The First Disease in Infants

Being a new parent necessarily happy. But, happiness, sometimes turns into panic when the baby suddenly ill. Well, you'll want to know baby's first diseases in infants.


1. COUGH-COLD
The first disease in infant is colds. Colds in infants can be because many factors.Most of the cause is a virus, with type are hundreds of them. Symptoms that occur are usually runny nose, sometimes clogged, then followed by cough and fever. Besides viruses, colds can also be because bacteria. Usually accompanied by heat and more severe symptoms, namely a red throat. If this means tyerjadi babies need to be given antibiotics.


Usually, the common cold in infants occurs about five days. If the baby's body heat does not go down and down up to 2-3 days, immediately take it to the doctor. Importantly, the cause is treated first. Because the virus has no cure, then the body's defense of the baby who had to be increased.


2. EAR INFECTION
The first disease in infants the second is ear infections. Ear infections can be caused by common cold viruses constantly, so the virus into the ear canal. Symptoms, pain in the ear and the heat does not go down for 2-3 days. When this happens the baby should be immediately taken to the doctor. If not treated immediately, eardrum may be inflamed and rupture.

If not treated, a long time to be more severe inflammation of the ear and can cause pus. If the abscess burst, the fluid would come out of the ears with unpleasant odors. Long-term effects, the hearing system is broken.



3. DIARRHEA

The first disease in infants subsequently were diarrhea. Like the common cold, diarrhea in infants can also be due to various factors, from food contaminated with the bacteria or virus, food poisoning, until the milk allergy. Diarrhea in infants can generally be seen from the amount of fluid that comes out through his stools for more than fluid intake. Frequency of stools was more than three times a day. So, should be given plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration.



4. SORE THROAT
A sore throat in infants could be due to bacteria or a virus that attacks the throat. Physical signs, red throat, which can be seen in the neck. Babies also looks like a pain, irritability, and usually difficult to swallow.
If caused by a virus, a doctor may give pain-reducing medication, vitamins, and it is recommended to be fed a lot, especially fruit juices, vegetable nodes, and breast milk, so that his body strong again. But if the cause is bacteria, the doctor will give you antibiotics.
 

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Healthy Weight; Keeping Body Weight In Children

It is difficult for parents is to keep the children to still have a normal or healthy weight. Experts say that the best way is to get children to eat healthy foods and beverages and a healthy diet is also true for ourselves, in order to be agood example for children.


However, usually the kids tend to like food that looks attractive or sweet foods are often advertised in various media. Sweet foods contain high sugar, so that not a few number of children who are obese. A child is considered obese if his weight was 20 percent exceeded healthy weight.

There are several ways of prevention of obesity include:

1.Provide a healthy diet in children
The diet includes foods that are healthy nutritious and balanced diet, including eating lots of                     fruits, vegetables, and grains. Be sure to calculate the calorie intake, according to the age of the child.

2.Make a habit of a healthy diet for the family
Eating together at the dinner table with a menu of healthy foodcan get children to eat healthy foods. Surely a healthy diet is also valid for all family members in order to be a good example for children.

3.Limit sugary drinks no more than one serving per day
Encourage children to drink more water, so that children do notconsume too many sugary drinks.

4.Limit fast food
At fast food is usually high in calories. Therefore, when childrenoften eat fast food, can cause obesity.

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Tips for Parents Who Have Children Hyperactive

Being parents of hyperactive children must have been a very difficult task. Here are some tips that you can apply in an attempt to face hyperactive child.

