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5 Clear Signs That Your Baby is Stressed
Stress is the last thing on the planet that your little one should experience. Stress is solely responsible for a number of health complications in adults. The same may come true in case of your little one. Your bundle of joy can experience stress anytime between 4-6 months, the 5th month being the most crucial.
Stress is primarily caused due to the underlying fact that your baby is growing at a rapid pace even after birth. These developmental processes will bring a certain amount of stress to your baby, but will be dealt naturally. However, your baby will not be able to cope up with all of it, and surely will show up some signs.
So, what could be the most visible signs or clear signs that your baby is stressed?
1. Watch Out for Baby’s Movement
Keep a closer look on your baby’s movement. A stretched hand towards you or the hand being on your baby’s forehead can prove a potential stress condition. You may often mistake it as a cuddle move or your little one is saluting you. These movements suggest that your baby is finding it difficult to calm down and needs help. Often, arching the back and neck can be a sign of mild stomach pain. A continuous yawn or hiccupping is definitely a sign of stress. Your baby will need attention for sure.
2. Eye-Contact Has Become Less Common
Imagine the case with yourself. Often you would not maintain eye contact while conversing; this shows your discomfort or dis-interest. The same goes with your child; after a wonderful eye-contact, your baby sways away. This means your little one wants a change and probably you should move a bit away. Over focus on the baby can also cause stress.
3. The Crying is Loud and Excessive
The meaning here is that you should be well aware of the continuous cries. Your little one will cry loudly and continuously only when the surroundings are stressful. Be it lights, sound or people, your little one may get stressed and you should immediately attend to it. Try using rattle toys, baby gyms and musical toys to soothe your baby and divert their attention. In particular, do consider buying a baby gym for your little one, as they not only help your little one stop crying, they have developmental benefits too.
4. The Diet Changes Are Getting too Much
Your child may now be advised a lot of formula foods other than the breast milk. This sudden change can cause a stress in the bowel movements. Watch out for frequent vomiting, constipation or excessive loose motion and help your little one. Consult with the doctor if these continue.
5. Sleep Has Become Elusive
Your little one may find it difficult to sleep at times and may jerk awake often. Maybe the dreams are scary. Attend to her soon! You can improve the quality of her sleep by getting a more suitable crib, possibly fitted with colourful toys, and a nice, cozy mattress. A white-noise machine can also be useful. Read this article to know why your baby loves white noise.
Pick up all possible signs from your baby and try to address them as soon as possible. Your baby will not know how to deal with the stress. A little snuggle and comfort can relive all the stress. However, an expert’s advice is always helpful. Read more
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6 Perfect Ways to Make Valentine’s Day Special for Your Wife
Do you want to make this valentine's day special for your wife? Here you can find some very romantic and creative ideas to make the day special for you as well as for yourself.
1. Plan a Holiday Trip
Go for a week-long holiday with your wife and enjoy there. Make sure the week covers the valentine's day. You might be knowing already about the places where she wants to visit, so take her there. If there is a particular holiday destination which she keeps likes, then take the opportunity and surprise her by taking her to that place. Make her feel special. Show her how much you love and respect her in your own ways. Try to surprise her on the whole trip.
2. Take Her for Dinner
Take your wife out for a special valentine's day dinner. Gift her a beautiful dress which she can wear to the dinner. Enjoy your way to dinner with some romantic music.
3. Go for a Movie
Taking your wife for a movie is always a good idea. If there are any new romantic movies coming up, then take your wife for one. Take her for a long drive while coming home and enjoy some ice cream together.
4. Go Shopping with Her
All women love to shop. Take your wife for shopping and let her be on a shopping spree. Take her to her favourite clothing or jewellery store. Let her pick what she likes. Let her shop for whatever she likes.
5. Cook for Her
Make a special breakfast for her and surprise her when she wakes up by making breakfast for her. Have breakfast together. Surprise her the whole day. And make her feel special.
