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Eczema
Eczema is a recurrent dry and scaly, itchy skin rash found mainly in infants and toddlers. For infants, the rash is found usually on the cheek but it can appear on the limbs, the trunk and around the joints. For older children the rash is seen mainly in the elbow joints, and behind the knees.…
Tears without sobs – there’s a problem
The trickling down of tears is one of the many forms of expression in human beings. There are tears of joy and tears of pain. However, for newborns, though they cry, they do not have the capacity to produce tears, at least not until the end of the first month. It is around this time…
Did You Know? 32
The heaviest baby born to a healthy mother was a boy weighing 10.2 kg (22 lb 8 oz) who was born to Sig. Carmelina Fedele (Italy) at Aversa, Italy in September 1955. -Wiki Answers Breast-feeding HIV-infected women have a 25-45 per cent risk of transmitting the HIV infection to their newborn. According to UNICEF, there…
My baby’s medicine overdose — she drank a bottle of bronchial syrup!
My baby’s medicine overdose — a brush with death, because I was “careless” for once, only once… I tucked in our nine month-old daughter under the warm blanket. Medicine overdose was no where near my mind. I had just administered some medicine to our two year-old son who slept in the same bedroom. He was…
Baby Chat 36
Send your questions to: babylove@integral-media.co.ke Answers are provided jointly by our team of doctors Team Leader Dr. Blasio Omuga Lecturer, School of Nursing Sciences, University of Nairobi Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist Based at Doctors’ Plaza, Clinic No. 18, Kenyatta National Hospital She can’t suckle! My daughter was born healthy. However, from day one, she has refused to…
PrematureBirth: Hints for Survival PART 1
We always await our EDD with hope and anticipation. Marking down the nine months day by day, on our calendars. However, as is the stuff of life, certain outcomes and constilations are out of our hands. This is especially the case when it comes to completing our full term gestation periods. Different outcomes could prevail, one of them being an unexpected premature delivery.
Baby Check-up – Two Weeks After Delivery
IMMEDIATELY a baby is born, the doctor or nurse who conducted the delivery must take an Apgar score. This refers to a scoring system used to assess the well being of the baby during its first minutes of life after delivery. It is done in every hospital in the country, be it public or private.…
World’s most amazing kids
From the Guiness Book Of Records World’s Smallest Baby A little girl who is believed to be the smallest surviving baby in the world has been sent home from the hospital. Rumaisa Rahman was born weighing only 8.6 ounces (240g). That’s about the size of a cellphone! She was born at Loyola University Medical I…
Child trafficking-keeping your child safe
An eerie pink crayon sketch of Winnie dangles among her teddy bears in her crib. Her parents haven’t seen the 5 year-old since that fateful Sunday morning when she wondered off—or so they think, from Sunday school in the vast Embakasi Estate of Nairobi. As evening approached, the horrific realization sunk in: Their daughter, the…
Buying Diapers-What to Consider
Diapers are one of the most essential items in the shopping list for a baby. This is because a newborn needs diaper change at least twelve times a day for the first few months of her life. The frequency, however, reduces with a baby’s development and growth. The parents’ choice of the type of diaper…
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