Since the FDA recommends that parents refrain from giving their children under the age of 4 over the counter medications parents are looking for an alternative to help support their child's immune system and respiratory function.
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Sinupret contains water, maltitol, ethyl alcohol, and cherry flavor so it is safe for children 2 and up. It is also gluten-free.
Sinupret has been clinically tested and recommended by pediatricians in Europe for decades to support upper respiratory health. It is also endorsed by Dr. Sears, a renowned pediatrician and best-selling author.
My three year old daughter suffers from air born allergies in the spring and summer. She also currently has a slight cold. The Sinupret Syrup helped her to breathe easier and she loved the cherry flavor.
Healthy Moms endorses Sinupret as a great alternative to over the counter cold remedies for your children. You can find this product at the following retailers: Rite Aid, Walgreens and Wal-Mart.
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How to raise smart kids? ....Right healthy food
It's the food. Most parents( like us) knows that good nutrition provide good energy and health in our little ones but do we really know which food makes our babies smart?
The most rapid brain growth occurs during the first year of life, With the infant's brain tripling in size by the first birthday. At this time, the brain uses 60% of total energy.
That's why getting enough (and the right kinds) of fat greatly affects brain developments and performance. It should compromise half of baby's daily diet( as mother nature knows so well- 50% of breast milk is fat) So for all mom to be, never think twice of breast feeding you babies on the way.
Different species provide different fat in their milk, fine tuned to the needs of that particular animal. For example mother cows provide milk high in saturated fats and low in brain building fats, such as DHA. This helps their calves grow rapidly, though it may not be much for the brains. In adult cows, the brain is small compared to the body. Cows don't have to do a lot of thinking to survive. In human infants, the brain grows faster than the body. Human milk is low in body-building saturated fats and rich in brain-building fats, such as DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), an omega 3 fatty acid. Now you have one significant reason why you should breastfeed.
Now here's just some of the list of food that you may want to add in your babies daily diet. This will help their brain development while making them smarter compare to other babies.
- Avocado
- Green beans and peas
- Squash, potatoes, carrots
- Sweet potato
Baby's precious moments: The importance of pointing.
I just want to let everyone know that my 11-month old baby is starting to point on things, He is like telling me "what's that mom?!" He is just so cute, And I've read that i should be happy that my son keep on pointing on different things. Here are something I've learned and wanted to share to all happy mothers like me.
Right around now, your child is becoming quite a pointer. Few items seen during your daily routines escape his little thrusted finger, and as your baby points, he likely says, "What'sat?" Now you might think doing this is just his way of learning the names of various things: clock, car, sock, plate, pencil, vase, pillow, and so many, many more.
This pointing skill, however, is about far more than just learning words. It involves bringing you into your child's realm of learning. If you watch younger babies closely, they are either solely engaged with you or with objects. They'll bat at an object overhead and then later coo back and forth with you. But now as he turns one-year old, your child can point at an object and interact with his Most Important Person—you!—by asking, "What'sat?"
What the Research Shows
Brain scientists call this phenomenon the cognitive triangle; the points of the triangle include you, your baby, and an object. Researchers discovered this pointing ability by doing nothing more than observing and videotaping children at about 12-months old.
For example, a child sees a fly on the window: She folds her thumb around her pinky, ring, and middle fingers while extending her index finger toward the fly, and then looks at her parent. Even when the child does not explicitly ask for information, you can see the question written all over her face. The parent just knows to say, "That's a fly."
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Workaholics look older than their age
Overworked corporate young guns are aging prematurely, a health expert warns.
Workaholic habits left 25-year old looking and feeling 35, with a list of lifestyle diseases to match.
Haggard faces on bloated bodies were the sure signs.
Career crusaders who slaughter their health often suffer from high blood fat, high blood pressure, frequent coughs and colds, diabetes and low energy.
And having a six-pack was no reason to relax.
Lean people abuse their bodies all week, then gorge on exercise at the weekend.
They're going to developing the lifestyle of the weekend warrior at 25, not 35.
Despite their best intentions, weekend super-sessions are more likely to cause injury or dehydration.