6. Go for a Play
If you want to do something different on the valentine's day, you can go to watch a play. You can even watch live plays to enjoy the evening.
So, these were some ideas to celebrate valentine's day and to surprise your wife. I hope your wife likes your surprises.
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The World According to Your Newborn – A Full Guide
As soon as your baby is born, it is welcomed with a brand new world, which is quite different from the one in the womb. Although the world is different, your little one is born with some senses and perception that she acquired in the womb. These help her develop a perception of the world quite early…
Your baby’s senses start developing in the womb and progress at a fast pace after her birth. The world outside helps your baby process lot of information. When your baby is born, she is born with the capability to use the senses she is gifted with.
Here are some of the senses of your baby that let her create for herself an early perception of the world:
1. Touch
Touch is the first sense your baby perceives. As soon as your baby is born, she is placed on your stomach or chest to feel you. Your baby’s sense of touch is completely developed at the time of birth. At about 10 weeks gestation your baby reaches out to touch the lining of your womb and after it is born it craves to touch and feel you. The sense of touch is a very important as your baby’s brain develops and grows through touch.
2. Sight
Unlike touch, sight is the least developed sense at birth and your baby’s vision is usually blurred. Initially your baby can see things only 20 to 25 cms from her face. At about 2 weeks she will start recognizing you, and will start smiling back at you at around 6 weeks. She will be able to respond to bright color contrasts when she comes across such images. Her sight will continue to develop and get stronger in the next 6 months of her life. By 6 months your baby will be able to see and perceive fine details and be interested in things she never bothered about before.
3. Hearing
Your baby begins to hear sound waves while still in the womb. At around 18 weeks, your baby’s sense of hearing starts developing and he can even hear your heartbeat and voices from outside. Your baby’s sense of hearing is well developed at birth and will rapidly improve in the forthcoming months. Singing and interacting with your baby through speech will help increase his sense of hearing.
4. Smell
Your baby develops the ability to smell right from your sixth month of pregnancy. When your little one is born her sense of smell is very well developed. She will be familiar with your body smell and also associate herself with the smell of breast milk. This sense of smell will draw her comfort of being close to you. You can also help your little one improve her smelling sense by putting the same blanket that you wear on her to help her identify you.
5. Taste
Your baby will develop his taste buds right in the womb when he swallows your amniotic fluid. The taste of the amniotic fluid depends on what you eat. The same continues when you breast feed your baby, as your breast milk will also taste similar to what you have eaten. The best advice to feeding mothers therefore is to introduce a variety of healthy foods into your baby’s diet.
These are the five main senses that develop before and after birth. These senses help your baby perceive the world inside and outside. Your baby will use these senses to live in the same world that you are living – and enjoy it heartily! Read more
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling for Women at Work
In the corporate world, women may constantly have to face discrimination and restrictive situations. Men may fill the most important managerial positions, while women are relegated to secretarial and administrative work. Sounds unfair? It sure is!
Over time, women have come a long way in establishing themselves as significant members of both the society and the corporate world. However, in many workplaces, deserving women continue to play secondary roles in comparison to their male counterparts. This glass ceiling effect, or the hindrances to a woman's struggle to climb up the corporate ladder, can be difficult to break. Figuring out the main obstacles you may face in the workplace can help you tackle the situation better.
Kinds of Glass Ceiling for Women
1. The Stereotypes
Women are often subject to crude stereotypes at the workplace. She is the stylish receptionist or the efficient administrator, for instance. Men may occupy top positions in corporate workplaces because they are perceived to be ruthless or those who can get the job done.
2. Unequal Pay
Pay inequity between male and female workers has been the norm for quite some time now. The higher a woman climbs up the ladder, the more she has to settle for a pay package that's less than that of her male colleagues.
3. Childbirth
When women go on a maternity leave or are busy starting a family, they are often relegated to the sidelines upon their return. It becomes difficult for a woman to return to her previous employment level because of the leave of absence. This prevents her from climbing up the corporate ladder.