1. Teach discipline in hyperactive children, so that he can manage himself well.

2. Do not punish him because the child's hyperactive behavior is not your fault.
3. Never label a child as hyperactive brats, lazy or stupid, because eventually it will behave like they were assigned to him.
4. The effectiveness of different therapies for each child. Parents should determine the best therapy for children.
5. Most importantly give affection (not spoiling) in hyperactive children than other siblings. The reason is, how much love that was shed on the hyperactive child, will never be filled.
6. In teaching your child hyperactive, do not be bored to continuously repeat the things that can be learned quickly and remembered by normal children.
7. In front of your child, say to others that he was a good boy, and do not comment on the mistakes he had done.
8. Constantly / continuously alert to any actions that might endanger themselves or others.
9. Increase communication with your child. If in normal children we tend to communicate at certain moments, the hyperactive children we have to communicate "every single minute or so".
10.One of the hardest things in dealing with a hyperactive child is when he was at the dinner table and we asked him to feed himself. Maybe he will actually play food or run around the table. Do not scold him! All you have to do is you have to feed them with patience.

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6 Characteristics of Children with Problems

Actually there are 6 characteristics of children with problems. Enough with we see from his behavior, then we are able to do early detection of "big disaster" future life upcoming (read: more mature) and eventually can make improvements.

Characteristics of children with problems can be known as follows:
1. Unruly and cooperative
The most of appears the children always rebellious. Acting own way, in this phase the children are eager to hold control. Began there was a "rebellion" from within him. Things we can do is understand and we should respond with the calm emotional state.

2. Less open to the Parents
When parents ask "What about school?" The child answered, "ordinary course", replied with a lazy, But strangely at her friend she was so open. At this stage of parent figure replaced with others (friends, class president, etc.). When this happens, parents should be introspective and begin replacing patterns of approach.


3. Responding to something with a negative

When the child begins commented "Leave him alone, he's really ugly", is a sign Self-esteem of children the were injured. Low  Self-esteem,one way to go up to a higher place is to find a foothold. Same time our Self-esteem is low, the easiest way to raise our of pride is by criticizing others.And the children were already trained to do that, be careful of this. Self-esteem is the key to success in the child's future.


4. Pull away
When children are accustomed and Alone, preoccupied with his own world, he does not want others to know about him (pull away). In this condition we as parents should immediately take different approaches attempt.In this condition children usually feels like to be accepted as it is, understood deeply.


5. Resent the fact
Ever heard a quote like "I am not a smart person, I was stupid," "I can not, I'm a fool".
And usually the case (resent the fact) come from the wrong discipline process. Example: "Doing things simply you can not, when it was mama give examples repeatedly".


6. Being a comedian
There are events that when his friends laughed of  his attitude,child feel happy. If this happens once in a while might not be a problem, but if he repeatedly sought to gain recognition and acceptance from his friends then we as parents hope vigilant. Because the child did not get a sense of acceptable home, then where are the parents?

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Facing Child Who Always Lied

When viewed from the type, lying behavior in children can be differentiated in some form, namely:

Simple reversals of truth
In this behavior, children tends to say that he was doing his job, but in reality the task is not done.

Fabrications
In this behavior can be exemplified, telling the child something that never happened, or a child tells an exaggerated reality.

Wrong accusations
Who belong to this category is the child to blame others for mistakes made ​​by him. These kids lie to defend himself, denies his mistakes. There is also that mimics the behavior of others, lie to be accepted by a peer group, or even to make himself look good in front of others.

Tips to face children who lie:
1. Teach moral values ​​prevailing in the environment through short stories that can be easily understood and remembered by your children.

2. Give feedback on the impact of the behavior of your child lying to himself and others.

3. Explain to your child about how you know for sure when he lied, so your child will realize his actions and trying to not repeat it again.

4. Find out the causes why your child is lying, whether he was wanted to get the attention of others or to avoid embarrassment or to avoid punishment, and so forth in order to prevent the emergence behavior of children in the future lie.

Hopefully what we have written above can be useful and can add to your knowledge as parents in educating children.

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Control Head; Progression Infants in Controlling Of Head

Every newborn has not had good control with his head, because the weight of the head is greater than weight. It is also because his neck muscles are still weak enough so can not support the head. But later he will be able to develop this important skill, because the control head is the basic foundation of all movements such as sitting and walking.   


Baby may be able to lift his head at the age of about 1 month and able to hold the head while sitting around the age of four months. However neck muscles and head control will be increasingly strong and steady as babies aged 6 months.



