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Should Your Baby Self-wean Before 1 Year of Age?
Breast milk is the most nourishing food for your baby during the first one year of her life. Most doctors recommend exclusive breastfeeding for up to six months of a baby’s life. Breast milk contains all the nutrition an infant needs for healthy growth and development. Once babies start consuming liquids other than breast milk and eating solids, they start reducing their breast milk intake automatically. Read on to know more about this ‘self-weaning.’
What is Self-Weaning?
Self-weaning is when a baby, over a year old, gradually reduces her intake of breast milk and finally stops nursing altogether. This happens because the baby starts getting more nutrition from foods other than breast milk once she starts solids. This means she will nurse less regularly and eventually stop nursing.
However, sometimes babies below one year of age may go through a phase where they temporarily reduce their breast milk intake. This is not a sign of self-weaning, although it may appear to be so. This could be due to her interest in exploring the surrounding environment or even frustration due to a decrease in your breast milk supply. In such a case, see a specialist to determine why your baby is not feeding properly, and how to remedy this.
What are the Signs of A Baby Self- weaning?
Here are some signs of a baby self-weaning from breastfeeding:
1. Disinterested in Nursing
If a baby over one year of age is becoming more and more disinterested in nursing and reduces the number of feeds she has despite minimal distractions, it means she is self-weaning. If your milk supply is normal but the baby still refuses feedings, it indicates that she is trying to self-wean.
2. Eats Solids Regularly
If your baby eats solid foods regularly and gets nourishment from a variety of other foods, she will ease off nursing slowly. This is another sign of self-weaning.
3. Not Teething
A baby who is teething may temporarily reduce breastfeeding due to discomfort and pain. However, if the baby is becoming disinterested in feeding despite not teething, it could be a sign of self-weaning.
Is This the Best Time to Wean Your Baby?
The ideal self-weaning age for babies is one year and above. Babies usually do not self-wean before age one. If the baby seems disinterested in feeding before age one, it could be due to various other issues, such as low breast milk supply, teething, distractions, and new interests. If you decide to wean your child before the age of one, you should consult your doctor to find out about alternative nutrition options.
Tips to Stop Premature Weaning
If your baby seems disinterested in nursing before she turns one, it is known as premature weaning. Here are some tips you can use to stop premature weaning of your baby:
Minimize distractions during feeding time. Make sure the feeding room is quiet, and there are no toys within the reach of your baby when she is nursing. These may cause her to get distracted from breastfeeding, and she will want to explore her surroundings.
Make sure that your milk supply is not reducing. If you think you are not making enough breast milk, see your doctor or a lactation consultant who will suggest ways to increase your milk production.
Continue to offer her your breast often. Do not wait until she demands to be fed.
Breastfeed your baby before giving her any other food. If she is hungry, she will nurse adequately.
If your baby is feeding less because of teething discomfort, try giving her a baby teether that can be frozen. This will soothe her discomfort. Give her some time, and once the pain and discomfort lessens, your baby will start nursing again.
Ensure that you give your baby supplements like baby formula when she is not feeding properly. Speak to your doctor for advice on this. Be patient and keep in mind that a temporary gap in nursing is a normal developmental process that many babies go through. Soon enough, your baby will start nursing again.
When babies over one year of age get proper nutrition from other sources of food, they gradually reduce their intake of breast milk in the process called self-weaning. If your baby reduces feedings for no identifiable reason and she is below one year of age, consult your doctor to for advice on how to stop the baby from self-weaning prematurely.
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Homemade Room Freshener - 10 DIY Air Freshener Recipes
Buying room fresheners might be very tempting, but the list of chemicals that you invite into your home in the name of fragrances is not healthy. If you’re looking for fragrances or air fresheners to lighten the mood or for a more therapeutic cause, there’s no way better than a natural air freshener. This article will discuss various types of air fresheners and how to make them at home- even those that can be used as a DIY bathroom freshener or DIY closet air freshener.
How to Make Air Freshener at Home?
Making air fresheners at home is very easy once you gather major ingredients and pick the kind of air freshener you would like to make. You can also try making air freshener with perfume or making homemade air freshener spray without essential oils.
1. Gather Ingredients and Tools
Most of the following recipes will require the same blend of distilled water, rubbing alcohol or vodka for disinfectant properties. Get yourself a 250-300 ml spray bottle for the best usage. Also, picking a funnel is advised so that the process is neat and not clumsy.
2. Pick the Scent of Your Choice
Some scents are stronger than the others, so if you find anything in any recipe too strong, there are always alternatives you can try. Pick essential oils that instantly spread a calming vibe with their aroma.
3. Stick to the Recipe, and Voila!
Your bottle, funnel and essential oils in place, all you have to do is mix all the ingredients in the base and shake well.