4. Power and Sex
Women at the workplace are often seen as sexual objects who aren't capable of doing much. If you reach a top position, there will always be some tongues wagging about! Women can also face the hard situation of being propositioned by their male bosses – sex for a chance to be powerful. It becomes difficult to make their way through the ranks in light of the glaring disparity. This is one of the main barriers for women at the workplace.
5. Family Ties
A woman has her family's well-being at the top of her priority list, often above or at par with her career. When time comes for a big promotion, she is often not considered because the decision makers feel she would not be able to cope with the added responsibilities of her profession. Having a family to take care of can often cost you a chance for professional growth.
Dealing with The Glass Ceiling
If you are being subjected to a glass ceiling at work, don't feel marginalised. The following tips can help you overcome the discrimination and take giant strides ahead in your professional career:
1. Take inspiration from the best
There is no dearth of career women who have made it to the very top rung of their organization. There's Anna Wintour, the boss with the iron fist who steered Vogue, the largest fashion magazine in the world to unimaginable heights. India too has women heading top organisations, right from Chanda Kochhar, the managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank to Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the chairman and managing director of Biocon Limited.
2. Put your foot down
It may sometimes be imperative to take a tough call at work, say no to an inappropriate demand or understand when a relationship with your company has gone beyond repair. Don't hesitate from taking the tough calls if need be.
3. Make yourself heard
Believe that you are capable of dissolving stereotypes and eventually breaking the glass ceiling. While it may be your nature to be empathetic and easy-going, it may sometimes be crucial to be vocal, articulate and unbending.
Things are slowly changing when it comes to the glass ceiling for women. The change can be witnessed in professions across the spectrum - from the Women's Tennis Association that pays women tennis players at par with male tennis professionals, to corporate setups in metros. Rest assured that a change in attitude is indeed materialising and will go a long way in breaking down this glass ceiling for women in the workplace. Read more
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Experts Ask Parents to Build This One Daily Habit to Raise Smart, Successful and Happy Children
As parents, the future of our children is in our hands. We are their first teachers, and responsible for teaching them those early habits that build the foundation of their brain, personality and health.
With advancing scientific research in the field of child development, newer findings have come up to help parents. As per experts, while habits such as daily reading and playing with building blocks are significant in shaping a child’s development, there is one habit that no parent must overlook.
The Daily Habit Directly Linked to Overall Child Development
This may come as a surprise to many of us, but this simple habit is getting overlooked in today’s busy, chaotic world.
Child development experts have discovered that the habit of spending time outdoors for learning and play, on a daily basis, has a big role to play in the physical, cognitive as well as socio-emotional development of children.
They have also found that the lack of outdoor time can have a detrimental effect on child development and trigger the onset of physical as well as emotional problems. Recent research has found that 56% of children globally play outside for one hour or less each day. This is highly inadequate. The study further found that 56% of Indian parents themselves believe that their children have less opportunities to play than they did as a child.
Celebrating and inspiring outdoor learning and play is Outdoor Classroom Day, where thousands of schools around the world take lessons outdoors and prioritize playtime on this day. Let’s understand important aspects of outdoor time for kids and how you can join ‘Outdoor Classroom Day’ to set your child on his journey toward a happier future.
This is How Outdoor Play & Learning Shape a Child’s Future
A decade or so ago, children used to spend considerable time outdoors – in the playground, in parks, etc. – both in school and after school. But today, outdoor play time has shrunk dangerously. Children spend hour after hour engaged in academic pursuits in classrooms; almost half of India’s children have no playground at school. After school, children spend hours cooped up in front of the TV or computer. They are also occupied with indoor activities, tuition classes, and workshops to build skills.
While in the short term, all these activities seem necessary to equip them for the competitive world, not balancing them with outdoor time is slowly taking a toll on the health and development of children.
Here are some of the important benefits of outdoor play for kids, and why there is no alternative to access them:
1. Provides physical exercise
Spending time outdoors allows children to get ample physical exercise which is vital for their physical development. It is in the growing years that children learn muscle coordination, stamina and resilience.
