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H1N1 flu threats, are you ready to protect your kids?

December 2nd, 2009

Kids are mum’s most valuable babies in the world. Kid’s weak immune system decides to be paid more attention and protection. H1N1 flu sweeps the world and it seems that the end of it is too far to be estimated. Government’s help seems not much helpful. It is reported that up to now four adults in China who took swine flu vaccine died by yesterday. What we can count on if vaccine has severe side effects on adults? If your baby is still healthy now, good luck to you. The following tips are not only for kids but also helpful for ourselves to keep away from flu.

  1. Life habits; make your kids get into the habit of washing hands before meals, after playing outside and tools. Use good quality baby used liquid soap.
  2. Regular schedule about waking up and bed time. It is good to strengthen your kids’ function of liver and kidney.
  3. Keep your kids away from crowed public places and stadium to cut the path and decrease the chances to be infected of epidemic flus.
  4. Give your kids suitable clothes and care the weather regularly.
  5. Let your kids play outside and house is not your shelter.
  6. Feed you kids with overall nutrition.
  7. Use your brain to let your kids have enough water. 500-800 cc is essential.
  8. Colourful fruits are also good supplement. Fried and oily food, pickled vegetables should be cancelled on your list.
  9. Preparation of necessary pills from your doctors is critical.

Hope all of us healthy all the time!

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Exercises during pregnancy

November 30th, 2009

I saw many mothers to be around me getting a lot of weight and becoming much fatter after they are pregnancy. The fact that you are pregnant doesn’t mean you are fragile. The way you feel (terrific or fatigued) and the way you look during pregnancy and as a new mother (sleek or bulgy) depend to a great extent on actions you take during pregnancy regarding diet and exercise. 

There is no doubt that pregnant mums have the same recognition that great diet and nutrition take such an important role in the growth of foetus physical and mental health. However, the role that exercises plays in the period of pregnancy has not much realized.

Suitable exercises during pregnancy not only makes you feel good but also easy the strain of labour and delivery.

Here to recommend several suggestions of exercises.

  1.  aerobic exercises during pregnancy
  2. strength training exercise during pregnancy
  3. choosing an exercises class is also helpful
  4. Yoga course for pregnant women.

Whatever you are interested in, you should first consult a doctor and choose the one suits you. Also during different stages of pregnancy, you have different choices.

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Five kinds of healthy food instead of supplement

November 28th, 2009

Health product sells good nowadays because parents think it can offer extra nutrition for their kid’s physical and mental health. They spend a large sum of money on health products and supplements and share the news of which brand on the market is better. However, the best and most economic way to keep healthy is our diet. It is the root. Here we summarize five general kinds of food we should have for our kids and ourselves.

  1. Whole grains, be rich in rutin and B-vitamins. Having whole wheat bread instead of white bread is a good choice for kid’s breakfast.
  2. Nuts, be rich in vitamin E and good snacks for kids and ourselves as well.
  3. Red and green vegetables, active component are vitamin A and beta carotene. If you have no idea when facing so many choices of vegetables, then choose the one with deeper color.  
  4. Citrus fruits, active component are vitamin C. I think all of us know the function of vitamin C.
  5. Seafood, active component is zinc and Omega-3 fatty acids. Zinc can help fight acne because it’s involved in metabolizing testosterone, which affects the production of an oily substance caused sebum, a primary cause of acne. Zinc also assists in new cell production and the sloughing off of dead skin, which gives the skin a nice glow.

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Bed- wetting, a small problem or a big one?

November 25th, 2009

The 《2012》is really a blockbuster. Most people including me enjoy this movie when seeing the shocking end day of earth. However, today’s topic has something to do with bed- wetting. The actor of the movie, Jackson’s 7 year old daughter has bed-wetting and still needs pampers. I just remember that my little brother wet the bed at the age of six. However, the reason was he was too lazy to go to the washroom in such a cold winter night.

 Nowadays, more and more parents become aware of bed wetting problems and take prompt measures. However, there are still lots of parents think that it is just a problem of age and it will be better when kids get older. They wait and wait for the bed wetting disappears itself.

It is diagnosed as enuresis when kids older than 5 years old frequently wet the beds at night and wet the pants in daytime. Wetting bed (enuresis) is caused by a lot of reasons. Neurological-developmental delay, genetics, infection/disease, physical abnormalities, stress, food allergies are all seemed to be possible reasons for enuresis medically. Bed wetting problems also have various harmful effects to the kids and the relationship between kids and the family. It will affects the physical and mental health in kids’ later life, such as his behavior as grown ups.

If your kids have bed wetting problem, pay more attention on it and tackle it earlier.

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Five methods to bring down toddler’s fever before going to see a doctor

November 17th, 2009

When I was before 8 years old, I was the one made my parents nervous nearly each week. Because I was so easy to be sick and went to see the doctor so frequently that I experienced so much times of injections in my childhood. It is really a headache when children get a fever, especially for Chinese parents who have different understanding about fever. Most westerns think that it is not a big problem when child get a fever not higher than 39 degrees. Children get a fever because of the body itself need a way to make it run in order. When white blood cell resists the bacteria, the temperature of the body would get higher. It is the normal reflection of immune system and it enhances white blood cell’s function. While more doctors and insiders think that reasonably bring down the fever makes the children comfortable. The following are five methods to bring down the fever by parents. 1. Make the house well ventilated. Keep the inner house temperature between 25-27℃ if air condition is available. Bring down toddler’s body temperature in air-conditioning room or nearby the low speed fan. This will make the toddlers comfortable. 2. Take off the excessive clothes. If the toddler’s limbs sweat. It means dissipation of heat is needed and a few clothes can be on. 3. Wash the toddler’s body using warm water (37℃) so that blood vessel dilate and more heat dissipate. Moreover, the evaporation of water can also bring down the temperature. 4. Drink more water. It helps the regain of water after sweating and thermoregulation. 5. Using anti-fever medicine.

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