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5 hours ago
Q. #asktheexperts what to give children when starting solids?
Rashmi
Mom of a 9 yr 8 m old girl
5 hours ago
A. After completing the time of six months you should start with dal water and rice water followed by all kind of fruits and vegetables porridge khichadi mash banana mash potato mash sweet potato dairy products and varieties made made out of ragi Suji and oats can also be given to your child
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India in 21st century : Is it safe for a girl child?
Rape, molestation, harassment, abuses and many more.... things a woman facing in her day today life. Everyday when I turnover the pages of newspaper, check social media feel ashamed for all such stuffs. Is it the India we have dreamed for ??? A big question to all of us. This only indicate that we are surrounded by sick mentality people. Somewhere it's also the failure of system and laws. If such cases continues can we imagine what type of India we are going to gift our next generation.
Candle March, protestations, posting these stuffs on social media may not be the permanent solution to the problems. So what can we do ??? Increase in such crimes implies the unsafetyness of a girl child irrespective of age is a major threat to the society. I was in shock when came to know about the rape case happened with the 3 months old baby. This only indicate sick intention towards a baby girl, nothing else. Let's try to stop these by taking few steps.
Firstly respect the ladies around you whether She is your mother or wife. Kids learn from home. They will learn how to behave with woman. Also parents should be friendly in nature with their kids as they are grown up.
Secondly we should teach our boys to be humble and to change the look after the girls of their age. This can be possible if sexual education classes should be introduced in school.
Thirdly implement of strong laws against such cases can stop it. As there is no strong law against such crime so it is increasing day by day. Strong law will induce fear which can inhibit such cases.
Lastly, many times I have seen in Indian families, while they put restrictions for girl child but not the same for boy child. It's time to treat both of them equal. Small things also have remarkable come back. Start from own house and one day India will be safe for girl child. And after that we can proudly say that we live in a country where our girls are able to go out of their house irrespective of time. That will be a day we celebrate as true Independence day. Read more
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Using a Microwave for Baby Food - Is It Safe?
Many people believe that heating or cooking food in a microwave can destroy the nutrients present in that food items. But that is not true...well, not completely true. You cook, heat, and sometimes even reheat the food (leftovers) in the microwave and eat it without giving it much thought. But when you have a baby in your house, you give a serious consideration to it. You must be thinking if you can heated baby food in a microwave or not. To find answers to this thought of yours, read this article. Find out if heating or cooking baby food in a microwave is a good or bad idea.
Can You Use a Microwave for Cooking or Heating Your Baby’s Food?
Any raw food which undergoes a process of cooling or heating has a change in its physical characteristics, chemical structure, and nutritional form. Usually, moms tend to be in a dilemma when it comes to using a microwave for cooking or heating baby food. But there is no research to prove that cooking or heating baby food in a microwave can be detrimental to the health of the baby. But there are certain things you need to bear in mind while cooking or heating baby food in the microwave. Always cover baby food with a lid when heating it in the microwave. Also, avoid using plastic containers for heating as it can transfer harmful chemical to the food. Use microwave-safe containers but not plastic. And do not heat up leftover food of the baby.
Risks of Cooking or Heating Baby Food in a Microwave
Following are the risks associated with cooking or heating baby food in a microwave.
Microwaves heat up the food unevenly. The temperature in some portion of the food may seem just right whereas some portions may be very hot forming “hot pockets” which can burn a baby’s mouth.
Use of cheap plastic while heating or cooking baby food in a microwave can prove harmful to a baby’s health.
It is believed that the radiation emitted during the cooking or heating process in a microwave can cause serious health problems.
Precautions while Using a Microwave to Cook Infant Food
Listed below are some precautions that parents need to take while using a microwave to cook food for a baby:
Use microwave-safe containers or heat-resistant glass containers to cook or heat baby food. Plastic containers are best avoided.
Cover the food with a glass plate or lid while cooking or heating the food. It will help in retaining the moisture in the food.
Make sure to cook or heat the food well. It will kill the bacteria, if any, and cause food poisoning to the infant.
