Breastfeeding For Your Baby

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Breast-feeding problems, such as milk production difficulties, are not as common as food law, using the PDF, but they do occur. If you are rest, eat healthy, a regular lovely life, and your child is growing and getting enough food, you still may experience a milk production issue. Production problems, many things can cause. These are just a few.

Some things that can affect your milk supply are:

* What the mother eats

* How much sleep and the mother gap

* The state of mind

* The year/old of mother

* The number of children you have

* The desire to breastfeed your

* The nursing your abilities

* The nursing your technique

* The baby's capabilities on the latch

If you choose to breastfeed, it is very important for you to take your child as their investigation is needed. If you do not, you know how he is getting enough milk and growing at the right rate? There is no way for you to tell that to your child to ensure adequate nutrition for your child is being without the weight.

If you are out of date the facts of breast-feeding, how that will affect your actions and decisions? Create something you do not let you slip through Breastfeed important information.

During the first week of life for their children, their breasts will produce colostrum for them to drink. AIDS antibodies in the colostrum is rich and the child's immune system. It also helps him his first stool, which is called meconium. Meconium, and the search for the black tarry, and after birth in the first few diapers. Then he is a brown substance and infection begins after your milk comes in, it is a yellow, water and sewage mustardy the loose. From a bottle-fed baby has a strong, tannish more than breastfed the baby's stool.

After 24-48 hours after birth, your child will start to wet diapers that will increase two or three days.

When your child colostrum milk drinks and then, you should listen to a pattern of "suck, suck, suck, and swallow." The system will be synchronized and should not be "clicking" noise. The "clicking" sound can indicate that your child is not latched on properly and can not be getting enough milk from you. If you start to listen to this, you unlatch the need to it and then reattach. If you listen to the sound of him several times after reattaching, a milk, you may want to consult your adviser or pediatrician.

After the first week of life, you should see 6-8 wet diapers every day and less than 3 bowel movements a day. His urine should be more clear and he should be a warning with every day. To get your child's weight is increasing and should be, because it is a concrete way that they tell are getting enough nutrition. If you have two days in a row that deviates from the above indicators, you call your pediatrician immediately.

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Five Reasons Why You Must Go to Sleep Early

Sunday, August 30, 2009

By Eunice Tan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 51, 51); ">Eunice Tan

Most of us are familiar with the old saying: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” There are numerous researches showing the benefits of sleeping early as follows:

Going to Sleep Early is Very Important for the Liver’s Health

Recently 37 years old doctor from National Taiwan Hospital shocked his colleagues since he was diagnosed having a liver cancer although he always does laboratorial test (GOT, GPT and Liver Function Index). Despite that the doctor diligently does the test, there is a possibility that the disease is undetected. There is no better way to avoid the liver disease rather than preventing the disease as early as possible. And sleep is essential thing we must do to prevent liver disease as from 11.00pm till 01.00am, de-toxification process in our livers occur. This process will be optimal when we are sleeping deeply. Sleeping early and help you liver works well.

Going to Sleep Early is Good for Our Antibody System

Researches have shown that, when healthy people miss sleeping early their body will susceptible to infection. This is because at 9.00pm till 11.00pm de-toxification process in our lymph gland is occurring. This process must happen in calm situation. If someone still works during 9.00pm till 11.00 continuously, it will bring negative impact to his/her health. That’s why the research also shows that every hour of sleep we get before midnight is twice as beneficial as the hours after midnight.

Going to Sleep Early is Good for the Metabolism

There are some persons who have habit sleep too late after midnight and wake up too late till afternoon. They think it is all right as long as their sleeping duration is fulfilled. This thing will disorganize the exile of useless substances from our body. Our ability to sustain exertion is as vital to our health as what we eat and drink.

Breakfast is Essential to Our Health

In the morning, from 7.00am till 09.00 our intestines absorb nutrient from food. This means we must have breakfast. Research shows that for the sick people it is better to have breakfast before 06.30am. Breakfast is essential to our health. For they who cannot wake up early, it is good to have breakfast at 09.00 till 10.00am rather than not having breakfast at all. And very practically speaking, in order to be able to rise early in the morning to have breakfast, we have to get to bed early.

Getting to Bed Too Late Will Have a Negative Impact on Our Performance

There is no substitute for night sleep. Some people take a nap in the afternoon. It still cannot substitute the benefits we get when we sleep at night. Without enough sleeping in the night we lose our ability to concentrate and make complex decisions. Sufficient sleep at night is the foremost factor in a person’s ability to sustain a high performance level, cope with stress, and feel a sense of satisfaction in life. Getting enough sleep directly impacts our moods and emotions, our ability to think creatively and respond quickly.

