Nuts and Company
My one-year-old son loves dried pistachios, nuts, seeds and figs. In a day can eat up to 50 g of each of the listed products. Tried to replace them with something, limit the amount and do not give. But it's worth it to my son to see them, it comes to hysterics. At the same time he has an excellent appetite, the child eats breakfast, lunch and dinner, sometimes asks for supplements. Are not these products harmful at his age?
Julia I usually do not recommend these products to children under one and a half years old, i.e. even try them is not worth it! It is not surprising that the baby liked delicacies with a rich taste. But if you are giving the child the "forbidden fruit," then try to dose it strictly: you can eat no more nuts or seeds on the day than it fits in one of its fists.) Figs - 1-2 pieces. Do not leave in a prominent place seductive for your baby foods and do not eat when the baby is something that can overload his liver and pancreas.
Why do not you sleep, baby?
Recently, my son began to wake up several times a night and cry very much. To calm him, you have to take on your hands and rock, but this does not always help with treatment. How can he be helped at such moments and why is this happening?
Unfortunately, you did not specify the age of the baby and the nature of his nutrition in childhood diseases, the description and treatment is also not indicated. In crumbs up to 3-4 months, the cause of crying is often colic. Revise your menu, check if the baby is correctly applied to the chest, do a tummy massage, use a gas pipe. Have at hand light antispasmodics (for example, Viburkol suppositories). The infant pediatrician, on artificial feeding, can recommend 1-2 feeding with a curative mixture with beneficial microorganisms or containing substances that facilitate the work of the intestines. After half a year of life, nighting can be caused by teething. Homeopathic remedies (Viburkol, Dentokind), anesthetizing gels and drops for gums (Dentol-baby, Baby, Dentinox, etc.) can alleviate the symptoms. Also, psychological causes of "night concerts" are possible - crumbs, mastering new motor skills (for example, crawling), per day is overexcited and at night "discharged" by hysterics. Provide the child with maximum physical contact during the day: wear it on your hands often, play together. At night practice a joint dream or put a cot close to yours, to stroke and comfort the baby on time, until he has had time to "disperse".
How to get rid of the smell?
My daughter is 10 months old. Our trouble is in the unpleasant smell coming from the baby's legs. Doctors say that this is hereditary. My husband and I have the same problem, but it manifested itself when we were already over 20. Is there any way to save the child from this, is there any way to treat it?
The unpleasant odor of sweat, indeed, can be just a congenital genetic feature of the organism, radically to fix which is quite difficult. Nevertheless, it is important to remember a few simple things: observe personal hygiene, give preference to socks and pantyhose from natural fibers, periodically make foot baths with decoctions of chamomile and oak bark. I advise you to carefully examine the skin of the feet. If there are cracks, peeling, especially in the interdigital folds, show the daughter to the dermatologist, because fungal diseases can also give an unpleasant smell. And also give a general blood test, a general urine test and a coprogram, this will help to eliminate many problems from the internal organs, which sometimes lead to similar troubles.
Two mixtures - is it possible?
To the child 4 months, I feed the daughter with a mixture on the basis of goat milk. But at some point the baby began to suffer from constipation. Advise the treatment. I was advised to give from time to time another mixture - and thanks to this temporary measure, the constipation really passed. Can I use two mixtures to feed the baby all the time?
Feeding the baby with two mixtures at the same time is a well-known and quite normal practice, but notice that it has its own peculiarities. There are so-called therapeutic mixtures that have certain properties and are assigned to correct some disorders. For example, in your case (permanent constipation in the child, regurgitation, or other problem with the gastrointestinal tract), the district pediatrician can prescribe a mixture enriched with lactulose and / or bifido- and lactobacilli. Most often, these products are replaced by 1-2 feedings per day. The producer of the mixture (trademark), the volume, frequency and method of introducing complementary foods that are suitable for your child, your pediatrician will tell.
What's happening?
My child is 5 months old, the girl is healthy, develops normally, grows well, but ... weirdly cries. It happens that she begins to cry and stops breathing (it seems that she took a breath and can not breathe out), the triangle in the mouth begins to turn blue, her eyes are wide open. In this state, the daughter stays for 30 seconds, and then begins to cry again.
What happens to the child?
You described everything in sufficient detail, but any non-standard situation in the behavior and condition of the child requires a visit to a district pediatrician or personal consultation with a doctor of a certain specialization. Like what you and your little one encountered. Physicians call such states respiratory-affective paroxysms. You need to make a neurosonography (ultrasound of the brain) and consult a neurologist. Such abnormalities can be observed if the baby has hypoxia during childbirth or if the baby's appearance was associated with increased stress on the cervical spine (rapid delivery, caesarean section, umbilical cord entanglement, etc.). If my assumption turns out to be correct for treatment, I advise you to apply to the International Rehabilitation Clinic.