Incredible Room Freshener Blend Recipes
Here’s how to make home freshener at home with some wonderful recipes:
1. Eucalyptus Blends
The minty smell from eucalyptus makes it a great pick for deodorising as well as adding a new aroma. Use 3/4th cup of water and 2 tablespoons of vodka/ real vanilla extract as the base and add the following oils -
Ingredients:
Tea tree oil: 4 drops
Lemon essential oil:7-8 drops
Eucalyptus essential oil: 5-6 drops
2. Citrus Blends
Citrus goes best with treating odours in kitchens and bathrooms, and the best way to make any citrus blend is to make a mixture in a spray bottle. Use the same base as above and add the following oils -
Ingredients:
Wild orange essential oil: 4-5 drops
Lemon essential oil: 4-5 drops
Lime essential oil: 4-5 drops
Grapefruit essential oil: 4-5 drops
3. Floral Blends
Flowery scents are refreshing and help in uplifting moods. There’s definitely a certain aura you give a space when you change the way it smells, and mild floral scents are one of the best ways to add that definition. Use the same base as above and add the following oils -
Ingredients:
Lavender essential oil: 7-8 drops
Geranium essential oil: 4-5 drops
Grapefruit essential oil: 3-4 drops
4. Aromatherapy
No struggle, no need for too many ingredients and still 100% natural. Aromatherapy is one amazing way to light up the mood with some amazing fragrances. You will need to put a few drops of oil into some hot water on the top holder of your diffuser, and let the candle underneath heat the mixture long enough to infuse it in the air.
Ingredients:
A diffuser
Aroma oils of your choice
5. Wood Blends
There’s no scent more refreshing than scents with a woody undertone. With most commercial air fresheners using floral and citrus scents, the scent of wood in an air freshener is definitely new and exciting. Use the same base as above and add the following oils -
Ingredients:
White fir essential oil
Cedar wood essential oil
Frankincense essential oil
6. Potpourri
For those who make these from scratch from their own garden, it is an art of its own. You can add some scent to the potpourri and also some embellishments, set it in a bowl in the middle of a room, and tada! You will have an amazing air freshener right there at all times!
Ingredients:
Potpourri without added scents from the market
Add 5-6 drops of your favourite essential oils to the potpourri to make it more fragrant, like lavender, rose, citrus, etc.
7. Coffee
Amazing for closets and closed spaces with little ventilation, coffee can be used for powder rooms, closets or storage spaces. Leave fresh roasted or baked coffee beans on a large plate and it will act as a succulent, removing bad odours from the room. You can use coffee powder too, but it's less effective.
Ingredients:
Platter
Roasted or baked cup of coffee beans
Alternatively, blended coffee powder
8. Quick-fix Air Freshener
If you don’t have any specific scent you want but need a quick fix to make bacteria in the air go away, then this one is for you. First, put the essential oils in your bottle and then fill the bottle up with distilled water. This can be simply shaken and reused as many times as needed.
Ingredients:
Any cheap vodka
Lavender essential oil or lemongrass essential oil: 40-50 drops
Distilled water
9. Simmering Bowls
When there are large open spaces that you want to treat or just want to spread some aroma for setting a mood or tone to the event, simmering bowls are the best way to make the entire space smell fresh.
Ingredients:
A bowl to simmer
Heater/stove
Orange peels
Essential oils of your liking- lavender, lemongrass, sweet orange, etc.
10. Pomander Balls
Fresh with antibiotic properties, pomander balls are quick fixes for any closet odour or closed spaces. You just need to push the cloves into dried and cured oranges and use them in whichever space you wish for it to suck all the odour in the air while fighting bacteria as well.
Ingredients:
Cured and dried oranges
Cloves
Tips to Follow While Preparing and Using DIY Room Freshener
Keep these tips in mind as you prepare room fresheners at home.
Pick good quality essential oils for a strong fragrance.
Since essential oils are expensive, if you want to experiment with fragrances, make a small batch first.
Make sure your air fresheners are stored in glass containers instead of plastic. Not only is cleaning and reusing a plastic bottle complicated after using these mixtures in them, they might also degrade and become toxic.
Spray these, test them a few times to see how members in your family like them. Do not use them in large amounts if any of them are allergic to strong fragrances of mint, citrus, etc.
For the best results, always shake well before spraying. The oils and water separate if kept unshaken for too long.
For pomander bowls, coffee beans and potpourri, it is very essential to keep changing them every 2-3 months for the best effect. Never let them gather dust.
Distilled water is not a necessity, you can use tap water if you don’t have distilled water.
When the right procedure is followed, making your own room freshener is simple and takes no time. You can know enjoy a fresh burst of fragrance without all the chemicals in the commercial ones.