Here development of infants in control head:


Newborns
When newborn babies will be fully dependent on others, especially his mother to support the head and neck.This condition will last during the first month or more.This could help increase the intensity of eye contact and bonding between baby and parents.



Ages 1-2 months


At the end of the first month, your baby can lift his head for a while and turned to the right and left side when you're lying. Around the age of 6-8 weeks, he was strong enough to lift his head and when carried on the shoulder can hold its head although a shaky and not for long.So the mother or caregiver still have to help sustain it.



Ages 3-4 months
Babies will be able to lift head up 45 degrees when on his stomach and can be done over and over again.Neck muscles was already developed and started to be strong enough to support the head,but parents should still pay attention because the baby has not been fully able to control his own head.



Ages 5-6 months
At age 5 months the baby is showing an increasingly strong neck muscles.And at the age of 6 months, babies can hold his head steady and upright and bending forward as will other people help him pull into a sitting position.


Usually after the baby can control the head with a good and strong, then he will proceed to a sitting position, roll over and crawl.

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Allowing Children Drinking Water After Drinking Milk

High sugar content in formula milk can trigger the growth of bacteria that cause cavities, especially in infants and children.After the children finished drink milk, get used to 'flush' mouth with a glass of water.

Milk contains carbohydrates and lactose (another form of sugar), which can be attached to the teeth and damage the enamel layer.So the suggestion is true, it can be done to clean it with mouthwash, gargle and drink water.

Sugar create a good environment for the growth of bad bacteria that can damage the email or the outer layer of teeth.As a result a cavities , decay or caries and may even cause the gums were swollen from infection.

Besides triggered by milk, tooth decay is also caused by food or other beverages also contain sugar.Especially for kids who like to snack era, the most preferred type of food is generally sweet foods like candy.

Teeth are most susceptible to decay or cavities are usually the molars.In addition to its the rear position, molars also has the most grooves and gaps that are sometimes difficult to reach when brushing your teeth.

Although children may not be permanent and will fall out someday, but if the cavities it still will have an impact on quality of life.

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Teeth Growth Phase

Phase of growth of teeth in the fetus as well as other organs have been began since the age of 4-5 months womb.After the baby is born, the first milk teeth growth occurs at age 6-8 months.Your child's milk teeth are guiding the way for permanent teeth strong and healthy.


The first milk teeth that grows usually is two lower incisors, followed by the four upper incisors.The rest of the milk teeth will grow in a sequence is usually a pair of both sides of the lower lateral incisors, the first milk molars, canines and second milk molars.

Milk dentition is complete reaching number 20 teeth at the age of about 2 ½ to 3 years. The last teeth to grow is on the second milk molar teeth.If the child is older than a year but had not yet occurred tooth eruption, it is necessary to know the cause if it is not at all grow teeth.


Some of the signs in children when their teeth grow that can occur, among others, as follows:
• Itching of the gums
• Chewing or biting hard objects
• Fussy, restlessness, sleeplessness
• Flushed cheeks
• gums look red
• No appetite

• Mild fever


Permanent teeth

Around age 6, first permanent molars start to grow or eruption on the upper and lower jaw. Permanent teeth replace baby teeth are not any and located behind the second milk molar teeth.

So around age 6 to 12 years children have teeth mixture of milk teeth and permanent teeth. After reaching the age of 12 years most of the children had to have all permanent teeth, except for the wisdom teeth.

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A crying child; How to Overcome With a Crying Child

A crying child is fair, but sometimes we often see in shopping malls or public areas, a child bawl just because they want buy toys or want something. We often also see thechildren often beat their parents or guardians, be a coward, a liar, whiny and others. This happens partly because we often use the wrong way in overcoming the child when crying.


This mistake often done by parents, caregivers or other adults intentionally or unintentionally when a child overcome the crying. Most of them often take on how "easy" or telling to calm the child to stop crying. In fact the way of "easy and telling" it was even more damaging mentally and mindset of the child, making him have a nature whiny, coward, liar, rude and other bad characteristics.


