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Approximately four months babies begin to develop their teeth and eat their porridge first. From beginning to release those teeth you can start to care. Yes, you need not wait until your child reaches 2 or 3 years to start taking care of your dental health. The hygiene of teeth is as important as she gives other parts of the body of your baby, both to avoid dental problems later and so your child will internalize early on this habit.

Dentists recommend brushing for babies at least once a day, once you have a visible surface, preferably at night, before bringing them to their crib. Tooth brushing a baby uses a special baby toothbrush, bristle very finite and non-fluoride toothpaste to prevent the danger of poisoning.

At first it is natural that your child resists this care, but it’s important to get used to that after it alone without a problem later. Feel it in your lap, and holding her face, brush your teeth with gentle circular motions. With regard to electric toothbrushes, the best age to begin their use is when the child reaches age seven. Also, and at this age children can use toothpaste.

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.