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Indian vegetable roll or frankie
This Frankie includes vegetables rolled in the Indian flat bread or chapati with the Indian type of flavorings or spices. You may call it a roll or a wrap or a Frankie or a Kathi roll- they all mean the same. It is a popular Mumbai street food just made healthy by making it at home with whole wheat flour and by adding all the healthy vegetables. Frankie's are a perfect meal to eat anytime, or on the go and are great vegan treats too.
Serves
Preparation Time
Cooking Time
6 People
15 Minutes
15 Minutes
Ingredients
For Roti
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 tsp(teaspoon) salt
Approx. 1/3 cup of water
1/4 cup wheat flour for rolling
1 tbsp(tablespoon) oil for brushing Frankie's
For Filling
2 cups cabbage thinly sliced
1 cup carrot shredded
1/2 cup french beans, lengthwise pieces
3/4 cup tofu pieces, lengthwise cut
1/2 red bell pepper thinly sliced
½ cup capsicum thinly sliced
¼ cup onion, thinly sliced
1 cup tomato chopped
1 tsp finely shredded ginger
1 green chili finely chopped
2 tbsp cilantro or coriander, chopped
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seed
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garam masala
Method
For Filling
Step 1
Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
Step 2
Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if the seed cracks right away, the oil is ready.
Step 3
Then add cumin seeds.
Step 4
As seeds crack, add ginger and green chili, stir for few seconds.
Step 5
Add tomatoes and salt, cook until tomatoes are tender for about 3-4 minutes.
Step 6
Reduce the heat to medium.
Step 7
Add cabbage, carrot, french beans, capsicum, and red bell pepper
Step 8
Cook with the lid on until vegetables are tender, not mushy, occasionally stirring for about 5-6 minutes.
Step 9
Add tofu and coriander to the vegetables.
Step 10
Mix it well.
Step 11
Turn off the heat and mix the garam masala.
Step 12
You filling is ready. Set it aside for use.
For Roti
Step 1
In a mixing bowl, mix whole wheat flour and salt.
Step 2
Add water to make a firm and smooth dough, adjust the water as needed.
Step 3
Knead the dough on a lightly oiled surface. It should not stick to your fingers.
Step 4
Cover the dough and let it rest for about 10-15 minutes.
Step 5
Knead the dough again.
Step 6
Take a small part of the dough and press it both sides in dry wheat flour to help while rolling.
Step 7
Roll it thin into about 9” diameter. Lightly sprinkle the dry flour, if the dough sticks to the rolling pin or rolling surface.
Step 8
Heat the skillet/tawa over medium high.
Step 9
To check if the skillet is hot enough, sprinkle few drops of water over the skillet, water should sizzle. Skillet should not be smoking.
Step 10
Place the roti over skillet for about half a minute. The roti develops light brown spots and puff at different places.
Step 11
Flip the roti over, and lightly press, flip it again. Roti should have light golden color on both sides.
Step 12
Remove the roti from the skillet. It is ready for use.
Assembling the Frankie
Step 1
Take one roti and put it over a flat surface.
Step 2
Add about ¼ cup of vegetable filling lengthwise leaving about 1-1/2 inch from the top and fold it tightly like a burrito.
Step 3
Lightly brush oil on both sides of the wrap.
Step 4
Heat the skillet over medium heat.
Step 5
Place Frankie over the skillet and lightly brown both sides till crispy.
Step 6
Serve with a dip of your choice -a mint-coriander chutney or any other.
Step 7
Repeat the procedure other rolls. Enjoy!
Nutritional Information
Calories
236
Sodium
59 mg
Total Fat
17 g
Potassium
0 mg
Saturated
4 g
Total Carbs
10 g
Polyunsaturated
0 g
Dietary Fiber
2 g
Monounsaturated
0 g
Sugars
4 g
Trans
0 g
Protein
13 g
Cholesterol
46 mg
Vitamin A
0%
Calcium
0%
Vitamin C
0%
Iron
0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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8 Women-Friendly Destinations in India
It has been taken for granted that India is not safe for a woman to travel alone or in groups. However, the country still offers some breathtaking destinations which offer safety for ladies. Refer to our list of such amazing women-friendly places in India before you make your travel plans.
Longing for some “me” time with no one to answer to and no chores to complete? We believe every woman needs to experience the joys of a solo or girlfriends-only vacation. However, the thought of being alone in India can be daunting. Fret not! We recommend a few women-friendly destinations where you can rediscover yourself and unwind – with your mind at rest.
8 Women-friendly Travel Places in India
1. Mysore, Karnataka
Karnataka in southern India has long been considered one of the safest places for a women traveller. Even late in the night, though it's best to avoid being out, the streets are packed with tourists. This city of palaces and amazing attractions like Chamundi Hills, Jubilee Chowk, Karanji Lake and St. Philomena's Cathedral is a sheer delight if you love history and architecture. Before leaving, pack in a visit to Devraj market and capture the beautiful flowers (perhaps on camera) to surprise hubby!