A crying child is medically is good, then when the children cry, we must remain calmly, keep the emotion, and should quickly find out the reason or cause why the child cried. When she cried because of pain or sadness, we may calm the him with gentleness, cuddled or stroked. But if the child is crying because of anger, sleepiness, or wants a toy, then we have to calm the them with a firm and authoritative tone of voice.


Keep your emotions in us not to issue a high voice that explodes much less angry. If their cries are not subside, then we should give sanctions such as the strap, forbidden to play, or allowed to alone until tired.


It is sometimes difficult and disturbing, but we must courage, patiently and have the heart to do so for growth and the psychological mindset of the child. The intensity of the firm and authoritative tone we too must balanced by the tone of the child's crying. For example, if the child cries began to subside, then the tone of voice we too must begin to soften. Never too much, because it will make us even less authority. Do not ever issued a harsh words or a negative.


If this is done early, then it will be shorter time that we need to establish the mindset nature of the child who did not whiny, instead we only apply this when the child was 3 years old.


There are four things that I thought should never be done in calm the a child when crying. But ironically these four things that is often done by parents or caregivers of children.There are four things that I thought should never be done in calm the a child when crying. But ironically these four things that is often done by parents or caregivers of children.
Four things are: indulgent, deceive, threaten and hit.

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Brain Stimulation; Effective for Baby

Although it aims to educate the child, advisable brain stimulation is not done excessively. Brain stimulation in infants should be given according stages of age, proportionately and can stimulate all the senses and various aspects of intelligence. Among others communicating intelligence, emotional, fine motor skills movement, gross motor movement and others.


Stages stimulation in infants, infants to train intelligence


Age 12-18 months:
1. Train your toddler to hold a pencil, doodle, or stacking cubes
2. Teach him to use equipment to eat
3. Began to walk without a handle, walk backwards, or kicking a ball
4. Taught to understand and execute simple commands
5. Train mentions a name and show objects


Age 18-24 Months:
1. Give stimulation in infants to mention body parts, name objects around the house orthe name of the animal
2. Practice drawing lines
3. Teach hand washing, or wearing clothing


Age 2-3 Years:
1. Teach infants to know colors, draw a circle and draw animals
2. Learning to count objects
3. Train brushing and urinate or defecate in the toilet


Ages 3 years and older:
1. Brain stimulation is more directed to develop the ability of infant to school readiness
2. Children begin to learn to hold a pencil properly, write, to know letters and numbers and simple arithmetic
3. Learning to share with friends and began to independently


From now on let us take a moment to read the books for the little guy. As such he not only can to know letters and objects only, but will be able to expand his insights.

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Construct Emotional Intelligence For Infant

In a book titled Emotional Intelligence, Why it Can Matter More Than IQ mentioned that to motivate themselves need in Balance with good emotional management. That is why a toddler who is learning to walk and often falls, should be motivated more. Make your child feel comfortable, when he was upset because his desire to walk is still constrained by how often he falls.


By fall, precisely the child will feel challenged and introspection, that it fall illness. This will make for more careful, so that when he running no fall again. Memory of the experience of fall it will appear again to remind him.


The more experience gained, the learning process even more, too. With so means it will enrich the memory. The role of parents in motivating toddler is very important. This is to build a balanced emotional intelligence in children. What should parents do? The following tips can help you to motivate your infants.


Example to Motivating  infants In order not easy surrender


* Teach your child to train walking when she was standing upright without holding. Usually around the age of 9-11 months
* When you both along the road that endanger your child, explain that he must becareful. So he'll be more careful again.
* When he got through the difficulties encountered, do not forget to give him an award, for example the form of praise. As such of infant feels that his efforts appreciated and pleasing others.
* Do not be panic when the your child fall, because he will record your facial expressions and probably will make it more panic, and ultimately she did not want to try it again. Cultivate that failure is not the end of everything. It would be better if you be calm by asking a result he fell down and invited her to come treat his wounds. This will greatly help towards their emotional intelligence.

