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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