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This or That, Who Decides What is Right for Your Baby?
Breastfeed or formula, new clothes or used, home school or preschool, cerelax or organic food, diapers or potty train!!
I am pretty much sure every single mother goes through these questions and even many more such, and at some point has lowered her self esteem thinking she is a bad mom. Well, I have!!
But, there is no such thing as right or wrong. Who decides what is right or wrong? The articles we read, or a word we heard from another person? Did your doctor ever say if your breast milk is not enough do not give formula and starve the baby? Does a surrogate baby not have formula or lets say a new baby who lost his mom; should he starve? Or will you never give any processed food to your baby? Will he never eat a biscuit? If a working mom makes her life easy and gives her baby cerelac she is not a bad mom!! I recently read a lot of debate about not giving colic drops or medicines or gripe water, and honestly no one gives it for fun, and not that you are putting your baby on a lifetime medication, its a phase where your baby is growing and a lot of development is happening, it take a while to adjust and may be in pain while another might not!
There has been no mother, who would do wrong to her baby, not a first timer not a mother of four not even a mother of a 30year old. So, do what is right, follow your baby; every baby is different and ao is every mother. I especially choose to write on this topic because as I read many blogs I feel insecure and guilty at times ( just for a minute) that oh I gave formula, oh I gave cerelac, oh no my baby is still not potty trained, but when I look back I do realise that if I hadn’t given formula my baby would have been hungry! I often worry that my baby is still on diapers, but I don't want to pressurise him, I lose my temper often, I make mistakes but my baby doesn’t judge me, so why should I?
I am happiest when my baby is happy, he plays in the mud and gets dirty, splashes all the puddles on the pathway, draws on the wall, spills food on the floor, he even refuses to learn a lot of things, but again didn’t I do the same when I was a kid? Just because we live in a social media world where we see the brighter side of a mom life does mean I have to do the same.
So moms, you are the best mother to your child and only you know what is good. Please do not follow another mother because she has so and so followers or because she writes well!!
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Effective Tips to Enhance Critical Thinking Skills in Kids
Is it important for your child to think critically? Yes, it is! Not only is it important for your child to learn from what is taught to him, but it is equally important for a child to analyze, contrast, compare and make interferences of the things that are taught to him. Therefore, there are no second thoughts regarding the importance of critical thinking in a child’s educational development. However, if you are wondering how to enhance your kid’s critical thinking skills, you should read the following article to know some effective tips for enhancing the critical thinking skills of your kid.
What is Critical Thinking?
What exactly is critical thinking definition for kids? Well, critical thinking may involve your kid’s ability to think rationally and clearly as it engages your kid in independent and reflective thinking. It is not only gathering and remembering information; rather it is vaster than that. It involves your kid to deduce consequences from his learning and then make use of that information or look for other sources to solve various problems.
Why is it Important to Teach Critical Thinking Skills to Children?
Following are some reasons that may explain to you that why critical thinking skills in early childhood education are important:
It may help in expanding your kid’s knowledge because if your kid is vested deeply into some topic, it will help him gain better knowledge and develop his passion.
It may help your kid to make more sense of the world around him.
It may help your kid in making valuable judgements and also figure out things that may not make so much sense.
It may help your kid to excel in solving various problems.
It may help your kid to become independent thinkers and they may soon take their own sensible decisions.
It may help improve your kid’s academic performance.
It may help enhance your kid’s creative streak.
It may help your kid to have a better understanding and relationship with the peers.
How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills in a Child?
If you are looking out for ways of teaching kids critical thinking skills or looking out for critical thinking activities for kids, the following tips may help:
1. Solving Riddles
As simple as it may sound but asking riddles is not only a fun activity but it is also a great problem-solving activity for your child. This activity helps your kid to analyze information too.
2. Newspaper Reading
Encouraging your kid to read the newspaper on regular basis not only helps in keeping him well-versed with the world but it is also a great way of putting your little one’s mind at work. You may tell him to read a few articles and ask what he may have understood or assimilated from it.
3. Reading Books
You may encourage your kid to read books as this is a great way of making your kid analyze various situations. After your kid is through with the book, you may ask him to summarize it for you. You may ask him about various characters and situations from the book.