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Newborn Baby care; an Important Newborn Baby Care

A newborn baby care is certainly different from the treatment in general. Need extra attention and caution in caring for a newborn. A mother would be very grateful to get through a great struggle for 9 months pregnant and the struggle between life and death when giving birth.  Certainly not an easy struggle will continue to be kept by providing good care to their babies.


But not least the sense of panic after childbirth. Panic because they do not know what to do with her baby. Therefore, a good preparation to be done. one is to understand what to do with her baby. In this article will be revealed some important things to know about newborn baby care.


1. The importance of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding does not come out on the first day is still considered a normal. In the first two or three days postpartum, Breastfeeding production is still very little. It is appropriate with the state of babies, That there is still fluid in the baby's body so he was not much need of breastfeeding. However breastfeeding remains given when thefirst babies born. Remember that breastfeeding is the best food for babies, Why? Because breastfeeding contains all the necessary nutritional needs of babies,breastfeeding contains nutrients that are easily digested by babies, breastfeeding contains many substances essence so that the baby is not susceptible to infection,breastfeeding can prevent allergy and most important is that breastfeeding can strengthen the relationship between mother and babies .


2. Baby seems a bit yellow
Yellow in babies, or in medical terms is icterus common in most babies, and this condition is still considered normal. yellow in babies usually appears on the third dayafter birth. This is due to the levels of bilirubin - a substance of red blood processing,which rises in the blood. This yellow Colour should disappear when it is two weeks.when the yellow came on after the past fourteen days, then it should be checked
because bilirubin levels in baby born can harm the baby can cause brain damage.


3. The umbilical cord care
Umbilical cord in babies is not a decoration, it needs special care in the cord to prevent infection before the umbilical cord is loose by itself. Nnya every mother can clean after bath with a cotton bud in spread alcohol to. Should not use antisepticbecause the content of iodine in it may interfere with the growth of the gland. The umbilical cord usually will loose its own after five to seven days.


4. bathing baby
Newborn baby care is absolute. Usually the most dominant of this treatment is the treatment of body hygiene. Actually, baby do not need to be washed (that by entering into the bath) in the first 1-2 weeks. But the baby must remain awake
cleanliness of his body by the swab using a damp cloth only. Use warm water and go to baby clothes and a blanket with a towel. Open the baby's body that will wipe a wet cloth just so the baby is not cold. Even if baby will be bathed, at first place the baby with a comfortable position. Then wash the face, head and wash your whole body. dothis activity slowly and carefully. When the umbilical cord has not been loose, then immediately drain the cord at the time had just finished bathing.

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Habits Of Children; No Danger, But Make Uncomfortable

Habits of children are diverse. Generally, children are shown a habit that makes uncomfortable. From where children discover habits include thumb into his mouth? Probably  beginning  from imitating. But it could also be that a child process is to seek security and comfort of his behavior.


The beginning the child can also feel depressed or stress, then he considered that the thumb if the ants will feels good. after trying it turns out that he dreamed realized, so when he takes comfort that the behavior will be repeated again.


Some  the common habit of children


1. shaking limbs, usually the hand, shoulder, head or foot.
In addition to psychological problems, The beginning this habit done ​​child a purposely. But because the child feels comfortable, he often did when faced with problems or when he had nothing, then these movements become habit. Habits like these children, the impact if allowed will disrupt the sensory nerve control.


2. Head banging.
Usually this habit seen since the children aged 3 years. When refusing anything, children are always bang his head. Effects that could occur from the act is very clear, that the child's head can be traumatic. Clash of heads on hard objects resulting incracked skull, bleeding, to a concussion.


3. Finger sucking and nail biting.
Habits such child is considered normal, because it was a baby in the womb did this. But when done children more than age 4 years, it has become unnatural. The most obvious of impact is the child's teeth will be damaged.