2. Hampi, Karnataka
If you've been putting off that visit to the iconic Virupaaksha and Vittala temples and many waterfalls of Hampi, here's good news: the beautiful place abounds in friendly and cultured people who will put your reservations as a solo woman traveller to rest. You can let your hair down, shop for traditional bohemian clothes and go rock-climbing. Your family will love to see you in your new liberated avatar.
3. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Few things can equal the spectacular sight of the evening aarti at the ghat of the Ganges in Varanasi. Essentially a tourist destination and frequented by scores of people over the year, the city is considered a safe choice for women. There are also a number of women helplines if at all you need any help. In Varanasi, you can emerge from your daily routine of housework and immerse yourself in the fragrance of incense sticks, music on a boat ride or the changing moods of the waves.
4. Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir
Women and serenity should not be separated for long! If you're the adventurous sort, you will love Ladakh for it's mesmerising landscape, unique weather, the stunning nine-storied Leh palace and the quiet Shanti Stupa. One of the most peaceful spots in our list of women-friendly cities in India, we do recommend getting your girlfriends for this one. The ruggedness might ask for some help!
5. The Andamans
A group of islands primarily supported by the tourism industry, Andaman has designed its laws and regulations to ensure safety for women. There are authorised guides to show you the sights and sounds especially if you're exploring rainforests. Opt for beach resorts that offer snorkelling, scuba diving and island-hopping. Let the white beaches and transparent waters give you breathtaking memories but do check with your doctor before leaving if you are pregnant or have heart trouble.
6. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
Considered widely to be a safe and peaceful weekend getaway, the intricate temple carvings here are among the most beautiful art creations in the world. The Archaeological Museum and temples of Lakshmana, Parshwanath and Adinath are also breathtaking. The best part is how you can recover from your strained mommy nerves by indulging in an Ayurvedic massage or a yoga session.
7. Kaziranga, Assam
If you're a wildlife or photography enthusiast, Kaziranga has a lot to offer you. Known for conserving the rare species of one-horned rhinoceros, it's wetlands, savannah grasses, and mystical foliage make for an amazing experience. Since the park is government-run, its elephant rides and jeep treks are considered safe options even for women travellers. We still advise keeping with the group; you just might spot leopards, elephants, and the Assamese macaque!
8. Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
Few destinations parallel Rajasthan in the warmth of the native population. The golden city boasts of a rich culture and ethnic tradition which you can experience from atop a camel! Reconnect with yourself with a spectacular view of the setting sun and top this up with mouth-watering Rajasthani food. The friendly ambience is sure to make you feel welcome and safe.
There, you can now embark on a trip to one of these women-friendly destinations without working yourself up about safety. However, the golden rule must never be forgotten: exercise caution, travel light, dress appropriately and be wary of strangers. Better safe than sorry, we say! Read more
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Q. hi have one question
LT 10x18mm and RT 18x20mm and ET 6.5
what it mean??? and should I start intercourse
Dr Laxmi Chavan-Sawant
Ayurvedic Gynaecologist
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A. since you are right follicle is 18 mm yes of course you can start with your intercourse for conception as in 1 to 2 days
their maybe rupture of the follicle by which your sperm should be present there for conception
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Q. #asktheexpert
why baby vomit
Dr Ghouse
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A. for babies less than 6 months may not be a problem. small babies will be having lot of gas because of various reasons it is advisable to do burping of the baby immediately after feeding please give colimex DF drops to the baby they are safe
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Q. i am 35 weeks 3 days pregnant... my ultrasound report shows that "fl and hl are shorter compared to bpd"... is this anything to worry
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A. You should have proper consultation with your treating doctor , as some examination or investigations may be needful, so that proper medications can be given And the treatment can be done very properly.
needs proper follow-up for this
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Q. I am 9 week pregnant and I have runny nose very badly can I use cetirizine tablet?
Dr Laxmi Chavan-Sawant
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A. use nasal drops , that acts faster .
You should have proper consultation with your treating doctor , as some examination or investigations may be needful, so that proper medications can be given And the treatment can be done very properly.
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Q. hi,
my LT 10x18mm and RT 18x20mm and ET 6.5 , what if I intercourse after 2 days, can I do intercourse in ovulation day can become a pregent .
on ovulation day if we intercourse can become a pregent..pls advice..
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A. since the follicle size is 18 to 20 mm your ovulation may occur within 24 hours also so if you have intercourse with in that time it will be more effective to get conceived
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A. Hello dear! If your pregnancy is going on fine without any high risk factors then it’s okay. Still, would advise you to check with your doctor once before going further. Maintain a good personal hygiene routine and a healthy lifestyle
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