Dear friends,

If you’re a first-time parent, you may not know that feeding time is a wonderful time for your baby to learn about many things as well. What are they? Check them out in Food & Nutrition article below.

Don’t miss the news about the risk of having dogs in the house, particularly if you also have kids.

Another thing you’ll get today is some tips to encourage your kids to set their goals.

Sincerely yours,

Adwina Jackson

Editor of InspiringParenting

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Food & Nutrition

Feeding Time - Do You Know That It’s Also a Learning Time for Your Baby?

by Adwina Jackson

Do you realize that feeding time is also a learning time for your little angel?

You probably don’t recognize it. From a portion of mashed fruits and vegetables, your baby is learning a lot of things. Even soon after she was born, she already learned how to suck milk from her mother’s breast.

Later, when she is ready for her first solid foods, she’ll do amazing things more than you can imagine. If you think that eating is just an ordinary activity (yes, to us, adults), it’s absolutely going to be a very important phase in her life.

When your baby is 6 months old and is introduced to solid foods, there is a list of skills she’ll learn. She will discover more abilities when she gets older because she’ll have more variety of foods.

When is the right time for your baby to get solids?

- when she’s able to sit upright and keep her head in a steady position

- when she seems hungry after getting breastmilk or formula

- when she’s curious about what everyone around her is eating

Here are things she’ll learn while eating:

Learn controlling her body movement

When she’s older than 6 months, she’ll be able to grasp and move her hands toward her mouth. Give her finger food like cheese sticks and sliced fruits and vegetables, and let her feed herself.

Later on, she will probably be a picky eater. It’s the sign that you need to be more creative in preparing her meals. Not only should they be suitable with her development and digestion system, but also enticing for her appetite.

Again, while feeding your baby, tell her about the kinds and the colors of the foods she’s eating. It’s a great time for her to be familiarized with them.

At last, imagine how a bowl of mashed potato with cheese and broccoli is a great source for your baby to learn about many things in her first year of life.

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Parenting News

Study: Dog Ownership Should Be Delayed Until Kids Are School-Aged

Before you plan to have a dog, maybe you should read this report first.

A study suggests that parents ought to put off getting dogs until kids are old enough to go to school.

Find out why as reported by FOXnews.com.

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Parenting Tips

Encourage Your Child to Set Goals

Goal setting is important in anybody’s life, including your Children’s. It’s better to let them know the value of goal setting as early as possible. Explain to them that it has the power to change their lives.

Below are some simple ways to encourage them to set their goals:

• Let them dare to dream
• Ask them to visualize those dreams
• Encourage them to set simple and easy to reach goals first, when they’re used to it, let them decide by themselves
• Never blow off their goal ideas
• Give your children their own planner or notebook to write down their goals
• Encourage and support their goals
• Appreciate if they achieve those goals
• If they don’t manage to achieve the goals, remind them that their effort is more important than the result

Do you have parenting tips to share with others? Simply let us know by replying this email.

Things To Do Today

To own animals in the house could be exciting and entertaining for the family. But, think first whether they are harmful for the kids and or not.

Dear friends,

If you’re planning to have babies, you are having a family history of twins, you should be prepared with twins birth. Get to know more about multiple pregnancy in Pregnancy & Childbirth article below.

Today’s news features the powerful influence of parents. Take a look at how your role can keep your teens away from drugs and other risky behaviors.

The tips today are about kids meal. Well, it’s not just about the meal. Take your kids with you while preparing it and enjoy the time you all have together.

A Big Hug for Your Children,

Adwina Jackson

Editor of InspiringParenting

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Pregnancy & Childbirth

Taking a Closer Look at Multiple Pregnancy

by Ken Austin

If you’re seriously interested in knowing about multiple pregnancy, you need to think beyond the basics. This informative article takes a closer look at things you need to know about multiple pregnancy.

There used to be a theory that twins skipped a generation, but now it is believed that twins are more likely to have a multiple pregnancy themselves. Obviously this is genetic, but it is a valid point to consider if you are a twin and want to become pregnant. Similarly, if your family history or that of your partner’s includes twins, then there is an increased chance that you will have a twin pregnancy as well.

Older women are more likely to have a multiple pregnancy. There is an increased ovulation of multiple eggs in older women and this can lead to a higher chance of the woman having a twin pregnancy. Fertility treatments can also lead to an increased chance of multiple pregnancies. It is also evident that women from African backgrounds are more likely to have pregnancies that are twins or more.

