health Archives - ourdailybaby.com ourdailybaby.com Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 A Few Tips to Boosting Your Child’s Immunity https://ourdailybaby.com/a-few-tips-to-boosting-your-childs-immunity/ Sun, 18 Nov 2018 07:37:36 +0000 https://ourdailybaby.com/?p=1245 Kids can only ward off flu and colds if they have a strong immune function. Other than vaccinations, you can also help your child by boosting his/her immunity. Here are some tips to keep your kids healthy all year round: Balanced diet Feeding your child a balanced diet can help maintain a good immune function. […]

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Kids can only ward off flu and colds if they have a strong immune function. Other than vaccinations, you can also help your child by boosting his/her immunity. Here are some tips to keep your kids healthy all year round:

Balanced diet

Feeding your child a balanced diet can help maintain a good immune function. Ensure that the kids eat foods that are high in antioxidants. Such immune boosting foods helps the body repair injury to the cells, build infection-fighting cells and do all that is necessary to protect the body from illness.

Sleep

Sleep is essential for kids as well as adults. Not sleeping enough can disrupt the body’s hormonal function. This inadvertently reduces the power of the body to fight infections. Ensure that your kids get at least eight hours of sleep daily.

Exercising

This also plays a role in boosting the immune system. Moderate exercise increases white blood cell activity. It also improves circulation all over the body. Exercising with your kids for at least thirty minutes per day can be beneficial for both you and the children.

Reduce stress

Stress affects the body’s ability to fight off infections. Even though stress is unavoidable in many cases, you should try to look out for signs of stress in your kids. Do whatever you can to keep it under control.

Stay away from germ hot spots

Shopping cart handles and restaurant menus are some of the most contaminated items in the world. These things may not be avoidable, so this is why you should ensure that the child washes his hands after every outing.

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Tips for Going Outside With a New Born https://ourdailybaby.com/tips-for-going-outside-with-a-new-born/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:12:24 +0000 https://ourdailybaby.com/?p=1102 Many parents wonder if it is safe to take the baby outside, especially when they are barely a month old. Going outside is good for both mother and baby irrespective of the age. Medically, there is no reason why a baby shouldn’t be taken outside. However, you must take some precautions to keep her healthy. […]

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Many parents wonder if it is safe to take the baby outside, especially when they are barely a month old.

Going outside is good for both mother and baby irrespective of the age. Medically, there is no reason why a baby shouldn’t be taken outside. However, you must take some precautions to keep her healthy. Some include:

Don’t go to rowdy areas

You can go to the park where its quiet but avoid going to places that are rowdy for the first few weeks of the baby’s life. Younger babies are more susceptible to germs, and she can pick up germs from sneezes, coughs and unclean hands.

No extra layers

It may be tempting to dress the baby with extra layers. The clothes should be perfect for the weather. If the weather is too hot, a diaper is sufficient

Sun and rain protection

You need to protect your child from the elements. Use gear or hat for this purpose but don’t use sunscreen on a baby.

After your stroll in the park, wash the baby’s hand thoroughly to prevent infection from hand to mouth. After the first few months, you can expose the baby to more people.

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Parent Of A Baby With Colic? Here’s Your Survival Guide https://ourdailybaby.com/parent-of-a-baby-with-colic-heres-your-survival-guide/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 08:34:36 +0000 https://ourdailybaby.com/?p=164 You may not believe it, but doctors can’t even tell you what colic is. They can, however, tell you at least 20 percent of babies have it! Surviving colic can feel impossible. This quick guide will make those sleepless nights a little more tolerable. What We Know About Colic Colic is currently identified in babies by […]

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You may not believe it, but doctors can’t even tell you what colic is. They can, however, tell you at least 20 percent of babies have it! Surviving colic can feel impossible. This quick guide will make those sleepless nights a little more tolerable.

What We Know About Colic

Colic is currently identified in babies by the amount of crying a baby does. It is when a baby cries for longer than 3 hours in a day, for more than 3 days a week and for a period of not less than 3 weeks.

Despite what you may have thought, the cause of the crying is not how babies are identified as having colic. Rather, it’s simply the number of hours and duration of time the babies are crying.

Treating The Symptoms

So with colic, because the cause is unknown, all you can do is treat the symptoms, and there are two main treatments given to do this: white noise is a good way to reduce the over-stimulation that may cause colic and change the position of the child while being held may also work.

This doesn’t help the parents, though, as periods of constant crying can be exhausting. The trick at these times is to seek help and accept it when offered. Sometimes, you just need a break. Hire a babysitter or ask a relative to step in.

Colic and parental depression have been closely linked and escaping the pressure every now and again may help avoid this.

There is some good news though. Children with colic are not prone to behavioral problems at a later date. In fact, they may be more responsive to parental advice!

