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How To Tuesday: How to Make Homemade Pedialyte Cheap to Prevent Dehydration

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 22:10
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When your infant or toddler is sick, running a fever, and throwing up your pediatrician probably recommends that you give your child pedialyte to help prevent dehydration. For some parents, Pedialyte is just too expensive to keep on hand, never knowing if you will actually use it. If you do not keep it on hand, you really do not want to take a sick child to the store to purchase some. Luckily, there is an inexpensive recipe that allows you to make homemade Pedialyte for your sick child. You can make the flavor your child prefers for just pennies a serving. If you are having trouble getting your child to take fluids, you can also freeze some into popsicles. If your child is runninga fever, the cold Popsicle may help reduce the fever while replenishing the electrolytes in your child’s body.

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How to Tuesday: How to Change a Diaper Without Wipes

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 21:17
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Manufacturers are always coming up with new products to make baby care easier, more efficient, and more fulfilling. I speak from experience, having been parenting infants for 27 years now. Unfortunately, those who have only parented in the current decade, may not be aware of the “old ways.” That of course, causes a near emergency when they run out of a particular baby product, take diaper wipes for an example. A former foster child called me quite upset, she was out of wipes. How was she ever going to change her daughter’s diaper? Could I run some over to her house so she could thoroughly clean her daughter’s butt? Instead I told her what we used to do, “back in the old days.”

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How To Tuesday: How to Know When Baby Is Ready for Solid Foods

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 16:42
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Most pediatricians advise parents to wait until baby is about six months old before trying baby foods to supplement formula. But is six months a hard and fast rule that all parents and babies should adhere to. Each baby develops at a different rate, which is why the handouts from the pediatrician’s office have age ranges for developmental skills. Your baby will begin to show you when he is ready to start on foods. Remember though, to stick to one food for about a week when introducing new foods. For example, if you decide to start with peas, then feed your baby just peas for the first week. This will help you to pin down allergies early. Most experts also agree that parents should stick with the same category of food when introducing new foods. So if you start with peas, your next choice would be another vegetable, such as green beans. Once you have finished all of the vegetables you want to introduce to baby, you switch to fruits. Meats and desserts are always last on the list. Meats are more difficult to digest and desserts may contain sugars that baby does not need.

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How To Tuesday: How to Keep Behind Baby’s Ears Clean

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 22:48
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Because baby’s drink their bottles and nurse in a reclined position, milk frequently leaks towards their ears. You may have noticed dried white milk around the ear and earlobe. This milk easily wipes off with a damp washcloth or wipe. Many parents fail to notice the gunk that builds up behind baby’s ears, though. The pediatrician may point it out to you the first time during a well-child check. By then, it usually smells like spoiled milk, and can cause parental embarrassment. Build up behind the ears can cause the skin to crack and bleed. That is why it is important to wash behind baby’s ears during each bath time.

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How To Tuesday: How to Eliminate and Prevent Infant Thrush

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 06:54
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Oral thrush is a common ailment among young infants, the chronically ill, and the elderly. A common fungus called Candida causes thrush; you may recognize it as the familiar yeast infection. While a small amount of germs, including Candida, usually live in your mouth, a healthy immune system usually keeps it in check. Thrush is whitish, and looks like velvety lesions mainly on the inside of the cheeks and on the tongue. The irritated red tissue underneath the lesions may bleed easily. Eating can cause pain to the already irritated soft tissue of the mouth, resulting in decreased appetite and increased fussiness.

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How To Tuesday: How to Control Diaper Rash on Babies and Toddlers

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 03:07
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Diaper rash causes painful diaper changes. We are obligated to clean the diaper area, thoroughly or the diaper rash will worsen. Since the skin is raw and possibly even cracked, it hurts baby when we clean the diaper area. Of course, hurting baby is the last thing we want to do, sometimes it makes me cry to cause baby discomfort, no matter how necessary. The best course of action then is to eliminate the current diaper rash and prevent future diaper rashes. Once you find something that works, stick with it and your baby should remain rash free, until you begin introducing new foods that is. Here are some tried and true measures that have served me well over 27 years of parenting newborns.

