Thursday 25 February 2016

How to introduce your baby to swimming

 
Swimming with your baby is such a fun and lovely activity. You don´t need to wait until your baby has had their immunisations before going swimming. You can start with a baby ring at home in your bath and start swimming from an early age.
 
The earlier they get used to the water the more confident they will be as they learn to swim. Learning to swim is a real life skill so take advantage of your baby's instinctive affinity with the water and their lack of fear.
 
The Baby ring for kids is a unique product for bathing children from 0-36 months. You can use it for bathing home or later in the pool.

The big advantage of the ring for babies is the possibility of its use for children immediately after birth, when a baby is not yet able to hold a head. Daily bathing the baby can be taken not only as a hygienic task but also as a fun health and development activity.
The inflatable ring for toddlers helps relieve bathing and gives the baby great pleasure from moving in the water. The baby can moves freely, reversing from their tummy to their back and moving from side to side.
 

Monday 22 February 2016

How to start potty training
 


Using a potty is a new skill for your child to learn. It’s best to take it slowly, be patient and go at your child’s pace.
 
Children are able to control their bladder and bowels when they're physically ready. Every child is different, so it's best not to compare your child with others.

Good sign for start with potty training

If you are coming from a walk after about 2 hours and the diaper is dry.
Try potty training when there are no great disruptions or changes to your child's or your family's routine. It’s important to stay consistent, so you don’t confuse your child.
How to start potty training
Choose comfortable, stable and easy use potty. Leave a potty where your child can see it and explain what it's for. Using your child’s toys to show what the potty is for can also help. You can put also some nice sticker on the potty to motivate your child.





You could see if your child is happy to sit on the potty for a moment, just to get used to it, when you’re changing their nappy, especially when you’re getting them dressed for the day or ready for bed at night.
After few days, you should be offering potty at regular intervals, cca. 20 minutes after a meal.
Having a potty-themed book to look can help your child sit still on the potty and start understand.

 

 Peek-A-Poo: What’s In Your Diaper? (originally titled Mag Ik Eens In Je Luier Kijken?) is a 2010 picture bestseller book for children pertaining to toilet training, catered to children of ages two to five, written and illustrated by Guido van Genechten https://youtu.be/PfrKp-uZBfA

Some children with long-term illnesses or disabilities find it more difficult to learn to use a potty or toilet, but it's important not to avoid potty training for too long. 
Most important is to stay calm, patient, polite, praise your little one and tell them that accidents happen!
 

Saturday 20 February 2016

Tilting baby´s head to right or left shoulder

 

The most common problem by infants that affects their overall development up to a standing position. Boys and girls are equally likely to develop the head tilt. It can be present at birth or take up to 3 months to develop. 

How predilection arises? 


Abnormal position of the fetus in utero, congenital anomalies of bones and muscles, muscle injuries in the neck to one side during the birth trauma, blocking cervical spine caused by childbirth, the shape of the fetal head, unsuitable conditions for rest and sleep - mainly caused by unbalanced and especially due to inappropriate handling.
 
How to prevent predilection?

Lay up newborns and infants in soft blankets with tiny soft pillow. This allows to baby relax and spread center of gravity of the body and head to the center position. Regular positioning the child alternately on the left and right flanks or between the rollers. Positioning baby in the crib especially during the vigil - alternately on a 24-hour head in one direction, and 24 hours in the opposite direction. At the time of the child's independent work is the ideal location on the ground at the point where the light source is not interesting or moving objects are not from one side only. Proper handling, it means a way of lifting, carrying and laying of a child which does not overload and irritate nervous system, provides the right psychomotor development.

Some exercises to try:

The best way to treat it is to encourage your baby to turn his or her head in both directions.

§  When your baby wants to eat, offer the bottle or your breast in a way that encourages your baby to turn away from the favored side.
§  When putting your baby down to sleep, position him or her to face the wall. Since babies prefer to look out onto the room, your baby will actively turn away from the wall and this will stretch the tightened muscles of the neck. Remember to always put your baby to sleep on his or her back, as this helps reduce the risk of SIDS.
§  During play, draw your baby's attention with toys and sounds to make him or her turn in both directions.
In case your baby is dealing with tilting head to one shoulder contact an experienced physiotherapist to start Vojta´s method or other appropriate exercise.

For illustration - https://youtu.be/GwQFkQd_PuU
 
Warning: Health information and the names of the drugs mentioned in the article are only for orientation in the field of self-medication and does not replace communication with your doctor. Before taking any medication, read the leaflet or ask your pharmacist or doctor. The author is not responsible for misinterpretation of the information contained on the website and is not responsible for any damages incurred subsequent procedures or conduct that are made based on the content of these pages. By entering this blog you confirm that you have read the aim and the restrictions of the site.

Friday 19 February 2016


How to apply a tape on a scar after open heart surgery or caesarean section




I am a mum of a child with congenital heart disease (CHD).  
My little warrior had to undergo open-heart surgery at age of 9M. Her scar began to be raised, hard and painful just few weeks after the surgery. So-called keloid. It did not help us any of the commonly offered advices - marigold ointment massage, silicone creams (Strataderm, New Gel+), biolamp, silicone strips,… Then I got a great advice from a friend who was solving the same problem with her lovely newborn son after coarctation surgery. I started use a tape on the scar and two months later the problem was solved. I used this method also on my scar after caesarean section and it worked also wonderfully even one year after my surgery.

You can start use a tape after all scab are gone and the skin is healed, cca. 1 month after surgery. First of all you have to wash and dry the skin, so the tape can hold well.

 
I use kinesiology tape Ares.

 
Cut the tape as long as your scar is.

 
 Cut the tape in a half.

 Round off the tape on a both sides.



Put tape on the chest about 1cm over your scar and stretch the rest about 10%.


 
Do the same from opposite site .


Let it there some 3 days, after putting down use some oily cream and let the skin rest one day. Do so long as the scar is nice. You can have a bath with the tape, swim with that. It works also great like a sun protection. 



  
But please never put the tape down when it is wet, the tape must be 100% dry, otherwise you might pull bit of a skin with the tape. In case it happend, use a desinfection, put cream on it and let it recover before you use the tape again.
Before tape therapy   

After surgery (illustrative picture)


1M after surgery          
                   



2M after surgery  


2M after tape therapy


1Y after surgery 
 


  
Result of caesarean section scar

Before
 
After


Good luck! 
For detailed instruction watch my video:

https://youtu.be/UnxdDlpB-wA 


                                                      

Warning: Health information and the names of the drugs mentioned in the article are only for orientation in the field of self-medication and does not replace communication with your doctor. Before taking any medication, read the leaflet or ask your pharmacist or doctor. The author is not responsible for misinterpretation of the information contained on the website and is not responsible for any damages incurred subsequent procedures or conduct that are made based on the content of these pages. By entering this blog you confirm that you have read the aim and the restrictions of the site.