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Play Time!
‘Protecting my baby from infection is one of my greatest responsibilities,’ says Celebrity Mum, Esther Wahome How old is your baby? My baby, Eldad Mureithi, is now 11 months old, and is at the stage of picking anything and putting it in the mouth. Do you allow him to go outside the house? I allow…
Head-on collision. When head injuries happen
Play time is an enjoyable time for everyone, especially the growing kids who hardly have a care in the world. Sadly, playtime may turn into something else when your child takes a nasty fall or hits their head hard. Fortunately, most childhood falls or blows on the head result in injury to the scalp only,…
Teaching your child about sex
The do’s and don’ts The society has been infiltrated by messages full of sexual connotations. Everywhere you turn, there are suggestive messages and explicit images on billboards, adverts, the Internet and movies. Parents have a challenge finding wholesome entertainment for their children. Children are exposed to myriad obscene scenes, leading to other serious emotional and physical consequences. It is no longer safe to leave kids unattended in…
THUD! Baby’s BIG Fall
Thud! baby’s big fall ‘OH my God! Is that my baby?’ shouts mummy as she abandons utensils in the kitchen and dashes to the sitting room. There was such a thud in the sitting room that her heart skipped a beat and she braces for the worst. There is a ‘bit of silence, then a…
How to make baby eat right
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…
HIV from mum to child
Safeguarding your baby It is a tragedy of immense proportions that thousands of unborn babies-about 40,000 to 50,000-risk being infected with HIV by their mothers every year, according to the Kenya National Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections Control Programme (NASCOP). The sad thing is that the unborn victims are as innocent as many mothers; most…
Your word …37
Hello, I read the Test-tube Babies article in Issue 36 of Baby Love. It was very enlightening—making me understand how Kenyan Law is going about family issues. Keep more of such coming. Robert W – Nairobi Hi Robert, It’s good to know that the Test-tube Babies article was informative. Watch out for our future BabyLove…
Obesity – it’s more than being round
Your child’s body stores unused energy as body fat. To maintain a healthy weight, she needs to use (or ‘burn’) 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…
Could it be…?
My mom pretended to prepare lunch in the kitchen. ‘What do you see in your future? Say five years from now?’ Laura, then my girlfriend, asked. ‘I haven’t planned that far ahead,’ I responded. ‘What about marriage?’ ‘What about it?’ ‘Don’t you want to get married and have kids?’ ‘I don’t want to have any…
Has it been 1 year?
You are probably wondering where the time went. It seems just like yesterday when you brought your baby back from hospital. Baby slept, fed and slept again, depending on you 100 per cent. A year down the road and baby is a human being, certainly not independent, but can do quite a few things or…
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