Archive for the ‘Child Care’ Category
Breastfeeding supplies antibodies which are used by the baby’s immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects, such as bacteria and viruses. Breastfeeding is a safeguard and can prevent many of the childhood diseases, such as: childhood lukimia, asthma, sudden infant death syndrome, juvenile diabetes, ear infections, and stomach viruses.
Studies have shown that the percentage of mothers breastfeeding their children has increased in recent years, but I would certainly improve the cost of health care and the illnesses in our children if more mother ‘s would breastfeed, if only for the first six months of the baby’s life. At feeding time for baby there is great benefits derived from breasting.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a warning concerning Christmas and winter themed metal charm bracelets for our children. The charm bracelets were sold by discount and dollar-type stores nationwide between 2006 and March 2009 for about $1.
The high levels of cadmium contained in the bracelets are toxic if ingested by young children causing adverse health effects. Laboratory analysis determined that over 20,000 micrograms of cadmium were released from the snowman alone.
They advise that for our children’s safety we dispose of the bracelets if we find them in our homes.
The Food and Drug Administration is setting higher standards for their food labeling and have recently sent warning letters to seventeen food manufacturers, including Nestle who produces Gerber Baby Food. The violations were for unauthorized claims about health, nutrient contents and terms such as “healthy.”
Similar letters were sent by the F&D to several other companies that produce baby food, such as Beech-nut, First Juice, Inc., Want Want Foods and PBM Products.
Obesity and diet-related diseases in the United States make it crucial that reliable information be contained on the food labels were reasons cited for the crack-down.
Child safety and nutrition is the reason most of us read the labels to the food items our children will be eating and it is vital to us that the information is accurate.
Your baby is learning to communicate from the time they are born. Their first form of communication is crying. The baby learns when he cries that he will get your attention and he is communicating with you in the only way he knows.
About two months later, you will notice that when you speak to your child, he will gaze at you and coo and sometimes smile. At that time he has started to connect between what he hears and what he does with his mouth. When you speak to him in your monolog, he will start to recognize words and sounds.
Be sure when you converse with your baby, you leave him time to reply. He is babbling, but he is also attempting to imitate the sounds that he hears. He is making vowel and consonant sounds now and in a few months he will be able to imitate your words.
The excitement of his first word will remain a favorite memory of yours for years to come.
In reading the news today I found an article by ABC News researching cruise lines and their facilities for babies. You should make sure that the cruise you choose has age appropriate programs and child care services for your baby. Some cruise lines have age limitations for children which ranges from 3 months for Disney cruises to 12 years old on the Viking River Cruises.
It is recommended that the parents carry a pager, because some of the cruise lines do have baby sitting facilities and programs for children, but do not change diapers. Disney cruise line has extensive activities for children of all ages including one of the best programs for infant care.