Infants cry as a form of basic instinctive communication. A crying infant may be trying to express a variety of feelings including hunger, discomfort, overstimulation, boredom, wanting something, or loneliness.
Breastfeeding is the recommended method of feeding by all major infant health organizations. If breastfeeding is not possible or desired, bottle feeding is done with expressed [...]
Chickenpox is one of the classic childhood diseases, and one of the most contagious. The affected child or adult may develop hundreds of itchy, fluid-filled blisters that burst and form crusts.
The virus that causes chickenpox is varicella-zoster, a member of the herpesvirus family. The same virus also causes herpes zoster (shingles) in adults.
Typically [...]
Babies and children under 11 years old should have less salt than adults, because they are smaller.
How much salt should babies have?
Babies need only a very small amount of salt – less than 1g a day up to 12 months. Their kidneys can’t cope with larger amounts of salt.
Babies who are breastfed will get [...]
Post-natal depression (PND) is very common among new parents and may affect as many as one in six new mothers. Although it is rare, fathers can also get PND.
Symptoms of PND
Symptoms, which can develop up to two years after the birth, include:
loss of enjoyment and interest in life
feelings of depression
exhaustion and [...]
It is coming into the time of year when allergies begin to strike and according to research allergies are on the increase with about one third of the population now complaining of at least one allergy.
When anyone gets an allergy the bodies immune system is overreacting to what are harmless substances – called allergens [...]
The BBC have reported that: An investigation has been launched after families were told their babies had MRSA – only to discover none of them had the life-threatening disease.
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has apologised for the error and said the first tests provided “false positive results”.
The health trust found the superbug [...]
There has been a large increase in the number of people being diagnosed with both food allergies and seasonal allergies and with this increase is an increase in the number of allergy treatments.
While carrying out some research I came across this article on ABCNews.com about Allertherapy, a new homeopathic treatment for both seasonal and [...]
Good news – According to the latest issue of FDA Week, precautionary allergen statements on food packages are still a top priority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) met with the FDA in March to discuss concerns that the FDA’s food safety priorities might have changed because [...]
Now with the worldwide pandemic level raised from 5, just one short of the highest number available it is perhaps time that we start drawing up plans as to what we can do to combat this flu. This is especially true if you have kids.
We’ll take for granted the general recommendations of protection e.g. [...]
She is a little over two years of age but has an IQ of 156 which puts her in the top 2 percent of her age group in the UK – that’s the sort of news I like reporting.
Little Elise’s IQ score is a whopping 156, just a few points shy of super brain [...]