ELEVATING CHILD CARE

ELEVATING CHILD CARE

A Guide To Respectful Parenting

Janet Lansbury’s advice on respectful parenting is quoted and shared by millions of readers worldwide. Inspired by the pioneering parenting philosophy of her friend and mentor,

Magda Gerber, Janet’s influential voice encourages parents and child care professionals to perceive babies as unique, capable human beings with natural abilities to learn without being taught; to develop motor and cognitive skills; communicate; face age appropriate struggles; initiate and direct independent play for extended periods; and much more.

Once we are able to view our children in this light, even the most common daily parenting experiences become stimulating opportunities to learn, discover, and to connect with our child.

“Elevating Child Care” is a collection of 30 popular and widely read articles from Janet’s website that focus on some of the most common infant/toddler issues: eating, sleeping, diaper changes, communication, separation, focus and attention span, creativity, boundaries, and more...  Read more

THE BABY-LED WEANING COOKBOOK

THE BABY-LED WEANING COOKBOOK

Delicious Recipes That Will Help Your Baby Learn to Eat Solid Foods—and That the Whole Family Will Enjoy

Forget baby purées and spoon-feeding—there’s an easier, more natural way to introduce your little one to solid foods. By about six months, when babies can sit up unassisted, grab things, and munch on them, they are ready to join the family at the kitchen table and discover real, solid food for themselves.

Baby-led weaning sets the stage for healthy eating habits in the years ahead by helping babies learn to feed themselves, to gauge appetite, and to love a variety of nutritious foods.

Now, with The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook, cooking family meals that your little one can share will be a cinch. Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett—coauthors of Baby-Led Weaning, the book that started the movement—collect 130 recipes perfectly suited for baby-led weaning, as well as:

• Straightforward advice on which foods to start with

• Essential at-a-glance information on nutrition and food safety

• Healthy ideas for quick snacks, delicious desserts, and meals for the whole family

MOMS ON CALL

MOMS ON CALL

NEXT STEPS BABY CARE 6-15 MONTHS

The highly sought after baby and toddler care experts strike again with this easy-to-read guide to everything moms and dads need to know for babies 6-15 months.

For babies between 6-15 months, this resource takes the guesswork out of:

• Common Illnesses (What is it, what do I do about it, when do I call the doctor?)

• Feeding (including a grocery list and easy-to-read, specific guidelines on progressing from baby food to table food and mastering that sippy cup!)

• Sleeping (including instructions on how to establish all night sleep 10-12 hours in a row, naptime tips, how to transfer to that toddler bed and much, much more!) 

HOW TO TREAT BABY COLD SYMPTOMS Treating Baby Cold Symptoms

HOW TO TREAT BABY COLD SYMPTOMS  

Treating Baby ColdSymptoms

Remember how miserable you felt when you last had a cold? Can you imagine what your baby must feel when he experiences a cold for the first time?

Viruses are responsible for causing colds. Infected people spread the viruses when they sneeze or cough nearby healthy people. The virus gets into the nose and throat where it multiplies.

What Are The Symptoms?

When your baby has a cold, there will be a number of symptoms. He will be sneezing and have a runny nose. He may have a sore throat and it may be difficult for him to swallow. His glands may become swollen.

He may not feel like eating much and he could become irritable. A cough may develop. He may get a slight fever or have a body temperature of 101 to 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

When to Seek Medical Advice

If your baby is three months old or less and has cold like symptoms, you should contact a pediatrician immediately. Cold like symptoms in a baby three months old or less are misleading and could lead to a serious ailment.

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THE IDEAL WEIGHT OF THE BABY

THE IDEAL WEIGHT OF THE BABY

Your baby's weight at birth is the weight you take immediately after you have been born. A small baby is considered to weigh less than 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) and a large baby of more than 4 kg (8.8 lbs).