4. Inculcate Good Listening Skills
In order to be a good thinker, it is very important that your kid is a good listener too. This means that your kid should listen to and value the opinion of the other person and then keeps his view forward.
5. Helping Them Understand What’s True and What’s Fake
In today’s media and social media frenzied world, it is very difficult to determine what may be true and what may be a sheer rumour. Here comes the need of doubt, which means that your child may have to learn to practise ‘doubt’ where he feels the information may or may not be true.
6. Talking About Implications
Teaching your kid the probable and possible conclusions of a particular action, is also an important aspect of critical thinking. This means teaching your kid, what will happen if a certain decision is made or not made.
7. Discuss More with Your Kid
You may think that a child’s opinion may not matter but it does and it holds more value to your kid than to you because it instigates his thinking. Ask your kid for his advice, opinion or suggestions on various day to day issues of the house.
8. Ask ‘Why’
This means asking more questions and then expecting your kid to give reasons for the answers too. For example, if your kid is mad at his friend for taking his pencil without his knowledge and your kid feels that his friend is wrong, you should ask him why he thinks that it is wrong and also what did he expect from his friend.
9. Do Not Jump to Solve Problems for Your Child
As parents, you may have the innate urge to iron out everything for your child and same may apply when there comes a time when your kid needs to make his own decisions. Let your child deal with his problems and come out with solutions on his own. However, you may guide him when you feel your kid is stuck.
10. Free Play Activities
This is a great way of teaching creative skills to your child. You may give him toys or props that may not guide your kid what to do but he may have to think on his own as to what he should do. For example, you may give building blocks to your child and he may make anything that he wishes to make with it or alternatively you may give your kid a drawing book and let him express his emotions and feelings on the paper.
It is not a tedious task to teach creative thinking skills to your child, however, we recommend that you begin teaching this concept from a young age.
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Wow! 11 Amazing Facts We Bet You Didn't Know About Mother's Day Celebrations!
Mum, ma, mumma, aai, mummy.... the names are many but the feeling is most definitely one. Love! Mothers are the backbone to a child's life and that is why every year we celebrate them on Mother's Day... for the important and irreplaceable role they play in our lives.
Mother's Day, celebrated on the second Sunday in May, is one day in the year that corporates, families and stores go all out to honour mothers everywhere. To some of us, it may seem like a marketing stunt - after all, mothers should definitely be celebrated every single day, right? True. But in the chaos of daily life, rarely do we get the time to say thank you to our moms, or take time out to pat ourselves on the back for the role we play as moms. If one special day lets us do both, and so wonderfully, we think it is a spectacular occasion to celebrate!
But did you know there is an interesting history behind Mother's Day as we know it? Let's find out some fun facts about this day that led us to where we are today. Some of these facts are just downright amazing!
1. The Oldest Mother's Day
The very first Mother’s Day was said to have been celebrated in 1908! Anna Jarvis from the U.S. decided to honour her mother with a memorial. She was also known to have started a committee in 1868 called “Mother's Friendship Day” to reunite families post the Civil War. It was in 1914 that Mother’s Day became a recognized holiday in the United States of America.
2. Time To Call Mom
Approximately 122 million calls are made to mothers on Mother’s Day in the United States alone! That’s a lot of caring children and happy moms, how nice!
3. M For Mother
In most countries and languages the word mother begins with M. Maa in Hindi, Maman in French, Mother in English, Madre in Spanish... just at the top of our heads. Isn't that beautiful?
4. Best Flower To Gift Mom
The most common flower given on Mother's Day is a carnation. Red and pink carnations for mothers who are alive and white for ones who have passed away.
5. Trick Or Treat?
No, we haven't confused Mother's Day with Halloween! There was a time when in Yugoslavia, children used to tie up their mothers on Mother's Day. In order to be freed, she had to feed them with treats! Ouch!
6. The Gift All Moms Want
According to a poll, a spa visit is the number 1 gift all moms would like on Mother's Day. There, we just saved you tons of thinking time and browsing for gift ideas on Google! If you are looking for something extra creative, we recommend you take a look at these unique Mother's Day gift ideas.
