Early Motherhood

To poison proof your home:

Most poisonings occur when parents or caregivers are home but not paying attention. The most dangerous potential poisons are medicines, cleaning products, antifreeze, windshield wiper fluid, pesticides, furniture polish, gasoline, kerosene and lamp oil.

1) Store medicine, cleaners, paints/varnishes and pesticides in their
original packaging in locked cabinets or containers, out of sight and reach of children.

2) Install a safety latch – that locks when you close the door – on
child-accessible cabinets containing harmful products.

3) Purchase and keep all medicines in containers with safety caps.
Discard unused medication

Eczema is not just about healing some skin problem but involves maintenance and control that the skin does not flare up. It is unlike some skin problem that occurs once and goes away. Eczema wound can heal and recur again easily.

Never use soap. We use bath oil such as Oilatum. Forget about whatever honey soap or gentle for skin soap, they are nothing compared to bath oil. Try and use bath oil on yourself and you will realize the different feeling on your skin after bath. Some recommend Seba Med and Lactacyd. I find the latter does not give a moisturing effect as in Oilatum.

Every step a child takes toward learning to read leads to another. Bit by bit, the child builds the knowledge that is necessary for being a reader. Over their first 6 years, most children

When you were old enough to begin kindergarten, chances are you went to the public school around the corner, or perhaps to the religious school a short bus ride away. For your parents, the choice of schools was probably pretty simple.

Not any more. Today education is a complex and compelling topic in our national dialogue. Questions about school quality, accountability, curriculum, and teacher training arise each day, and we explore them in the newspapers, during political debates, and over kitchen tables all across the country.

Five-year-olds typically stay dry all night, with only occasional nighttime mishaps. Some children, though, continue to wet the bed at night; the condition affects 10 to 13 percent of children over the age of 5. Boys — especially those with a family history of bed-wetting — are more commonly afflicted with this problem.

In order for your child to stay dry all night, her brain must be able to keep a full bladder from emptying while she’s sleeping or a signal from her bladder must be strong enough to wake her up to use the toilet. Some children take longer to get to this point than others.