4. Biting or playing teeth.
Its origin because of pissed, so he plays his teeth to deliver his frustration. Its impactcan broken teeth, tooth enamel will thin out and the position of teeth will change.


5. Picked at his nose.
The beginning done to remove the dry dirt nose. But it often happens this is done the child because he had nothing. The effect is that this habit can cause irritation, infectioncan invade the nasal cavity to the sinus.


6. Scratching his scar.
The wound that will heal is usually itchy, Children are usually interested to scratch it. One time he tried to be comfortable, at last become a habit. The effects can cause secondary infections, so the wound will heal even be worse.

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Digestion Process; Digestion Process in Babies

Digestion Process in Babies


The process of digestion in babies, beginning when drinking or chewing food and ended when defecating. At the time of chewing, the food will be mixed with enzymes in the mouth, resulting in breakdown of food. from food into something more simple.




Furthermore food into the gastric, the food in the gastric mixes with gastric acid and enzymes. Furthermore, the food processed in the intestine. Still with the help of enzymes, in the small intestine a food is converted into nutrients and then absorbed through the bloodstream and circulate to the entire body. And food scraps into the large intestine and expelled through the anus.


When all the digestive organs have well function,  the interference will not occur. also,  when the taking food have balanced nutrition. Furthermore, parents must know the characteristics of feces "are categorized" good. after the baby is  seven days old, feces  become  yellow. This is because the waste food  mixed with yellow bile.  Feces is very soft and out more, but in infants who are breast-feeding exclusively sometimes it's  watery. It is natural and normal because breast milk have function as a laxative in the digestion process.


Children who are always fussy and not smooth of defecate , be an indication of indigestion. Parents should be can detect early against digestive disorders experienced by babies. This is helps to keep each disorder digestion process is not late treated.

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Train Children; Train Children Not To Wet Their Pants

Train children not to wet their pants, it become an own difficulties for parents. Sometimes there is a mother saying, oh my son has schooled but still wetting his pants. It is upside down with my experience, that my child when begin to walk, he stopped wetting his pants, when he is one year old.


Train children not to wet their pants need a training since childhood. so that habit will be  continued until he  is a toddler. Here are some tips that's  hopefully can help mothers who have problems with their children who still wet his pants.


1. Since children born do not accustomed wear diapers, because children who are accustomed to wear diapers can not feel the wet sensation, as a result children are not sensitive of  wet conditions that are uncomfortable. Pampers is only used when traveling or staying at a friends house, relatives, and others.


2. When the child is able to stand  while the handle (usually 9 months of age) try one time or two times to be taken to the toilet when the child sleep at night. This make the children not to wet the mattress. this is so heavily, but this way can make the child know when he  want to have to pee in the toilet.


3. When the child is able to walk (generally of ages 12 months -14 months) , teach the child to urinate in the toilet like this way Tell your child if he want to pee on hold for a while. wait until he entered the toilet and opened his pants. When the pants open so at that time the child is told to urinate. Over time children become accustomed to peein the toilet.


Hopefully my personal experience  tips to train children not to wet his pants at school age, could be useful for you.

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Acting Like a Baby; Cause Toddlers More spoiled From Previous

Having attitude like a baby to a toddler is normal, it's even healthy. Your toddler tail to you and whining to beg fed is the way of toddler to overcome his stress while growing be bigger. This will probably make you dizzy but it's actually quite easy to understand his emotions and how to handle your child.


Every transition can disrupt children's ability to control her self and make her anxious. even small change such as vacation, can make he behave like a baby. Why is that? because toddlers can not express his feelings, and beside that, she can not yet develop the ability to solve problems. So the strategy is will into objects that can make them feel comfortable, like a blanket or pacifier.


Sometimes just because of the flu, a toddler will whine like a baby. Changes that often occur when is the presence of a younger brother. Anxiety about the competition to compete the attention of parents can make toddlers out of control. So he will be acting like a baby to get his parent's attention.