7. And The Gift No Mom Wants
Also, according to the same poll, the least favourite is appliances! So, let's stay away from those hair dryers, blenders and juicers this Mother's Day!
8. What's In a Name?
Mother's Day has tons of different names in different parts of the word. Mothering Sunday for one. Some of the others are Refreshment Sunday, Rose Sunday and our favourite one, Pudding Pie Sunday!
9. Moms Are Priceless
We know the value of our mom is priceless. But just for some perspective - consumers of the United States spend a whopping 168.94 million on Mother’s Day!
10. Moms Like These Gifts Too
While cards and flowers are most popular on Mother's Day, here are some other gifts that are popular too:
Dinner
Gift Cards
Home Decor/Kitchenware
Clothes and Jewellery
Books/CD's
11. Whopping Market Value
We saved this for the last: ever wondered what a mom would get paid if motherhood was a job, like an office job? We know that the job of a mother is a 24/7 commitment. It has no set work hours, no 'free' or 'off days', and the challenges never end. But if we had to put a value to the job of a mother, popular studies rate it at $65,284! Woohoo! But honestly, we know she is worth much, much more. Her legacy will go on for generations to come whether it's her yummy recipes or her mannerisms which we unknowingly adopt.
This year on May 14, when you shower your mom with love, gifts and time, also tell her these amazing facts to make her feel every bit worth it! Happy Mother's Day! Read more
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How Fathers Can Contribute in Taking Care of the Baby
Parenting is not easy - it never was meant to be. To be wholly and solely responsible for another individual for everything they might need for the next few years is an idea intimidating even to seasoned people. But when it's your own little bundle of joy, your love for them certainly makes things possible, if not easy.Foremost, adopt the idea of taking care of your baby and proceed step by step. Learn basics like when and how to feed, how to give your bub a bath, how to clean him up, how to engage in massage time and how to play with him. You will see that these things will help you bond with your baby. Being present and trying to learn what your wife does will help. Seeing and learning will give you on-the-job training. You can help by keeping supplies ready, and clearing out stuff later. Do not take it in one go. If it looks difficult to you then take some more time. Play and bond with your baby. Take him out to the park in a stroller. Keep a bag of essentials ready like diapers, wipes, a sick bag, a backup pair of clothes, milk to feed, their favourite toy, and a small blanket. Your baby will love the change as you show him around butterflies, flowers, kids playing, blue skies, and everything else. This will give you both a suitable environment to understand each other and the mamma a bit of earned rest. Try to learn cues like when he needs to be fed, wants to play and the like. The baby needs to be comfortable around you. The baby needs assurance that you will be able to take care of things just as well as his mum. Oh yes, the baby knows! Also, it's important to remember that things will get easier with time.
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Q. #AskTheExpert hello dr.
baby planning kar rhi kuch tips btayiye conceive ho jaye
Dr Ghouse
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A. it's a natural process ok. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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Q. when baby is kick? I'm 13 weeks pregnant
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A. during first pregnancy you may feel the baby movements after 24 to 25 weeks of pregnancy and till then only mild flatters may be felt but which you may not be feeling if you are doing some work
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Q. I’m in my 31 week 1 day of pregnancy. What will be my delivery date??
As I have low lying placenta with grade 1 maturity.
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A. you had to correlate is ultrasound examination. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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Q. My hemoglobin is 6.4 from 28 weeks of pregnancy. Now I’m 31 weeks pregnant. What should I do?
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A. Haven’t when you having some kind of iron supplement because they’re very good during the time of pregnancy if you are not having one you need to start with and whatever tabs you take you should just take it with any good juice specially pomegranate juice that’s going to help in doubling the impact of the medicine that you’re taking secondly try and include more of Iron which diet like spinach broccoli beetroot pomegranate black rice sweet potato these things are exceptionally healthy for you to consume
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Q. This is my cbc report
Rashmi
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A. No there is nothing visible on my wall so I can really really cannot help you can you please repose the question once again providing all the necessary details as once I’m certain what are you talking about what’s mentioned in the report according to that I can provide you proper help on your question
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A. For thegh query asked needs consultation with doctor for proper guidance so it is better that the doctor will guide you the correct way .
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