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Weight Variation
The relationship between a baby’s weight and age are key to observe its development. It is a curious fact, namely that infants have a different development still having the same age, just as not all countries, children develop at the same speed, so one should not be compared with other babies.
On average, in general, newborns usually weigh between 2800-4200 grams, with a length of 48-56 cm. Do not worry if your baby begins to gain weight since the early days, the important thing is food and then, little by little they will gain weight Read the rest of this entry »
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When Taking The Child to The Emergency Room
Many parents of children with any discomfort decide to use the emergency to be seen by a specialist. Learn to differentiate a banal case of an emergency, remain calm at the right time and know how to act, it is essential to protect your child.
We must go to the emergency room if …
- A fever over 38 degrees does not refer.
- Appearance of patches on the skin of purple color in a context of febrile illness
- Presence of seizures
- The child has beaten the head and lost consciousness. Read the rest of this entry »
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Disease In Premature Babies
The premature baby are the risks arising from a lack of maturity of some organs are therefore not work well or are exposed to external aggression.
The problems of this baby are focused on the difficulty of adapting to the environment extrauterine by their immaturity and low weight. The smaller and immature, the greater the risk of diseases of the baby.
The respiratory, nervous, digestive, renal, immune and vision may be involved. The respiratory system is one of the most affected. Respiratory distress syndrome occurs as a consequence of the lack of surfactant protein that is responsible for the pulmonary alveoli are elastic and remain inflated or expanded. Read the rest of this entry »
Effects of Smoke on the Health of Your Child
It’s a secondhand smoke, also known as environmental smoke is the emanation *- snuff expelled by smokers, the end product of combustion of a cigarette, snuff or pipe. The last puff for cigarettes has many harmful chemicals other than nicotine, and anyone who wants the vapor is considered an involuntary or passive smoking.
In each cigarette you can find 4800 chemicals, most of them undesirable in terms of health. The substances most studied so far, by its negative effects on the body, are carbon monoxide, tar and cyanic acid.
Did you know:
- Children who aspire secondhand smoke are highly likely to suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis and ear infections.
- The children of parents who smoke are likely to develop asthma. If not present, are common choking attacks.
- Each year, 300,000 cases of infections, such as bronchitis and pneumonia in infants under 18 months who aspire secondhand smoke-are roughly between 7,500 and 15,000 hospitalizations.
You can protect your life and your family away from home, be sure your child is in school and day care programs absolutely free of cigarette smoke.
Baby Health Care
To be sure your baby stays healthy is advisable to visit the doctor frequently. Always keep it informed about any problems you observe or peculiarity in the development or behavior of your baby. Your doctor will tell you when to be immunized against childhood infectious diseases.
Not lead to crowded places and do not let the baby be approached people with colds or other contagious illnesses. The other children have to prevent them from getting too close to the baby. Do not let them kiss on the mouth, because this can spread germs to him.
During the first months leading cause of crying is hunger, discomfort or fatigue. Once the baby is in a feeding schedule more or less regular basis you will learn to recognize the needs of your child from crying. Usually mourn immediately before the time of its food and calm down when they are fed.
However, concern or between meals often cry for no apparent reason. If his crying is limited to a particular period of the day (usually on the last afternoon) may indicate fatigue. A tired child who has been over-stimulated during the day find it impossible to sleep without first experiencing a period of turmoil.
However, if the crying periods are irregular and occur throughout the day or night can be a sign of colic. The pain caused by gas and discomfort that can accompany relief of cramps usually holding the baby facedown on your stomach and rubbing its back.
Whatever the cause, do not leave mourn long periods without trying to find out why. Crying is the only way for the baby to communicate something wrong. The crying child feel any discomfort. Perhaps all that is needed is simply to soothe diaper changing or fixing the pin that perhaps this was clicking. If all efforts failed to alleviate it, crying may indicate disease. Taking a temperature and a fever, call your doctor.
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