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Dear Friends,

There’s nothing more miserable than hearing about infant deaths. Looking at the tiny little creature God sends to make us happy lying there, died, really makes our heart break.

One of baby’s death causes is parents share sleep with babies. It’s not that you’re not allowed to sleep together with your babies, but it’s important to make sure how you can sleep with them safely. Placing baby to sleep on his back is one way of safe sleeping.

Below, read the report about 2 babies died in bed with parents.

In Food & Nutrition section, find out how you can make your own baby food. Low-cost and simple! Enjoy the cooking time.

Save your baby,

Adwina Jackson
Editor of InspiringParenting.com

2nd Baby Dies in Bed with Parents

Cole Finke, a 3-week-old baby boy, died while sleeping in a parent’s bed. It’s the next infant death in DeLand, Florida.

Find out the report here:

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Make Your Own Baby Food - The Easy Way!

by Carrie Lauth

Is your baby about to start solid foods? Are you thinking of making your own baby food?

When you make baby’s first foods, you can save money and reduce waste. You also can choose more nutritious options. Fresh foods are typically more nutritious than canned, and you can purchase organic food to prepare for baby if you wish. You can also avoid unwholesome ingredients that show up in commercial baby food.

Making baby food doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. In fact, the easiest and cheapest way is the best way!

The easy way to making your own baby food:

1) Don’t bother with buying one of those baby food grinders. They’re hard to clean and too much hassle.

2) If you wait until your baby is 6 months old to start solids, you can almost always just mash with a fork to the desired consistency.

If you’re breastfeeding, you can even wait until baby’s “pincer grasp” is developed and offer him small finger foods like peas, bits of grated apple, and the like. The pincer grasp is developed when baby can pinch small objects (like those bits of carpet fluff or food on the kitchen floor!)
inbetween his thumb and first finger. In fact, if you have a family tendency towards food allergy, waiting longer to start solids may be preferable. No matter what baby’s age, always offer one food at a time and wait several days to watch for signs of allergy before offering another. Take it slow.

3) Start with fresh single ingredient foods like:

Banana

Steamed carrot, turnip, potato, yam

Avocado

Ripe pear, peach, melon, plum

Cooked squash

Grated apple- raw or steamed

Peas

Well cooked beans

Hard cooked egg yolks (avoid the whites until 1 year)

Some of these foods could be served raw. Others are lightly steamed (steaming retains more nutrients than canning), to make them softer for baby.

4) It’s not necessary to make a big deal of preparing baby’s food.

If you want to take a lot of time blending food and freezing them in ice cube trays, you could certainly do that. But I’m all for the easy approach!

Although you do want to avoid giving baby salt and sugar (and spices that may upset the tummy), you can usually just take an ingredient from your own menu and “make” baby’s dinner.

For instance, if you’re steaming veggies to serve at dinner, take a tablespoon of them out of the pan before you add butter and salt. Put this in baby’s plate and mash away. Voila! Instant baby food with no extra work. Or take a bit of beef from your roast and mash mash mash until it’s very soft.

Even when you’re at a restaurant, you can either bring an apple with you and “grate” it finely with a spoon at your table, or bring along a banana or other portable food. Any restaurant with a salad bar would have cooked beans or avocado. Or give baby a bit of your baked potato (before you add the goodies on top).

Life with a new baby is challenging enough. Keep starting solids simple!

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Sleeping with your baby may deepen closeness between the two of you. But, beware with the accident that could happen. Sleeping with parents in the same bed is one of the causes of infant death.

Friends, Welcome To Our Newsletter
 

Dear Friends,

Teaching art to your kid can be very easy. Indeed, it can be a
very exciting activity for both of you. Painting, for example, can
be introduced by asking your kid to draw the things he sees in the
garden while both of you were playing football.

Make the scenes relevant to kid’s lives as the key to successful
art teaching. Don’t miss the report attached below for another
example of teaching method.

Today’s newsletter also includes tips on how you get your
toddlers to eat well. Always encourage your family, and kids
especially, to have healthy eating habits.

Enjoy your day,

Adwina Jackson
Editor of InspiringParenting.com

Art of Teaching Christmas with Paintings

Do you have problems in teaching art to your children? Christmas
may have passed, but the meaning lasts forever. And it’s certainly
one of the most wonderful topics you can introduce the kids to.

Check the following report for the answer:

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How to Get Your Toddler to Eat Well

by Adwina Jackson

Toddlers are notoriously picky eaters. Not a parent exists that
hasn’t worried about their toddlers eating habits at one time or
another.

