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Sharing for the baby’s own good
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 outâdivorce. But there is one thing they have in common. Something their hearts respond to in the same stride.…
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 childrenâs playful and adventurers nature, they are exposed to possibilities of fractures,…
My baby’s hot water scalding accident
My baby’s involvement in a hot water scalding accident was scary! Ever since I got my baby boy Jeff, I could not remember him falling. Or having one of those âcommon’ accidents. Maybe I was a freak but I wouldnât have liked any harm to come to my baby â not when it could be…
Baby safety outside the house
Issues 20 and 21 of Pregnant covered your child’s safety in the kitchen, washroom and bathroom. This edition talks about your child’s safety outside the house. For children to grow and develop appropriate social skills, they need to play and associate with peers their own age. Therefore, they need to be encouraged as much as…
Caring for a HIV positive baby
The HIV virus depletes the white blood cells thus lowering the body’s immunity. Therefore, a person infected with HIV needs special care, be it young or old. As the main care providers, women living with the HIV virus have the greater responsibility when it comes to taking care of a HIV positive child. A lot…
Peaches. Yummy, nutritious and available
Peaches, which first originated in China, have beneficial vitamins and minerals that make the man excellent choice for people wanting to eat healthier food. They rank very high in nutritional value and when combined with a healthy diet and exercise, they aid with the function of most of the body’s systems. Peaches as a snack…
Drowning Alert
While swimming at a club with my friends recently, they persuaded me to dive at the deep end of the pool. I flatly refused. This stirred a heated conversation that went beyond my fears to a discussion on drowning and other water accident ordeals. The stories were really sad. They brought back fresh memories of…
Expressing BREAST MILK
There are only two ways by which milk can normally be released from your breasts: by expressing or by breastfeeding. The action of squeezing milk from a breast, is known as expressing breast milk. It can either be manual (by hand) or automated (by an electric pump). Expressing breast milk is an art that you need…
Tackling the Bully
Sally came home from school dishevelled and teary. She sobbed to her parents that children from their kindergarten had laughed at her shoes, calling them ugly ducklings, as they kicked them around the compound. In the end, a teacher who was passing by had intervened and she got her shoes back. The bullies were punished…
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…
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