A low-weight baby may indicate that it is too small, that it was born early (premature) or both. This may be due to many causes; For example, mother's health problems, genetic factors, problems with the placenta, or that the mother has abused substances during pregnancy.

Some low-weight babies may be at risk for some health problems. Some can get sick or develop infections in the first few days of life. Others may suffer long-term problems such as delay in motor or social development or learning problems.

SPONTANEOUS ABORTION OR LOSS OF PREGNANCY

SPONTANEOUS ABORTION  

OR LOSS OF PREGNANCY

A miscarriage is the loss of pregnancy before week 20 of pregnancy. Most spontaneous abortions occur very early in pregnancy, often before the woman knows she is pregnant.

The causes of miscarriages include:

v A genetic problem of the fetus

v Problems with the uterus or cervix

v Chronic diseases, including polycystic ovary syndrome.

Signs of miscarriage may include vaginal spotting, abdominal pain, or cramps and fluids or tissues that come out of the vagina. Vaginal bleeding may be a common symptom of a miscarriage, but many women have a little bleeding at the onset of pregnancy without being a miscarriage. To be sure, call your health care provider immediately if you have bleeding.

Women who suffer from miscarriage in the early stages of their pregnancy generally do not need treatment. In some cases, tissue is left in the uterus. Doctors use a procedure called dilation and curettage or medicine to remove tissue.

Counseling can help you cope with the duel. Later, if you decide to try the pregnancy again, work with the health care provider to lessen the risks. Many women who lose their pregnancies continue to have healthy babies.

NIH: National Institute of Child Health and development

ADVANTAGES OF TEACHING CHILDREN READING EARLY

ADVANTAGES OF TEACHING

CHILDREN READING EARLY

By: Children LearningReading

Before a child learns to read, he or she must first learn the spoken language, and this is one of the first instances where family members such as dad, mom, older siblings, and grandparents play an important role in "teaching" the child the spoken English language. Whether young children realize it or not, they gain very early exposure to the alphabet when parents sing the alphabet song to them.

They begin to develop language skills by being read to and spoken to. One of the keys to teaching children reading early on is by exposing them to alphabet letters, books, and reading to them often.

Reading nursery rhymes and children's books are an important part of getting children to understand printed text. Talk to your children, and talk to them often, whether they understand or not is not important when they're just babies. 

The more you talk and interact with your little ones, the better they will develop. The key is exposure, and repeated exposure. Once your child learns to speak, you can begin teaching them reading at home.   Continue reading

BEST WAY TO TEACH KIDS TO READ

BEST WAY TO TEACH KIDS TO READ

By: http://paguero02.1childread.hop.clickbank.net

TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ

What's the best way to teach children to read? According to the National Reading Panel, "teaching children to manipulate phonemes in words was highly effective under a variety of teaching conditions with a variety of learners across a range of grade and age levels and that teaching phonemic awareness to children significantly improves their reading more than instruction that lacks any attention to Phonemic Awareness.",  

 This is a statement made by the National Reading Panel (NRP) in their report titled "TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction."

Phonemic Awareness instruction was selected for review by the NRP in their report because studies have identified phonemic awareness and letter knowledge as two of the best predictors of how well children will learn to read in their first 2 years of entering school. There is strong Scientific evidence to suggest that phonemic awareness instructions are an important part in helping children develop reading skills.

One study discussed the presence of phonemic awareness in Austrian children aged 6 to 7 that were unable to read when first entering school.


 This study found that many children had not one correct response in their test of a simple vowel substitution task. However, a few children who exhibited high phonemic awareness scored close to perfect on this same task. The study further stated that "there was a specific predictive relationship between initial phonemic awareness differences and success in learning to read and to spell." 


Even more importantly, the study indicated that it was phonemic awareness abilities, and not IQ, that predicted the accuracy of reading and spelling at the end of grade one. Children with high phonemic awareness at the beginning of grade one had high reading and spelling achievements at the end of grade one, compared to some children with low phonemic awareness who had difficulties learning to read and spell. Continue reading

>> Click here to learn more about thesimple, step-by-step phonics and phonemic awareness program we used to teachher to read. 

