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We already know how much infants need fresh air and sunlight. It is insufficient to confine with ventilation of the space, where the child is. Newborns must daily walk in the fresh air on the hands of the mother, in the sledge, or in a wheel chair. Until the child is still unable to walk, it is best to daily put him to sleep in the fresh air. Fresh air and sunlight enhance the child’s body and protects it from disease, especially from rickets. A child used to walk every day in summer and winter, catches cold much less. Daily walks improve appetite and strengthen the nervous system of the child, the child capricious less and sleep better. In winter, if there is no strong cold wind, you can walk with your child even with the cold of 10-15 degrees.

You can also put the child to sleep outdoors in the afternoon, children should dress in accordance with the seasons.

In winter, the child may sleep in a room with an open window, and it will be very useful for him. When doing so, it is necessary to dress the child as if going for a walk. Close the window about 15 – 20 minutes before the child wakes up. When the room warms up, the warm blanket, warm hat should be taken off the child, otherwise the baby will be hot, and can catch cold later.

You can start taking the baby for a walk when he is two weeks old. Initially, bring the child out for 15 – 20 minutes, then gradually extend the time of walking up to 1.5 – 3 hours. In winter, the child must walk 2 times a day, a total of at least 3 – 4 hours. In the warm season, it is desirable that the baby stays in the air all day.

For walks in the winter time the child should wear a warm hat, as well as a warm blouse. Wrap the baby in diaper, and then in a warm blanket, protecting it from wind. You should close the baby so as not to disturb him to breathe fresh air. In winter, during frosty days it is recommended to lubricate the face of the baby with some kind of fat before leaving for a walk.

Taking the child for a walk in spring and autumn, just turn it into flannelette blanket. In summer, on hot days, you can dress the baby in a light blouse, a white linen hat, protecting the head from overheating sunlight.

If you’re a smoker, you’ve probably been planning for some time to quit. You know you need to stop, you’ve just been waiting for the right time–and for the willpower to stop.  Now that you’re pregnant, this not only is a great time to stop–it is a critical time.  Not only will you find more energy to get you through the pregnancy, but you will also greatly diminish the risks of health problems for yourself and for your unborn child.  True, stopping will be difficult. Some people say it’s the hardest thing they’ve ever done.  And for the pregnant woman, who has enough stress already, it might be even more of a challenge. However, you’ll be glad to know that there are some tips that will make this easier for you, and there are numerous resources that will assist you as well.

When you smoke, poisons from tobacco smoke pass through your lungs and into your blood stream. They are carried around your body and interfere with the way it works. Every puff you take on a cigarette increases the carbon monoxide in your bloodstream which takes the place of oxygen in your blood. The nicotine in the smoke immediately increases your heart rate and blood pressure. It causes your blood vessels to narrow, reducing blood flow. The combination of these causes great stress to your body, especially your heart.

If you smoke when you are pregnant the combination of carbon monoxide and nicotine in cigarettes makes it harder for your baby to get the oxygen and nourishment it needs.
Your baby smokes the same cigarette you do.  As you inhale the poisons that tobacco contains (such as carbon monoxide and nicotine) these same poisons infiltrate into your placenta.  This then sends those poisons, along with the oxygen and nutrients that the placenta is supposed to send, directly to the baby.

Pregnancy smoking is sometimes a cause of pre-term labor, low-birth weight, and even death of the baby.  Here’s a sobering number for you: Studies show that somewhere between 20 to 30% of low-weight babies got that way because of the mother’s smoking. What’s more, about 10% of all early infant deaths is attributed to smoking by the mother.

Smoking during pregnancy by a mother is a major cause of sudden infant death syndrome. It also has the following effects:

• Increases the risk of miscarriage
• Increases the risk of complications during the birth
• Increases the likelihood of having a low-weight baby who is more vulnerable to infection and other health problems
• Increases the chances of the baby dying at or shortly after birth.

Cough, runny nose, high body temperature are all signs of respiratory infections (ARI, pharyngitis, tonsillitis), we rarely understand what the child’s illness, compiling all of these concepts in one – a cold, it is one of the most common diseases of children. The cause of the disease might be harmful germs, infections or viruses.

Children usually get through catarrhal condition without complications, if the symptoms were detected on time and your child gets adequate therapeutic support. If the cold is not treated, the complications do not pass, it could go with a more severe form and become chronic.

