Tips for Raising Healthy Child
Parents and all the members of the family, play a very important role in sculpting the young child’s personality. Children are not only sensitive on a physical level, but are mentally susceptible, and easily impressionable. They try to imitate people around them, so it is important to be aware of every tiny detail of what is done or said in front of a child. The following points should be taken into consideration, in order to ensure the child’s successful physical, mental, and intellectual progress.
During the first three months, the child should not be handled more than is necessary. It should as far as possible be handled by the mother, grandmother or other women who are experienced with small children. As far as possible, visitors should be discouraged from holding the baby, or taking it on their lap. Holding the baby incorrectly for an extended period of time could cause discomfort, pain, or body ache to the child. The head and neck should be carefully supported, until the baby can hold its head up fully (at between three to four months). The new type of convenient baby carrier bag now available, that allows the mother to carry her baby and still have her arms free, does not provide adequate support to the baby’s neck and back. The use of this carrier bag can have a negative effect on the infant’s overall posture, and should not be used until the child is at least six months old. Even after that, it should be used only in rare and unavoidable circumstances.
Although it is very tempting to pinch a child’s chubby cheeks, please avoid doing this. A baby should not be left unsupervised with other small children. A child will begin to sit at the age of five – six months. There’s no need to hurry this process up or force the child to sit before then. Even when the child starts to attempt to sit up,it is best to allow this only for short periods of time in the beginning. Prolonged sitting, at an early age, can cause the back to become rounded, or lead to permanent weakness of the spine. The same precautions are necessary when the baby learns to stand. It is best not to force a child to walk or put him in a walker. Let Nature take her course, and the baby reach its milestones at its own pace. There is no need to worry if a baby does not walk precisely at 10 months of age. Any forcible steps taken to hasten this may only cause regret later.
Instead of a swing / cradle, it is better to place the baby’s bed on the floor, which provides adequate space, and allows the baby to look around. There is also the danger that the
child may fall off a bed or cradle, once it is able to turn over independently.Don’t fix brightly coloured, harsh sounding and rotating toys, above the baby’s cradle. A child may stop crying when it sees the toy, but this is morefrom being stunned than out of ertinvment.
Ayurved advises that children wear suitable precious stones and gems. There may be security or safety concerns with making the baby wear extremely precious gems. Even so, a small black tulsi and/or gold bead may be tied around the baby’s wrist without much fear. The baby can wear a gold or silver chain of a suitable size, so that neither can it slip off over the head, nor can it be easily pulled off. Girls can wear anklets of silver or gold, and boys can wear similar anklets made of panchadhatu (a particular amalgam of five metals), but these should not fit too tightly. It is important to talk to the baby as soon as it is born. It is a misconception that children cannot understand anything. The child should be spoken to using clear and proper words instead of baby talk. Avoid arguments, fights, shouting, or banging things around children, since they become aware of such things at a very early age. It is essential that family members are aware of how they speak among themselves. Derogatory remarks about rich and poor, black and white, or beautiful and ugly, should not be made in front of them.
Toilet training should be started when the child begins to sit. at five to six months, and oluntary bladder clearance (passing urine), should be encouraged after waking up in the morning, at bed time, as well as at regular intervals during the day. If an appropriate diet has been followed during pregnancy, the baby will not have a tendency to wet its bed and will grasp toilet-training faster. Infants who have been brought up in accordance
During the first three months, the child should not be handled more than is necessary. It should as far as possible be handled by the mother, grandmother or other women who are experienced with small children. As far as possible, visitors should be discouraged from holding the baby, or taking it on their lap. Holding the baby incorrectly for an extended period of time could cause discomfort, pain, or body ache to the child. The head and neck should be carefully supported, until the baby can hold its head up fully (at between three to four months). The new type of convenient baby carrier bag now available, that allows the mother to carry her baby and still have her arms free, does not provide adequate support to the baby’s neck and back. The use of this carrier bag can have a negative effect on the infant’s overall posture, and should not be used until the child is at least six months old. Even after that, it should be used only in rare and unavoidable circumstances.
Although it is very tempting to pinch a child’s chubby cheeks, please avoid doing this. A baby should not be left unsupervised with other small children. A child will begin to sit at the age of five – six months. There’s no need to hurry this process up or force the child to sit before then. Even when the child starts to attempt to sit up,it is best to allow this only for short periods of time in the beginning. Prolonged sitting, at an early age, can cause the back to become rounded, or lead to permanent weakness of the spine. The same precautions are necessary when the baby learns to stand. It is best not to force a child to walk or put him in a walker. Let Nature take her course, and the baby reach its milestones at its own pace. There is no need to worry if a baby does not walk precisely at 10 months of age. Any forcible steps taken to hasten this may only cause regret later.
Instead of a swing / cradle, it is better to place the baby’s bed on the floor, which provides adequate space, and allows the baby to look around. There is also the danger that the
child may fall off a bed or cradle, once it is able to turn over independently.Don’t fix brightly coloured, harsh sounding and rotating toys, above the baby’s cradle. A child may stop crying when it sees the toy, but this is morefrom being stunned than out of ertinvment.
Ayurved advises that children wear suitable precious stones and gems. There may be security or safety concerns with making the baby wear extremely precious gems. Even so, a small black tulsi and/or gold bead may be tied around the baby’s wrist without much fear. The baby can wear a gold or silver chain of a suitable size, so that neither can it slip off over the head, nor can it be easily pulled off. Girls can wear anklets of silver or gold, and boys can wear similar anklets made of panchadhatu (a particular amalgam of five metals), but these should not fit too tightly. It is important to talk to the baby as soon as it is born. It is a misconception that children cannot understand anything. The child should be spoken to using clear and proper words instead of baby talk. Avoid arguments, fights, shouting, or banging things around children, since they become aware of such things at a very early age. It is essential that family members are aware of how they speak among themselves. Derogatory remarks about rich and poor, black and white, or beautiful and ugly, should not be made in front of them.
Toilet training should be started when the child begins to sit. at five to six months, and oluntary bladder clearance (passing urine), should be encouraged after waking up in the morning, at bed time, as well as at regular intervals during the day. If an appropriate diet has been followed during pregnancy, the baby will not have a tendency to wet its bed and will grasp toilet-training faster. Infants who have been brought up in accordance
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