Children's Health

Safety Measures

When you buy any thing for your child, read all manufacturers directions and safety precautions carefully.

Newborn Baby

Few newborns look picture perfect at birth. They have many variations in normal appearance - from color of the skin to its texture to the shape of the head.

Growth Development

The average birth weight for a typical baby will be boys (3.2-3.6kg or 7-8lb), girls (3-3.5kg or 6 3/4lb -7 3/4lb) and the average height may be boys (48-52cm) and girls (48-51cm).

Breast Feeding

Nature designed human milk especially for human babies, and it has several advantages over any substitute ever developed.

Bottle Feeding

There are anti-colic nipples with a valve in the rim which allows air under the nipple into the bottle and bottles with throw away plastic liners which prevent the nipple from collapsing and the baby from gulping air as he sucks.

Immunisation Chart

Immunization protects babies and small children and helps prevent the spread of disease.

Bathing

Bathing is an enjoyable time between you and your baby. Your new born baby during the first six weeks does not necessarily need a full bath every day.

Sleeping

All babies are different in many ways, especially in how much sleep they require. Your new baby sleeps most of the time, usually 17 hours out of 24 during the first month.

Handling

When your baby is lying on her back, slide one hand underneath your baby's neck and head and support her back and bottom with your other arm.

Talking

Talking to your baby when you are playing together also aids her language development and makes the interaction much more enjoyable.

Crying

Your baby is bound to cry a great deal throughout his first year. Crying is baby's only means of communicating his needs especially during early days. The crying bouts are bound to lessen as they age, after around three months.

Potty Training

Show your child a potty chair and tell him what it is for. Show him how to sit on it, with or without his diaper on at first. Be encouraging about sitting on the potty chair, but do not push him.