*Have a good sleep schedule and help yourself healthier, wiser and wealthier.

8 Remedies for Under-Eye Dark Circles

Saturday, August 29, 2009

By Dr. Maoshing Ni

Nothing says exhaustion and strain like dark circles under your eyes. The problem is, you may be getting plenty of sleep every night and still wake up with puffy raccoon eyes. Now what? Read on to find out why you get under-eye circles and how to reduce their appearance or get rid of them altogether.

Dark circles are often a heredity trait. The skin around our eyes is the most delicate and thinnest skin in the body. Dark circles under the eyes are blood vessels that can be seen through the skin, producing the bluish tint.

Allergies are another common cause of dark circles. When you rub and scratch your itchy eyes, it irritates the skin and can break tiny capillaries beneath the skin, causing puffiness and discoloration. If allergies are the root of your problem, simply treat them or avoid what you're allergic to. If your dark circles or puffiness are constant, you may have an undetected food allergy or an allergy to a chemical in your surroundings. Consult an allergist to determine what you may be allergic to.

Chinese medicine considers dark circles as a sign of weakness in the kidney network. Kidney weakness is due to exhaustion and overstrain coupled with lack of rest and relaxation. Since the kidney network in Chinese medicine governs the hormonal system, it affects the pigment melanin. It is said that unhealthy and depleted kidneys produce pigment deposit under the skin around the eyes and other parts of the face.

Many cosmetic problems can be attributed to vitamin deficiencies. Dark circles and puffiness are often thought to be due to vitamin K deficiency or a lack ofantioxidants in the diet.

It is also believed that lack of the mineral iron can cause dark circles. An iron deficiency may point to anemia, which is a potentially serious medical condition that requires treatment. If you believe you may have anemia, see your family doctor to schedule blood work.

Dark circles occur more frequently and are more noticeable with age, because as we get older, our skin loses collagen and becomes thinner and more translucent.

Under-eye Remedies

Reduce the puffiness and lighten your circles with these all-natural solutions.

1. For starters, be sure you are getting seven to nine hours of sleep every night.

2. What you eat counts! Eat a healthy, balanced diet, drink plenty of water, and make sure you are getting all your vitamins and minerals. Be sure to get plenty of fruits and vegetables, especially cabbage, spinach, and other leafy greens. Eat at least 2 cups of organic fresh spinach everyday. Additionally, eat a handful of raw almonds (unsalted and unroasted) between meals. Avoid salty foods, as salt causes the body to retain water, which equals bloating and puffiness that is particularly noticeable under the eye.

3. Asian pear is a juicy and crunchy fruit that has long been prized by Chinese herbalists as a way to lighten under-eye circles. Asian (or Fuji) pears are packed with copper and vitamin C, antioxidant nutrients that help protect you from cellular damage caused by free radicals. When free radicals damage enough skin cells, signs of aging begin to appear. Copper is an essential component of superoxide dismutase (SOD), an enzyme that attacks these harmful agents when they enter the body via air pollution and other toxins.

4. Treat your skin while you sleep. Just before bed, lightly wet a washcloth with cold water and place over your eyes as you sleep. By morning, you should see an improvement.

5. Apply cucumber slices or cool tea bags to your eyes. Cucumber slices are famous for their ability to reduce puffiness, and the tannin in tea bags has been found to reduce swelling and discoloration. Lie down, close your eyes, and place fresh cucumber slices or cool, damp caffeinated tea bags over your eyes for about ten minutes every day.

6. Gently apply almond oil under your eye every morning and evening until you see improvement.

7. New skin-care technology has become available through years of intensive research; it is now possible to find creams and other products that can help you combat under-eye circles. A product I suggest is an all-natural anti-aging eye cream that lightens dark circles under the eye. For more information, click here.

8. Avoid smoking, as it causes vascular problems that not only threaten your health, but also make your blood vessels appear more prominent under the skin.

Treating your skin will help, but there may also be an underlying cause. Imbalances in your life show up on your face and skin. You may consider seeing a doctor of Oriental Medicine to uncover the root imbalance and improve your overall health.

I hope you will take these tips and put your best face forward. I invite you to visit often and share your own personal health and longevity tips with me.

-Dr. Mao