Children’s Health Be on the lookout for Reye’s Syndrome after the flu or chickenpox. Reye’s Syndrome does not happen very often. But you should know about it. Look for these signs: * Vomiting over and over again. Or vomiting that does not stop. * Loss of pep and energy. * Acting very, very sleepy. * […]
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Children’s Health Birth to 2 Years Old * Breast-feed your baby from birth to 6 months of age. Breast-feed for the first year, if you can. If you can’t breast-feed or don’t want to, give iron-enriched formula (not cow’s milk) for the first 12 months. After that and up to age 2, use whole cow’s
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Children’s Health Lice are small, wingless insects about the size of a sesame seed. Lice lay up to 3 to 5 eggs a day. The eggs are called “nits.” The nits hatch in 7 to 10 days. In another 7 to 10 days, a female louse matures and begins laying her own eggs. Head lice
Children’s Health Signs, Symptoms & Causes Hiccups happen when the diaphragm tightens up. (The diaphragm is a muscle used in breathing. It sits like a cap on top of the stomach.) Babies usually get hiccups because they swallow air when feeding. The stomach gets bigger and squeezes the diaphragm. Sucking hard or eating too much
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Children’s Health * Make half your grains whole. Choose whole-grain food, like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, and brown rice more often. * Vary your veggies. Go dark green and orange with your vegetables. Eat spinach, broccoli, carrots and sweet potatoes. * Focus on fruits. Eat them at meals. Eat them at snack times, too. Choose fresh,
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Children’s Health How do you know when your child has a fever? * Your child’s chest or forehead may feel hot. * He or she may sweat or feel sick. * Your child’s temperature is: – Higher than 99.5ºF by mouth or ear. (Higher than 100.5ºF with a pacifier thermometer.) – Higher than 100.4ºF by
Children’s Health Signs, Symptoms & Causes An earache is when the ear hurts. Children get earaches a lot. They get them most often between 6 months and 2 years old. But earaches can be a problem up to age 10. The pain can be minor or very bad. Earaches are a sign that something is
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Children’s Health Signs, Symptoms & Causes There are many kinds of eye problems that children get. Here are some of them: * Blocked tear ducts. Tears made by the eye can’t drain into the tear ducts if they are blocked. The baby’s eyes water even when the baby is not crying. This usually happens to
Children’s Health Signs, Symptoms & Causes Diarrhea is when you pass stool many times a day, and it is watery and loose. (Passing stool is called having a “bowel movement.”) Diarrhea is one way your child’s body fights infection. Diarrhea can also clean out your child’s intestines when he or she eats something bad. Children
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Children’s Health Babies cry when they are hungry, sick, too hot, etc. In general, babies start to have colic when they are about three weeks old. The colic worsens at around six weeks of age and stops by 3 months of age. Colic does not harm babies, but is very hard on parents and caretakers.
