Sucking on a child of the thumb is usually concerned parents. Do I have to deal with this habit and how to do it? Do not hurt if thumb-sucking baby teeth?
Babies love to suck. Some children suck his fingers, while still in the womb. Typically, this habit is in 6-7 months, but sometimes the need for sucking persists in later life. This does not mean that your child has any problems with the psyche.
A worrisome sign of thumb-sucking is only a child older than 6 years, since at this time, it affects the development of teeth and oral cavity. If sucking hampers the growth of teeth, you should pay attention to it and at an earlier age.
The habit of sucking fingers disappear as they grow older child. For students who continue to suck his fingers, begin to exert pressure surrounding. Children stop sucking his fingers, as they tease peers, siblings or other relatives.
The best way to get rid of the problem - for the time being to ignore it. It is impossible to tease and punish the child, it will only exacerbate the situation.
Children older than 3 years often suck his finger out of boredom. In this case, try to divert the attention of the child with toys. You can praise or reward the child for the fact that he does not suck a finger or a pacifier, but do not punish the baby, when he began sucking on his finger. Try to think of it as a given.
If these measures do not help, consult with a pediatrician and use a special stall, limiting the possibility of sucking.
At the same time try to reduce the amount of stress in the child's life. Some children suck the finger when they are upset about something. If a child is experiencing stress at school, talk about it with teachers.
Rx Hawaii
Friday, September 18, 2009
The radiant smile, or how to take care of children teeth
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First tooth eruption - one of the most memorable events connected with the infants age. Dear toothless mouth from now on in the past. Child becomes older, and the attractiveness of his smile requires more care.
The importance of milk teeth
The first milk teeth usually erupt between 6 and 12 months. Usually the first to arrive upper and lower incisors. Later they were replaced by permanent teeth come, but care needed and for the milk teeth, because they want the child to chew and speak. That baby teeth are the basis for future permanent teeth.
Useful habits learned by children
To initiate necessary as soon as possible. As soon as possible, begin brushing your child's teeth at least once a day. This can be done with a soft cloth, a special children's toothbrush and boiled water. Toothpaste you will not need before 2 years of age. Only in this age is recommended to take small amounts of toothpaste with fluoride.
A child should not fall asleep with a bottle of the mixture, milk or juice in the mouth. Sweet liquid remaining in the mouth, contributes to the formation of acid and the development of caries.
Visits to the pediatric dentist
First visit to a pediatric dentist should take place in 12 months. Children and parents usually get nervous in that situation. Specialists involved in treating children, soon will be able to find the right approach, and children's dental offices are decorated differently than classrooms designed for adult admission.
The dentist inspects your teeth and gums of the child. He will answer all questions relating to the care of teeth, and talk about preventive measures, which may require a baby. Depending on the content of fluorine in drinking water, intake of fluorine-containing drugs may be appointed as early as age 6 months.
Proper nutrition
A bottle with a mixture of falling asleep - not the only thing that can cause tooth decay in young children. The risk also are too sweet and industrially produced food. The child is better snacking on fruit and vegetables, rather than cakes and biscuits.
Care just a few teeth cutting through some of it seems unnecessary, but the sooner you start to do it, the better. Regular visits to the dentist at an early age will help your child not to be afraid of dental treatment in the future. Baby will be ready for such visits and will not resist.
Proper care for the child's teeth will help keep them healthy and shiny. And this in itself gives reason to smile once again ...
Rx Nebraska
First tooth eruption - one of the most memorable events connected with the infants age. Dear toothless mouth from now on in the past. Child becomes older, and the attractiveness of his smile requires more care.
The importance of milk teeth
The first milk teeth usually erupt between 6 and 12 months. Usually the first to arrive upper and lower incisors. Later they were replaced by permanent teeth come, but care needed and for the milk teeth, because they want the child to chew and speak. That baby teeth are the basis for future permanent teeth.
Useful habits learned by children
To initiate necessary as soon as possible. As soon as possible, begin brushing your child's teeth at least once a day. This can be done with a soft cloth, a special children's toothbrush and boiled water. Toothpaste you will not need before 2 years of age. Only in this age is recommended to take small amounts of toothpaste with fluoride.
A child should not fall asleep with a bottle of the mixture, milk or juice in the mouth. Sweet liquid remaining in the mouth, contributes to the formation of acid and the development of caries.
Visits to the pediatric dentist
First visit to a pediatric dentist should take place in 12 months. Children and parents usually get nervous in that situation. Specialists involved in treating children, soon will be able to find the right approach, and children's dental offices are decorated differently than classrooms designed for adult admission.
The dentist inspects your teeth and gums of the child. He will answer all questions relating to the care of teeth, and talk about preventive measures, which may require a baby. Depending on the content of fluorine in drinking water, intake of fluorine-containing drugs may be appointed as early as age 6 months.
Proper nutrition
A bottle with a mixture of falling asleep - not the only thing that can cause tooth decay in young children. The risk also are too sweet and industrially produced food. The child is better snacking on fruit and vegetables, rather than cakes and biscuits.
Care just a few teeth cutting through some of it seems unnecessary, but the sooner you start to do it, the better. Regular visits to the dentist at an early age will help your child not to be afraid of dental treatment in the future. Baby will be ready for such visits and will not resist.
Proper care for the child's teeth will help keep them healthy and shiny. And this in itself gives reason to smile once again ...
Rx Nebraska
Manual feeding
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All pediatricians believe that the first six months of life is best to feed the child breast milk. If this is impossible, the alternative is to bottle-feeding. The next stage - the introduction of solid foods, or foods. Pediatricians recommend starting with the fact that it is easy to digest, and gradually offer products of different tastes and textures.