Some worry their toddlers aren’t eating enough, others worry that
their toddlers are eating too much, and still others worry that
their toddlers aren’t eating a wide enough variety of different
foods.

The good news is that if you do things right, you can set your
toddler on a path to good eating indefinitely.

How do you do it?

First and foremost, know that when it comes to eating most
toddlers are just learning about food, and just starting to develop
habits.

You don’t want to force food on your toddlers at any time, or
suggest that they clean their plate or take just one last bite of
anything.

Why? This may set them up for a lifetime of food struggles.

Rather, the best way to support good eating habits is to have
available at all times a variety of healthy foods in your home.

Generally as long as toddlers eat one or two items from each food
group within a 2-3 day time frame, they are doing well.

Here are some other things you can do to encourage healthy eating
habits:

Eat as a Family – This may not be possible every day of the week,
but at least 1-2 days per week you should encourage your family to
gather together around the table for a good, wholesome meal. Include
lots of different foods that are healthy and nutritious. Toddlers
learn by example, and watching other family members eat and interact
in an inviting environment will encourage your toddler to do the
same as time goes on.

Don’t Require Your Toddler to Clean His Plate – This is a common
well intentioned mistake some parents make. Toddlers eating habits
are peculiar, but they do know when they are hungry. Forcing them to
finish food they can’t or won’t eat will only result in power
struggles and potentially problems with food later in life.

Keep the Refrigerator Stocked with Healthy Snacks – If you don’t
have dozens of cookies laying about the house, your toddlers will be
less likely to eat them. That said allow your toddlers some sweet
treats when they are visiting relatives or a friend’s house. Just
remember to keep sweets to a minimum at your house.

Cook a Variety of Foods – If you normally cook fish twice a week,
your child will become accustomed to it as part of their routine. It
will be much easier to convince your toddlers to try new things if
they are an ordinary part of your diet, then if out of the blue you
decide to try new foods that are unusual or generally unappealing.

As your toddler grows and develops they will eventually develop
more routine eating habits. In the meantime, simply providing
healthy alternatives and variety in their diet is a great way to
start a healthy diet.

Eating time is a chance for toddlers to learn about food. Make it
exciting by cooking healthy foods in various tastes. Sitting
together as a family will encourage your toddlers to enjoy their
meal.

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Dear friends,

Happy New Year!

The time goes fast and you don’t realize there have been many changes in your life. What you’ll do in 2006 should be better than last year. Please see the parenting section right here below and let me help you to become a better parent.

For moms, I provide you again with breastfeeding info. Don’t give up your baby feeding with formula.

Breast milk is the best. Lots of benefits are waiting for you and baby. In today’s newsletter, practice the tips that can make your breastfeeding successful.

Here’s one suggestion for your New Year’s resolution if you are a new mom: why not breastfeed your baby for 6 months exclusively? Imagine what your baby’s gonna be in years to come. He’ll be healthier than those who don’t.

Happy Incredible New Year to all of you,

Adwina Jackson
Editor of InspiringParenting.com

2006 Parenting Resolution

What does 2005 mean to you? Surely, it must have been a very great year to some of you. For everyone who didn’t enjoy last year, don’t be sad and disappointed. You still have time to make everything better in 2006.

What’s your 2006 resolution then? There are lots of things you can make as your new year’s resolutions. If you haven’t thought about it, please let me help you by giving you a few things you might choose to do this year.

1. For moms, keep on breastfeeding for as long as you and the baby wish. The nutrition contained in breast milk cannot be substituted by any other food.

2. If you have been very busy at work, spend at least one day of the week with your family to have a quality time together. Cooking, going to the beach, watching theaters, and gardening can be wonderful choices.

3. Prevent your children from eating unhealthy food to avoid obesity.

4. Always eat healthy foods to keep your body healthy. It’s one of the essential things to make your parenting role successful.

To me, 2005 has been a very nice year. I’ve always enjoyed the moments I have with my little boy. He’s so cute and smiles a lot. There’s always something new about him everyday.

I may not be smarter than you, but it has been an incredible thing to me to share what I know about raising kids to you, {!Name}and everyone here. And I’m willing to spread as much information as you need in the coming years. Please don’t hesitate to let me know anything you believe important for all of us. Thank you in advance.

Let our children live healthy and happy!

Love,

Adwina Jackson

5 Best Tips for Successful Breastfeeding

By Adwina Jackson

Giving the best nutrition for your baby is always what you’ve dreamed of. Breast milk has no substitution. It has all nutrients your baby needs, especially the colostrums (the first milk produced in the early days of breastfeeding).

Colostrums contain antibodies to keep your baby healthy. Breastfeeding your baby gives a lot of benefits, not only to your baby but also to you.