FACTORS INFLUENCING BABY GROWTH

FACTORS INFLUENCING

 BABY GROWTH

The height of the parents. High parents may have babies larger than average and low parents have babies smaller than average.

Multiple births. If you are pregnant with twins, triplets or more, your babies are likely to be relatively small. In multiple pregnancies, fetuses not only share the space for growth in the uterus, but they are also often born prematurely, leading to their small size at birth.

Birth order. Sometimes first-born babies are smaller than their siblings born later.

Sex. Girls tend to be smaller and children tend to be larger, although these differences are not very marked at the time of birth.

Mother's health during pregnancy. Maternal-related factors that may lead to a lower weight of the newborn include high blood pressure, heart problems, and alcohol, cigarettes, or illegal drugs during pregnancy. If the mother has diabetes, the baby may be even more likely to be born. Continue reading

BREAST MILK IN IMMUNE PROTECTION During the time of the first Baby feeding

BREAST MILK IN IMMUNE PROTECTION

During the time of the first Baby feeding

Breastfeeding, according to contemporary knowledge, is the only way to feed infants and toddlers by providing optimal health and development, according to the last position of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Continue reading

WHY IT GETS DEPRESSED MOM

WHY IT GETS DEPRESSED MOM

During pregnancy several hormonal changes occur that can affect the chemical composition of the brain.

All this brings stress in great way to the pregnant, even problems occur in the couple, extreme case of loss of a baby, or a history of abuse ... all this during the months of pregnancy comes to thinking causing stress that does not do anything right to the woman. Continue reading

KINDLE OASIS LECTOR ELECTRONICO

Kindle OasisLector electrónico

• Nuestro Kindle más delgado y liviano hasta el momento - lees cada vez más cómodamente durante horas
• Posee un diseño ergonómico completamente nuevo con botones especiales para pasar la página sin mayor esfuerzo
• La duración de la batería del Kindle es más prologada - su funda recargable de cuero incluida puede aumentar su batería por meses Puedes escoger entre negro, borgoña o café
• Su pantalla de alta resolución de 300 ppp te brinda una nitidez óptima de texto láser Puedes leer como en papel real, sin reflejo en la pantalla, aun bajo la luz del sol
• La luz ajustable incorporada ilumina uniformemente la pantalla para una lectura perfecta, todo el tiempo, y en cualquier lugar
• Los miembros de Prime obtienen acceso ilimitado a miles de títulos

La más alta resolución Kindle

Con iluminación mejorada, Kindle Oasis cuenta con una pantalla de 300 ppi de alta resolución para obtener un texto nítido de calidad láser, todo en el mismo tamaño de pantalla de 6 "que el Kindle Voyage. Una luz rediseñada incorpora un 60% más de LED que cualquier otro Kindle, aumentando la consistencia y el rango de brillo de la pantalla para una mejor lectura en todo tipo de iluminación. 

Kindle Oasis guía la luz hacia la superficie de la pantalla con su luz frontal incorporada, a diferencia de las tabletas retroiluminadas que brillan en los ojos, para que pueda leer cómodamente durante horas sin fatiga visual.

KINDLE OASIS E-READER

Kindle Oasis E-reader with Leather Charging Cover - Black, 6" High-Resolution Display(300 ppi)

Kindle Oasis

• Our thinnest and lightest Kindle ever--read even more comfortably for hours
• All-new ergonomic design with dedicated buttons to effortlessly turn the page
• Longest Kindle battery life--the included leather charging cover can boost battery to months. Choose from a black, merlot, or walnut removable cover.
• High-resolution 300 ppi display with crisp, laser quality text. Reads like real paper without glare, even in direct sunlight.
• Enhanced built-in adjustable light evenly illuminates the screen for perfect reading anywhere, anytime
• Prime members read free with unlimited access to over a thousand titles

Highest resolution Kindle with enhanced lighting

Kindle Oasis features a high-resolution 300 ppi display for crisp, laser-quality text—all on the same 6” display size as Kindle Voyage. A redesigned built-in light features 60% more LEDs than any other Kindle, increasing the consistency and range of screen brightness for improved reading in all types of lighting. Kindle Oasis guides light toward the surface of the display with its built-in front light—unlike back-lit tablets that shine in your eyes—so you can read comfortably for hours without eyestrain.

