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Essentials of baby skin care
The importance of Baby skin care Nothing feels quite as soft and supple as a baby’s delicate skin. Gorgeous to touch, it’s a constant source of delight and wonder to you. It is through gentle, skin-to-skin contact that you will first communicate your love to one another, as your tender touches help baby feel safe…
To pierce or not
Baby ears There was something spectacular about four months old baby Angel that you could not put a finger on. But if you got more keen, you would see that it was about a glimmer, some preciseness, some metalāand Alas! The earrings! And no matter what angle you looked at them from, they gave the…
Parenting 911
I drummed my fingers on the steering wheel impatiently as I waited for the vehicles in front of me to start moving. The sun was hot, directly above my head, I thought idly and glanced into the back seat at my daughter who lay on the seat in deepĀ slumber. I hoped that her fever would…
Taking Care of a HIV-Positive Baby
PediatricĀ AIDS means AIDS in children. It results from infection of a child with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which develops into full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV destroys the body’s ability to fight diseases thereby putting the infected person at risk of opportunistic illnesses like tuberculosis, pneumonia, diarrhoea and herpes, which may eventually lead…
Postnatal depression signs ā what to do
āPostnatal depression is something no one talked to me about, even though I attended all my antenatal clinics at a reputable hospital,ā narrates one mum. āI had also heard of baby blues but I thought it meant an irritable baby.āĀ Within a few weeks, however, all this would change. She reveals, āA few days after…
Project Baby
I am waiting with Megan at her houseĀ and she is still a nervous wreck. It isĀ three weeks since she discovered sheĀ is HIV-positive. Today, Tom and her areĀ to visit a counsellor. I have just dropped byĀ to give some moral support and I am glad IĀ am with her at this point. It is Eleven Oāclock and Tom…
Month four – Mr & Miss Personality
It is common find mothers comparing their babies trying to figure out whether their development, behaviours, feeding and sleeping patterns are similar. Many get anxious whenever their babies donāt respond well to their growth milestones. Although it is perfectly normal for a baby not to be at par with another of a similar age, most…
Must haves for little ones safety
Someone said the door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense. Another person said safety isn’t expensive, it’s priceless. We all want our houses to be safe havens, where we grow and equip our children with what it takes to make the best of the world – eventually. In this regard, we cannot…
Obesity – it’s more than being round
Your childās body stores unused energy as body fat. To maintain a healthy weight, she needs to use (or āburnā) the energy from the foods he eats. If she eats more than she uses, her body will store the extra energy as fat. Too much of this kind of storage makes her overweight/obese. Over-weight attracters…
Project Baby
My heart almost skips a beat on hearing Tom’s voice on the other end of the line. ‘Why are you using Meg’s phone, is she okay?’ I ask Tom as I sip my cup of coffee. It is the morning after the news of Megan’s HIV status and I am afraid she could have done…
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