Baby Care

Friday, July 31, 2009

Baby Skin Care - Nappy Rash | Treatment and Preventing

Nappy Rash is the most common form of skin rash. Raised and red in appearance, it is caused by ammonia. Fresh urine doesn't cause irritation but if it sits for too long in your baby's nappy, or on his skin, bacteria from his stools will break it down into ammonia. Ammonia is an irritant, it burns the skin.

To clear the rash, keep the nappy area as clean and dry as possible, using gentle cleansers and moisturizers when you change your baby's nappy. A nappy rash cream and nappy liners can also be used to help protect your baby's skin from urine and feces between nappy changes.

If nappy rash persist for more than a couple of days it may need a more active medical treatment. A fungal or bacterial infection may also be present. If it is, you will need to use an anti fungal cream to clear the rash. If in doubt, check with your doctor who will advise the most appropriate treatment depending on the cause of the rash.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Everything you need to know about Baby Care

Baby Development in the first six months
Your babies grow so quickly in the first 6 months. It's really quite amazing. Make sure it's grow normally both physic and mental. Compare weight and height of your baby with standard.
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Baby Health Care
Explain information and advice about Common Baby Illnesses, problem, infectious diseases, other health issues, immunization and their treatment. You also will find explanation about Cold, Cough, Croup, Diarrhea, Ear infections, Fever, Chicken pox, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Roseola, Whooping Cough, Scalp, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth, Vomiting, Constipation, Natural Medicine and Immunization.
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Baby Skin Care
Explain information and advice about common baby’s skin problems and their treatment, such as:
Common Skin Rashes : Eczema, Nappy rash, Miliaria, Seborrhoeic dermatitis
Common Skin Blemishes : Milia, Dry skin, Cradle cap, Cheek rashes.
Common Skin Marks : Port wine stains, Strawberry marks, Stork bites, Mongolian blue spots
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Baby Massage
Explain information and advice about preparing, getting started, and how to massage a baby
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Baby Stuff
Do you confuse "what kind of baby stuff should i have for my baby"? In this page, you can find some baby stuff that we recommend
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Soothing & Sleeping
Explain information and advice about baby crying, why is he crying, soothe baby, when soothing fails, soothing equipment, baby sleep, sleeping trough, solving sleep problems, baby's bed, co-sleeping, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
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Baby's Nappy
Explain information and advice about what kind of nappy, nappy needs, nappy change time, what's nappy rash, how to clear and prevent nappy rash.
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Baby Bath
Explain information and advice about baby bath, bath time, practical bathing guide, relaxation bath, alternative bath (topping and tailing), safety tips.
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Breastfeeding
Explain information and advice about breastfeeding, breast milk, breastfeeding problems and solutions, bottle feeding, baby formula, other issues.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Baby Infectious Disease - Whooping Cough (Pertussis)

Whooping cough's continued presence is partly due to the fact that immunization offers only 70-80 % protection, but is mostly because there is a rise in the number of families not immunizing against it. If your baby has been immunized and does get whooping cough, the illness is usually milder and less likely to cause complications.

Whooping cough starts with a runny nose and progress over a week to include a dry cough. The cough then develops into bouts of repeated coughing, sometimes followed by a 'whoop' or by vomiting.

Small babies tend not to 'whoop' but have difficulty breathing and 'blue' attacks. They are at great risk and usually need hospital care so they can have round the clock attention. Even a mild case lasts six weeks.

Baby Infectious Disease – Roseola

Roseola is An acute viral disease that is most often seen in baby between six and 24 months. The incubation period is about 10 days.

Roseola begins with a high fever for several days, but often there are no other obvious signs of illness. However, there may be slightly swollen glands at the back of the baby's head or neck. After a few days, the fever comes down and the baby breaks out in a fine, pink, slightly blotchy rash on his trunk. The rash usually fades within a couple of days. Treatment involves bringing the high fever down with paracetamol and, if necessary, tepid sponging.

Baby Infectious Disease - Rubella (German Measles)

Rubella has an incubation period of 14 to 21 days. It is often difficult to diagnose in baby and is frequently confused with measles, roseola, an allergy or a viral rash.

Immunization against this disease is included with the measles / mumps immunization at 12 months (may differ, depend on your state policy).

The baby may have cold symptoms. The rash rapidly spreads over his arms and body. It appears as small, pink, separate dots unlike the measles rash that is red and blotchy. It only last three days. The most reliable sign of rubella is swollen glands at the back of the neck and behind the ears.

If a pregnant woman comes into contact with a child with rubella, she should consult her doctor to have her immunity to rubella checked. If the woman has good immunity to rubella, then there should be no risk to her baby.

Baby Infectious Disease – Mumps

Mumps is now relatively uncommon, but is an unpleasant disease mainly affecting children between the age of five and 15. The infection affects the glands just below and in front of one or both ears, they become swollen and painful for six to seven days. The child can become feverish and lose his appetite.

Mumps is treated by rest, a soft diet and plenty of fluids. There is now a very effective vaccination against mumps included in your baby's usual immunization program.

Baby Infectious Disease – Measles

Immunization is started at 12 months (may differ, depend on your state policy), but a small number of baby do catch measles before they are immunized. If this happens, your baby will still need her immunization at 12 months.

The incubation period of measles is seven to 14 days. Measles first appear as a cold. The baby is miserable with a runny nose, watery eyes, a cough and a fever. Two days later spots appear on the neck, behind the ears and on her face.

Within hours the whole body is covered, the rash often joins together and becomes one red mass or a series of blotches. Give paracetamol to bring the fever down and encourage extra fluids. Although measles is an unusual illness now because of high vaccination rates, when it does occur it can sometimes be a very severe illness. If you think your baby may have measles, it is very important that your doctor checks him. In recent years there have been some scares about the possible dangers of measles vaccination, but careful studies have shown that the measles vaccination is not associated with any increase in the incidence of autism.