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Developing These Skills in Childhood Could Lead to Better Academic Performance in The Future
Have you ever wondered what activities such as writing, reading and painting have in common? They all need precise and practised movements. While most sports require developed lower body motor skills, academics is entirely the opposite. Studies have proved that strong motor skill development in early childhood is linked to better academic performance in the future. Let’s explore the link further.
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Arm and Hand Strength:
For most school tasks like writing and drawing, your child will need to have developed arm and hand strength. He should be able to hold his upper arm steady while only moving the lower part. At home, indoor activities like doodling and colouring can help to develop his hand muscles.
Grasp:
When your child has a good grip on his pencil, his school notebooks will be filled with neat handwriting. Hang on! Much before your child picks up a pencil, he needs to develop finger coordination and wrist stability. Introduce your child to age- and size-appropriate objects like Camlin’s Child Grip Crayons to strengthen his grasp. These are shaped in a way that makes it easy for toddlers to hold and apply pressure to the paper with the crayon.
In-hand Manipulation:
Years before your child goes on to write award-winning English essays, he should be able to move small objects from the palm to the fingertips and back. In other words, he should have developed in-hand manipulation. Although most kids develop this motor skill on their own, parents can guide them through activities aimed at enhancing this skill. A simple activity to improve in-hand manipulation is to get kids to roll clay into different shapes.
Hand-eye Coordination:
Schools these days expect that parents teach their children to write before schooling begins. This is easier said than done as your preschooler needs to have developed hand-eye coordination to write on and between straight lines. Colouring is one of the activities that trains kids to understand boundaries and writing or colouring within them. Of course, you cannot expect your toddler to pick up a crayon and get it right instantly. This is why it is best to begin young and get them to practise often. Camlin’s Child Grip Crayons come in 5 attractive colours so that your child can have fun while enhancing his hand-eye coordination.
Hand Dominance:
The preference of using one hand over the other is not really a choice one makes. Hand dominance usually develops when the child is around 2 years of age, although it can differ from child to child. To reinforce hand dominance, you can introduce toys and tools between the ages of 10 months and 2 years that your child can grasp. Encourage your child to draw with a pencil or cut out a shape with a pair of (child-friendly) scissors.
While it is true that well-developed motor skills during preschool and toddlerhood do influence academic performance once the child starts school, note that academic achievements are not the only measure of intelligence. Often parents put undue pressure on kids to perform well or score above a certain percentage with the notion that this pressure is for their child’s benefit. Please remember that every child is gifted in different areas. Be it academics, arts, or humanities, it is guaranteed that any skill, when honed and practised, will lead to success of some sort.
So enjoy your child’s learning stages, provide guidance and watch them blossom into the best versions of themselves. But above all, create a safe, secure and loving environment for them to try, fail, learn and eventually grow.
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A true gentleman.
Qualities or formalities of a true gentleman.
A true gentleman.
Every lady wants her soulmate, her life partner, her better half, the man of her dreams, the one with whom she spends her whole life, her husband should be a true gentleman. But who is a true gentleman?
The man who says ladies first, who opens the car door for you, who offers chair for you, who cooks breakfast for you, who helps you in household chores, who can sit on his knees for you, who never fights with you, who can say I am wrong and you are right. The one who keeps his stuff organised, never messes up which you have cleaned.
My husband never does this, neither he cooks breakfast for me, nor he offers chair for me, he never helps me in household chores, he does not even keep his plate in the kitchen, never said he's wrong anytime and I am right, everytime he keeps his stuff here or there, he does not need a second to mess up the room throwing the things without thinking that I have organised the room with great effort.
But still he's a TRUE GENTLEMAN. HOW?
