Pregnancy & Parenting

• Taking To Your Daughter About Menstruation 6/14/2008 10:01:31 AM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  The average age to begin menstruating is approximately 11 years, but it is not the fixed as anytime between 10 and 16 is normal. The other changes include pubic hair growth and breast development, which may be experienced by most girls.
  
  
• Alternate Therapies In Pregnancy-Part II 6/14/2008 8:40:45 AM
  In Pregnancy, By: Payal Jain
  Reflexology is a simple alternative therapy, used to bring into balance the various organs and systems of the body. Reflexologists work through the feet using a simple technique for applying pressure to reflex areas corresponding to different organs
  
  
• Alternative Therapies In Pregnancy-Part I 6/14/2008 8:38:36 AM
  In Pregnancy, By: Payal Jain
  Alternative therapies are not meant to take place of good Gynecologist or Obstetrician guiding you through your pregnancy, but they work side by side with your regular checkups and treatment to further benefit you during pregnancy.
  
  
• All About Lochia 6/14/2008 8:37:01 AM
  In Pregnancy, By: Payal Jain
  The discomfort that the women go through pregnancy and labour is only known to her only. And it does not stop there. The post labour bleeding is common, but many times it is accompanied with much more.
  
  
• Children And Their Decisions 6/14/2008 7:29:14 AM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  Have you observed the kids of today’s times? They make their decision themselves and they seem to know their mind well which is very different from our times. So what has changed?
  
  
• Bonding With The Newly Borns-Part I 5/28/2008 6:07:36 PM
  In Newborn & Baby, By: Payal Jain
  Bonding between the new born and the parents is natural but it is not necessary that it happens as soon as the child is born. Bonding often occurs naturally almost immediately for a breastfeeding mother.
  
  
• Bonding With The Newly Borns-Part II 5/28/2008 6:06:11 PM
  In Newborn & Baby, By: Payal Jain
  As new parents, life could be little hard as you are exhausted by other demands. Take help from family or friends. Especially in first weeks, everything from laundry to cooking and cleaning can be set aside in favor of baby time.
  
  
• Sleeping With Your Child 5/28/2008 5:57:28 PM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  My son is four years old and I personally think that it’s time that he should sleep in his room now. Well, in India, it is still very young age for the child to sleep alone.
  
  
• Toilet Training For Your Child-Part I 5/17/2008 4:14:28 PM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  Toilet training is an important aspect of upbringing. It may sound simple but for a child to learn it is like being adapted to a new skill as it requires your child to have attained a certain amount of physical, sensory and emotional development.
  
  
• Toilet Training For Your Child-Part II 5/17/2008 4:11:17 PM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  If your child can understand and follow simple instructions that you give him, then it is the time to train the child for toilet manners. Start with simpler instructions first, like pulling pants down or sitting on the potty.
  
  
• Help Your Children Learn The Art Of Organizing 5/8/2008 10:43:04 AM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  I, being a mother, sometimes get irritated when my four year old child creates a mess. But then we clean it up together and I let him be carefree. But at times, it is too much and I even scold him, which leaves me with guilt later.
  
  
• Privacy And Your Child 5/8/2008 9:53:47 AM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  We as parents, all have a special bond with our kids who can’t be expressed in words and we feel a sense of happiness when a child tells his/her experiences to us. You know that your child will be happier when she shares their life with you.
  
  
• Bedwetting In ChIldren 4/15/2008 6:47:35 PM
  In Adolescent, By: Payal Jain
  Bedwetting in children is a condition where the child urinates while sleeping. It is also called Primary Nocturnal Enuresis. Primary Nocturnal Enuresis is when a child wets his bed every night or is occasionally dry.
  
  
• Understanding A Child's Body Language 4/15/2008 6:46:18 PM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  Body language is non-verbal communication, through physical movements or gestures. We all if they watch out for signals express or communicate in body language in a way or other. Our emotions too are reflected in our body languages.
  
  
• Praise Your Child 4/15/2008 6:00:50 PM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  We often scold our child for their misbehavior or mischiefs, but when they behave well, all we have to say is good. Many of us might be questioning that what’s wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with telling them that they did well.
  
  
• Expanding The Family 3/29/2008 5:43:47 PM
  In Pregnancy & Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  When you think on terms of expanding the family, many doubts come to your mind like, “Will the first child be able to accept the new one?” “Will you have quality time for each other as a couple after two children?”
  
  
• Underachieving Children-Part I 3/27/2008 1:51:41 PM
  In Grade-Schooler, By: Payal Jain
  Underachievers are those children who do not work to their full potential set by the standards created by the school, or other means. They simply fail to work as capably as they can. Underachievers don’t seem to be making enough effort.
  
  
• Underachieving Children-Part II 3/27/2008 1:28:33 PM
  In Grade-Schooler, By: Payal Jain
  The foundations of our education system are Western which is primarily influenced by the Greek and Roman. The emphasis was on language, logic, and reason, the chief functions of the left cerebral brain.
  
  
• Child Excuses 2/25/2008 6:13:58 PM
  In Grade-Schooler, By: Payal Jain
  Does your child often excuse himself with reasons of not feeling well to escape from going to school? Or act quite sick when he is not given the object of his desire? Is he not feeling well because he wants to stick to you?
  
  
• Happy Parents For Happy Children 2/25/2008 6:11:13 PM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  Every relationship has its own phases. Like in the courtship, we tend to have time only for our beloved. Then after marriage, we enjoy each other for a while then we get busy with the responsibilities of life.
  
  
• Single Parenting 2/13/2008 2:53:07 PM
  In Parenting, By: Payal Jain
  In the last decade, the divorce rates have really gone up and also the rate of single people adopting kids. There has emerged a new socio-cultural revolution where attitudes have changed and a new social paradigm has been created.