Tag: Pediatrics

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For babies aged 7 months to 2 years old, supplementary foods should be added like this.

As the baby grows up day by day, his digestion ability gradually improves and he needs more nutrition. Eating only the mother’s breast milk can no longer meet the needs of babies over 6 months old. At this time, babies need to switch from eating only liquid food to eating solid food. In this process, we need to add semi-solid supplementary foods to the baby to supplement nutrition and exercise chewing and digestion functions. When did what start to add supplementary foods? It is recognized by all countries that the time point when the baby starts to eat supplementary foods is 7 months old, but this figure can certainly fluctuate. Mom and Dad can pay attention to observe, if the Read More …

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These eight kinds of things really shouldn’t appear in the baby’s supplementary food.

With the development of the baby, when it is 4 ~ 8 months old, it should not only eat milk, but also add supplementary foods. Nowadays, there are many recipes on the market to teach everyone to make supplementary foods, and there are also many ready-made supplementary foods. Parents have made great efforts to make their babies eat well. Ding Ma would like to remind you here: Don’t rush to give these things to your baby. 1. Babies under 1 year old do not eat salt. Before the baby reaches the age of 1, all foods should not be added with any additional form of salt (including salt, sea salt, children’s soy sauce, etc.). Babies are highly sensitive to salt, Read More …

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Family Nursing Measures for Herpangina

Herpetic angina is a disease caused by virus infection, which mainly occurs in children aged 1-7 years old, especially under 5 years old. The peak period of onset is from April to July or summer and autumn every year. It is highly infectious and must be isolated and disinfected. The incubation period of the disease is about 2-4 days, and 50% ~ 80% of adults are asymptomatic infections. They can also play a role in virus infection. Fever in children usually lasts for 2-4 days. In most cases, herpetic angina has a good prognosis and is a self-limited process. The natural course of disease is usually 4-6 days and a few to 2 weeks. It is unnecessary to turn pale Read More …

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Do babies who eat milk powder or have already eaten supplementary foods need to drink water?

In the last issue, the pediatrician said that Dr. Shihan told everyone that exclusively breast-fed babies (babies within 6 months old) do not need additional water. There are many mothers backstage asking [do babies who are mixed-fed or have already added supplementary foods need extra water]? Let’s talk about it today. In hot summer and autumn, especially when the temperature reaches ≥ 32 ℃, the baby should stay in a cool and ventilated room as far as possible, regardless of the amount of activity, it needs to appropriately increase the intake of liquid. This is beyond doubt. What about babies who are mixed-fed or have added supplementary foods? Do you need extra water? The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends: Within Read More …

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Hand-foot-mouth vaccine will be on the market in March 2016. Why can’t our children get it?

From January to April 2016, the outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease in China increased by 27% over the same period last year. Twenty-two children died in two months, and they could have avoided their deaths. On March 22, 2016, China launched the world’s first inactivated EV71 (hand, foot and mouth) vaccine. Today, most people are still hard to find everywhere. [After the vaccine accident, so many officials were dealt with. Everyone was afraid and did not want to take the initiative to take responsibility and did not want to do things. This is understandable. But who is responsible for the epidemic of infectious diseases? Who is the victim? ] Hand, foot and mouth disease, fatal threat Since hand-foot-mouth disease was first Read More …

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This is what the Chinese Nutrition Society said in its Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infants within 6 months of age. Have you done it?

Ding Ma said In early August 2015, the Chinese Nutrition Society issued the Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infants within 6 Months (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines), which contain 6 recommended items to encourage mothers and fathers to work hard to do so. Today, Ding Ma will show you what nutrition experts say. First, open milk as soon as possible We all know that breast milk is a good thing and contains rich nutrition, which is beneficial to the development of baby’s digestive function and can also provide immune protection. The guidelines said that the preparation for breast-feeding should start from pregnancy. Specifically, the following four attempts can be made: Decorate the environment more warmly; Adjust the mood to be more Read More …

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It’s hot, how much water should I give my baby every day?

Summer is coming, both adults and babies should increase their intake of water. Dr. Shihan also told everyone earlier that if the baby is six months old, whether it is breast-fed or mixed with formula milk, it generally does not need to drink extra water. If such a small baby urinates yellow, it may not be enough breast milk or formula milk for the baby. Mothers should first consider increasing the amount of milk. Instead of blindly feeding water, especially some older generations like to feed water to their children according to their feelings, which even leads to disputes between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law… After six months, a small amount of water can be fed, especially for babies who eat supplementary Read More …

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How should parents deal with the obstacles to competition among compatriots?

Why can she go to the movies, but I can’t? ] With the advent of the second child era, such quarrels will naturally resound again. Although the two biological children can be each other’s best playmates, it is almost impossible for them to have no bad blood. On July 13, such a piece of news was revealed: Six months ago, my parents gave birth to a second child and spent a lot of energy to take care of the baby. It is inevitable that I have neglected the eldest brother. From more than a month ago, my 10-year-old sister Xiaojin (pseudonym) began to suffer from various physical problems: headache, vomiting, unhappiness and listlessness. At first, the family took the child Read More …

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Picture books can also be read like this: after reading these picture books, the baby eats much better!

The old man used to use [seeing the wind grow long] to describe the rapid growth of the newborn baby, to the effect that as long as the wind is blowing, the baby is desperately growing. Yes, the ignorant little meat ball as big as Xiao Mao, which used to be soft and glutinous in his hand, was able to turn over and sit down in an instant, then climbed and walked, and began to babble and learn to speak… People have to lament the beauty of life and the magic of nature. As companions and witnesses of children’s growth, parents must be gratified, but at the same time, novice parents probably need [growing pains]. For example, what if the Read More …

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When bathing your baby in summer, should you pay attention to some what?

Summer is coming, and the baby, like us, will sweat and get hot. Bathing the baby has become a necessary job for parents every day. Many novice parents will always have accidents when bathing their children, such as inappropriate water temperature, incomplete washing, etc. Today we will talk about the matters needing attention in bathing the baby. Take a bath for the newborn baby, these should be paid attention to Babies of different ages use different bathing methods. In the 1st to 2nd weeks after the baby is born, soft sponge or baby towel can be used for wiping and bathing before the umbilical cord stump falls off. After the umbilical cord falls off and heals, you can take a Read More …