Do not keep the food to cook or heat while you go about your chores in order to avoid burning the food.
After taking the food out, transfer it to another utensil. Then stir it well so that there are no air pockets left which may scald the baby’s mouth while eating.
Safety Tips for Reheating Baby Food in a Microwave
A common question that most moms ask is, “can you heat baby formula in a microwave”? Of course, you can if you use a microwave-safe bottle or container to heat it. Also, remember to heat it in medium temperature for not more than 10-15 seconds. Before giving it to your baby, shake the bottle well so that the temperature gets equal. Apart from this, there are other tips which one should follow for reheating baby food in a microwave.
First and foremost, always use microwave-safe baby food containers to reheat your baby’s food in order to avoid any kind of health issues.
Use a microwave which can cook and reheat your baby’s food well.
Always read and follow the literature manual that comes with the appliance to avoid any mishaps.
You should always preheat the microwave before reheating your infant’s food.
When food is heated, it gets very hot at the edges and remains cold at the centre. Therefore, stir it at different stages to heat it uniformly.
Reheating means to keep the food in the microwave until it is piping hot. This will help in destroying all the bacteria that may be there in the food.
Remember to check the temperature of the food before giving it to your baby so as not to scald your baby’s mouth.
Reheating should not be done more than once. The leftover should be thrown away even if you feel bad to waste it.
Tips to Thaw or Defrost Baby Food in a Microwave
After the first 6 months are over, babies start taking semi-solids. From heating milk in the microwave for babies, mommies start cooking food for their little ones. This is when tips to thaw or defrost baby food in a microwave come in handy. Listed below are few of them to help you sail through.
Always defrost or thaw baby food using a microwave-safe container, preferably a microwave-resistant glass container.
Do not use any plastic containers since they may give out harmful chemicals which may prove to be detrimental to the baby’s health.
Use a microwave that has defrost settings to thaw or defrost baby food.
Rotate the container manually from time to time if your microwave does not have a rotating table.
Stir it several times while thawing it to avoid any hot spots in the food.
In order to thaw the frozen food cubes, you need to put the microwave in the defrost mode for 30 – 40 seconds.
After the frozen food is defrosted or thawed, heat it immediately, or else bacteria may start thriving.
Heat the defrosted food thoroughly for 5 to 15 seconds so that it turns piping hot.
Keep the hot food aside till the food temperature is appropriate for the baby to eat.
Test the temperature beforehand in case it is too hot for your baby.
Although there are no studies or research to prove that food heated or cooked in a microwave is harmful to your baby, it is best to use it sparingly.
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Post Natal Depression - How Can We Help the New Mums Around...?
Is there a new mom around you? Is she irritated often? Lost in thoughts? Intimidated easily? Worried and depressed? ...etc., here is something that you can do to help her out.
Before which I would like you to step into her shoes to know what is happening in and around her. Let us look into it a little ...
She is trapped in her own magical world along with her little one, cherishing and enjoying every moment literally deafening everything happening around her. Meanwhile she is bombarded with questions - why is your baby so tiny? Is the baby feeding well? What is the baby's birth weight? Did you eat right when you were pregnant? Is the baby sleeping well? Are you able to sleep?, while she herself is still fighting to understand the baby's routine little will she know to answer them.
It dosen't stop there,
Is the baby crying, where is the mom? Did she feed?
Is the baby sneezing, what did the mom eat?
Is the baby making weird sound, what did the mom do? Does the baby have cold?
Is the baby not sleeping, hurry find the mom get her to feed the baby....
Is it over yet, no
Swaddle the baby, no don't swaddle its not safe...
Use rubber sheet, no don't use- it heats up the baby's body....
Gripe water to give or not to give?!..still on a debate...
Put the baby on the craddle..no don't put not safe...
The baby is getting hiccups, give this.. give that...
Please hold on, besides all this family, work etc...
Here is what we can do to help her out:
1. She is still finding the best solution for her baby, we can give her our suggestions but let us not force it on her.
2. She is not the only reason for the baby to cry, yes she has been feeding the baby on time...the baby might cry for various other reasons too. More over she is more perplexed and tensed than us. Let us not further make her anxious.