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How To Tuesday: How to Reduce Colic Symptoms in Baby

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 02:06
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Colic is a common problem with infants beginning shortly after birth and lasting for months. Technically, colic is persistent, unexplained crying in a healthy baby between two weeks and five months of age,” although I have seen it in older infants. Parents may try a variety of homeopathic remedies including massage to calm fussy babies and stop the screaming. Over many years of parenting over 100 children, I have discovered a variety of techniques to try. Sometimes it takes a few weeks to discover which one's solve a baby’s symptoms, since colic does not have just one cause.

 

Some causes of colic are: 

  • food intolerances
  • hunger or overfeeding
  • lack of sleep
  • loneliness
  • overheated milk or formula
  • overstimulation resulting from noise, light, or activity
  • swallowing air
  • milk allergy
  • lactose intolerance
  • tension
  • digestive tract immaturity
  • Intestinal blockage (be sure your doctor rules this out before trying other remedies.)
  • infection (be sure your doctor rules this out before trying other remedies.)

     

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How To Tuesday: How to Control Cradle Cap on Babies and Toddlers

Submitted by JuliaFuller on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 04:29
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Babies and toddlers frequently suffer from cradle cap. The flakes look and act similar to dandruff speckling the child’s hair and clothing. The crusting on the scalp is unattractive, occasionally cracks and bleeds, and detracts from the cuteness of your darling baby. While having cradle cap is highly undesirable, it can seem impossible for parents to get rid of, despite their best efforts. Technically, cradle cap is “A form of dermatitis that occurs in infants and is characterized by heavy, yellow, crusted lesions on the scalp.” Cradle cap may occur on the skin of the nose, eyebrows, ears, and trunk. Parents generally try applying oils, such as baby oil on the scalp or hydrocortisone cream to get rid of the cradle. Sometimes these methods are ineffective and parents just wait for children to grow out of it. Over the many years of parenting over 100 children, I have discovered a technique that always works.

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How to Tuesday: How to Begin Documenting your Adopted Child’s History With Photographs

Submitted by JulieC on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 15:47
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Cleaning progress always stops dead in its tracks for me when I open a miscellaneous box that needs sorting and find old photographs.  I am instantly transported to a different place and time, and often find myself gasping at how young the kids look, yet how big they seemed at the time. Sometimes the memories are fond, other times eye rolls abound, but always there is something worth remembering from that exact moment in time.

Children who have been adopted at an older age usually have little to no personal belongings with them when they arrive.  The only visual reminders they have of their past are often the memories they carry with them.  This can be good when it comes to letting go of the things they’d rather not be reminded of, yet a painful loss when it comes to the memories that they cherish and find fading.  Children who were adopted at a young enough age to not have any memories of their biological family or their adoption will also love going through the photos and learning about their past and how their family came to be.

Creating a lifebook for your child is a wonderful bonding activity for the two of you to do together, and the book itself will serve as an extremely useful tool for your child as he or she begins to sort out the events of the past, and the feelings and emotions that go along with them. 

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How to Tuesday: How to Cut Your Expenses so You Can Afford Adoption

Submitted by JulieC on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 22:12
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Stop using paper towels:  You can use an old towel or dishrag for just about anything that you would use a paper towel for.  Stop throwing away your money with disposable products!

Unplug electronics not in use: There is no sense paying for energy when you aren’t using it.  Cut your energy bill down simply by unplugging items that aren't in use all the time, like your toaster, can opener, printer, space heater, etc.

Make a shopping list and stick to it: Write down what you need before leaving the house, and then stick to the list! You'll be amazed at how much cheaper shopping is when you don't get sucked into the impulse buy game.  If you didn't plan on buying it when you came in, then leave without it!

Avoid areas of the store you don’t need anything from:  Don’t get caught up in the impulse buying trap!  If you don’t need anything from the electronics department, then steer clear of it!  Just looking often leads to just buying, which isn't going to help you save money... so once again steer clear of the areas that only hold 'wants' instead of 'needs.'

Shop at discount stores: Walmart, Big Lots, T.J. Max, Marshalls... Many overstock and discount stores stock the same name brand items you would find in department, and high end stores, but for a fraction of the price.

Buy store brand items:  Sugar is sugar, it doesn’t matter whose name is on the label, so buy the cheaper option!

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