Having a multiple pregnancy can be very exciting. There is something special about having twins. If you have learned that you have a multiple pregnancy, there are some important considerations to keep in mind.

In a multiple pregnancy, the financial implications are more pronounced than in a single pregnancy. You will require two of everything - two bassinets, two cribs, two strollers (or one double stroller) and many pairs of clothes. And because every baby is different, you will have to learn from each child individually when he or she needs to eat, or needs a change of diapers. A minimum of double the diapers and baby formula will be needed, and these expenses can add up very quickly.

Finances aside, a multiple pregnancy can take a toll on your sanity. Two babies equals double the crying and double the sleepless nights. Regardless if it’s a multiple pregnancy or a single pregnancy you will have to cope with crying and sleeplessness anyway. But one advantage of a multiple pregnancy is that you’ll only have to go through it once, assuming you will not be having more children. For parents that have a single birth but desire more than one child, it will be necessary to endure the “terrible twos” more than once. A multiple pregnancy will also mean only one labor and delivery, and only one hospital stay.

Those of you not familiar with the latest on multiple pregnancy now have at least a basic understanding. But there’s more to come.

Medically speaking, a multiple pregnancy is automatically considered a high-risk pregnancy. Keep in mind, however, that most women successfully carry a multiple pregnancy with no unusual complications. Normal pregnancy ailments such as mood swings and back pain may be exaggerated, but in general you can expect the same symptoms and discomforts of a regular pregnancy.

Monitoring your nutritional intake is imperative with a multiple pregnancy. You will need to eat more, but avoid gaining an excessive amount of weight. It’s a delicate balancing act that will need to be discussed at length with your doctor. A general guideline is to increase your caloric intake by around 250 to 350 calories per day for each additional child you are carrying and increase the amount of protein you consume. A multivitamin might also be advised, but doubling the recommended dosage can be dangerous so seek the advice of your doctor before taking additional vitamin supplements.

In a multiple pregnancy, you will need to visit your doctor more often than during a single pregnancy. You will also need additional ultrasounds to closely monitor the development of both fetuses. In terms of delivery, a multiple pregnancy will usually end approximately two weeks before the normal due date. Most multiple pregnancy births are early. This is because the womb is stretched by multiple pregnancies quicker than during a single pregnancy, and the cervix then opens earlier than normal.

Before giving birth to more than one baby at a time, you must consult with your doctor about your delivery options. It is preferred to deliver through a normal vaginal birth, although a Cesarean section delivery could be recommended if there are any complications that could be a danger to you or your babies during a vaginal delivery.

You can’t predict when knowing something extra about multiple pregnancy will come in handy. If you learned anything new about multiple pregnancy in this article, you should file the article where you can find it again.

Ken Austin is the webmaster at My Pregnancy, a pregnancy resource site. For more great pregnancy articles, please visit The Pregnancy Resource Guide.

Parenting News

Parents are A Powerful Influence in Keeping Their Teens Off of Drugs

Study shows that a positive relationship between teens and their parents reduce the risk of teens’ bad behaviors. These include alcohol and drug use, sex, and violence.

Be a more responsive parent. Read through the news below as reported by News-Medical.Net.

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Parenting Tips

Kids Meal Time - Vegetable Salad

Given the trust to help you preparing their meal would be the best way to boost your kids’ confidence. Here is a very simple recipe that you can try together with them.

What to prepare:

2 tomatoes

2 sticks celery

head lettuce

salad dressing

What to do:

- Ask them to separate and wash the lettuce leaves

- While you break lettuce into small pieces, ask them to wash the tomatoes and celery

- Afterwards, you chop the tomatoes and celery into small pieces

- Ask them to mix the lettuce, tomatoes and celery in a bowl

- Let them toss the salad dressing through the salad

- Ask them to retell the process to you while you’re waiting the salad get chilled in the fridge

- Now, it’s time to enjoy your salad!

Things To Do Today

It’s not too late to establish a new, fresh, warm, and enjoyable relationship with your children, your teens especially. This will lead to a better health and social behavior.

Dear friends,

I’m sure you are very careful when dealing with medicines, particularly antibiotics, for your children and family. Make sure you know about them well. Today’s edition features things you should know about antibiotics you can find in the article below.

In the News section, get the update on a new vaccine recommendation for children.

Get tips too on how to teach good manners to your kids and let them live with more confidence in any social situations.