It was easy to see why so many workers got hooked on the deprivation/reward cycle.
It happens because they're working 'til 10 at night and... what sort of food is being brought into the office at seven or eight o'clock at night?
They're aging prematurely.
Fresh food shops in the city and getting active midweek were health lifelines for workaholics.
And getting active midweek was he other side of the solution for people walking the tightrope between work goals and life commitments.
"They should act their age." said Karen Inge, a dietitian consultant.
Health Tip #43: A quick healthy meal - banana, organic curry and tuna with whole grain rice
If you've been reading my blog you probably know that I'm a big fan of tuna. This next healthy dish contains tuna aswell, together with banana, organic curry and whole grain rice.
I only recently "discovered" this healthy meal when my brother served it to me. Sure, I've had it before, but never made it at home myself.
It's really quick to do. Just boil that whole grain rain of yours for 10 minutes. In the mean time prepare the rest - pouring the organic curry powder in the rice, slicing up the banana which you mix with the rice together with the tuna when it's a minute left. And just like that, it's done. Only 10 minutes!
Quick curry facts:
- Curry is a healthy spice that is very low in cholesterol and sodium.
- Helps fight cancer, such as skin cancer and leukemia.
- Helps preventing gases.
Good Health- The Most Precious Thing in the World
a follower of healthy lifestyle
The most precious thing in this world… what is it?
Yes, you may have everything in this world but is debilitated due to your wrong lifestyle, that may also shorten your life span, everything you have will be useless.
I believe in saying, “Health is wealth.” When you are in excellent health, you can do excellent things of the things you ought to do. Bella Benidecto, an Obstetrician-Gynecologist, attest to that saying, she said, “Truly health is wealth. If we are not in the state of good health, we cannot achieve our dreams. Our brain must be in tip-top shape if we are to comprehend things. Our muscles and bones must be strong enough to carry us. Our lungs and heart must be in optimum condition to keep us alert. Our trend of thoughts must be freely flowing in the right direction to enable us to commit important things to memory.”
There are many advantages to mention having a good health. Some of it are:
You will probably live longer.
You will be able to better enjoy what you NEED to do.
You will be better able to enjoy physical activities you WANT to do.
The increased energy and vitality mean increased in quality and quantity of your outputs.
You’ll be able to stretch yourself and do things which would otherwise be IMPOSSIBLE for you to do.
To sum up things, practicing a healthy lifestyle will let you enjoy life to the fullest.
Good health is easy to achieve all we have to do is to patiently change our diet and lifestyle and have a positive outlook in life.
The Breast Milk Advantage
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Ever since, I really love to see a mother breastfeeding her child. Few days ago while me an my friend, who is a Pediatrician, is watching a television her phone rung. Her mom-client is asking if the claim of a certain brand of milk is really true, that it can increase child’s IQ up to +7. My friend smiled and I lessen the volume of the television to give way to the mom, on her inquiry.
Breastfeeding is universally endorsed by the world’s health and scientific organizations as the best way of feeding infants. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) joins other organizations such as the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Dietetic Association (ADA), and the World Health Organization (WHO) in recommending breastfeeding as the best for babies.
According to World Health Organization, breastfeeding is the ideal way of providing young infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Virtually all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have accurate information, and the support of their family and the health care system. Colostrum, the yellowish, sticky breast milk produced at the end of pregnancy, is recommended by WHO as the perfect food for the newborn, and feeding should be initiated within the first hour after birth. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended up to 6 months of age.
Breast feeding is usually advised because it provides the most suitable food for babies, human milk. Breast milk generally provides the only nourishment needed by an infant for the first six months of life. Human milk is nature’s perfect design for helping your baby’s body and brain grow and develop. No formula can be made exactly the same as human milk because we do not know all the ingredients of human milk.
Commercial formulas do a good job of trying to duplicate the ingredients in breast milk but haven’t matched their exact combination and composition. Because some of breast milk’s more complex substances are too difficult to manufacture and some have not yet been identified.