From birth to 6 months
Except in special circumstances and special requirements of a doctor for a child only needs:
* Breast milk - is the best food for newborns.
* Powdered infant formula or a mixture of soy-based. If breast milk is not enough, a pediatrician will advise the mixture with the addition of vitamins and / or iron.
Infants from 6 to 12 months
The first solid food that pediatricians recommend giving a child - a rice porridge. Croup containing gluten, at this age should be avoided. After the rice porridge, you can add to the diet of baby mashed or pureed vegetables, yellow and orange, for example, carrots - are most easily digested vegetables. Then you can enter puree of green vegetables. Next comes the turn of fruits, such as mashed fully ripe apples or bananas. New foods should be introduced gradually, no more than one new dish in 5 days, then the probability of allergic reactions in children decreased.
Children from 6 to 12 months should not be given:
* Chocolates - highly allergenic product, should not be given to children up to one year.
* Honey - can contain bacteria that cause botulism and threaten the life of the child. Honey should not be given to children up to one year.
* Oranges, grapefruits and other citrus - very often cause allergic reactions. Before giving their child, consult with your doctor.
* Egg whites. Already at 8-9 months, the child can give the yolk, if it is cooked hard-boiled or cooked in the form of gossip. As for protein, it can cause allergies, and it should not be given to children up to one year.
* Peanuts and peanut butter - highly allergenic products. Do not give them to children under 3 years.
* Wheat and products from it should give the child only once in his diet will rice, oats and barley porridge. Wheat can cause allergies, so you should not enter it until 6-8 months.
* Whole milk. In the first year of life is recommended to feed the baby breast milk or special feeds. Cow's milk has been shown, makes the child more prone to allergic reactions.
Children from 1 year to 2 years
The child becomes more curious and wants to try more new foods. At this age also need to beware of products that cause allergies, but in addition make sure that the child did not take food by mouth, which can choke.
For children from 1 year to 2 years old do not fit:
* Carrot - A child can easily choke on raw carrots, so it must be finely grate or cook until soft.
* Grapes - An entire grape baby may also choke on, so the berries must be cut into several pieces.
* Skim milk - for children under 2 years of fats found in whole milk, very useful, so let's skim milk at this age should not be.
* Sweets - Many hard candy, candy, nuts and popcorn to correspond approximately to the size of the larynx of the child, so be very careful when offering them to my baby.
* Cheese in the form of string. Giving his children can only be crushed.
Children from 2 to 3 years
The child can still choke on food, so you should avoid the following products:
* Grapes - An entire grape baby can choke on, so the berries must be cut into several pieces before giving to children.
* Sweets - Many hard candy, candy, nuts and popcorn to correspond approximately to the size of the larynx of the child, so be very careful when offering them to my baby.
Rx Colorado
All pediatricians believe that the first six months of life is best to feed the child breast milk. If this is impossible, the alternative is to bottle-feeding. The next stage - the introduction of solid foods, or foods. Pediatricians recommend starting with the fact that it is easy to digest, and gradually offer products of different tastes and textures.
From birth to 6 months
Except in special circumstances and special requirements of a doctor for a child only needs:
* Breast milk - is the best food for newborns.
* Powdered infant formula or a mixture of soy-based. If breast milk is not enough, a pediatrician will advise the mixture with the addition of vitamins and / or iron.
Infants from 6 to 12 months
The first solid food that pediatricians recommend giving a child - a rice porridge. Croup containing gluten, at this age should be avoided. After the rice porridge, you can add to the diet of baby mashed or pureed vegetables, yellow and orange, for example, carrots - are most easily digested vegetables. Then you can enter puree of green vegetables. Next comes the turn of fruits, such as mashed fully ripe apples or bananas. New foods should be introduced gradually, no more than one new dish in 5 days, then the probability of allergic reactions in children decreased.
Children from 6 to 12 months should not be given:
* Chocolates - highly allergenic product, should not be given to children up to one year.
* Honey - can contain bacteria that cause botulism and threaten the life of the child. Honey should not be given to children up to one year.
* Oranges, grapefruits and other citrus - very often cause allergic reactions. Before giving their child, consult with your doctor.
* Egg whites. Already at 8-9 months, the child can give the yolk, if it is cooked hard-boiled or cooked in the form of gossip. As for protein, it can cause allergies, and it should not be given to children up to one year.
* Peanuts and peanut butter - highly allergenic products. Do not give them to children under 3 years.
* Wheat and products from it should give the child only once in his diet will rice, oats and barley porridge. Wheat can cause allergies, so you should not enter it until 6-8 months.
* Whole milk. In the first year of life is recommended to feed the baby breast milk or special feeds. Cow's milk has been shown, makes the child more prone to allergic reactions.
Children from 1 year to 2 years
The child becomes more curious and wants to try more new foods. At this age also need to beware of products that cause allergies, but in addition make sure that the child did not take food by mouth, which can choke.
For children from 1 year to 2 years old do not fit:
* Carrot - A child can easily choke on raw carrots, so it must be finely grate or cook until soft.
* Grapes - An entire grape baby may also choke on, so the berries must be cut into several pieces.
* Skim milk - for children under 2 years of fats found in whole milk, very useful, so let's skim milk at this age should not be.
* Sweets - Many hard candy, candy, nuts and popcorn to correspond approximately to the size of the larynx of the child, so be very careful when offering them to my baby.
* Cheese in the form of string. Giving his children can only be crushed.
Children from 2 to 3 years
The child can still choke on food, so you should avoid the following products:
* Grapes - An entire grape baby can choke on, so the berries must be cut into several pieces before giving to children.
* Sweets - Many hard candy, candy, nuts and popcorn to correspond approximately to the size of the larynx of the child, so be very careful when offering them to my baby.
Rx Colorado
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