Added January 29, 2012, Under: Babies, Children's Health, Environment, Parents
Most of us have had experience of pink eye or conjunctivits and know how highly contagious it can be. It is alarming for parents the first time they see this condition on a young child because it may make the eyes extremely red and even spread rapidly. The good news is that it usually causes no long term damage either to the vision or the eyes themselves.
Some types of pink eye go away on their own while other require treatment.
The ...
Added January 23, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Nutrition, Parents
Most children love these juicy fruits that taste as good as sweets or candies - but are a thousand times more healthy for them to eat. Usually round or slightly egg shaped and the size of a walnut shell, the lychee has a thick textured skin that pops open to reveal a glistening, moist and translucent ball of almost jelly-like flesh covering a shiny brown seed. Children enjoy opening lychees and they make the perfect lunchbox accompaniment.
The lychee is a fruit ...
Added January 18, 2012, Under: Children's Health, Drugs, Environment, Nutrition, Parents
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are baffling and frustrating conditions in children that are not helped by the fact that experts do not agree on their exact cause or causes. The American Psychiatric Association lists 14 signs, of which at least 8 must be present for a child to be officially classified as ADD/ADHD.
These 14 signs are:
1. Often fidgeting with hands or feet, or squirming while seated.
2. Having difficulty remaining seated when required to do so.
3. Being ...
Added December 31, 2011, Under: Children's Health, Diets, Diseases, Parents
The United States is in the midst of a tragic epidemic of autism. An analysis of the US Department of Education data from 1992-1993 in comparison to the years 2000-2001 indicates that there has been an average increase of 644% among all US children - and those figures are from 10 years ago.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development that are characterized by difficulties in social interaction, communication ...
Added November 30, 2011, Under: Children's Health, Exercise, Nutrition, Parents
If you are perhaps feeling a little guilty about how much time you spend with your children doing stuff together then - with the holidays and festive season coming up - now is a good time to improve that situation.
Most of us have happy memories of our own childhood and it is very important that our children can experience and store up their own childhood memories too. And doing stuff together does not always mean lots of planning, spending money ...
Added November 22, 2011, Under: Babies, Children's Health, Parents, Skin Conditions
Eczema can be especially troublesome, and even unbearable, for some children when they suffer from those irritating symptoms of dryness, itching and inflammation. If you are a parent of a child with eczema, you will suffer with them and want to do everything you can to relieve the symptoms.
Too much heat and sweat can make the skin even more irritated and itchy. When the body sweats, valuable water and moisture is lost from the skin. Keeping the skin moisturized is ...
Added October 27, 2011, Under: Babies, Children's Health, Diseases, Parents
Helping your child to look after his or her teeth from an early age is of course very important. All the time those baby teeth are coming through, the next set of (adult) teeth are being formed and bringing up the rear. So it is vital to pay attention to both the temporary baby teeth and the lifelong adult teeth. Children’s teeth start developing before birth. Milk teeth are very small and begin to be replaced by permanent teeth from around ...
Added September 28, 2011, Under: Babies, Children's Health, Parents, Sickness
If and when your children get sick, here is how to go the natural way with some good old fashioned home remedies:
1. Think BRAT for DIARRHEA. - that is a choice of bananas, rice, apple sauce and toast
2. Black licorice will cure children's CONSTIPATION nine times out of ten.
3. The chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar creates a cooling effect that will soothe your child’s MINOR BURNS. Just pour equal amounts of the ingredients into a bowl to bathe ...
Added September 25, 2011, Under: Books, Children's Health, Diets, Environment, Parents
No one can be the perfect parent, or even come close, but we can all try by teaching our children to be independent while helping them to feel secure and loved.
Here are a few guidelines to achieve this goal:
1. Learn to listen and not while you are concentrating on something else. Sometimes children really need your undivided attention and of course they will soon learn to know when you are not really listening.
2. Take care to boost their self ...
Added September 8, 2011, Under: Environment, Health, Parents
While we don't all want to live minimalistic lives which can be rather stark and just a bit too impersonal, most of us have far too much clutter all around us whether it be in our minds, our wardrobes, our homes or our workplaces. But it can take time, effort and great deal of re-designing your lifestyle and your spaces to bring about change...and where do you start?
A good place to start is to think about and jot down ...
