When do babies sleep through the night is one of the questions that every parent always tries to find the answer. Perhaps for you who haven’t have a baby yet, you always see that parents will new baby born always look really tired because they would never sleep tightly at night because of their babies. Well, based on what you hear, babies have longer sleep time than adults and how could this kind of things could happen? Actually, when speaking about when do babies sleep through the night is not about how long a baby could sleep but how much they would sleep in a day. Most of baby under 3 months old could fall asleep for six up to eight hours but when they are getting older, the time could be shorter. So, if you are really want to know about when do babies sleep through the night you could see your babies’ sleeping habit, such as for how long they sleep in a day. Read the rest of this entry »
When do Babies Eyes Change Color is actually one of the interesting questions that every parent always loves to ask. It is true that for Caucasian babies are possible for babies to have this kind of process whereas their eyes color is changing to the permanent eyes color. However, for African and Asian babies, they are usually born with brown eyes and that would stay browns. That is why the question about When do Babies Eyes Change Color is mostly questioned by parents with has Caucasian blood. It is actually very interesting to parents to keep their eyes opened to all kinds of changes happen to their babies, including the chance to their eye color. However, there is no solid theory yet about exact answer for When do Babies Eyes Change Color but the older a baby and the more pigments will gained in their iris and those pigments have significant role in influencing the chance of the eyes color. Read the rest of this entry »
How do babies get hiccups is the first question that every parent with newborn baby will ask. It is because newborn baby seems to get hiccups frequently and finding out the reasons could help parents preventing it. However, based on what expert said it is totally normal for baby under a year old to get hiccups frequently. Why and how do babies get hiccups is because of there is a kind of sudden contraction in the diaphragm. There are some aspects that could cause the contraction such as irritation or stimulation of the muscle, breast or formula milk, up to the temperature that could cause the baby to get cold. In short, there is no need for parents to worry about their baby if they are getting hiccups frequently so meeting a professional is not necessary. However, parents should take hiccups into account if it becomes more frequent even when baby have reached one year old. The reasons about how do babies get hiccups is supposed to be found out. Though it is an actually a really rare case but prevention action is always worth doing. Read the rest of this entry »
If you don’t feel stomach upset and you don’t feel that you will give birth, Caesarean surgery can be the solution. But there are many pregnant women who still want to give birth normally. So, the induction can be the solution. Induction is also done to avoid dangerous complication like the emerged situation in fetus or the size of baby is too big.
Listening the word ‘induction’ mom will imagine frightened situation of the long painful feeling. Is that true that induction can be so painful? What is actually induction? Why must induction be done? Read the rest of this entry »
Every parents wants their children have high intelligence as the provision for their future. Though some researches show that the intelligence is strongly related with the genetic factor, some researches show that the right stimulation becomes the important factor in sharpening children brain.
The stimulation can be started since children were still in mom’s uterus. The experts said that since the age of fetus has been 3 months, baby has already had feeling and when the age of mom’s uterus has already been in fourth month, the baby can listen voice from the outside. This is the voice that will stimulate the capability of baby body organ included their intelligence so it will fasten the growing process. Cerebral cortex (the important part in brain that has function to remember, see, realize, think, know the language, etc) has developed well when the age of fetus is 5-6 months. Because of that, in this period it is so good if baby listens music. Read the rest of this entry »
In the time you will give birth, you must be careful of the giving birth signs. One of the signs is the contraction at uterus that will push your baby out. But not all contraction are the sign of giving birth. In the medical world there is a term called fake contraction that is known as Braxton Hicks. It is taken from the founder of this phenomenon.
The contraction that is found in 1827 by the English experts, John Braxton Hicks, is only the condition where uterus muscles are tighten. Your brain sends signal so that your body will prepare in facing giving birth process by making your uterus muscles contract like what you feel.
Usually this condition only lasts for 1-2 minutes. This contraction can last along the pregnancy period and it will be stronger in the last months. Without Braxton Hicks contraction, the giving birth process will take longer time, will be more painful, and the contraction effect as the effort to push the baby will be less effective. On the other side, the Braxton Hicks contraction that is felt in the time of giving process has function to soften the uterus mouth. Though this fake contraction is usually felt in the third trimester but actually it has already happened in the 28th week of the pregnancy period. If you had pregnancy before maybe you can feel this contraction earlier. Read the rest of this entry »
One thing that makes mom worried in the time of giving birth process is facing the painful feeling. Moreover for mom who never gave birth before.
But the development in medical world can reduce the painful feeling. However we should know the cause of the painful feeling.
The painful feeling in the time and at the giving birth process caused by the blood pressure and the heart beat that increase fast. If mom can’t longer endure the painful feeling and this situation is ignored, it can make mom doesn’t concentrate in the giving birth process. This situation is dangerous for the baby and also for mom. Read the rest of this entry »
Giving your baby drink with the bottle and pacifier is practical. The shape of the pacifier that is like mother’s nipple make the baby more familiar. It makes her like drinking mother’s milk. The risk of water that spilled can be reduced so Mom doesn’t need to wipe it. But this way is better to be applied in the early months. When baby is already 6 months, Mom can make her to get used to drink with glass.
Expert said if the baby often sucks the pacifier, it will affect her teeth development, especially the above teeth that will be pushed. Besides, if the bottle is used to be her sleeping companion, she will consume more calories and it can cause obesity of course. That’s why it is important to make her get used to drink with glass. Read the rest of this entry »
In the medical terminology, the habit of urinating on bed or other places called enuresis which means the inability to control urine in awake or in sleep situation. But this problem can’t be solved by being mad or giving punishment to children. Always support them to handle this bad habit.
Using cover on mattress can make children misunderstood. They think that they are allowed to urinate on bed. If you wear them diaper, it will not make the children change their bad habit fast. If they are already 2 years old, Mom should help them to not use them diaper or cover anymore when they sleep. Read the rest of this entry »
Having active and happy children, I think that’s what most parents want. But, if the child is too active and restless, it may become a problem for mother. For example, when it is lunch time, the child is busy running around all over the house. When playing, it is often your kids have a little accident like tripping or stumbling upon something that leads to bruises. However, mother cannot hurriedly judge them as stubborn. Therefore, mother need to know the basic steps to deal with hyperactive children.
First, manage the menu which contains sugar or high levels of refined carbohydrates, like white rice or refined flour products, as not to excess. Avoid flavors and sweeteners and artificial coloring. The right intake to help mother cope with hyperactive children is the food that contains calcium and magnesium, such as vegetables, nuts, and seeds. In addition, because the kids’ movement is very dynamic, their metabolism is also relatively fast, so they need to take the intake more often than other children. Read the rest of this entry »
