Post Pregnancy Article

Keeping Children’s Health

Some of the common diseases suffered by children is nearly one-time attack on our children. Thus infectious diseases and need to recognize how handling. Handling also helps not only healing, but also can prevent the occurrence of further complications.

Disease which is often suffered by babies, according to Dr. Kishore RJ, child specialist doctor who practice in Ibu dan Anak Hospital in Jatinegara Hermina, Jakarta, among others, fever, infection channels the breath, and diarrhea. “But that often make parents take their children immediately treatment is a fever and diarrhea. If the cough-cold usually can still be delayed,” he said.

Fever is not a disease, but symptoms of a disease. Such as cough and runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, infections of the alimentary tract, or infection channels the breath. In the book Overcoming Health Disorders in Children, essay dr. Anies from the Medical Faculty of Diponegoro University, Semarang, increase in body temperature also occurred frequently during the first growing teeth. Body temperature will also boast obtained after DPT immunization (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus), but only lasts about 24 hours.

Children said a fever, when the body temperature above 37.5 degrees Celsius. If that happens, sleep off children in the room air-conditioned wind or oneself, if any "Wearing thin clothing. Do not be covered with a thick blanket unless the child is shivering as the body temperature will increase," said Kishore.

It is wise if the house is always available anti-fever medication before the child was brought to a doctor. Regular paracetamol use and safe for children and babies. In addition to medication anti-fever, dr. Anies encourage children to drink more when given the fever fell ill. Can water, milk, orange juice, or tea. Those way children will be easy to sweat so the body temperature decreases. Wipe sweat on his body with wet towels, powdering entire body, and replace with dry clothes that feel fresh.

To lower the temperature the body can be assisted with the compress brow with wet cloth or towel. During the body temperature is still high, still need to compress. Efforts to lower the body temperature are necessary to prevent the occurrence of convulsions or step.
Diarrhea is accompanied by reduction in body fluids (dehydration), cough with shortness of breath, symptoms of asthma; although the direction is not asthma, or infection of the lower part of the channel the breath, and dengue fever, according to Kishore, need to get special treatment.

Food generally causes diarrhea. Caused food poisoning or bacteria in the food. If the toxic food, the main symptoms of vomiting, and diarrhea followed. If the bacteria in food, usually vomiting and diarrhea first.

In his book, dr. Anies mentioned, diarrhea is the emergency situation must be so by others before dehydration condition occurs, the first with a lot of drinking. The provision of fruit juice and milk powder suspended. However, mother’s milk still proceeds.

If diarrhea occurs repeatedly, the child will lose a lot of fluids, even a number of important minerals, such as sodium, potassium, and chloride. When the development, can occur so that the body fluid imbalance arising dehydration. Conditions such as this is the most feared although diarrhea recovers on their own basically.

Signs of dehydration include children crying without tears, dry mouth and lips, always feel thirsty. Urine out a little and dark colored, sometimes does not come out at all. Also, buried or sunken eyes. Marked dehydration in the baby can be seen through the crown into the concave. Also, child-headed, pale skin elasticity, or the body is reduced, and the former does not nip back to normal quickly.

To overcome this, children need to be given fluids as much as possible. "No solution should oralit. Can be sweet tea, water, salt sugar, juice, soup. Starch water is effective enough for the baby to have diarrhea. It is also far better than the oralit contain starch as glucose polymer that is easily absorbed," said Kishore.

Sugar salt solution made the comparison with two tsp sugar and half teaspoon salt to a glass of white water. This solution, according to dr. Anies, provided at least half a glass every time the child vomit or defecate. Also can be one tablespoon per five minutes, until the child can move small to normal.

Water quickly digested than the starch, also containing glucose level is high enough, which will facilitate the absorption of electrolyte. In addition, two types of flour poliglukosa in starch can cause fesses more compact. Benefits of water starch are another protein, which is 7 - 10%. Oralit while the salt does not contain protein. The use of starch as a water "diarrhea medications," according to Dr. Anies, is not harmful to the baby though.

When your babies start drinking fresh milk?

Most doctors’ child specialist recommends waiting until your children aged 12 months to give milk powder. First, milk powder does not meet the vitamin and ion sufficient for growth in your child early. Second, introducing milk powder to your baby's early will cause allergy or irritation on your baby's stomach contents, such as word Debby Demory-Luce, RD, an instructor at the Central Research Pregnancy Nutrition and Health, Houston, United States. If your child has started very obese, try to change the pattern of drinking milk as early as possible, so he will get more nutrition from food, not from milk powder or mother’s milk.

At the time your child is aged 9 months, he should not drink more than 16 to 20 oz per day of mother’s milk. If you are ready to introduce milk powder on your child, give it 4 oz in a small cup at the time he was eating. Most children do not realize that milk regular drinking is a different taste. But if you see signs of irritation or allergy your child such as diarrhea or vomiting, consult your doctor immediately at, which might give the suggestion to use other alternative is to drink only soy milk.

Stimulate the child since in the womb

Since I know that pregnant and I started to buy and read several books related to the pregnancy, especially since children's education in the womb. Since the age of five months of pregnancy I started listening to classical music with him and also tried to take my son chat. Each morning and night before bed my husband to read a chapter and verse of holy Al-Qur’an for the fetus, the result of every night if his father not yet greets to him, my fetus will move continuously. But if getting in chat and he greets movement in the womb will be reduced and be quiet so I can rest. And when listening in the classical music he certainly seems to respond to the backlash he understands that this is my music.