Enjoy your day,

Adwina Jackson

Editor of InspiringParenting

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Antibiotics 101- What You Absolutely Need To Know

by Mansi Aggarwal

Introduction

Antibiotics are said to be the greatest contribution of modern day science helping the doctors to think beyond microorganinsms.their importance is felt much more in developing countries where the infections are prevalent. There is a mushrooming of antibiotics since last few decades because of both the need and the demand of aseptic conditions both in and out of the hospital.

What are antibiotics?

Antibiotics are chemical or biological substances either produced by microorganisms or are produced artificially to kill or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. They are used at very low concentrations.

What are different types?

As there are innumerable antibiotics that are presently in use, different people classify them differently for e.g. those that kill or those just inhibit the action of the microorganisms, according to their chemical nature, according to the types of organisms they kill, according to the no of different types of microorganisms, their mechanism of action and so hence and so forth. Hence sulfadiazine and others are sulfonamides while isoniazid is nicotinic acid derivatives, etc. tetracyclines are bacteriostatic while vancomycin is bactericidal.

How do they work?

Some antibiotics for e.g. penicillins inhibit the cell wall synthesis of the bacteria, some like acyclovir inhibit the DNA synthesis, some like sulfonamides interfere with the metabolism and still others like tetracyclines inhibit protein synthesis. Similarly there are many others with different mechanism of action meant to be targeted at specific function of the bacteria or virus.

Is there any need for them?

After their discovery and then introduction into the world of medicine, initially they were used judicially but nowadays as more and more antibiotics are being developed and there has been a pressure over the physicians for an aseptic environment, these type of drugs seem to be overused. This has caused many fold problems. One problem is of toxicity that means that if the dose is much larger than expected then it may lead to accumulation in the body and may even lead to death in some cases. Second problem is of hypersensitivity, which means that certain antibiotics for e.g. penicillins can cause hypersensitive reactions in the body, which at times may be quite severe. But the most important problem and the problem, which has attracted much concern among the medical fraternity, is that of resistance. Certain microorganisms for e.g. Staphylococcus are known to get quick resistance against the antibiotics and you need to be cautious before using them blindly.

What do we mean by resistance?

By resistance we mean that a microorganism is either not responding or responding minimally to an antibiotic to which that microorganism used to respond earlier. There are numerous mechanisms by which they develop resistance and this may be making themselves impermeable to the drugs or making them inactive or mutating themselves, etc.

What is the latest research going on?

At present the latest research that is going on is to how to reduce the use of antibiotics by using them judicially so that the microbes might not fall to the prey of resistance and then be of no use to us.

About the Author:

Mansi gupta writes about Antibiotics topics. Learn more at http://www.antibiotichelp.com .

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Parenting News

Panel Recommends Flu Shots for Kids

An advisory panel recommends flu shots for U.S children ages 2 to 5 years old.

Research data shows the flu virus can put such children at grave risk of death or get them hospitalized.

However, researchers have debated how dangerous the flu is to healthy children older than 2, and how effectively vaccination prevents flu and flu-like illnesses in such children.

View more about this report by Macon.com .

Parenting Tips

Your Well Mannered Kids

Being well mannered is important, teaching it to your kids is even more important. Good manners can give more confidence to them in any social situations.

Here are some ways to have well mannered kids:

• Encourage them to help others
• Teach them to accept help when it’s needed or offered
• Don’t give bad examples such as switching channels in the middle of their favorite programs, they will think that’s it’s allowed and will do it to others
• Teach them about the power of first impression, they will understand why people need to say please while asking for something, say sorry while doing something wrong, say thank you while being given something or getting help, etc.
• Make sure they develop the habit of writing thank-you notes, start with their friends and teacher, they will be delighted to do so
• Start sharing your belongings with them to make them do the same with their friends
• Stop your white-lying to them for they might know it’s just a lie and they will model this. Make sure they learn honesty from you, their parents.
• Never use negative sense words like naughty, bad, stupid, etc. Remember, your kids are copycats.
• Compliment all their good behaviors.

Things To Do Today

Be careful when taking antibiotics. Antibiotics misuse leads to toxicity, hypersensitivity, and resistance.

Dear friends,

When you drive the car with your kids, make sure they wear seat belts. Why? Because kids think seat belts are annoying. It’s risky indeed.

For the sake of their safety, beware of the other unsafe things your kids may do in cars. Check them out in Parenting section below.

