chooses to breastfeed their infant should not worry about the insufficient breast milk produce. There is myth saying mother produce not enough milk! This is nonsense. Mother’s milk is overabundance. So this is not an issue to worry about. Some of the baby does not get the sufficient milk and lose weight this is not because the mother produces not enough milk, it is the poorly latched onto the breast that will be the main cause of losing weight in infant. So, mother should learn the correct way to latch a baby properly from expert.


The frequent feeding will stimulate the milk production. Mother should before firm and full before feeding and softer and empty after feeding. Mother should be able to feel the baby gently pulling sensation on the nipple but not pinching or biting sensation if the baby latched successfully.

Advantages of Breastfeeding

Most of today's mothers know the advantages of breastfeeding but the thought of nursing make most of them feel with dread. And it is ordinary to have such feeling. But try to understand more before you make up your mind to either breastfeeding or formula feed your infant.

But do you know that, breast is actually the central focus point of the baby. Breast is the source of comfort and security. Baby feels soft and warm when sucking the breast. It is a natural bonding where breast and baby have a close connection.

Human milk in uniquely produce for infant feeding. Human milk promotes growth, health and development in infant.

Below are the advantages of breastfeeding. Try to read more and understand more about breastfeeding:

1. Breast milk is the perfect nutrition for newborn. It contains all the nutritional needs of infant.
2. Breast milk also helps in the digestion by the enzymes, vitamins and mineral contain naturally in breast milk.
3. Breast milk reduces the risk of acute and chronic infections of the infant.
4. Breast milk also contains infections-fighting antibodies and aid development in immune system.
5. Breast milk contains high cholesterol content which enhances brain development; improve cognitive development, building blocks of hormones, vitamin D and intestinal bile.
6. Breastfeeding also satisfy baby's need to be held close with the mother. Baby love to be held close ad cuddles.

Breastfeeding also benefits mother. Let me share with you the advantages of breastfeeding to mother:

1. Baby sucking helps to shrink mother's uterus after giving birth. This will help in reducing weight after childbirth for breast feeding moms.
2. Breastfeeding help to balance the hormonal and emotional naturally.
3. Breastfeeding reduce the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
4. Breastfeeding enhance the natural bonding between mother and baby. Mother can enjoy the joy that cannot be express through words by nourishing your baby at your breast and watching the growth of the baby one day after another.
5. Breastfeeding is less expensive compare to formula feeding.
   
   
   

Basic knowledge-Bathing your baby

Become the new parents for newborn will be excited to learn about how to bath their newborn. Bathing your baby is a way to welcome the baby to the world and celebration for their present in the world. Every parent should carefully plan it out so that you will not miss out all the important items and you are bathing your baby in a safe way.

Before bath your baby, you should start with planning. Plan your baby’s bath carefully. Prepare everything before you start the bath. This will makes bathing process easier and safer. Check the water temperature. Do not let the water temperature exceed 120 degrees. Baby gets scalded easily. Fill up the tub with warm water. Remember to test the water temperature with your wrist or elbow. Make sure the water is not hot but warm. Prepare and check everything is ready, mild soap/shower gel, cotton balls and a clean diaper in the container. Place the container in a corner which is the near to the washroom. Double check all the items in order to avoid any accident. This must be done because if you forget to bring an item, you will need to carry your baby with you and it will be very dangerous when the baby is wet and slippery.

Before bath your baby, bear in mind that do not leave your baby alone in water. Ignore all the disruptions when bathing your baby. Do not leave your baby alone in the bath tub. For baby first bath, sponge baths is recommended until baby’s umbilical cord or circumcision is healed. Then only tub bath is allowed.

You can choose to use either bath tub or plastic baby tub. Find something to line the tub to prevent baby from slipping. Select a proper location for bathing is very important. Choose a place which is warm and not drafty to avoid the baby get chilled. Place your baby on a bath towel in her crib or flat surface. But confirm baby cannot roll off from the flat surface.

For the shower gel or detergents, do not use bubble type because this may cause rashes for baby. Use damp cotton balls or cotton pads to gently wipe baby’s eyes before putting her in bath tub. Make sure that baby’s head is supporting when he is in the bath tub.

Take baby’s clothes off. Put the washcloth in the warm water you prepares and squeeze the water from cloth until it is just damp. Use the washcloth to wipe your baby all over, including his head, face and neck, outside and behind the ears and between the fingers and toes. The washcloth used, must be a clean, damp washcloth without soap. Make sure that the soap suds do not get into his eyes. Only wash baby’s hair and scalp gently once or twice a week. After washing with a soapy washcloth, rinse the washcloth and rinse him off. Pay your baby dry with a towel. Remember to keep baby covered and warm when he is wet to prevent him getting cold.

Newborn does not need to bath everyday. You can wipe his face, diaper area and area which get dirty.

Self Introduction

Hi world. i am Gwendeline from Malaysia. I am a young lady which are very obssesed with internet marketing.Attending seminar and learning how to setup a website. But no matter how many internet marketing i attend, i discover one thing. Internet guru will start with, find your niche market.Find what is your passion and what you would love to?Start with your passion, develop your passion into money making machine.Wah..this sound cool. Develop your passion into money making machine sound fantastic...But then i start to wonder what is my passion. I just graduated from university, i am an engineering background student. But i dont have anything i am expert in. I start thinking and wondering what is my passion ?I start to do some research on.. what is my passion...

Come to a day ,i went to Borders bookstore..reading CLEO magazine. Suddenly i come to a page talking about parenting. How to educate your child.Its a mother expressing her happiness when her son call her the first time," mummy!". I am a young lady, not yet ready to have any kids.But i still think, every mother will be very happy and excited when their son/daughter calling them for the first time "Mummy!" yeah...its great..I suddenly have the urge to know how to be a good parent?I don't think its an easier task!Everybody will become parent one day.But how to become a good parent to your children, its really a knowledge to learn.

Some i come into parenting world.