Breast milk is the most complete form of nutrition for infants. A mother’s milk has just the right amount of fat, sugar, water, digestive proteins, minerals, vitamins, and hormones that is needed for a baby’s growth and development. Most babies find it easier to digest breast milk than they do formula.
Breast milk has a higher carbohydrate content. Formula milk is higher in protein content, but the protein found in breast milk has a higher digestibility and assimilation, and therefore less is required.
Cow’s milk, as an alternative, by itself is inappropriate for infants less than one year old. The infant may develop an allergy to dairy products if given cow’s milk too early in life. Although cow’s milk contains most of the same components as breast milk, these components are not in the same amounts.
For babies with allergy on dairy products, commercially prepared formulas may be based on non-fat cow’s milk, whey protein, or soy protein are given as an alternative for breast milk. In order to provide a balanced diet for an infant, formulas must be fortified with carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins.
Breast milk not just supports baby’s optimal development of the infant’s brain, with effects on both cognitive and visual function but also contains valuable antibodies from the mother that protects children against acute and chronic illness.. These antibodies can never be added to formulas. Formula milks lacks the immune factors (antibodies) that help protect infants until their own immune system fully develops.
Since breast milk contains an ideal balance of nutrients that the infant can easily digest due to its digestibility, breastfed babies are rarely constipated. The stools of breastfed babies are mild-smelling.
Several studies have found that breastfeeding for six months or more makes it less likely that your baby will go on to develop food or respiratory allergies. Scientists think that the fatty acids and immune factors such as IgA in breast milk prevent allergic reactions by stopping large foreign proteins from getting into a baby’s system. (Proteins in cows’ milk are one of the most common allergens, which is one reason that babies who are fed cows’ milk-based formulas tend to have more allergic reactions than breastfed babies.)
Breastfeeding, even for short periods, was clearly associated with lower incidence of wheezing prolonged colds, diarrhea, and vomiting.
Source: Merrett, T.G., “Infant Feeding & Allergy: 12 Month Prospective Study of 500 Babies Born into Allergic Families”. American Allergies, 1988.
Children who had consumed mother’s milk by tube in early weeks of life had a significantly higher IQ at 7.5 to 8 yr.. than those who received no maternal milk, even after adjustment for differences between groups and mothers’ educational and social class.
Source: Lucas, A., “Breast Milk and Subsequent Intelligence Quotient in Children Born Preterm”. Lancet 1992;339:261-62.
Experts say that the emotional bonding that takes place during breastfeeding probably contributes to some of the increase in IQ level, but that the fatty acids in breast milk may play the biggest role in a baby’s brain development.
The psychomotor and social development of breastfed babies clearly differs from that of bottle-fed ones and leads at the age of 12 months to significant advantages of the psychomotor and social capabilities.
Source: Baumgartner, C., “Psychomotor and Social Development of Breast Fed and Bottle Fed babies During their First year of Life”. Acta Paediatrica Hungarica, 1984.
Among breastfed infants, the longer the duration of nursing the lower the incidents of malocclusion.
Source: Labbok, M.H. “Does Breast Feeding Protect against Malocclusion? An Analysis of the 1981 Child Health Supplement to the National Health Interview Survey”. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1987.
Children who are artificially fed or breastfed for only 6 months or less, are at an increased risk of developing cancer before age 15. The risk of artificially fed children was 1-8 times that of long-term breastfed children, and the risk for short term feeders was 1-9 times that of long term breast feeders.
Source: Davis, M.K. Infant Feeding and Childhood Cancer. “Lancet 1988.
Breastfed infants grow exactly the way they should. They tend to gain less unnecessary weight and to be leaner. This may result in being less overweight later in life.
Moms, why waste of money buying the best milk for your precious child while the the excellent milk is free and easily available- your breast milk. Breastfeeding does not just nourish your child physically but the emotional bond between you and your child develops too.
Train Your Child’s Eating Habit
let your child assist you in the kitchen
Your child’s eating habit depends on you. Your child’s good eating habits start in your own home. Not only that, ‘acquired’ health problems like diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol level, heart problems, etc does not just affect the individual because of his or her wrong eating habit in a week. Most of it started when they were young children. Their love of salty, sweet , fatty and preserved foods rooted when they were still young that was carried over to their adulthood. These habits usually precipitates resulting to ‘acquired’ diseases that most people are suffering nowadays. Can you afford your child to suffer such diseases someday because you have not trained them while they were still young?
