Do whatever you can to soothe your baby. Maintain eye contact with the baby, keeping him in motion, offer frequent feeds, rub his tummy as it may soothe him. Don’t resort to medicines, not even gripe water, which contains alcohol. Rock her in a cradle or a carriage. Change your infant formula.
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The Tale of a Circus Bear
Bholu and Golu Written by Pankaj Bisht Illustrations by Tapas Guha Published by National Book Trust, New Delhi This is the story of a small circus bear called Bholu. Golu, the mahout’s son, becomes his friend and resolves to free him from the cruel life of a performing animal. With Bholu’s help he helps the… [ Continue Reading ]
Drowning among children: Response & Precaution
A baby or toddler can drown even in water that a couple of inches deep. He does not know how to put his arms out when he falls and does not hold his breath when he feels his face covered with water. Instead, he opens his mouth to yell and fills his lungs with water…. [ Continue Reading ]
What to do when a child has thrush?
You can clean the thrush patches by giving your child some water to drink after every feed. This washes the milk in the mouth and gives the infecting yeast fewer nutrients to live on. Do not ever try to rub it off, you may leave a bleeding patch. If your baby is bottle-feeding, buy a… [ Continue Reading ]
Blisters in children: Response & Precaution
Blisters can be caused by either burns or friction. Often, kids get blisters with new shoes. The outer layer of skin separates from the inner layer and fluid from the inner skin seeps out making the area burn. Eventually, the fluid inside the blister is reabsorbed and the dead outer skin peels off revealing a… [ Continue Reading ]
Dislocations in children: Response & Precaution
Dislocations occur usually in the shoulder joint and the lower jaw. This is because the muscles and ligaments that hold the these bones together are not as resilient as others. The shoulder joint is extremely mobile. As a result, the ball at the top of the upper arm bone can be twisted out of its… [ Continue Reading ]
Burns and Scalds on children: Response & Precaution
Burns affect more than what is visible. The heat penetrates into blood vessels below the skin, dilating them, thus making the plasma (the colourless part of the blood) escape. In a minor burn, the escaped plasma gets trapped in a blister. In a burn that removes the skin altogether, plasma bleeds from the raw area…. [ Continue Reading ]
Smothering in babies: Response & Precaution
It is impossible for a child to smother himself by lying face down on a bed with no pillow or getting under the bedclothes. He will come up for air when he needs to. What you need to be worried about are thin plastics since they are both airtight and clingy. If your child puts… [ Continue Reading ]
First Aid Supplies in a home with children
Your child has just hurt himself and you cannot find the antiseptic cream. You go about hunting for it as your son keeps crying. Sounds familiar? The best way to avoid such a situation and also to make sure that anyone left temporarily in charge knows where to find them is to keep all your… [ Continue Reading ]
What to do when a child is choking?
If the child is not coughing but is gasping, turning scarlet and then greyish, with an expression of panic in his eyes, he cannot breathe. Act fast. Open his mouth and put your finger boldly in to the back of his throat in case you can hook the object. If you can make him retch,… [ Continue Reading ]