Our Baby News

Travel with a baby:

It’s great fun taking your baby on holiday, but it can be a little nerve-racking, too. We’ve got all the information you need to make your family holiday a safe and happy one with articles on how to cope with flights, deciding what to pack and choosing the perfect family-friendly holiday destination.

 Like all the child car seats that Which? reviews, this ‘Group 1′ car seat had to undergo tests that exceed the standards manufacturers have to meet by law.

Among other things, we crash test child car seats in a side impact, while manufacturers have to ensure only that they’re safe in a head-on crash. Group 1 is the category which covers toddlers up to 18kg in weight.

Keep your infant in a rear facing infant safety seat which is correctly installed and your infant can be protected in the seat beside yours. 

Child safety seats need to be used through the so-called tween years, although there are different seats for each age group.

Those designed for tweens are more like booster seats, for example, while infant seats are often combined with infant carriers in one secure device.

Placing a child in an improper car seat for their size can actually increase the risk of death or injury, so it is very important for parents to make sure that they only use the type of car seat recommended for the age and weight of their child.

Parents will need to acquire several different seats over the lifetime of their child or children, and this is definitely not an area where it is wise to purchase used seats or to scrimp too much when in the market for these essential devices.  

Perhaps because we’ve all grown so accustomed to conventional lighting fixtures, we don’t often stop to think about the repercussions of using those fixtures, or how things could improve if we tried something different.

Newborn baby care involves helping your baby whenever he is sick, you should call the doctor immediately. Note that even though some of certain illnesses appear to be mild, they can be a sign of serious disorder.

Here is the list of possible symptoms that your newborn may encounter during his or her early age: 

Coordination Disorder

The symptoms of developmental coordination disorder vary greatly from child to child. The general characteristic is that the child has abnormal development of one or more types of motor skills when the child’s age and intelligence quotient (IQ) are taken into account.

In some children these coordination deficiencies manifest as an inability to tie shoes or catch a ball, while in other children they appear as an inability to draw objects or properly form printed letters.  

Baby health care is the most important aspect of caring for your newborn baby.

Your child’s health care should be considered as a priority right from the very start of their life and it is your primary responsibility as a parent to provide them with the very best available. Every parent wants the best for their children and one of the most effective ways to ensure you are providing this is with good nutrition and natural health care for your child.

Your baby’s overall health care plan should also include effective skin care.

Three different methods were used to compile the data necessary to develop the Start Healthy Feeding Guidelines, including: evaluating existing recommendations and guidelines from recognized organizations; using the ADA’s evidence-based approach to analyze the literature; and conducting detailed analysis of the nutrient content of infants’ and toddlers’ diets compared to Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).

This article explores the detailed process that led to the Start Healthy Expert Panel’s.

Your pediatrician plays a very important role in your child’s life.

You’re entrusting your child’s health in his hands, and when you go to him—worried about a fever or a rash, and the dozens of other concerns about your child’s physical and mental development—you need to feel that you can trust him to hear you out, and give the best possible advice.

Your picky eater will enjoy this take on sandwiches.
It’s easy to make and your children can have fun creating their sandwiches with you!
1) Protein on the breakfast plate
Studies have shown regular breakfast eaters are at healthier weights compared to breakfast skippers.

Egg Sandwich Pocket – scrambled eggs with chopped peppers and tomato in whole-wheat pita pocket
Bean Breakfast Burrito – brown rice, pinto beans and cheese wrapped in whole grain soft tortilla
Veggie Pizza – slice of leftover vegetable cheese pizza
PB & raisin bagel – peanut butter and raisins (or other dried fruit) spread on mini whole-wheat bagel

Around age seven to eight months, some babies start turning a little yellow. This is known as carotenemia. This is because their diet becomes heavy in yellow vegetables such as squash, carrots, green or yellow beans, and yes, it does turn babies yellow!

HOW MUCH PROTECTION FROM INFECTION DO BABIES NEED?

The idea that people have to wear masks and gowns when they are around babies comes from the fact that nurses and doctors take great care not to spread infection from one patient to another;

but this does not mean that a mother need cover her mouth and nose when she handles her baby, either inside hospital or when she gets home.