Women's Health Tips, Pregnancy, Women’s Health Care, Pregnancy Care, Parenting » Parenting http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:04:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Baby proofing the house http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com/baby-proofing-the-house/ http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com/baby-proofing-the-house/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:09:40 +0000 admin http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com/?p=959 Baby proofing the houseThey crawl and creep, touch and taste– this is how babies connect and explore the outside world in their own unique way. As new parents, your apprehension about how to ensure a safe environment for your baby is quite inevitable. But you needn’t panic over the thought.

You could begin venturing in to the process, when your baby is young enough to be bound in the close confines of her bassinet. Utilize this time viewing objects from the perspective of your growing baby who will eventually start moving about speedily and then take up to walking. After having figured out objects that can act as an obstacle and prove dangerous for your baby’s health, begin baby proofing the house. As this cannot remain a constant process, you would have to keep making desired modifications as per your baby’s increasing height, growth and reaching capabilities. Read More On IWH SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend]]> http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com/baby-proofing-the-house/feed/ 0 Ask Our Experts http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com/ask-our-experts/ http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com/ask-our-experts/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:59:15 +0000 admin http://blog.indianwomenshealth.com/?p=942 ask_expertHave a Question? Need Advise?

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President ISAR,Medical Director, Bangalore Assisted Conception Center, Bangalore
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Children develop a naturalpreference for what they eat most often and enjoy. The challenge is to make healthychoices appealing. Hence, it is the responsibility of the parents to encourage theirchildren to form good eating habits as it helps them to maintain a healthy lifestylein their adulthood.

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Working mothers have often received a lot of negative publicity. They are blamed for not taking proper care of their children;leaving them in day-care for extended periods, palming them off on anyone who will look after them. The argument is that their learning and development will suffer because you are not with them 24 h a day, 7 days a week, how your work will suffer because it is not your priority. Is this a fair argument?

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Teething usually begins when your baby is around 6 months of age. The age at whichan infant begins to get teeth may vary and teething may begin in some infants asyoung as 3 months. In some rare cases, a few infants are born with erupted tooth.

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