Here are some tips that might help you train your child on his or her eating habit:
Children loves to copy what the adults are doing. As the old rhyme says, “Monkey see, monkey do.” Parents, please set yourself as a good example to your child. Share meals with your child with the same dishes for him or her to copy your own eating habits.
Discourage your child snacking on junk foods. Have plenty of supply of healthy foods such as fruits, raw carrots or cheese, which your child can eat in between meals instead of junk foods and other preserved or refined foods.
Allow your child to follow their natural appetites in deciding ‘how much’ to eat. However, you should be followed on ‘what’ to eat and not their tastes, for most of young children wants to eat their favorite foods only.
At his or her early age, encourage your child to enjoy fruits and vegetables by giving him or her different varieties. Aim for five portions a day for the child to enjoy enough nutrients and phytochemicals from what he or she ate.
Invite your child to prepare your meal. Encourage your child to help out with simple task in the kitchen such as measuring, stirring, and arranging foods in plate. This activity will help kid to love the food you are preparing for him or her. This will stimulate child’s appetite.
Do not encourage sweet tooth. The chance for your child not to crave for sweet foods is high if you will not add unnecessary sugar to drinks and foods.
Same thing with salt, the chance for your child not to crave for salty foods is high if you will not add extra salt by sprinkling it over the food. Remember that taste buds can be trained.
Always provide whole milk to your child if he or she is under fives. Kids need the energy provided by the extra calories in whole milk that cannot be found in a skimmed milk.
Do not give food like whole nuts to your child under four years old that may cause choking. Grind those foods if you want your child to avail its nutrition value. And, make sure that your child is not allergic to nuts.
Educate your child on the importance of healthy eating while your child is young, for him or her to know and love what he or she is doing. And, for your child to practice a good eating habit that can be carried on to his or her adulthood.
What to do when your child has fever?
a child with fever
Fever is not an illness, it is essential part of body’s defense against infection for it is a sign that your body is fighting the causative agent of an underlying problem. Someone is said to have fever if his or her temperature rises above its own norm.
The normal human body temperature averages 37 degree Celsius or 98.6 degree Fahrenheit. Normally, it is at it lowest in the morning and highest in the evening. However, temperature can be raised when: there is high humidity; high room temperature; you are eating hot food; wearing a heavy clothing; woman is on her menstrual cycle; you are doing physical activity; you suffer from strong emotion; or due to some medications. So, you have to take these into consideration before proclaiming that one of your family members has fever.
Usually, temperatures of children rise rapidly compared to adults. However, we must always remember that high temperature does not necessarily show us the severity of the underlying illness. A slight elevation in temperature in infants and very young children may already show a serious infection. Yes, maybe you can manage to lower your child’s body temperature but you cannot treat the illness that caused your child to have fever. Parents should always remember that fever is just a symptom of an underlying disease. So, they must be vigilant and seek medical advice as soon as possible when their child is having a fever.
Experts say that our metabolic rate rises about 7 percent for every 1 degree Celsius increase in our body temperature. So, the best thing that you can do to help your child with fever aside from seeking help from your doctor is to provide him or her nutritious foods, especially fruits, to boost your child’s immune system. And, since it is our body’s response to sweat when there is a rise in temperature that results in the loss of fluids, you should also encourage your child to drink plenty of liquids for them not to be dehydrated. Of course, you need to ask first your doctor what food and liquids are allowed to be given to your child for they know what is best for their patients.
Training Kids On Their Appetites and Tastes of Food
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As your child grow and now permitted to eat foods that are eaten by an adult, make sure to teach them as early as possible to eat nutritious food by training them on their appetites and tastes of food. Parents should inculcate their young minds of the nutritional value of what their kids eat for them to appreciate the food they are taking in.