Among many, here are two main breastfeeding benefits:

- Due to the antibodies contained in breast milk, nursing your baby prevents her from many illnesses including diabetes, allergies, viruses, ear infections, and many more.

- To moms, breastfeeding reduces the rate of breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

So, if you decide to breastfeed your baby, you’ve made a great decision. Congratulations!

Breastfeeding, indeed, can be very easy or even difficult for first-time moms. Some may begin it easily with no major problems as soon as the baby comes.

On the other hand, there are moms who need extra patience to start the breastfeeding process. For example, they may have flat nipples or the milk isn’t coming out yet.

For flat nipples problem, well, baby doesn’t breastfeed through nipples actually, but through areola (the dark brown part of your breast). However, it’s a good idea if you treat the inverted nipples during pregnancy. Some women may find it helpful.

Now check out this one. For successful breastfeeding, take these best tips:

1. Early latch on

Baby’s natural suckling instinct is in the first 30 minutes of her life. It’s best to breastfeed her at this time. Though you may not produce milk yet, early latching on will make your baby gets smarter in the next breastfeeding time.

2. Eat a healthy diet

Breastfeeding moms need nutritional foods. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables (beside carbohydrates and other nutrients of course). Drink at least a glass of water before and after breastfeeding your baby. These will increase your milk supply.

3. Breastfeed frequently

The more you breastfeed, the more milk you’ll produce. Feed your baby at least every 2-3 hours to avoid breast engorgement.

4. Right positioning

Make sure that your baby latches on and positioned correctly on the breast, in which the lips should be on the areola, right behind the nipples. Next, let your baby’s shoulder, head, and hips in an alignment. Her body should be turned toward you.

5. Beware of plugged ducts

If you find plugged breast ducts and or infection, contact a lactation specialist to get a proper treatment.

Another great benefit from breastfeeding is you don’t need to spend money to buy formula. Just save the money for your baby’s education, which of course will get higher and higher.

Enjoy the wonderful moment!

Avoid stress. That’s one of the most important things moms should do while breastfeeding. Stress won’t make the breast milk flowing smoothly. When this happens, your baby will get inadequate amount of milk.

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Dear friends

People may already know that vitamin D play an important role in bones health.

But now, a new study which is published in the December issues of “CHEST” has found vitamin D is also important for lung.

What and how this sunshine vitamin become so involve in lung health can be found in today’s newsletter. Don’t miss this important info.

What about weight loss? I’m sure you don’t want to fail. Read what you need to know about success weight loss.

Plus, more tips on Things to Do Today about how to consume vitamin D.

Take care of your health.

Riana lance
Editor of Healthifica

High Vitamin D Linked to Better Lung Health

After widely known for its association with bones health, osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes and some types of cancer, now vitamin D may play an important role in keeping the lungs healthy.

A new University of Auckland study of 14,091 people found that patients with high concentrations of vitamin D in their blood tended to have significantly better lung function compared to those lower concentrations.

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What if You Fail on Your Diet

By Riana Lance

If you are one among many other people who can’t lose your weight, you are not alone. Some failed people said that losing weight is not as easy as gaining weight. Well, they probably just pessimistic.

There are ways to make your weight loss program succeeded. In fact, weight loss can be fairly easy in the healthy individual. All you need to do is taking a few diet modifications and changing your lifestyle

There are things you may do to reach your weight loss target:

- Don’t think that eating give you pleasure. Knowing eating can bring you pleasure, you must start to deal with it. Don’t stick with eating; try to substitute with other activities. For example, walking out with friends or decorating house etc.

- Keep track of your progress. Write down a day’s complete eating and any physical activity you’ve done. Write down also about your feeling when you ruined your diet or you reach your accomplishments during the day.

- Try to be relaxed. The more you get relax, the more inside mind influence your way of diet and will become a habit in your everyday life. Also, that can change your life-style.

- Try affirmative technique. You keep saying to yourself that you can be like a slim person, that you can eat less, that you can do exercise etc. You will go to reach that level if you keep those in mind all the time. Confirm yourself that you can do it.

- Start to treat your body carefully. Spend at least 30 minutes everyday to take care of your body by doing something personal alone. For example, doing yoga, listen to music while soaking in the bath tub etc.

- Motivation. You knows that changing lifestyle takes motivation. Feeling better is the biggest reward of all, but sometimes you might need a little something extra to motivate you. Pamper yourself with good things, such as watching movie without buying pop corn or coke, or get yourself new clothes since you have lost some weigh.

So, it’s not that difficult, isn’t it? Changing lifestyle is better than just weeping your body condition. Keep on trying!