Sometimes there is not special thing that encourage toddlers to behave like a baby.  children can behave like that just because of the fact that he is growing. When you feel proud to their ability that rapidly growing, all of her new knowledge and skill can make them happy.


On the other side of her panic indicates that the cognitive ability of children will better. Child's imagination will expand along with their growing. That is why children who are usually calm with a nanny will hang down on your feet when you will go. He had guessed what would happen if you go . Even he can make a creepy scenario about what would happen if you will not return.


When you see the fact that your child is behaving like that, then you should do is:


1. understanding that feelings
So you find the cause of the child behaving like a baby, let him know that you understand her feelings


2. Allow he (though just briefly)
Let the child to behave like his will for a few minutes a day. Children will find a way to convince them that you care about him.


3. Give more attention
If he always went up on your lap and then force you to play with him, give attention toas he wanted. This is important, especially when he jealous of her sister.


4. Do not criticize
Given the child's behavior just to get attention, so if you are angry, your child will actually behave worse. It will only make the child more stress and make him more boyish.


5. Praise him when he behaved like a brother
This needs to be done, so he feels no need to act like a baby.

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Breakfast Used To Be, Do not Forget ...

Breakfast can sometimes become lazy to do special activities for children. Though breakfast is very important for children, because to maintain blood glucose levels to remain normal, so the concentration of children easily during school hours. Decrease in glucose levels would interfere with brain metabolism. Will arise hunger with anxiety symptoms, shaking, and sweating.

Children who miss breakfast are generally susceptible to fat. why so? Because so hunger arises, he will tend to eat more. In addition, the effects are often foundon children who skip breakfast, your child will easily stress, slow in thinking and being easily forgotten.

Is it true that breakfast can improve children's achievement?

Many experts agree that breakfast affects children's achievement. For about 10-12 hours after the child's stomach is empty after dinner, with breakfast is like running out of fuel refilled. Endurance will increase, so that the child is easy to concentrate on the lessons.


But, parents are often confused set the breakfast is preferred by children, and to prepare nutritious menus for children. is actually not difficult, provided the mother wants a little creative.

There are a few tricks serving breakfast for your child:     

                

1. Ask the children, the menu like what he wanted.
2. Prepare all the ingredients to be cooked in the morning.
3. Although the menu is simple but full of nutrition. Proteins, carbohydrates, fats,vitamins, and minerals in a balanced measure. create a breakfast menu that makes iteasy, saving time and the kids like.
4. Serve as interesting as possible with the portion appropriate to the child's abdomen,so that children in the mood to eat.
5. If you want to serve bread, try to served as completely as possible. For instance there are margarine, jam, honey, eggs and milk.
6. Make a habit of eating fruit at breakfast. Besides easy to digest, the fruit also contains an easily absorbed source of energy for energy supplies until noon.

How many doses of nutrients that must be fulfilled?

Breakfast should meet the nutritional dose of at least 25% of daily caloric requirementthat is 1200 calories [300 calories]. If viewed from the composition of the food, the amount of 300 calories is composed of 4 pieces of bread, plus eggs and vegetables and other additional,such  glass of milk. Milk is rich in calcium, so good for health of bones and teeth. Milk is also rich in nutrients that support optimal growth and development of the child.

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Suffering of Asthma; Conquered Asthma by swimming

Suffering of Asthma to the children


Suffering of asthma can interfere with daily activities. Likewise with the children, that the quality of their life will be disrupted when they suffer from asthma. Shortness of breath,coughing, wheezing and sleep deprivation often accompany asthma symptoms and will interfere daily activities. However, it does not mean children with asthma should not be active. Participation in regular exercise will actually increase lung fitness.

Suffering of asthma occurs because of narrowing of airways in the respiratory system.Generally occurs to the children. When an attack of asthma, the airways will havenarrowing and inflammation also mucus covered in a large amount . This occurs as a response to triggers such as dust, cold air pollution and damp, excessive emotionalreactions like fear and anger as well as excessive physical activity.