We have seen lot of kids on their early years of life that are only taking their favorite foods from breakfast up to dinner and take in unhealthy foods like fries, chips and candies as their in between meals. Parents should know what is the best and the right food for their kids and they should train their child to eat that right food on their early stage of life and not base their diets on their appetites and tastes of food.
When me and my siblings are on that early stage of life, our mom teach us the importance of the food we eat. We have been trained to take in natural juices like oranges, lemon, tomato and carrots instead of commercial juices in a pouch. We have been trained to eat variety of foods in a day especially fruits and vegetables. Instead of chips or biscuits, we are taking in boiled root crops, home made cookies and fruits. Even a bitter gourd which is unpalatable to kids tastes, we are proud to tell you that we have been eating that since our early years. It just proves that we can train kids on their appetites and tastes in choosing food to eat.
It may take a lot of patience to teach your kids to train their tastes and appetites but when a parent has an aim for his or her kid to live a healthy life, everything is possible.
Newborn Do’s And Don’ts
All of us are so excited to meet the new member of our family. “I’m so excited to see if to whom does the baby looks like”, my grandma exclaimed. Little boy Nelsen, my nephew, was just born yesterday and we are preparing a welcome party for him today.
Not only that, I also made a research on taking care of a newborn because taking care of them involves learning a whole new skill set. Here are few tips I’ve learned that can help first-time parents feel confident about caring there newborn. The things to do and things not to do with your baby:
DO breastfeed your baby exclusively. It is recommended to exclusive breastfeed the baby on his or her first six months of life, and that there is no upper limit to the duration of breastfeeding.
DO select an iron-fortified infant formula if breastfeeding may not be possible.
DON’T feed your baby low iron formulas, homemade formulas, cow or goat milk as a substitute to iron-fortified formula.
DON’T feed your baby juice or even water. If you think that they are thirsty, just feed them with breast milk or iron-fortified infant formula because it provides everything babies need nutritionally until they start eating solid foods.
DON’T heat your baby’s bottles in the microwave. Microwave ovens heat liquids unevenly, and so can leave super heated pockets of formula in your baby’s bottle. Even if you vigorously shake the bottle afterwards, heating bottles in the microwave should be avoided.
DON’T start your baby on solid foods before 4 months of age, especially if allergies fun in the family.
DO remember that a newborn baby needs to be fed every 2 to 3 hours. If you’re breastfeeding, give your baby the chance to nurse about 10–15 minutes at each breast. If you’re formula-feeding, your baby will most likely take about 2–3 ounces (60–90 milliliters) at each feeding. Generally, it’s recommended that babies be fed on demand — whenever they seem hungry. Your baby may cue you by crying, putting fingers in his or her mouth, or making sucking noises. However,
DON’T focus too much on how much, how often and how regularly your baby eats. Instead, look for contentment between feedings, alertness, good skin tone and steady weight gain. Call your baby’s doctor if you need to awaken your newborn frequently or if your baby doesn’t seem interested in eating or sucking.
DO remember that babies often swallow air during feedings, which can make them fussy. You can prevent this by burping your baby frequently. Try burping your baby every 2 to 3 ounces (60–90 milliliters) if you bottle-feed, and each time you switch breasts if you breastfeed. If your baby tends to be gassy, has gastroesophageal reflux, or seems fussy during feeding, try burping your baby every ounce during bottle-feeding or every 5 minutes during breastfeeding.
DON’T shake your baby. Shaking your baby can cause Shaken Baby Syndrome. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, ’shaken baby syndrome is a severe form of head injury that occurs when a baby is shaken forcibly enough to cause the baby’s brain to rebound (bounce) against his or her skull. This rebounding may cause bruising, swelling, and bleeding (intracerebral hemorrhage) of the brain, which may lead to permanent, severe brain damage or death.
If you need to wake your infant, don’t do it by shaking — instead, tickle your baby’s feet or blow gently on a cheek.
DO respond to your baby when he or she cries. Crying is a baby’s way of communicating one of his or her needs. Crying can be upsetting. You will gradually begin to recognize your baby’s different crying patterns and, as you get to know her better, will be able to anticipate her needs.
