Organic Foods are Safe for Children
Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.
The weight of the available scientific evidence has not shown a significant difference between organic and more conventionally grown food in terms of safety, nutritional value, or taste.
Products containing hazardous substances such as dyes, nitrates, preservatives, antibiotics, GMOs and other destructively can affect a child’s body. They are able to induce hormonal disorders, reduced mental capacity, stress and immunity of certain childhood diseases.
But where to find organic produce, bring only benefit? It is worth paying attention to the organic, grown without chemicals, organic products.
According to research by Austrian scientists Werner and Velimirova, food organic food strengthens the immune system is better than the use of multivitamin preparations.
My Baby Care
Taking Medicine
Giving a baby medicine does not have to mean that you will make your baby cry. There are many medicine-taking techniques. I have seen babies who gulp down the pink stuff as well as those who need a full, four-point restraint, plus a head hold. This latter type can’t be fooled by the old meds-in-the-applesauce routine. To optimize the experience, try these tricks:
• Refrigerate or chill it in the freezer to cut the taste.
• Avoid medication that you know has a bad taste. Some are notoriously bad-tasting, and most have some viable alternative.
• Avoid cold-and-cough medicines that don’t really work anyway. Why ask for trouble?
• Combine meds (if okayed by your pharmacist) if more than one are needed.
• Ask for medication that can be given once or twice a day instead of three or four times.
Kidshealth : Colds
Snot and Coughing
Colds are caused by viruses, and viruses produce congestion and irritation of the moist (mucous membrane) nose and throat lining. The resultant cough probably bothers you more than it does your baby. Ditto for congestion: It might drive you to tears to see a runny nose, especially when it goes on for days and days, but your smiling, happy baby figures it’s normal to have wet 11s on his upper lip.
So how do you treat it?
Not with antibiotics. Antibiotics eradicate bacteria, and you (or your doctor) ought to be sure a bacterial infection is present before using them. Instead, offer symptomatic relief.
Drop salt water (saline) into his nose, then use a squeeze bulb to aspirate hard mucous away. A cold-air humidifier serves the same purpose as nose drops and moistens up the dried snot. That’s what causes problems: Petrified boogers clog your baby’s airway making it hard to breathe and eat at the same time. Moistening them up again makes your baby feel better.