Fever is not a new word to parents. Most children will get fever at some stage. It remains the biggest cause of hospitalization among children. Fever is defined as a rectal temperature of over 38.0°C. Often, temperature readings taken at other parts of the body are lower. Fever itself is not life-threatening unless it is extremely…

A cleft lip is a birth defect that affects newborn babies around the world every year. About one in 1,000 babies are born with cleft lip/palate, a situation that can create many problems and possible complications that people don’t know about. Rather than treat the condition with the seriousness it deserves, some are quick to…

Goodie tray: Offer her a compartmentalized dish, and put bite- size portions of colorful and nutritious foods in each section such as apples, hard boiled, egg, banana and the like. Relax the rules: The distinctions between breakfast, lunch, and dinner have little meaning to a child. If your child insists on eating pizza in the morning…

Call him Mr. Movement, Mr. Independent or Mr. have my way if you will, but that is your nine month old baby for you. Always on the go for the reason that he has mastered his crawling skills to almost 101 percent as he continues to make other major gains in development. You will find…

Things have gone sour. The last thing the couple wants is to see is each other’s face. And after all efforts to erase this awful emotion yield no fruit, the couple succumbs to the contemporary way out—divorce. But there is one thing they have in common. Something their hearts respond to in the same stride.…

A bright smile lights up Mary Wambui’s face as she kicks a ball and frolics around her compound in a city estate, as energetically as her young charges. It is clear that she loves children and time with them provides a welcome break from her busy schedule. However, the 40-year-old mother of three children aged…