Guide to Easy parenting by pediatrician

  It's not uncommon for children to feel jealous of their siblings. Your kids might love each other but at some point in time, they may feel that another sibling is getting more attention or affection from parents. It could be very much destructive at times. It could lead to hatred, unhealthy competition, and envy. It most commonly happens when a mother delivers a newborn and an older sibling gets ignored by the mother. The older sibling may show it in many ways like be teasing, pushing, snatching the baby items, and even hitting the baby. The older child may resort to misbehaving or regressing. Regressive acts include jumping on the sofa when you are trying to nurse a baby, refusing to use the potty after they have been using it for months. Here are some ways to handle sibling rivalry: Prevention of sibling rivalry: During pregnancy : Talk to your child that he will get a new sibling soon wh will give him company, will play with him, he will not feel lonely. Involve the child in r...

 Nowadays the use of commercial diapers has increased. Side by side, the incidence of diaper rash is also increasing. This article will give you a piece of good information about causes, preventive measures, and treatment of diaper rash. My baby is having redness in the diaper area? What are the causes  and treatment for it? The Baby’s skin is very delicate and soft. Wetness for a long time in the diaper area causes skin peeling at the inguinal region. Moreover, urine contains ammonia which irritates the skin and causes ammoniacal dermatitis. Also if you clean stools with rough cloth applying pressure, it causes friction injury to the skin leading to redness and pain. What can I do to prevent and treat diaper rash? Prevention is always better than cure in case of diaper rash as it is a very painful condition and affects a baby’s daily life activities significantly. Follow the below-mentioned tips for prevention and cure of diaper rash: 1. Avoid the use of commercial ...

 Many lactating women complain that their nipple hurts when baby sucks on breast.  It is very common especially in the first few minutes when the baby first latches onto the breast. However, nipples should not remain painful or bleed for long periods of time. If your nipple pain is severe or continuous or recurs then this may be caused by a faulty feeding technique and should be corrected. Why do I feel pain while baby starts feeding on breast? This is a symptom of sore or cracked nipple. This occurs mainly due to : 1.Faulty feeding technique :  Faulty feeding technique like improper latching of baby on breast.  When baby sucks on nipple only and don't take major portion of areola in mouth, nipple gets rubbed and pressed against hard palate of baby causing harm to nipple. Moreover when baby sucks on nipple he/she doesn't get enough milk supply and in effort to suck forcefully on nipple to get more milk, nipple gets cracks as n...

  We all as adults use vocal language,body language and expressions as a way of communication and to convey our needs. But just give a thought as to how a baby who has not developed language can communicate and express his needs to parents or any caretaker? Yes,you are right. Crying is the only communication way the baby knows. So to express his/her daily needs and emotions of hunger, thirst, urination, defecation, feeling of wetness and need to change diaper, itching, pain , he/she use crying as a language. 1. Hunger As adults, we don't need assistance to eat when we are hungry. But your baby is dependent on you or caretaker for feeding . Remember that babies are not patient when it comes on fulfilling their natural needs. They will cry and increase volume of crying till they get feed and get's satisfied. This is beneficial for their survival. There are some clues baby will show you when he/she is hungry. You observe baby well and you will get to know that baby is hungry as he...

 Dengue was known as ''water poison''in past for its association with insects found near any water bodies.  Transmission of dengue : Dengue is transmitted by bite of aedes aegypti or aedes albopyctus mosquitoes. This bite transmits dengue viruses from mosquitoes to human bloodstream causing dengue fever. Dengue virus belongs to Flaviviridae family. There are four types of related but antigenically different dengue viruses namely DENV-1,DENV-2,DENV-3,DENV-4. Infection with one type of virus gives lifelong immunity for that perticular virus but dengue fever can recur due ti cross infection with other virus type. Recurrent infection with dengue virus can be more severe than first episode due to cytokine stormand presence of non-neutralising antibodies. Another way of dengue virus transmission is through blood transfusion.If a person is transfused with blood from a person who is having circulating virus in bloodstream,he can get dengue infection. Characteristics of aedes ae...