DO provide an environment with a lot of social interaction. This includes eye contact, talking, listening and touching. For infants, the attachment contributes to their emotional growth, which also affects their development in other areas, such as physical growth. Physical closeness can also promote an emotional connection.
DON’T allow stuffed animals, soft bedding or improper or extra mattresses in your baby’s crib to ensure that your baby doesn’t get tangled in them or suffocate.
DO put your baby to sleep on his back, this is one of the best ways to prevent the risk of SIDS ( Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). But be sure to alternate the position of your baby’s head from night to night (first right, then left, and so on) and or have a tummy time when your baby is awake to prevent the development of a flat spot on one side of the head.
DON’T expect your newborn baby to sleep through the night. Newborns typically sleep for periods of 2–4 hours. The digestive system of babies is so small that they need nourishment every 2-3 hours. You can expect your baby to sleep for 6-8 hours by the time they are about three months old.
DO support your baby’s head and neck to avoid injuries. A new baby is not strong enough to support her own head, cradle the head when carrying your baby and support the head when carrying the baby upright or when you lay him or her down.
DON’T leave your baby alone on places where he or she could fall like changing table or bed or a couch.. Make sure cribs meet current safety standards.
Stop That Dirty Habits!
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Have you seen a person cough up chunk of viscous mucus, which may hold harmful germs, and spit it into the ground? Dirty habit, an unsanitary practice. How about coughing and sneezing, it is also dangerous, right? Droplets of mucus and germs may be spread into the air when you cough without covering your mouth and sneeze without covering your nose. Other people who inhale the droplets can be infected.
While they are very young,we should teach kids about those dirty habits that spreads germs– so unsanitary, and unhealthy practices. Let us train them to cover their nose when they sneeze and their mouth when they cough with a tissue paper or a handkerchief to catch the spray. And, when they need to spit a chunk of mucus, we have to tell them that they have to spit it on tissue paper, not anywhere they want to spit. Let us train them also to properly dispose the soiled tissues and on washing the handkerchief with soap and water and dry it. Not only that, we have to tell them also to take some distance from other people when they cough out or sneeze, if possible.
We should teach them also how to properly wash their hands, including fingernails and in between the fingers, for them to practice. Let us tell them that it should be done as often as they can, not just when they have cough or cold but on everyday life. And, not to touch their eyes, nose, or mouth when not necessary, especially if they had not clean their hands yet. Let us tell the kids not to draw near to those who have contagious disease if not necessary. We need to explain to them why they need to do all those things, for them to know the importance of what they are doing and not just tell them to stop the dirty habit.
Cleanliness, that is what we need to protect our family from diseases. Healthy practices are necessary, for us not to transmit germs to other people and not be transmitted from germs due to unhealthy practices of some people. Early education of our kids about healthy habits are the key to stop that dirty habits of spreading germs.
Dyslexia, what is it?
Dyslexia, what is it? Is it an illness? Let’s explore the world of dyslexics for us to know and understand them better on what they’re going through and for us to know how to encourage and support them. Dyslexia is a common learning disability that can affect speaking, reading, spelling and writing. Dyslexia results from differences in how the brain processes written and spoken language. It simply means that a person’s brain has trouble processing letters and sounds.
Modern neuroimaging techniques such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) have produced clear evidence of the structural differences in the brains of children with reading difficulties. Some research found that people with dyslexia have a deficit in parts of the left hemisphere of the brain involved in reading, which includes the inferior frontal gyrus, inferior parietal lobule, and middle and ventral temporal cortex.
Dyslexics usually have average or superior intelligence but they’re often treated as dull because they don’t learn as fast as normal kids do. Worse, parents and teachers usually tag them as unmotivated or lazy. A kid who has dyslexia will read slowly and might make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes they will mix up letters in a word. Kids who have dyslexia might get frustrated, angry, or sad because reading and spelling are so hard for them.
Speech delays, stuttering or clattering can be an early warning sign of dyslexia. Many dyslexics may have a problems in managing and interpreting auditory input prior to reproducing their own version of speech. Many dyslexics also can have problems with speaking clearly. They can mix up sounds in multi-syllabic words. They often have “immature” speech. They also can have problems speaking in full sentences.
