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Despite all the advertisements made about the baby immunisations, there are still some parents who are against all the other vaccines especially the new ones. They think that since they did not get those baby immunisations before there really is no need to spend a lot for these shots.

Without a doubt, these baby immunisations can help prevent your child from getting communicable and even non-contagious diseases. But there are still some adverse effects that may be experienced by the child especially after getting his shot.

One of the most common reactions of a child’s body after getting baby immunisations is having a fever. This is true especially if your child had a shot for DTap, polio and rotavirus. More often than not, this fever would last for at least two days. However, when the fever extends up to 7 days or more, you should start seeking the help of your child’s pediatrician.

There are also some children who get intense allergic reactions after their baby immunisations. This is why doctors are asking the parents first about the family’s health history prior to the vaccination. The child might have small bumps or in worst case, swelling of the face and/or other parts of the body. But doctors can surely recommend the best solutions to alleviate your child from this adverse effect.

In several Clubparenting post we talked about the importance of caring for the baby’s skin, so, now we talk about the skin of the pregnant woman during the nine months of pregnancy suffered a series of hormonal changes that affect your entire body and skin.

The skin changes may vary from one woman to another, such as is common during the first month of pregnancy some women develop acne appears, while others suffering from pimples and blackheads are improving face. The dark spots or brown, is another change that some women suffer during pregnancy, the scientific name of this type is “chloasma” is common in women with dark hair and white skin, but do not worry tend to disappear after delivery.

Another symptom to appear on the face of moms is the constant flushing, this is due to increased blood flow and makes it look more “pink” to normal. What is important and helpful tips we recommend:

- Moisturize your skin with creams hipoalerigenicas,
- Drink plenty of water
- Eat foods that are high in vitamin A, E and D
- Wear sunscreen because it can help darken the skin blemishes.
- If you decide to wear makeup to hide stains, avoid those that contain mercury

Alcoholic Beverages: When you eat an alcoholic beverage your baby is consuming alcohol as well. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause your baby is born with FASD (Fetal Alcohol Disorder), the major cause of distortion in infants. Sometimes, damages for having used alcohol during pregnancy are not visible when the baby is born, however, long-term consequences are very serious. Even small amounts of alcohol drinking is dangerous. The best you can do for your baby is to avoid any type of beverage alcohol during pregnancy. Keep in mind that all types of alcohol is dangerous, as there are as many alcohol in a beer than a glass of wine or one ounce of liquor.

Medications: It is very important that you inform your obstetrician about all medications you are taking, as medications you take can affect the baby. This includes those medicines prescribed by a physician, the sell drugs without a prescription, products and even to natural vitamins. As a precaution, you just have to take those medications prescribed by your physician. If you are attending with more than one doctor, make sure that all are aware of the medications you take.

Street drugs: If you use drugs like marijuana, cocaine, heroin, crack, or another, your baby is also using these drugs. Drugs are dangerous both for you and your baby. All drugs can affect your baby, who can create dependency on these drugs.

During pregnancy there is a lot decisions to be take in order to have a healthy baby.

Diet: During pregnancy, your diet is important because also these feeding your baby. This is why it is preferable that you make good decisions about your habits food. While some of us slips away starvation with pregnancy, other gives us a lot of eating. You may even feel cravings for things that did not ate itself, each experience is individual. What is important is to eat healthy and varied. So you’ll gain the ideal weight for the better development of your baby.

Dental care: Dental care is extremely important during pregnancy. Pregnancy affects every inch of body, including our teeth and our gums. During pregnancy, plaque develops more quickly and can make your gums become swollen, infected and to bleed. That is why it is important to visit your dentist during pregnancy. Remember to inform these pregnant for him to take the necessary precautions. Read the rest of this entry »

Like adults, a dental problem is often sufficient to explain everything. But it is also sometimes think of other causes more surprising.
Bad breath due to a decay

Two out of three times, bad breath have a dental origin. Better, then take immediate appointment with the dentist will first ensure that your child has no cavities. In younger, dental pain is often less acute than in adults, and spends a lot easier and longer unnoticed.
A foreign body is stuck in his nose

Some children, especially between 1 and 3 years, have the annoying habit of getting a bunch of small objects in the nose. This incident is generally unnoticed until the infection causes the formation of unpleasant odors and / or purulent discharge from one nostril. To chase the intruder, use an ENT, exercised in this type of extraction. Never use pliers, you could stick to the subject more deeply wounding a nose cone and cause bleeding.
He suffers from an ailment ENT

A cold, sinusitis or tonsillitis enough to explain a transient bad breath. But when the disorder is chronic, it may be because the nose of your child is permanently blocked by the presence of vegetation too large. Breathing through the mouth only induces many bad breath. The on-infected tonsils may also be involved.
He fasted overnight