Me and my husband is also usual to invite him to play before sleep, we usually call this game with the name "football" that is, to stimulate him to kick feet of where the husband or my hands are placed, it was initially difficult but slowly he will understand that he is being invited mother and play by his father.

Some tips to improve the quality and quantity of mother’s milk.

1. Since turn of the seventh month of pregnancy should be diligent to compress breast with warm water every bath morning and afternoon each 10 minutes to one breast. After giving birth use hot-cold compress alternately.
2. Many drink and consume liquids. Do not forget to consume milk.
3. Use a small towel placed between the bra and breast. Try to always wear sleeved shirt.
4. Drinking chicken broth: 1 / 2 kg chicken + 1 / 4 kg ginger (pressed), 4 stem ginger (pressed), 1 fruit lemon (take water), 1 liter of water, salt. The whole boiled until approximately 10 minutes. Drink before and after breastfeeding. This is done every day for at least the exclusive care.
5. Eat nutritious food. Avoid eating too late.
6. Consume “katuk” leaf vegetables and beans.
7. Rest enough. Keep emotional stability. Try to always cheerful, hold and maintain a positive spirit breastfeeding.

Skin problems commonly found in baby

Skin is one of the most visible sign of the baby's health and welfare and should be given the same attention to other aspects of infant health. With relatively little effort, some skin problems such as listed here that is common to babies can be prevented.

The scaling
Gland excessive perspiration who works in the scalp can cause a fleck of skin, known as the crust.
- To prevent this, wash the skin with baby shampoo is specially formulated to be mild and gentle enough to use on your baby
- wash carefully to remove all remaining shampoo.
- Polishing baby oil on the skin with a soft baby's head and leave you some time to remove skin fleck hard, so easily removed.

Dry skin
Your baby's skin easily becomes dry and more dry skin, the less effective it is to protect the effects are dangerous.
- Set the temperature and humidity inside your home.
- Protect your baby from the blowing wind.
- Keep your baby's skin remains moist to prevent dryness and maintain skin moisture by using the right baby cream, lotion or oil.

Abrasions
There is friction between baby's clothes and skin where the skin rub against each other as mutual armpit or buttocks fold the baby can cause abrasions.
- Blow-dry your baby thoroughly after the bath and give special attention to the fold.
- Avoid the rough cloth material, rough and tight.
- Use powder or cream on the skin to reduce friction and keep the baby you will be comfortable.

Heat rash (prickly heat)
On a hot-weather temperature, pore-pore in the skin of your baby can be closed and cause a small pustule.
- Do not leave your baby with too enrobe excessive wear or heat room temperature baby excessive.
- Make sure the baby is quite loose-fitting clothing.
- Clean your baby regularly to remove excess perspiration.

Milk rash
White dots that come on the small face, neck and the top of the chest is very common among the babies fed mother’s milk. Type of rash is normal and will disappear without any treatment.

Nappy rash
Nappies make the area warm and humid, which is ongoing direct touch with the baby's skin. Area that is humid and warm, triggering the growth of bacteria. Abrasions caused by the friction of skin protectors decrease the effectiveness of the diaper rash. There are several ways to reduce or prevent problems in the skin area is smooth.

Buttocks to keep skin healthy and comfortable baby:
- Change nappies as often as possible
- Clean your baby's buttocks with a mop with a soft baby and dry carefully between the fold every time you change the diaper.
- When cleaning the boots baby, make sure to wipe from the front of the back. This will steer the dirt from the area and prevent infection of genitalia.
- Wipe cream to protect skin protector.
- Use nappies or nappy-use that can absorb moisture from the skin of a baby making baby dry.
- When you wash the nappies, clean them carefully so that all the detergent is gone.

Changes in hormone
The characteristic rash with white blotch on the nose, cheeks and forehead, may arise from the absorption of the hormone you receive the baby when he is still in your womb. This is quite normal and will disappear themselves.

3 Tips Overcoming Diarrhea in Children

Give food in a small amount but the frequency with which more often. Avoid giving foods that contain lots of gas, such as onion or nuts.

Avoid giving liquids to drink soda or a juice drink, and milk. To replace the fluid out, sauce from a thick potato soup will be enough to help.

Give yogurt to prevent the occurrence of diarrhea and to help recovery if a child has been exposed.

Restore muscle elasticity Vagina

I, a mother aged 20 years of 2 children aged 2 years and 3.5 months. My fear of sex between husband and me was the presence of a small bit too early. Is there a method that can restore the elasticity musculature my vagina?

Indeed, the birth of children can lead to came loose musculature around the vulva is normal as we know with muscle pubococcigeus (PC). To solve this problem, have found a Kegel exercise is simple enough, so easy to do. Only the necessary diligence to do so. Exercises should be done several times a day, for about 6 weeks. This exercise does not need a special time, that is, can be done anywhere, even while washing clothes or cooking.

Kegel exercises consist of 3 phases. First, you must first recognize the existence of the musculature, and this function works. While urinating, while sitting on the toilet, try to stop urinating with musculature increase this and then back to normal again, so that the urine back smoothly. When you have stop and drop back, then you have successfully identified the musculature and how it works.

The next stage was conducted similar to the first stage, with musculature increase release this again after some time. This step can be performed without the needs to urinate are. Make some time in the day, after that, you try to do the same third stage, with a similar practice but do longer and harder. This is also done several times a day for a certain period of time also. After approximately 1 - 2 weeks, I hope your condition has been restored again.