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Frequently asked questions about infants and sleeping
Where should my baby sleep? For the first four to six weeks, and even for the first one and a half years if you can manage it, your baby should always sleep near youāin your room at night and near you in the daytime. This is a critical time for his adjustment to the outside…
BABY INFECTIONS AT HOME
Germs and bacteria are literally all around us. As parents, we get immensely paranoid at everything and everyone that comes into contact with our little ones. As well we should be. We as adults are at times walking contanct transmitters of different bugs and viruses….Germs and bacteria are literally all around us. As parents, we get immensely paranoid at everything and everyone that comes into contact with our little ones. As well we should be. We as adults are at times walking contanct transmitters of different bugs and viruses….
Common mistakes mothers make with newborns
When you take your bundle of joy home fromĀ the hospital, it is inevitable you will not doĀ everything right. Paediatricians were askedĀ about the five most common mistakesĀ parents make with their newborns. Here were theirĀ responses: Letting a newborn sleep through the night. āOne of theĀ things that make me cringe is when parents say to me,Ā ‘The first night…
The nanny-how you can influence her attitude
Your visits to the bureaus and the constant telephone calls to your relatives to help you get a house-help have come to an end because you have found a nanny you like. Both of you have ensured all job details have been put in place, an agreeable salary, a range of benefits, operational framework, work…
Where is the money for child support?
There was this good friend (we’ll call her Angela) whose child’s father was overly reluctant to provide for maintenance-for the child that he sired. We were up in arms to tell her that she should approach the authoritiesĀ and see to it that he meets hisĀ lawful responsibility-particularly considering he was living a lavish lifestyle as he…
Where the children play
It’s Saturday morning, sunny and bright. Though it isĀ usually green, it is more evident that it has been raining,Ā or that there have been showers in the recent past. TheĀ ground is a little wet with dew but that does not stopĀ the little ones from going about their serious businessĀ -Play. The playground is colourful and full of…
What they mean
Going through a court case can be quite taxing emotionally and even financially. The jargon that crisscrosses your ears doesn’t make the situation better. It would help if you got to understand the legal vocabulary in the process of your legal actions, as it would in one way or another help make communication faster. We…
Month three – WOW! an interesting world …
By now your baby has adapted to the outside world, and has started exploring with his eyes. There are a number of changes you will note in him. Here are some of them: Reflexes You will realise he looks at everything with curiosity. If a mirror is propped before him, he will not make out…
Health Insurance. Don’t leave home without it
One may ask, of what importance is it to get a health insurance? And to answer that, I am reminded of the Scoutsā motto, ābe preparedā. As such, I feel it is important that one adopts it even when it comes to life-preparedness for unknown eventualities should rattle you out of your comfort zone and…
Ooh-Awh-Ouch! from a fracture
If there is a moment a child wails the loudest, it is when they have just had a fracture (breaking of a bone), which is characterised by immense pain, an unusual bend, swelling or inability to move a limb or joint. True to childrenās playful and adventurers nature, they are exposed to possibilities of fractures,…
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