2. Builds immunity
Outdoor time exposes children to natural elements such as the sunshine and wind, as also to germs and other agents in the air. Many parents today shy away from sending kids outdoors exactly due to this fear – the fear of catching an infection. However, it is this exposure that helps builds immunity in children and allows their bodies to learn how to fight off germs.
3. Exposes the brain to new stimuli
Did you know that 79% of children report that having time to play at school helps them to concentrate in lessons? Experts vouch for this too. Outdoor time exposes the brain to new stimuli and actually acts as a classroom! It is by spending time chasing butterflies, looking at trees, feeling the wind, collecting stones, etc., that children learn about the world around them. This helps sensitise them to their surroundings, boosts memory and attention span, and also builds creativity.
4. Builds social skills
Experts have noted that many children tend to struggle with making friends or expressing their emotions later in life. This can be traced back to lack of outdoor time growing up, which is a golden opportunity to socialise and spend time with other children of the same age.
Outdoor Classroom Day: A Simple Solution to Build This Habit in Children
So, how to instill outdoor time as a daily habit in children? It can become a struggle to unglue children from screens and encourage them to spend active, energetic time outdoors. To simplify this, we recommend you to join a wonderful initiative by Action for Children’s Environments (ACE), an NGO and charitable trust. ACE is organising an ‘Outdoor Classroom Day’ on Thursday, October 12, 2017, where children across India will have their lessons outside and come together to enjoy outdoor play time! More than 1112978 children in India have already joined the initiative.
The Outdoor Classroom Day is a global activity led by Project Dirt, in partnership with Unilever as part of their Dirt is Good movement. Last year, almost half a million children around the world joined the movement. And guess what, almost 92% of the participating schools agreed that the little ones showed high engagement when taught outdoors.
Dr. Sudeshna Chatterjee, CEO of ACE Trust said, “We’re calling on teachers, parents and anyone who cares about childhood to get involved in the campaign on October 12th, 2017. Whether that’s by taking a class outdoors, encouraging your child’s school to sign up, or helping spread the message far and wide, everyone can do something to make sure children across the country experience the benefits of playing and learning outdoors.”
Isn’t that a wonderful way to help children cherish the world of outdoors? The best part is that it will help introduce children to the wonders of the natural world as well as help them see their studies in a whole new light.
How to Join the Outdoor Classroom Day on Oct 12
Talk with your child’s teachers about the Outdoor Classroom Day and tell them why you think the school should participate. You can always pitch in for support; your kids will also love you for it! You can sign up here.
If you are also involved with teaching children, you can join in and let your kids have the chance to experience learning outdoors. You can conduct regular lessons for the day outdoors and supplement the lesson with riveting activities that let the kids experience various natural elements like leaves, flowers, water, etc. Here are some fun outdoor activities for kids to help you get started.
You can make this a weekly activity for your children. Once every week, encourage learning outdoors, whether it is doing homework in the garden, working on a nature project, or simply going on a nature walk.
Can you think of any more ideas to encourage outdoor time in children? Do tell us in the comments. Don’t forget to share your experiences with us if you and your children also celebrate the Outdoor Classroom Day. Read more
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Q. #asktheexperts advice some parenting hack.
Dr Ghouse
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A. regarding what ok repeat question. 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. #asktheexperts what is the best time to keep baby in the sun and for how long?
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A. hello in the morning around 7 to 9:00 a.m. for 10 minutes you can get your baby exposed to the sunlight which would be safe on baby so the child will also get the vitamin d naturally which should be good and nothing to worry about
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Q. currently I'm in 25th week of my pregnancy. I would like to when is my 7th month or red trimester is going to start?
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Q. #asktheexperts I am having vaginal infection from last 2 months my doc have given me antibiotics meds but still I am having it …. 8 months pregnant I am ….is anything I am doing wrong that’s y I am having this infection
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I m 36week 6 days pregnant
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