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Nurture your baby’s teeth
Your baby’s first tooth will emerge when he is about six months old. Even before it appears, proper care and hygiene of his mouth and gum is important. To clean the gums after feeding sessions, wrap a clean washcloth around your finger and dip it in warm water. Then massage the gum gently to rub…
Buzzing trouble
We see them in our daily activities—stooping into a flower, sometimes just buzzing about, other times doing a gentle hit-and-run past your foot, or charging in swarms. Bees and wasps can cause pretty painful and serious stings. The stings are irritating and painful but one sting is rarely fatal unless you are allergic to its…
To cut or not to…
AFTER giving birth to your baby boy, one of the earliest and important decisions you will have to make regarding your baby boy is whether he should be circumcised or not. Circumcision involves the surgical removal of the skin covering the tip of the penis. For some parents, circumcision is a religious ritual, for others…
Feeding your child-the budget friendly yet nutritious way
Living is becoming expensive with each passing day-and money is scarce. Come a new baby and you have more mouths to feed. This means you have to dig deeper into your pockets. Luckily, the first six months of a baby’s life are entirely recommended for breastfeeding. In this period, a new mother may not be…
Expressing love through breast milk
The HIV AIDS virus can easily be transmitted from mother to her new born child. But this is avoidable. A HIV positive mother can ensure that her new born stays HIV negative. So, apart from feeding the baby on formula milk, what are the options available to a mother that ensure baby’s health is protected?…
What to do when fire breaks out
It is hard to forget the chilling story of a mother and her four children whose lives were cut short by a fire at a village in Nyeri. Such events have led many to wonder whether the country is able to handle disasters. But what is more alarming is how unprepared most Kenyans are in the event of…
Omega 3 – A lifetime of good health
What is Omega-3? These are groups of fatty acids characterised by the presence of double-bonds in the alpha carbon chains. The two important groups are the Omega- 3 and Omega-6, due to the location of the double- bonds in the molecule. They then constitute the polyunsaturated fatty acids (pufa) Source They are not synthesised and…
Baby’s first teeth
Do’s and don’ts Physician and philosopher Hippocrates of Cos said teething infants, especially the first tooth, experience symptoms like fever, diarrhoea and itching of gums. All the way through the end of the 19th Century, teething was considered the number one cause of death of infants. This was treated through leeches, mercury-based powders and pricking of the gum. Apparently, the deaths…
LOOKING FOR A HOUSEHELP?
A MOTHER GOING BACK TO WORK AFTER MATERNITY LEAVE FACES THE INEVITABLE CHALLENGE OF WHO WILL TAKE CAKE OF HER BABY WHILE SHE IS AT WORK. LEAVING ONE’S BABY IN THE HANDS OF ANOTHER PERSON IS NOT AN EASY DECISION. SPECIFICALLY WORRIES RANGE FROM HEALTH AND FEEDING, TO SAFETY AND ABUSE. EVERY PARENT WHO HIRES…
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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