Today, I also provide you with a report telling about children’s behavioral problems caused by the way parents handle their marital conflicts. Read it in News.

If you are parents with preteens, learn about things you shouldn’t do to them. Get the tips further below if you really care about your kids.

Adwina Jackson

Editor of InspiringParenting

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Unsafe Things Some Kids Do in Automobiles: Don’t You Be One of Them

by John T Jones, Ph.D.

Here are some of the things kids like to do in cars:

They Sometimes Don’t Wear Seat Belts and Harnesses

When they get in the family car, a parent or grandparent or older child says, “You kids got your seatbelts on? Jeremy, help Annie get her belt on. Okay, Jason! We’re not going one inch until you get that seat belt on.” When riding a friends car, or if they are driving and in control, it is a different. They don’t necessarily wear seat belts. Some think it is macho not to.

American Indian youth in particular don’t like the restraint of a seat belt.

My oldest son is a neurosurgeon (brain surgeon). He has some very sad stories. Don’t you become one of them.

Two of my grandchildren and four of their friends were in an accident the other night. They are all hurting today. My grandson had terrific trauma and eye abrasion. (The trauma was caused by a horrible accident he had as a pedestrian in his youth. Everything came back.) Most of the kids had their seat belts on, some may not have.

They Sometimes Drive too Fast

Fourteen percent of all traffic deaths are teenage drivers. Speed is the major killer. What’s called “the need for speed” can kill you and strangers you didn’t want to meet head-on.

Your school may exhibit cars that have been in head-on and rollover accidents, squashed vehicles that turned out to be killers. Don’t get into a car with a teenage speed maniac. The need for speed is death indeed.

They Distract the Driver or the Driver Doesn’t Watch the Rode

Teens often think that car time is fun time.

It’s time to yell, push and shove, and distract.

That can become, and too often is, deadly.

Behave yourself in a car and encourage others to do the same.

Who do you know that got into an accident because of this behavior? Check the In Memoriam section of your high school yearbook. Experts say that immaturity is the factor here. You already knew that, didn’t you?

They Drive or Ride in an Unsafe Vehicle or Ride in the Back of a Pickup Truck

I lost a niece because of mechanical failure of the car she was driving. A sweet, bright university student is gone.

Make sure your car is properly maintained, that the tires are at the correct air pressure, that the breaks work, and that the steering system is safe. Have a mechanic take a look at your vehicle. It won’t take that much of your time. It may save your life.

Teenagers have a tendency to drive smaller vehicles that are not as safe as larger vehicles. There is not much you can do about that but if you are buying a vehicle, think about it.

Don’t become a flying projectile bounced out of the back of a pickup during a collision.

They Sometimes Drive too Soon in Heavy Traffic

Just because you past the driving test, don’t mean that you are an expert driver. If you learned to drive in a rural community and then you drive into the traffic of a larger city before you’ve had experience in driving in heavy traffic, you can get in to an accident before you can say, “Jack Sprat could eat no fat.”

Have an adult spend some time with you driving under more difficult driving conditions. Yes, I know you can drive like Mario Andretti. Please do what I suggest. My grandson has had two accidents since he got his driving license. He was not ready to drive.

At here we learn that teenage drivers are in more single automobile accidents than older drivers. Does that prove my point?

In Summary

Drive carefully, don’t distract the driver if are not driving, have your car checked for safety, let up on that gas pedal, slow down for that turn, don’t drive too close to the vehicle in front of you, obey the traffic laws, and live longer. Have you got that seat belt on?

Oh! One other thing! My neurosurgeon son says that if you are on a motorcycle or bicycle, wear your helmet.

The End

John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com, a retired VP of R&D for Lenox China, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine. He calls himself “Taylor Jones, the hack writer.”

More info: http://www.tjbooks.com

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News

Impact of Parental Behavior on Children’s Future Behavior

Researchers at two universities found out that the way parents handle everyday marital disputes has a significant effect on children’s behavior in the future.

They conducted two studies proving that the children suffered from depression, anxiety, and behavior problems.

Learn more about the effects here as written by News-Medical.Net.

Short Tips

5 Important DON’Ts for Parents of Preteens

· Don’t treat them like babies anymore for they think that they’re not ones anymore.

· Don’t skip an explanation when you ask them to do something, saying “Because I said so” makes things even worse.

· Don’t ask them to always listen to you, indeed, start listening to them.