Dyslexia can produce not just learning difficulties but emotional and psychological problems as well. It often weakens a child self-esteem and confidence that may lead to anti-social behavior and juvenile delinquency. Imagine a 10 year old kid who doesn’t know left from right, has difficulty in in learning the days of the week or the months of the year in order, he or she can be a target of humiliating taunts and classmate jokes.
Discovering a learning disability is the first step toward getting help that will make it easier for the kid to learn. Formal diagnosis of dyslexia is made by a qualified professional, such as a neurologist or an educational psychologist. Kid will be given some tests. But the idea isn’t to get a good grade; it’s to spot problems.
Some shared symptoms of the speech/hearing deficits and dyslexia:
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If it is so hard for the kid to distinguish before from after or right from left, and so on
If it is so hard for the kid to learn the alphabet
If it is so hard for the kid to retrieve a word or name problems
If it is so difficult for the kid to identify or generate rhyming words, or counting syllables in words (phonological awareness)
If there is a difficulty for the kid on hearing and manipulating sounds in words (phonemic awareness)
If there is a difficulty for the kid on distinguishing different sounds in words (auditory discrimination)
If there is a difficulty for the kid on learning the sounds of letters
If there is a difficulty for the kid on associating individual words with their correct meanings
If there is a difficulty for the kid on time keeping and concept of time
If the kid is confused when it is on combinations of words
Since it is so hard for a kid with dyslexia to do those things, manifestations are:
Persistent baby talk exist. They may still be saying “wed and gween” instead of “red and green” in third grade.
Reversing letters and numbers
Poor in spelling
Difficulty in learning to read
Coordination problems, especially those of small motor coordination (hand manipulation)
Perceptual problems: confusing letters like b and d and reversing saw as was. They can have trouble correctly articulating Rs and Ls as well as Ms and Ns.
Poor retention of material that is learned
Inability to write down even simple thoughts
Short attention span and general restlessness.
Due to fear of speaking incorrectly, some children become withdrawn and shy or become bullies out of their inability to understand the social cues in their environment
Difficulty in organization skills
dyslexia
Dyslexia has no known cure. The most effective thing to help them is through special education that focuses on training dyslexics to cope his or her problem. And, to uncover child’s skill and build on it and encourage them.
Now that we know some things what dyslexics are going through, all we can do to support them is to boost their self confidence for them to realize their potentials and become successful in the society.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
laughter is the best medicine
Laughter is the best medicine. It keeps away negative emotions like anxiety and depression, which tend to weaken the immune system. It relieves stress, a common cause of heart and blood pressure problems. It improves lung capacity and oxygen levels in the blood and thus lessens complaints of asthma and bronchitis. It also releases endorphins, the body’s natural pain killers, thus reducing the occurrence and intensity of arthritic pain and muscular spasms. It is helps alleviate insomnia, migraines, allergies, and ulcers.
Laughter is initiated by many sensations and thoughts, and that it activates many parts of the body. Laughter involves motor, emotional and cognitive components, each one located in a specific part of the brain. When we laugh, we change our facial expressions and make sounds. During high-spirited laughter, the muscles of the arms, legs and trunk are involved. Laughter also needs variation in our pattern of breathing. It activates the cardiovascular system, so heart rate and blood pressure increase. The arteries are dilated, causing blood pressure to fall again. Repeated short, strong contractions of the chest muscles, diaphragm and abdomen increase blood flow into our internal organs, and forced respiration.
Right diet, water intake, exercise, temperance and other elements are important for us to stay healthy. Let us not forget the importance of laughter to our physical and mental health. Good laugh protects us from harmful effects of stress in our daily lives. Why not spend some of your time exchanging healthy humors with your family and friends or watch comedy shows and movies that may trigger laughter. Did you know that one minute of laughing is equivalent to ten minutes on a rowing machine?
Effects of good laugh led to new and valuable therapies practiced by doctors, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals using humor and laughter to help patients manage, or treat a variety of physical, mental, and spiritual issues. Indeed, laughter is the best medicine.
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