Because he cares for me not by doing all those above formalities to be a gentleman but by being himself with me. He does not helps me in household chores but never forced me also to do so. He keeps awake at night when I am scared eventhough if he is scared more than me, he always says I am here don't worry. Whole night he keeps awake with me when our baby make me exhausted and helps me in making the baby fall asleep, but never complains me of his sleep getting disturbed. He makes me laugh with his sense of humour. He bears my mood swings but never gets angry on it. He makes me cheer whenever I feel low. He withstands my childishness but never gets bore of it. He wanted me to accept him as he is and accepted me as I am. He does not need that so called formalities to be a gentleman, as a true gentleman should respect and accept everyone as they are and makes everyone and everything joyful around them.
That's why I can proudly say my husband is a true gentleman.
With love,
A happy and a proud wife.
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Avoiding Tantrums During Mealtimes
Improving your child's eating habits is a herculean task. Since it is up to your child to decide what and how much he wants to eat, your job should be to ensure whatever he eats is healthy and delicious.
Taking care of your little one is not an easy task. Even if you control every aspect of his life, there are certain areas where, as a parent, you would have no control at all. These areas include eating, sleeping and peeing/pooping. You cannot get your child to eat, sleep or pee easily.
It is one reason parents struggle to handle their toddler’s eating tantrums. Every parent has to fight the battle of training their child to eat properly by continuously reminding them to eat well. Knowing the strategies to end toddler tantrums can be a big relief for every parent.
Handling Power Struggles: Strategies
1. Involve Your Child
Get him involved in deciding the menu for the rest of the week, and ask him to select the vegetables or fruits he likes to eat. Ask for his help at the time of meal preparations. For example, he can wash vegetables or pluck grapes from the stem. He can also be a help in measuring items or simple stirring stuff in the kitchen. The more he is involved in the planning and preparation, the more interested he will be at meal times.
2. Avoid Coaxing or Forcing Him
If he refuses to eat meals or throws tantrums when the food is served, avoid coaxing or forcing him to take one bite of the food. Instead, make it clear to him that you would not listen to any ‘no’ and he will have to finish the food served to him. Make him understand that he is a growing child, and has the liberty to choose what he wants to eat, but will have to follow the eating norms.
3. No Discussion about His Food Intake
You just have to plan a healthy meal and make sure that he eats at least one healthy item, and it can be his favorite item too. Do not force him to eat everything on the plate. Let him eat whatever he wants to. If he is hungry, he will eat more. Just set a dinner time for him so that he follows the same, and does not hope that he can have food anytime he wants to.
Solutions to a Child's Poor Eating Habits
1. Avoid Arguing Over Food
Sitting down to have food with family might result in fighting over food, especially with what's on the menu, who's eating what, and how much. To avoid such a scenario, try not to talk about food, instead simply serve the meal. Do not comment over his eating habits throughout the meal. Even if you have to, provide good reasons and healthy food choices to your toddler. Let him decide what and how much he wants to eat, and you take care of the menus and mealtimes.
2. Solving the Problem of Children Refusing to Eat
Rewarding him with an ice-cream since he finished his food from the plate is only going to develop a negative association with food. Instead of putting up a condition, you can offer more nutritious desserts along with ice-cream to encourage healthy eating habits in your toddler. Put at least one of his favorite food on his plate, and limit the discussion of his eating habits; you can simply clear the dining table when the meal time gets over. It is absolutely fine if he does not finish his food. He can have food after dinner as well. Be a good role model and let him see you enjoying your meals. When he sees so, he will be more interested in enjoying his meal.
3. Know If He is Eating Enough
Keep in mind that it’s he who will decide what to eat. If you decide for him, he won’t learn to understand when he's hungry and when he's done eating. This might result in problems such as obesity or overeating in later stages of life. Children are amazing at self-regulation. They may not eat one day, and eat a lot the next day.