Children’s body is most vulnerable during the cold season of the year and especially the period of early spring or late autumn. It is rarely cold in summer. Just a small exposure of temperature and viruses and infections’ in the air (the main route of transmission of diseases cold – the air-filter) introduced in the mucous membranes and begin to actively develop. For example, a child drinks cold juice or eats too cold ice cream, when hot and sweaty after the game, the child ran into the street, wet feet, etc. Sometimes it takes only a few minutes to viruses and bacteria, causing inflammation of the breathing organs to start its operation.

The main symptoms of cold diseases

Cold can be easily identified on a variety of symptoms: cough, throat ache, pain when swallowing, runny nose, increase of body temperature (38 degrees).

Pay attention to all of these symptoms. Cough may be “dry”, “barking”, with expectoration, spasmodic. “Dry” and “barking” cough are symptoms of upper respiratory tract (pharyngitis, laryngitis, tracheitis). Long, spasmodic cough with expectoration is a symptom that the disease descended further and reaches the bronchi and lungs.

Cough is a natural reaction to a stimulus falling in the respiratory system. Cough accompanied by allergies, stress is expressed (usual cough, with a nervous tic in nature). The nature of cough can help you put a more accurate diagnosis of ill child and save him from the cause of cough.

Runny nose may also be allergic in nature, stuffed up nose can be an expression of stress and to be a consequence of excessive consumption of allopathic drops for the nose.

In light cold temperature can rise dramatically, and also drop sharply after some time. If the temperature does not drop below 37 degrees for several days, it is a serious reason to call a doctor.

Pregnancy is the time in a woman’s life, when not only her health but also the birth of a healthy baby depends on her healthy lifestyle and compliance with the recommendations of specialists. Vitamins play a significant role in the human body, since they are involved in most biochemical reactions and control them. Paramount importance is a sufficient number of vitamins in the female body during pregnancy.

Doctors have already made the content of certain vitamins that are required in the daily diet of a pregnant woman and approximate composition of her food, which would fill the right amount of vitamins. However, women do not always manage to get a daily basis to all the important recommendations and there are special multivitamins complexes to help pregnant women, which include not only vitamins, but also trace elements, and some of the necessary acid. Following are some of the most important vitamins for the health of future mothers and the developing fetus.

Vitamin A
Enough quantity of this vitamin is essential for the normal formation of bone, cartilage tissue, the visual system of the fetus, nerve endings as well as skin. Beef liver and fish oil are rich in the content of retinol. When the beta-carotene enters the body, it also transforms into vitamin A. Carrots, red Bulgarian pepper, spinach, dried apricots are rich in beta-carotene.

Vitamin C
This vitamin is needed for a growing body of small man, because it plays an important role in the synthesis of bone and cartilage tissues, promotes iron absorption, and strengthens the walls of blood vessels.

Vitamin D
This vitamin is necessary for the coherent work of the cardiovascular system, it participates in the formation of bones, as well as in their further growth. If the body contains sufficient quantities of vitamin D it supports the required content of phosphorus and calcium.

Vitamins of B group
For normal pregnancy, as well as the absence of acute manifestations of toxicity in the body of pregnant woman there should be a sufficient number of vitamins B6 and B1. Vitamin B1 is involved in growth and development of the nervous system of the fetus, the other organs and systems. Vitamin B12 also helps fight toxic pregnancy and prevents the development of anemia. The creation of blood cells takes place with the participation of vitamin B2, which also provides the normal exchange of zinc in the body.

Vitamin E
The value of this vitamin can not be overestimated, since it ensures a normal pregnancy, prevents its termination, as well as take part in the timely preparation of baby’s lungs to his own breathing.

In addition to vitamins, it is important to include multivitamins in the daily diet as well as complexes of pregnant. Such necessary microelements as iron, calcium, zinc, iodine, magnesium, phosphorus and copper are especially important. Pregnant woman should take in folic acid which reduces the frequency of birth defects.

Any drug that pregnant woman takes should be held under the constant supervision and prescription of a physician. The same applies to the vitamins, since overdose of even useful substances can lead to harmful consequences for the future mother, and for the growing fetus. The excess supply of certain vitamins can lead to the development of late toxic pregnancy, early aging of the placenta and other effects. Therefore, only specialists should prescribe any kind of multivitamins, taking into consideration the state of a pregnant woman, the work of her thyroid gland, as well as diseases of other organs.