You can introduce solid foods to your baby at the age of 6 months. Until then, breast milk or formula provides all the necessary nourishment. Please consult your paediatrician before introducing solid foods to your baby.
Feeding problems may happen when you start your baby on solid food. As new eaters get the hang of dealing with solids, gagging, puking,...
At first, bathing your baby may seem like a huge task, with all the things you have to remember before starting the bath. It will get easier day by day. Soon, your baby's bath becomes another routine you'll enjoy and do it like a pro!
Get everything ready in advance
Before you start your baby's bath, ensure you have all the...
Crawling is your baby's first routine of getting around efficiently on his own. In the standard crawl, he'll start by learning to balance on his hands and knees. Then he'll figure out how to move forward and backward by pushing off with his knees. This will help strengthening his muscles that will soon enable him to walk.
Understanding Colic: Treatment
Colic should go away by the time your baby is 4 months old. Until then, try these tips. These may soothe your colic baby and give you some relief too.
1.Feeding Tips
It’s a good idea to keep a check on your baby’s formula milk or what you eat if you’re breastfeeding. Generally it’s not...
Sun Safety
Babies and
young children can’t cool themselves as well as adults so they’re more at risk
of overheating and developing a heat-related illness. The tips below will help
keep your child happy and healthy in the heat:
TIPS FOR
LITTLE BABIES
DIRECT
SUNLIGHT
Babies less
than six months...
HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU WASH YOUR BABY'S HAIR?
Washing your baby’s hair once or twice a week is fine, your baby’s hair produces very little oil, so you don’t need to wash his hair everyday.
If your baby has cradle cap (a greasy, yellowish, scaly rash that appears in patches on the scalps of young infants), you may want to wash...
Breast Feeding is the normal way of providing your baby with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Almost all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have the right information, the health care system and the support of their family. Colostrum, the yellowish, sticky breast milk produced at the end of pregnancy, is recommended by WHO as the...
To begin with you may find it easier to use a baby bath seat, with a rubber mat or a sponge bath base. Just place your baby bath seat as it is, in the sink or place it on the rubber or sponge mat over your bathroom counter.
Never leave your baby alone in the bath, not even for a...
Instant noodles and all the instant store-bought food items are not a healthy choice for your children.
These noodles have got no nutritional value and the studies have indicated that they are leading to the problems linked to obesity in developing nations.
These items are cheaper and easily available and cook...