3. She needs more rest, if possible we can baby sit and give her some "me time - as she might have totally neglected her self needs" or give her some uninterrupted sleep.
4. Most importantly she needs lot of positivity in the room. Please let us not make any heated arguments with or around her. Her state of mind can easily be disturbed by our temper. She has been through so much already and might have mood swings, let us not add more to it.
5. We might have to do a little extra work or stay up late in the night to help her out, let us do it happily with a smile on our faces. It is going to be a very short period, let us cherish it along with her.
6. We might have to run small errands every now and then. Be happy we can stay fit, if we run accross the house ?. That again it is for a short while.
7. Keep her happy always, remind all the good memories, she might be undergoing so much of trauma mentally and physically. A happy mind can ease it all.
Following link gives WHO recommendations on post natal care...
http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/postnatal-care-recommendations/en/
Its is just a phase, with our help any new mom can overcome it. This article is specially for those around the new mums.
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जीवन के अलग-अलग रंगों से सजी हुई मनमोहक कहानियाँ
1. जीवन के रंग
रंग बिरंगा त्यौहार मनाने की उत्सुकता सबसे ज़्यादा छोटे बच्चों को रहती है । रंगों से सराबोर माहौल में छोटी सी पूजा को भी रंग भरी पिचकारी, गुब्बारों से खेलने का बेसब्री से मन हो रहा है, पर खेले कैसे? वह मन मसोस कर रह गई । पापा तो रंग-पिचकारी-गुब्बारे लाना तो भूल गए, उन्हें पसंद जो नहीं था ।दोस्त ने कहा "आज दिल ना दुखाओ बच्ची का उसकी पसंद ही तो हमारी भी पसंद है न "? पूजा ने पहली बार रंग-पिचकारी-गुब्बारे लेकर सबके साथ रंग दिया पापा को, अपने मनमोहक रंगों से ।" यही जीवन के रंग यादगार-पल हैं ।
2. सपनों में जीवित हो दादी
"दादी, भले ही तुम इस दुनिया में नहीं हो", लेकिन कैसे अपने जीवनकाल में हर कदम पर संघर्ष करके पाँचों बच्चों की परवरिश पूरी हिम्मत के साथ स्वयं ही कुशलतापूर्वक की है, आपके इस प्रेम-स्नेह को मैंने सदा ही प्रेरणार्थक संजीवनी बने यादगार के रूप में जीवित रखा है । आपकी बचपन में सुनाई हुई, ढेर सारी प्रेरणास्पद कहानियों में पूतना और नटखट कान्हा की अठखेलियाँ, आज भी मेरे सपने में हलचल करती हैं, आप यूँ ही मेरे सपनों में जीवित हो, दादी हमेशा के लिए ।
3. अचरज-अनमोल-उपहार
पूजनीय दादी, माता-पिता, तीनों चाचा-चाची, इकलौती अविवाहित बुआ, हम आठ बहनों में एक अनमोल भाई प्रसाद सब के साथ, दिपावली का त्यौहार हर साल इंदौर में मनाया जाता है। बुआ सबसे बड़ी थी परिवार में, सो नौकरी करते हुए सबकी परवरिश भी करती रही, वह अपने भाई-भाभियों के साथ ही हमें भी दिपावली का उपहार दिया करती थी।एक दिन अचानक वह हमें हमेशा के लिए अकेले छोड़ गयीं। जाने के बाद पता चला,बुआ ने डाकघर में भतीजे-भतीजियों के नाम से बचत की है, यह अचरज-अनमोल-उपहार यादगार-रूप में जीवित है ।
4. बुलंद हौसलों को मिले सहायता
ज्योति गुमसुम सी कक्षा में बैठी सोच रही थी, मुझे क्रिकेट में रूचि होते हुए भी पापा खेलने से रोकते हैं ,गाँव में पढ़ रही हूँ तो क्या हुआ? मैं भी अपने हौसले बुलंद रखते हुए कामयाबी की उड़ान भर सकती हूँ। महिला क्रिकेट की सचिन कहलाने वाली, टीम इंडिया की कप्तान मिताली राज जैसा खेलना है मुझे। इतने में खेल शिक्षिका आईं, घर गई माता-पिता से मिलने ।शिक्षिका ने कहा "भारत की बेटियों में बहुत दम" है। बस जरूरत है, हमें उनके हौसले की उड़ान को पूरा करने में सहायता कर उनके विकास हेतु जागरूक होने की।
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Relationship Scores- Reviving the Idea of Marriage, Parenthood, and Family
There will always be a difference of opinion on how each of us will handle our relationships. Each of us has our very own way of treating people around us. There are some relations that are gifted to us by God, while there are others that are made in this world. But the one which is both a gift and a choice is parenthood.