Her breath is charged at the time of sunrise, when he kiss you? This phenomenon, which occurs especially in children thin, around 5 or 6 years is quite normal. After fasting overnight, their bodies lack of sugar and should draw on its reserves of fat for energy it needs. This leads to formation of acetone, which gives them the breath so special. The solution? Make them eat a little later at night or give them an apple at bedtime. This will also avoid them from feeling “woozy” wake up due to hypoglycemia.
His language is laden with bacteria

Despite a thorough review, your doctor does not know what could cause his bad breath. Perhaps the problem is he of his tongue? As long as the taste buds of the tongue of your child are a little longer than average, bacteria can indeed accumulate and ferment, hence the development of bad odors. Buy him a tongue-scraper in pharmacy and teach him to gently brush the tongue from back to front once a day.
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It’s rare, but other diseases may explain bad breath: diabetes, kidney or liver, taking certain medications, a hiatal hernia or reflux oesophagitis. Consult with your pediatrician or your family doctor, who will help you.

The significance of repeated vomiting depends on the context and circumstances that accompany them. During the first days of life may be the sign of a congenital obstruction of the digestive tract, will also manifest by the absence of meconium and feces, but vomiting is also one of the main symptoms of many rare metabolic diseases, and relationship causes of vomiting in the infant is almost endless, ranging from ear infections, urinary infections, meningitis and almost any infection, and intestinal invaginations appendicitis, from the classic course gastroenteritis and many more or less rare diseases that are accompanied by their own symptoms. However, if we except those presented in the initial stages of gastroenteritis, has not yet appeared when diarrhea, repeated vomiting as the only symptom are rare in his presence, the pediatrician always thinks of a “hypertrophic pyloric stenosis “a relatively common disorder in which the pylorus of the child, ie, the output channel of your stomach becomes narrower as a result of hypertrophy of the muscles, which occurs for unknown reasons.

The smaller, the greater the ease with which children to vomit and also increased the number and variety of disorders that can cause, so that the baby vomit can be a minor incident with no sign or again the a serious problem. But whatever the cause, when they are unstoppable, adding the risk of dehydration because the baby not only lose fluid, but it prevents vomiting replacement. So if you vomit repeatedly and while milk is not seen by the pediatrician, you must provide a sugary liquid, eg camomile tea or plain water with sugar, a tablespoon, but does not tolerate even small amounts of liquid must be addressed urgently.

It is also urgent consult if the vomit is greenish yellow or contains blood. The green color is due to the presence of bile, and even in older children it is not so alarming in itself, in the newborn must be ruled out bowel obstruction. The blood which could have its natural red color or be black, giving the appearance vomited material resembling coffee grounds, may have been swallowed at birth or born of a cracked nipple, but also could indicate bleeding in the baby’s digestive tract, so it should be noted immediately to the pediatrician.

Child Safety: Keeping Your Home Safe for Your Baby

How can I make the crib safe?

• Choose a crib with bars no farther apart than 2 and 3 / 8 inch (6 cm.) If the space between the bars is too wide, your baby could slip through them and strangle.
• Use a ruler to check the width of space between the bars. Wrap a cloth between the bars if they are too far apart.
• The crib should not have corner posts that stick up from the crib. Unscrew the corner or serrúchelas.

Other names: Shots, Vaccination of children Vaccines for Children
Currently, children in the United States routinely get vaccines that protect more than a dozen diseases like measles, polio and tetanus. Most of these diseases is at its lowest levels in history, thanks to years of immunizations. Children should get at least some vaccines before attending school. Vaccines can make immune from serious diseases without getting sick first. Without the vaccine is really necessary to contract the disease to be immune to the germ that causes it. Vaccines work best when given at certain ages. For example, children do not receive the measles vaccine until they are at least a year old. If given before may not work properly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Diseases published a schedule of child immunization. Although some of the vaccines received in childhood will provide protection for many years, adults also need immunizations.

All women at some point we are concerned about the possibility of pregnancy that the baby can not develop normally. We get anxious and we were frightened by the responsibility of carrying a baby in your belly and feel we have to “make it grow well.” Keep in mind that the prenatal controls are intended to evaluate the normal development of your pregnancy and baby.
During pregnancy, it is common for pregnant women, especially first-time, expressed other concerns:
* At delivery and pain.
* A not know how to interpret your baby’s crying and unable to calm him.
* A can not breastfeed.
* A relationship with your partner when it three.
* A body changes, among others.

The emergence of the fears have little to do with the personality of each woman and her story. It should have a talk with your obstetrician, and dump all the questions and concerns that you worry so much. If these fears persist, you should talk to your doctor about the possibility of further consultations with a specialist to work on time on these fears.