Tag: Parenting

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The list of wise choices issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released two [wise choices] lists of 10 items, listing common unnecessary examinations and treatments in pediatrics. (1) Obvious viral infectious respiratory diseases (sinusitis, Pharyngitis, bronchitis) should not use antibacterial drugs. (2) Cough medicine and cold medicine should not be prescribed or recommended for respiratory diseases in children under 4 years old. (3) CT scan is not necessary for immediate evaluation of mild head trauma. According to the Clinical Observation/Pediatric Emergency Nursing Applied Research Network Standard (PECARN), To determine whether imaging examination is needed. (4) Neuroimaging is not necessary for simple thermal epilepsy (CT, MRI examination. (5) CT scans are not necessary in routine abdominal pain assessment. (6) Do not use large doses of dexamethasone Read More …

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The baby has toothache, so medication should be cautious.

The American Food and Drug Safety Association (FDA) mentioned in a recently released drug safety newsletter that The 2% lidocaine gel used for oral anesthesia should not be used to relieve toothache in infants due to the serious risks it may cause. The agency said: [Oral treatment of toothache with 2% lidocaine gel is not approved, and infants may cause serious harm or even death due to the use of this drug.] This year, FDA evaluated 22 related cases of oral 2% lidocaine gel used in infants to treat oral diseases (including toothache and stomatitis) or swallowing excessive 2% lidocaine gel by mistake, and reported serious side effects (including death) in the above cases. FDA warns: [Local analgesics and other Read More …

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Taking Children to See a Doctor in Japan

Editor’s Note: I believe many readers have had the experience of taking their children to see a doctor. Do you have endless complaints about the current medical system? If you like to seek novelty, please follow the author of this article to see the experience of seeing a doctor under the foreign medical system. After reading it, you think of what? When I immigrated to Japan a few years ago, my daughter was just over 2 years old, weak and sick, so I had the most experience of Japan’s health care system, and I still took my children to see a doctor. Because I have been a doctor in China, there are many interesting places to look at Japan’s children’s Read More …

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Don’t Use Children as Toys: The Right Way to Play with Babies under 1 Year Old

Babies under one year old have new changes every day and are full of curiosity to explore the world, but babies at this time cannot express their wishes by themselves. How can we accompany our children well and let them spend this period healthily and happily? Is there something what cannot do? The most important thing is to play with the baby instead of playing with the baby as a toy. Some people may scoff at this: It is difficult for what to play with the baby? Not necessarily. Generally speaking, if adults don’t pay attention to the baby’s feelings and treat the baby repeatedly just because the baby’s response to some behaviors of adults is fun, then adults are Read More …

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Infants aged 4-6 months can only rely on vitamin D supplements.

Sources of vitamin D in human body: sunlight irradiates skin; Diet; Vitamin D fortification. Due to the shortage of vitamin D in breast milk, when the baby cannot add supplementary food within 4-6 months, it cannot receive enough sunlight to irradiate the skin and can only rely on vitamin D supplements. In order to prevent vitamin D deficiency rickets, in addition to receiving as much sunlight as possible, one vitamin D preparation acceptable to infants should also be selected. The article was reprinted by Clove Garden authorized by the author.

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Care carefully to keep the baby away from diaper rash.

Diaper rash, big trouble? Some netizens left a message saying that they had seen three or four hospitals and finally found a method to treat the baby’s diaper rash on my microblog. A friend of mine recently also shared with me her experience of fighting with her son’s diaper rash, saying that it was difficult to deal with. In order to keep the baby’s buttocks dry, she often had to take a hairdryer and blow it hard at the baby’s buttocks. Is diaper rash really so troublesome? Baby’s red buttocks are mostly stimulated by feces and urine. Every baby may get diaper rash in infancy, which is commonly known as “red buttocks”. As the name implies, diaper rash refers to Read More …

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How to Maintain Children’s Bone Health: Interpretation of the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines on Optimizing Children’s and Adolescents’ Bone Health

I. Recommended amounts of new calcium and vitamin D According to the recommendation of the American Medical Research Institute in 2011, this guideline updated the recommended amount of calcium and vitamin D in children’s daily diet (see the figure below). It should be noted that we only need to supplement according to the recommended amount. There is no evidence that exceeding the recommended amount will be better, let alone according to the upper limit. Exceeding the upper limit may cause side effects. Second, encourage calcium and vitamin D from diet As can be seen from the above figure, the daily calcium requirement within one year old is less than 300 milligrams. The calcium content in breast milk can meet the Read More …

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Four Countermeasures to Make Dabao Accept Two Treasures Happily

With the relaxation of the two-child policy, More and more parents begin to consider having another baby. For the first child, TA may not be happy to accept his younger brother or sister, and may even have resistance, believing that his younger brother or sister will take away the love of his parents. In the news, there have also been tragedies in which the eldest brother forced himself to commit suicide and the mother finally had no choice but to induce labor. How to make Dabao better accept his younger brother and sister is something parents must consider before having a second child. When pregnant, let the child prepare for the new baby with you. 1. Tell your child more Read More …

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How old are Dabao and Erbao?

Have you ever considered having a second child? Have you had a second child in what? How do parents deal with having several children at the same time? Age difference under 2 years old Shorten the age difference of children, It means you can take care of two babies at the same time. Relatively less energy is spent on children. For example, You don’t have to re-install child collision protection measures on desks and chairs, or re-select the latest child care products such as breast pump. For those women who are married after the age of 30 and have plans to have two children, this age-poor baby is a good choice. Before the annoying factor of [age] bothers you, get Read More …

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Can the baby watch TV?

For many families, TV has become an important part of the life of children over 2-3 years old. Watching TV without restraint will undoubtedly have adverse effects on children and the whole family. However, if parents are good at guiding their children to obtain the positive influence of TV and minimize the negative influence, we can still enjoy many benefits brought to us by scientific and technological progress and cultural undertakings. Let’s first look at the attitude of professional organizations towards [children watching TV]: The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend children under 2 to watch TV. Children over 2 years old should not watch TV for more than 2 hours a day. This time includes not only TV, Read More …