Type of exercise that's recommended for a sufferer of asthma desease is types of aerobic exercise for heart fitness and lungs. There are 3 types of exercise for fitness. The first type does not require special skills, such as running, road and cycling. The second type requires a specific skill, like swimming and gymnastics. The third is a sport like basketball and football game that needs a high skill.



Apparently suffering of asthma can be gradually improved when asthmatic choose swimming as a means of therapy. From the study of medicine that  the sports of swimming is recommended to conquer suffering of asthma, because the forms of other exercise requires a high intensity and endurance that will actually trigger an asthma attack. While swimming is a sport using water media. The environment is warm in the pool and dry air in the surface of water  can help children avoid asthma attacks.  
                             

Suffering of asthma will gradually improve by swimming, because swimming is a sport that spur the use of muscles and breathing. Therefore, swimming is useful in improving lung capacity and to train a good way of breathing.   
Some excess of swimming for sufferer of asthma as addition for asthma therapy                                                
1. Although it's classified as aerobics, swimming categorized as low-weight  exercise. while swimming, the body is supported by the water so that the bones and joints are not too tense.
2. Swimming is including individual sports, making it's easier for asthmatic children  to practice with the timetable can be adapted with the conditions of health. 

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Music For Children; Music to Sharpen Child's Mind

Music balancing right brain and left brain 




Music for children is very important. Because when the first time a baby hears the heartbeat of her mother became early introduction to music. Know the music is not meant to be able to sing or play music device. Humming a mother also included musical activities. Musical activities can be done along with the activities of children. From singing children's songs while clapping or making the sounds of toys or household items are available at home.


Music for children will also be able to hone the right brain that is the center of creativity and emotional control, so the child will become more creative. Usually people are morelikely to sharpen the ability of the left hemisphere of children. By playing music will be the balance of brain function, between the left brain and right brain.


Music train children in socialization


Music for children will also influential in shaping the personality of children in social skills. Children will be more clever in cooperation with their friends. For example, when children play musical instruments as a group, requires cooperation between all the musicians that should be mutually supportive and reinforcing. it means that children do not appear dominant in a show, there are times he let the other person to show their ability. In this way children will learn to suppress their  selfish attitude to others.                                                                      


In addition, Music for children can also grow a discipline child. Playing music in a group demanding the child to obey the rules of the group. If the group wants the child to practice at 5 pm, the child must obey. If not, he would set aside by the other group members.




                                              

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Memory Skills; Very Important for Children

Train the skills of memory from childhood is very good for children. Memory skills is called mnemonics. With the help of parents, there are various ways to train the child's skills of memory.
That Ways include:

1. Attention to Detail
Before must be remembered that there is something important for the children, that is skills of memory. Parents can develop a long-term effects for children with recall many specific questions about events that have passed. For example, when finished watching the circus. on the way home, ask the child about who is the actor / actress that she likes, how is the clown cloth,which performance is the most exciting of him and so on. If the child has a difficulty to tell detail, parents can add his story.

2. Play Memory
On the car while traveling to a picnic, try making a sentence and each child should repeat the sentence and add one more word so it will be a complete sentence. Example: "I want to go picnic, I'll bring a bag,......" then each child gets a turn to continue the sentence.

3.Using Strategy
Memory skills must be practiced at all times, of course, this requires a strategy. Use a variety of ways to help the memory of the child. For instance, using the acronym to remember the color spectrum of the sun with easy words to be remembered by the child, for example the word  royelgreenbivi  that means red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

4.Divide and Remember the Hardest
For example, if the child had to memorize poetry, divide the poem into different sections. Then start by memorizing the most difficult parts first.
                                                                                                                                             
5.Rehearsal
Give exercises to train memory skills of children. For instance  ask children to remember the multiplication tables every day and to repeat the multiplication with a loud voice,so it can facilitate it in the recall. after that try to be tested.
When children are able to remember to repeat from the beginning. The children will realize that is an active process, then he will have own way of remembering things that are difficult and will be more confident with the way of his recall.

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