· Don’t ever let “I told you so” come out of your mouth, they hate it as much as we, grown ups, do.

· Don’t yell at them, that’s the worst thing a parent can do to their preteens because they might stay away from you and treat you like an enemy

Things To Do Today

If you have disputes with your spouse, it’s important to handle the conflicts carefully. This will avoid your children from being insecure in the future.

Dear friends,

There’s no doubt that you’ll give all the best for your dearly loved children. One of the efforts is to give good nutrition through a wide variety of food.

Today, as a devotion to you and your little angels, I present here an article about minerals. In Food & Nutrition section below, check it out how they are essential for the body.

Also read in the News as a scientists meeting held this month recommended rotavirus vaccine for all babies. Discover about this as it can save babies.

It can be a complicated thing when choosing a school for your children. Further below, in Tips section, get some tips on hunting your kid’s school.

Have a beautiful day,

Adwina Jackson

Editor of InspiringParenting

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Minerals for Your Children: Minor yet Important

by Adwina Jackson

As one of the essential nutrients, minerals have an influence on your children’s growth and development as well as their health.

Even though the body needs only a little amount of minerals, compared to carbohydrates for example, they have an important role in our body. Without minerals, carbohydrates, proteins, and the other nutrients can hardly carry out their functions. Let’s find out where the minerals come from.

Just as vitamins, the body needs minerals to run the process of children’s growth & development. They are also needed to take care of health, including shaping strong bones, producing hormones and maintaining heart pulses.

There are some kinds of minerals required in more than 100 mg per day like calcium. Though, the body only needs a little amount of zinc (less than 100 mg per day), for example.

The body needs the minerals everyday. Among so many important minerals for children, let’s see some of them and how they give benefits to our children.

1. Calcium (Ca)

Benefits:

- good for teeth and bones development

- avoids children from osteoporosis in the future

- controls blood coagulation and muscle contraction

Sources: milk and its processed products, like cheese, butter, yoghurt, and ice cream. Calcium is also available in soy bean and salmon.

2. Iron (Fe)

Benefits:

- helps forming hemoglobin (the color substance in red blood which functions in transferring oxygen from the lung to the whole body)

- important for energy forming and enhancing body immune system

Sources: beef, egg yolk, fruits, bread

3. Magnesium (Mg)

Benefits:

- has an important role in the process of energy metabolism

- controls the vital function of the body, like heart pulse, muscle relaxation, and avoids blood coagulation

- forms bones and teeth together with calcium

Sources: nuts, avocado, meat, milk, chocolate

4. Potassium/Kalium (K)

Benefits:

- produces energy

- controls heart pulse

Sources: banana, avocado, vegetables, cereals

5. Phosphor (P)

Benefits:

- with calcium, phosphor avoids bones and teeth calcification

- controls energy transfer in metabolism

Sources: beef, fish and poultry, egg, cheese, milk, and nuts

Our body, just the same as our children’s, needs a sufficient amount of minerals everyday. It requires a different quantity from every mineral.

For instance, your toddler has to consume at least 500 mg calcium per day, while he or she just needs about 75-100 mg of magnesium per day.

You really need not to file and calculate each mineral whenever you feed your children. How to tell if the children get the sufficient amount of the minerals then?

No need to be confused. The key is in the feeding pattern. Arrange your children’s menu so that they get various kinds of food, which are rich in numerous important nutrients, by giving them alternately.

There’s no food contains complete nutrients. However, one kind of food can contain more than one essential substance. For example, cheese is a great source of calcium and phosphor, besides protein and fat. Though, it doesn’t contain potassium/kalium.

Therefore, as long as your children obtain a great variety of nutritional food in a balanced quantity, just believe that the minerals needed by their body are accomplished.

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Rotavirus Vaccine Urged for All Babies

A panel of scientists in Atlanta recommends rotavirus vaccine for all babies. Rotavirus is the most common cause of children’s severe diarrhea.

Some of you may not be familiar about this virus. Check out the link below to find it out. Anita Manning from USA Today reported.

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Education Tips

School Hunting Is Begun!

Good school and a great kid create a bright future. As parents, you always consider what’s best for your beloved kid. Therefore, I am giving you some hints on both private and public school hunting:

together, choose the best one that suit your kid and you.

Things To Do Today

Give your children a great variety of food since they were so little. It’s one of the keys of successful feeding. They will get numerous kinds of vitamins and minerals from those assorted food.