April 22nd, 2009 | Babies, Children, Parenting | No comments
Nightmares can be really fearful for both child and parent. Even more so when your child have nightmares frequently. Nightmares happen during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep. They could change in length, but the child will normally recall what was about in their nightmare. On the other hand, night terrors usually happen about an hour or two after the child has gone to sleep, and may hold up anywhere from a few minutes to an hour. They happen when the non-REM part of sleep, and although his eyes are wide open, the child is asleep the entire time. When he wakes up though, he’ll not remember any of it.
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April 22nd, 2009 | Babies, Children, Parenting | No comments
Ever since Clarisse was born, I always wondered whether she has enough sleep. Or is she sleeping too much. Here’s some rough guidelines I’ve gathered of what to expect, but of course these may differs from baby to baby. Even if you’ve had children before, each baby will be different. So don’t expect them to follow a strict pattern.
Newborns generally sleep approximately 16-17 hours in a 24-hour period. Most babies will not sleep through the night until they’re at least 3 months old. There are several reasons why. First of all, their stomachs are very small and they will easily get hungry, especially if you’re breastfeeding your baby. Breast milk is much more easily digested than formula, and your baby will need to feed more often, especially in the beginning.
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February 13th, 2009 | Parenting | No comments
I came across a short article on whether or not parents are too involved with their child’s life and I’d like to share it with you.
There is no doubt that parents should connect and get involved with their children. A child who gets to spend time with their parents would feel more confident, secure and have a higher level of self esteem. That leads to them to outstanding achievements in school and perform well in extracurricular activities and with their spare-time activities.
But the question you may have in your mind, is there such a thing as too much involvement? It’s imperative when you’re getting involved with your school-aged child’s activities and academics that you know the line of what being too involved can be.
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February 12th, 2009 | Children, Health, Parenting | No comments
It is crucial to let a child learn how he or she should eat healthy and that usually means staying away from McDonalds, KFC or Burger King.
These days, fast food is a big part of modern life. It might seem to be a losing battle as fast food joints come up with all sorts of gimmicks and marketing ploys to attract our kid’s attention. Even baby Clarisse, now twenty months old, recognises the golden arches and associate McDonalds as a fun place. She’d make a fuss while pointing her finger whenever we drive by a McDonald outlet. If you let your child the alternative between healthy food and junk food, you usually will not like the answer. As parents we have to stick to guns and hopefully our kids adopt a healthy eating lifestyle.
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February 10th, 2009 | Children, Health, Parenting | 2 Comments
A few months ago, Clarisse picked up a very annoying habit. Grinding her teeth. It annoyed us to no end because the more we asked her to stop doing it, the more she’d do it.
It may simply be her sudden discovery of a new physical sensation by grinding her teeth. I have even asked the paeditrician why Clarisse is doing it and would it be advisable to bring her to a dentist. According to her experience, dentists have yet to determine what cause toddlers to grind their teeth. At least the mental and emotional side of it. But I was also told that teeth grinding, as horrible as it can sound, would never be severe enough to cause much worry. Baby teeth are only meant to last for a span of few years so long lasting problems are negligible. Even so, it would take much more severe grinding to wear out their teeth.
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January 22nd, 2009 | Children, Parenting, Uncategorized | No comments
What we should do?
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1, Constantly keep the baby tidy and clean.
2, Trim the nails properly with extreme caution.
3, Damp nappy should be changed and parts should be cleaned with soap.
4, Pay more attention of the genitals because fungal infection is commons in that area. Parts should be kept dry.
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December 5th, 2008 | Parenting | No comments
Baby Clarisse is one and a half years old now. Shopping with her tagging along is increasing a chore. The days of her sitting on the trolly quietly is nearly over. She like to walk on her own now but whenever we put her down on her feet, she’d walk everywhere with no regards to direction or where she should be going. She’d wander where she fancies. Stop and fool around with stuff. Taking things off the shelf and putting it somewhere else. She can keep herself occupied doing that forever, drives us nuts to pick her up everytime we need to move on to another section in the store. She’d be wailing and kicking when we carry her of course.
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November 1st, 2008 | Parenting | No comments
My husband and I are increasingly annoyed at baby Clarisse’s screeching and screaming around the house. Sometimes baby Clarisse would simple scream, for no apparent reason, non-stop. Worst of all, when you tell her to stop screaming, she would scream even louder. Longer.
Here’s what I usually do to bring back some peace and quiet into the room :
1) Children like to imitate what they saw, they can learn it very fast no matter it’s bad or good. One thing I’ve noticed, is that whenever my husband and I disagrees or argue and raises our voice, baby Clarisse would start shouting too. Seeing that, we would now try not to argue in front of her. Besides that, remember not to switch on your tlevision or radio loudly. This may help to discourage your toddler from screaming or screeching.
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August 23rd, 2008 | Babies, Parenting | No comments
Baby Clarisse likes doggy so much she dared to walk up close to a dog yesterday. I took baby Clarisse on a stroll around the park and without me noticing her, she walked slowly towards a stray dog. Luckily the dog is just a puppy and not at all fierce. The owner had the puppy on a leash as well.
When I saw her she was within arm’s reach of the puppy. I did not carry her away from the dog but stopped her from walking even closer to the puppy. I did not want to create fear of dogs in her.
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July 16th, 2008 | Parenting | 1 Comment
It’s your right to be picky. Your baby or toddler may spend up to half a day in it so as responsible and caring parents, you have to make sure you’re leaving them in a safe, caring and fun environment.
Choosing a day-care centre, like many things in life involving your baby or toddler, is never easy. Heck, I’ve been through numerous paeditricians for several months before settling for the best one I could find. Which brings about the question, what makes a childcare centre good? What sort of criteria must it possess to quality as the childcare centre of choice? Of course, there’s no such thing as perfect. What appears to be the perfect childcare centre to you may not suit another parent. So word-of-mouth should be taken with a grain of salt. Try your best, be patient and draw up a list of criterias on what you look for in a childcare centre. Think about what is important and your expectations in a childcare centre. As a start, here’s a few things to consider:
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