Take vitamin D wisely:

- Better to consume vitamin D foods, such as fortified milk, eggs and oily fish such as cod liver oil.

- Stay underneath sunshine about 10 to 15 minutes three times a week. This is the best way to get the daily requirement of vitamin D.

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Dear friends,

Becoming a great fan of certain characters, especially the good ones, is a positive thing for children. But as parents, we need to be careful if our children’s favorite characters deliver something unhealthy.

Children are great imitators. They’ll do just what their idols do. Just like when SpongeBob SquarePants and other cartoon characters play their roles on TV promoting poor-nutrition foods.

Be sensible about this matter. Always give your children healthy foods. Find out other findings of the Institute of Medicine.

The next topic in today’s newsletter is about your children’s development. Build their creativity, social, and physical developments by letting them explore their world. Discover how by reading the article below.

Enjoy your day,

Adwina Jackson
Editor of InspiringParenting.com

IOM Report Says TV Advertisers
Influences Children’s Eating Habits

by Katrina Woznicki

Parents should beware of commercials. They can have roles in anyone’s habits, including children.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported the demand for changes in the ways food are marketed to 2-11 year olds. It’s due to the evidence relating TV ads and unhealthy dietary habits to these age groups.

The use of cartoon characters like SpongeBob SquarePants, Scooby-doo, and Shrek in the ads is what matters here. They are watched and even imitated by many children.

These favorite characters make nutrient-bereft foods, such as high-sugar cereals, look tempting. At the same time, unfortunately, more nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables were getting little attention.

View more about this ads issue if you do care about your children’s health:
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Let Your Child Get Dirty. It’s Essential for Physical and Mental Development

by Charles Kassotis

Are you still following your child around worrying that they might stain their clothes? Do you forbid playing outside because they might get dirty? Do you see germs and infections in every step they take? Are you trying to keep away friendly dogs or cute kittens because they might be disease carriers?

Do any of the sentences above represent your attitude towards your child? If yes, you must reconsider. Depriving your child of physical contact with the “Dirty, Outside World” is bad for its health. Sound unbelievable? How can something full of germs be essential for a kid’s development?

First of all, your child, in the delicate years between childhood and puberty, develops its immune system. The immune system is designed to defend the organism against millions of bacteria, microbes, parasites, viruses and toxins. But it needs to be trained; just us muscles need exercise to function properly. In order to recognize harmful germs, it needs to meet them first. Then it creates an archive, where it is all installed. When the time comes for a fight, the immune system will be prepared because it knows the enemy. Pure exposure to various microorganisms and other environmental factors leads to pure immune resistance. That means, that the child will be less susceptible to disease later in life. So, don’t exaggerate in hygiene matters. Let your child’s immune system harden, with the help of dirt.

Your child needs also to be active, run around and feel happy playing outside. Worrying about stains will make the child feel guilty about activities that make it happy. You cannot replace that happiness with clean clothes, or with indoor inactive activities such us TV or video games. This
is especially true during the school year. Imagine being seated in a chair while experiencing growth and energy spurts! Getting loose outside home will help the child deals with that pressure.

Don’t underestimate your kids’ explorative skills. By exploring –not the house of course- it discovers the world. Exploration boosts the imagination as well as creativity, social and physical skills. Well-developed physical skills result in a healthy body. Creativity will bring adaptability, and social skills will bring success and mental health. All those will eventually turn an active child, into a lively, successful healthy adult.

Let friendly animals approach your child. They won’t hurt it; they will be of benefit. By keeping animals away you teach your child to do the same. Have you considered having a pet? Children raised with pets show many benefits. Developing positive feelings about pets can contribute to a child’s self-esteem and self-confidence. Your child will develop trusting relationships with others much easier. A good relationship with a pet can also help in developing non-verbal communication, compassion, and empathy.

Finally, how important do you think memories are? Memories are moments of our lives, forming our personality. What would you like your child to remember from its childhood memories? Clean, germ-free clothes? Or shiny days outside, filled with laughter and a sense of adventure?

Are you still afraid of dirt? No need to be, after all, dirt is health! So, let your child go and play outside, loose in the dirt. Join in if you get jealous, you might want to get a little dirty too!

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Let your child explore his world anywhere! Don’t worry about the spots that might stain his body and clothes. It’s indeed a part of his learning process. His exploration will improve imagination as well as creativity, social and physical skills.

- Creativity brings adaptability.

- Social skill brings success and mind health.

- Well-developed physical skill results in a healthy body.

All of them will finally turn an active child into a lively, successful healthy adult.