Dual-battery chargingsystem delivers months of battery life—our longest ever

New—Charge the device and cover simultaneously while snapped together and plugged in. When on the go, the cover will automatically recharge the device, giving you months of combined battery life. Plus, a new hibernation mode minimizes power consumption when your Kindle is inactive, extending battery life to its fullest capacity.

Premium leather cover

New—The removable charging cover is made of high-quality leather and comes in your choice of black, merlot, or walnut. The cover opens like a book and fits closely around the bezel, waking Kindle Oasis when opened and putting it to sleep when closed. Twelve magnets form a secure attachment between device and cover, while still easy to detach when the lightest possible weight is desired.

                     

Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa, 10.1" HD Display, 16 GB

Fire HD 10 Tablet with Alexa, 10.1" HDDisplay, 16 GB, Silver Aluminum

Fire HD 10

• Our largest display on our thinnest tablet yet. Available in black, white, and introducing silver aluminum.
• Silver aluminum option features an all-metal backing for a premium tablet experience
• Beautiful widescreen 10.1" HD display with over a million pixels (149 ppi / 1280 x 800)
• Fast quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz. Rear-facing 5 MP camera and front-facing HD camera.
• Now with Alexa, a cloud-based voice service that provides quick access to the entertainment you want, including music, games, audiobooks, and more. Ask questions, shop, find news, weather, and more - just press the home button and ask.
• Amazon Underground, a one-of-a-kind app store experience where thousands of apps, games and even in-app items are 100% free – including extra lives, unlocked levels, unlimited add-on packs and more.

• Enjoy millions of movies, TV shows, songs, Kindle e-books, apps and games -- including Netflix, Facebook, HBO, Pandora and more
• 16, 32, or 64 GB of internal storage. Free unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken with Fire devices. Add a microSD card for up to 200 GB of additional storage.
• Up to 8 hours of reading, surfing the web, watching video, and listening to music
• Prime members get unlimited access to over a thousand books and magazines, more than a million songs, and thousands of movies and TV episodes – at no additional cost.

FIRE TABLETS HD 10

 Fire Tablet HD 10

• Nuestra pantalla más grande en nuestra tableta más delgada hasta el momento, además muy liviana y con el doble de durabilidad que la última versión del iPad Air

• Mantente conectado con una rápida navegación en la web, además de asistencia de correo y calendario
• La opción de aluminio plateado cuenta con respaldo de metal, brindándote una experiencia premium al utilizar la tableta
• Bella pantalla panorámica de alta definición de 10.1" con más de un millón de píxeles (149 ppp/1280 x 800)
• Procesador veloz quad-core de hasta 1.5 GHz Con una cámara trasera de 5 MP y una cámara frontal de alta definición

• Disfruta de millones de películas, programas de televisión, canciones, libros, aplicaciones y juegos

• Almacenamiento interno de 16 o 32 GB Almacenamiento gratuito e ilimitado en la nube para todo el contenido de Amazon, incluyendo fotografías capturadas con dispositivos Fire Añade una tarjeta microSD para obtener hasta 128 GB de almacenamiento adicional
• Hasta 8 horas para leer, navegar en la web, ver vídeos y escuchar música
• Interfaz del usuario actualizada recientemente - Fire OS 5 está diseñada para un rápido acceso a tus aplicaciones y contenido, además de recomendaciones personalizadas que te ayudarán a encontrar nuevos programas favoritos