Being a parent in itself is a rejuvenation. It's that phase of life which brings with it tons of happiness along with certain responsibilities. Many parents regard this phase as a difficult one, getting burdened with handling duties; however, I would say that it is just the opposite - it is a beautiful phase which brings about the revival of three souls. It's not just the birth of a child but also the birth of a mom and a dad.
Many couples have an intuition that parenthood will put their relationship on the back burner and they may fall apart, but the truth is that parenthood will instead get them closer and their relationship will see positive growth. It is God's way of reviving a wonderful thing called marriage.
In fact, forget having kids - people have lost faith in the concept of marriage itself. Earlier, marriages meant a lot; now, with the development of live-in relationships, marriages are nothing but shackles. I feel that this thinking needs to change, as only people in marriages can tell what others are missing out. The care, love, trust, fidelity, comfort, security and more are only found in a family and families are only found through marriage. Though I am against live-in relationships, of course - everybody should have their own choice in how they want to live their lives, but my faith in the idea of marriage inspires me to write this article so that others re-look into the books of marriage and parenthood.
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Rashmi has added a new answer
Guardian of 0 children
5 hours ago
Q. can I take zanocin 200 during breastfeeding
Rashmi
Mom of a 9 yr 8 m old girl
5 hours ago
A. I’m not aware about what medicine it is for I can only tell you that these basic medicines you can take throughout your lactation it’s not a problem the medicines that you could take before your pregnancy can always be taken during the time of lactation
Rashmi has added a new answer
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Q. #asktheexpert mam iam 33 weeks now when can I expect delivery date
Rashmi
Mom of a 9 yr 8 m old girl
5 hours ago
A. The basic delivery date is normally 39 to 3 40 weeks of your pregnancy whenever you are ready for your delivery and whenever you hit your labour that’s going to be the right time for you further move your Dr is going to tell you when are you going to deliver with the help of an ultrasound
Rashmi has added a new answer
Guardian of 0 children
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Q. iam 33 weeks pregnant now
Rashmi
Mom of a 9 yr 8 m old girl
5 hours ago
A. What is your question associated with your pregnancy that you haven’t mentioned clearly can you please repost your question providing all the necessary details so at least I know and understand what are you willing to ask and accordingly I can give you help and assistance on that
Jennifer has added a new answer
Expecting Mom due in 3 months
3 hours ago
Q. I am 23 weeks 1 day pregnant. I was feeling the movements actively until today. Baby movements were not that good or maybe I didn’t feel it that way today. Is it a cause of concern? Should I wait for a day or two or should I go and see my gynaecologist?
Please suggest!
Read moreJennifer
Mom of 6 children
2 hours ago
A. please consult ur gynae asap.
Dr Sameer awadhiya has added a new answer
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Q. she doing from yesterday at night time only once and she having breast milk as well as formula feed nan pro 1 ,I have concern about like this potty yellow and grey ,I want to know it's normal ???
Dr Sameer awadhiya
Paediatrician
55 mins ago
A. Loose motion are most of the time infective where it is associated with fever and vomiting and its known as gastroenteritis where symptbomatic treatment along wjith management for dehydration is required if loose motions are associated with foul smell mucous high grade fever than it could be bacterial infection which needs antibiotics treatment
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