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> health Archives - ourdailybaby.com ourdailybaby.com Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 A Few Tips to Boosting Your Child’s Immunity https://ourdailybaby.com/a-few-tips-to-boosting-your-childs-immunity/ Sun, 18 Nov 2018 07:37:36 +0000 https://ourdailybaby.com/?p=1245 Kids can only ward off flu and colds if they have a strong immune function. Other than vaccinations, you can also help your child by boosting his/her immunity. Here are some tips to keep your kids healthy all year round: Balanced diet Feeding your child a balanced diet can help maintain a good immune function. […]

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Kids can only ward off flu and colds if they have a strong immune function. Other than vaccinations, you can also help your child by boosting his/her immunity. Here are some tips to keep your kids healthy all year round:

Balanced diet

Feeding your child a balanced diet can help maintain a good immune function. Ensure that the kids eat foods that are high in antioxidants. Such immune boosting foods helps the body repair injury to the cells, build infection-fighting cells and do all that is necessary to protect the body from illness.

Sleep

Sleep is essential for kids as well as adults. Not sleeping enough can disrupt the body’s hormonal function. This inadvertently reduces the power of the body to fight infections. Ensure that your kids get at least eight hours of sleep daily.

Exercising

This also plays a role in boosting the immune system. Moderate exercise increases white blood cell activity. It also improves circulation all over the body. Exercising with your kids for at least thirty minutes per day can be beneficial for both you and the children.

Reduce stress

Stress affects the body’s ability to fight off infections. Even though stress is unavoidable in many cases, you should try to look out for signs of stress in your kids. Do whatever you can to keep it under control.

Stay away from germ hot spots

Shopping cart handles and restaurant menus are some of the most contaminated items in the world. These things may not be avoidable, so this is why you should ensure that the child washes his hands after every outing.

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Tips for Going Outside With a New Born https://ourdailybaby.com/tips-for-going-outside-with-a-new-born/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 08:12:24 +0000 https://ourdailybaby.com/?p=1102 Many parents wonder if it is safe to take the baby outside, especially when they are barely a month old. Going outside is good for both mother and baby irrespective of the age. Medically, there is no reason why a baby shouldn’t be taken outside. However, you must take some precautions to keep her healthy. […]

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Many parents wonder if it is safe to take the baby outside, especially when they are barely a month old.

Going outside is good for both mother and baby irrespective of the age. Medically, there is no reason why a baby shouldn’t be taken outside. However, you must take some precautions to keep her healthy. Some include:

Don’t go to rowdy areas

You can go to the park where its quiet but avoid going to places that are rowdy for the first few weeks of the baby’s life. Younger babies are more susceptible to germs, and she can pick up germs from sneezes, coughs and unclean hands.

No extra layers

It may be tempting to dress the baby with extra layers. The clothes should be perfect for the weather. If the weather is too hot, a diaper is sufficient

Sun and rain protection

You need to protect your child from the elements. Use gear or hat for this purpose but don’t use sunscreen on a baby.

After your stroll in the park, wash the baby’s hand thoroughly to prevent infection from hand to mouth. After the first few months, you can expose the baby to more people.

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Parent Of A Baby With Colic? Here’s Your Survival Guide https://ourdailybaby.com/parent-of-a-baby-with-colic-heres-your-survival-guide/ Thu, 21 Jun 2018 08:34:36 +0000 https://ourdailybaby.com/?p=164 You may not believe it, but doctors can’t even tell you what colic is. They can, however, tell you at least 20 percent of babies have it! Surviving colic can feel impossible. This quick guide will make those sleepless nights a little more tolerable. What We Know About Colic Colic is currently identified in babies by […]

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You may not believe it, but doctors can’t even tell you what colic is. They can, however, tell you at least 20 percent of babies have it! Surviving colic can feel impossible. This quick guide will make those sleepless nights a little more tolerable.

What We Know About Colic

Colic is currently identified in babies by the amount of crying a baby does. It is when a baby cries for longer than 3 hours in a day, for more than 3 days a week and for a period of not less than 3 weeks.

Despite what you may have thought, the cause of the crying is not how babies are identified as having colic. Rather, it’s simply the number of hours and duration of time the babies are crying.

Treating The Symptoms

So with colic, because the cause is unknown, all you can do is treat the symptoms, and there are two main treatments given to do this: white noise is a good way to reduce the over-stimulation that may cause colic and change the position of the child while being held may also work.

This doesn’t help the parents, though, as periods of constant crying can be exhausting. The trick at these times is to seek help and accept it when offered. Sometimes, you just need a break. Hire a babysitter or ask a relative to step in.

Colic and parental depression have been closely linked and escaping the pressure every now and again may help avoid this.

There is some good news though. Children with colic are not prone to behavioral problems at a later date. In fact, they may be more responsive to parental advice!

The post Parent Of A Baby With Colic? Here’s Your Survival Guide appeared first on ourdailybaby.com.

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