We hope that the guidelines here will help you fix food-related tantrums in your child, and also help you in bonding with your little one over mealtimes. Take care! Read more
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My Story of an Exciting C-section for All Anxious Mommies
Generally, surgeries are thought to be scary, lying on a bed, not having any sensation, a region of your body being cut open, and some instruments going in and out of your body. However, for me, my C-section was an exciting and fun-filled journey, the story of which I would like to share with all new mothers or going-to-be mothers out there. Yes! You read it right; my C-section was indeed fun. I hope this story can relieve the tension of some of the expecting mothers.
Pregnancy is never an easy journey. Some women have a smooth one, while others bear the impacts of pregnancy, like vomiting, pain, nausea, etc. Luckily, my frequency of rushing to the restroom and the sink was very low. But my gynecologist always said, “Pregnancy is unpredictable, and one cannot be confident about anything until delivery.” For a smooth pregnancy like mine, the delivery was a surprise. I was convinced that I would have a normal delivery, but exactly after 38 weeks and five days, I was shocked when I had to be taken for an emergency C-section. My amniotic fluid was very low (though I never felt the leakage), and the baby was in breech position. Thus, I landed up in the
Operation Theatre (OT).
I was anxious before entering the OT like any other person who would undergo surgery would be. I was being prepared for the surgery, and when the time came, I was taken to the OT in a stretcher and asked to sit on the OT table. Hold tight and read! Now the fun part of the story begins. I knew spinal anesthesia would be given, and I also heard that these injections could be painful. I held on tightly to a pillow given to me and could feel a needle pricking into me. When the second dose was supposed to be administered, I started moving, thereby disallowing the nurse to inject me. The assistant held me tightly, and finally, I was given the injection. Then they tied my hands up as I lay on the table. The numbing process was very quick; suddenly, you didn’t feel your legs at all. I was amazed by how anesthesia worked. The doctors entered the OT and started talking about how to make the incision. I was shocked to hear that both have different opinions about that. There was a screen in front of me, so I could not witness the operation; however, their discussion was intriguing, scary, and amazing. They discussed how they would carry out the procedure. In just 10 minutes, my baby was out, and that loud cry of the baby brought tears to my eyes. As the anesthesiologist gave me the news that a baby girl was born, my entire life seemed to be different in a minute.
The baby was taken off me to record certain parameters and for a cleanup. In the meantime, doctors were continuing to remove the placenta and clean me up. That was when I felt like a lab rat, as there was a serious discussion about some outgrowth present at the opening of my uterus. They discussed digging deeper to find more about the outgrowth.
At this point, I was worried, and to keep my anxiety levels low, the doctors started interacting with me. Knowing my husband and me well, my gynecologist joked about not grooming my child like us. Though I was a little anxious, I was still feeling on cloud nine to become a mother to a wonderful baby girl. I was looking at the monitor, which showed that my heart was doing great. I was smiling continuously; I was amazed by the whole process, where I did not feel a thing. Later, they brought my baby to me, and as my hands were tied to the table, I could not touch her, but I managed to peck a small kiss on her cheeks. My procedure nearly took one hour to complete. Finally, I was stitched up and taken to the observation room.
The numbing effect, the discussions, the interactions, the baby’s cry, my first kiss, everything was just so exciting and overwhelming for me. Some women might connect with my experience, while others may have different opinions. However, in the end, all that matters is holding your bundle of joy in your arms - the most precious moment in a women’s life.
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Q. #asktheexpert is continuous urinary irritation is normal in summer during pregnency
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A. in this case it is important to rule out urinary tract infection for which urine report as well as urine culture needs to be done.
in the report if it is found that there is positive urine culture then dr gives antibiotics for around 14 days after which culture report is repeated to see if the infecdtion is gone.
kindly take plenty of fluids to drink to and maintain hygiene of the urinary area and contact your doctor for relevant examination and investigation
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Q. why my vaginal area and back pains during pregnancy
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A. because of the pressure of gravid uterus. 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. #asktheexpert water leak from baby eye....what is that
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A. blocked naso lacrimal duct kk. 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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A. single Loop okay no problem wait. 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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