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Night Sleep Duration Will Affect Infant intelligence

23 Nov 2010 by

The research states that babies sleep duration at night have a connection to the baby’s cognitive function. Researchers from the University of Minnesota and University of Montreal found that after recording the sleep patterns of toddlers. At ages 12-18, parents were asked to record the baby’s bedtime habits with interval 30 minutes (record time nap and waking up at noon). At the age of 18-26 months, researchers conducted tests on the performance of the infant brain.

Here are the results of a study reported in the journal Child Development:
The babies who sleep longer at night, between the hours of 19:00 to 7:00, answering test better than sleeping with the amount of time longer, but in the afternoon. In other words, sleep at night is much more important than a nap. Researchers say, the longer the baby sleep better at night.

The baby was asked to test the executive functions, namely getting the information in memory, impulse control, and decide something, which is a difficult task for two-year-old baby. For example, on a test, researchers put a sticker on one of three pots, cover them with blankets, then asked the children to indicate which ones have the pot stickers.

Obviously, this is a small study, but could provide the discovery that sleep has an impact on our brain function during the day. In this case, related to brain function to absorb and process information, and understand the situation around. This also affects the baby.

It is very important because, apparently, although the same amount of sleep, but napping is not good enough to replace the function of sleep at night, at least for the health and brain development of children. Apparently, sleep at night and naps are managed by different parts of the brain, in terms of circuit and rhythm, until clear already, time to sleep at night for the child can not be replaced in the afternoon.

Babies are often awakened at night, few people know how to return the baby to fall asleep again quickly. However, about keeping the baby for not sleeping during the day and can sleep early and longer at night is still a debate.

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Do not Let the Children Playing Alone!

20 Nov 2010 by

Playing is a part of the process of child development that are very significant. Unfortunately, many parents who did not know about this. In fact, they consider me play with the children is not something that is worth it. Therefore, parents often look to let children play alone so that children play with the tools that are not in their capacity. If the child continues to be left like this, he will experience physical and psychological disorders.

Supposedly, there are reciprocal interactions between caregiver (parents, educators, or caregiver) and child. Caregiver must be sensitive to the needs of children, responsive, and knows how to foster interaction with children, so children are motivated to explore.

Forms of interaction which meant can vary. For example, parents may give two choices of toys, and children who decided one of them. Later, when children used to play the same game over and over, parents can draw the attention of children to explore a new toy. The trick with taking children to see the new toy, and then demonstrate how to play.

When children play, give comments about what he did. Make eye contact, to indicate support for the child. Children also need to be freed to play the game in its own way. This is related to child development stage different according to age. During that do not harm, the child should be left to experiment in playing the game. You do not need to be corrected when the child played with an unusual way. All you need do is introduce variations to play the same toy. Too limiting the freedom of children will only make him feel disturbed.

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Right Strategy To Serve a Healthy Snacks

17 Nov 2010 by

For the sake of development of the child, every parent trying to give the best. In addition to education, health factors also become valuable for the future provision baby.

If the child has entered the age of one year, he started to learn independently. He tried to do everything itself, including learning to eat alone or drink from his own. Besides, this is the time he began to enjoy a varied diet.

Presents a diverse and healthy food to realize the required combination of balanced nutrition your baby. However, there are times when the child began to aggregated-select food and fussy when eating. Time to maneuver for your baby’s nutritional needs every day not to be ignored.

One of his maneuvers by providing healthy and nutritious snacks, will help the child control hunger and provide energy. Consider some practical tactics following:
* Limitation of eating junk food
Help your child to limit saturated fatty foods, sugar and salt levels are high. As an alternative, you can create animated images present to create funny or interesting shapes using vegetable and fruit.

* Familiarize to breakfast
Familiarize your children enjoy the breakfast menu. If they refuse to eat large portions, try to give a healthy snack menu. For example, cereal grain mixed with milk plus pieces of fresh tropical fruit.

* Provide healthy snacks in schools
Snacks made from wheat can be attractive options. In addition to cereal, you can bring whole-grain crackers, pretzels made from wheat, or wheat bread contains cheese and vegetables. In addition to fiber, these foods become a source of good energy.

* Time to have fun
Encourage baby to be involved when making a snack. For example, you can vary to make the content of vegetables and potato ragout, and let your child decorate a piece of cheese berbentu ragout with dice on it.

* Give “Independence”
Tell your child where you keep healthy snacks. For example, chocolate pudding on the bottom shelf refrigerator and a bowl of fresh fruit on the dining table.

Well, let the child free to take it when like snacking. This will lead him to be able to train the body’s sensitivity to feeling hungry.

* Create a snacking zone
Make a deal with your child’s snacking zone. Do not get used to them for snacking in front of the television or in the room. We recommend that when they want to savor a snack, let them enjoy it in the dining room. It was training for the child to move and expend energy.

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Control The Work Pressure During Pregnancy

14 Nov 2010 by

Activities of pregnant women in the office did not necessarily stops with the pregnancy, especially during the vulnerable in the first trimester. Pressure of work could encourage someone to be more productive again. However, when pregnant, you need to control the work activities for energy can be divided for yourself and the baby in the womb.

Stress the job can not be avoided, but can be controlled, but how?

Take control of your job
Make-do your job every day and give it priority. If possible, communicate a number of tasks can be delegated to colleagues. If there is no urgent task, no need to force yourself to do all the work that day.

Communicate your fatigue
When you feel tired or tired from work, talk to ease your worries. Colleagues who understand your situation, a close friend, or spouse is a person who can you talk to relieve fatigue work.

Suggest yourself to remain relaxed
Practise simple relaxation techniques, such as slow breathing, or imagine yourself in a nice quiet place. If the physical condition of pregnant women is said to exercise safely, follow pregnancy exercise class or yoga for relaxation.

Reduce the work activity at risk of pregnancy complications
During pregnancy, you should do the job that is more friendly to avoid the risk of pregnancy complications in pregnancy. Avoid risky jobs such as:

* Work with working hours is too dense and long.
* Work that requires you to stand too long.
* Work associated with lifting heavy objects.
* Work-related noise.
* Works with respect to vibration of high pressure, such as factories that use large-sized machine.
* The work that cause stress or high stress levels.

If any work of this kind inevitably have you live, you should do the communication to find the best solution. Consult your doctor pregnancy-related conditions and how to adapt them to work. Alternatively, talk to your boss, it is possible to make some adjustments in the office duties during pregnancy.

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My Kid Caused My Computer To Crash

10 Nov 2010 by

Just a few days ago, I had to call IT Support Harrogate for assistance because my laptop suddenly shut down by itself and tried as I might to restart, it refused to do so. Imagine the panic I was in! All my work files and contacts were stored in my laptop.

I had no other choice but to request for IT support because I was hardly a tech savvy person. To my pleasant surprise, the technician arrived at my house an hour after I made the call. After half an hour of tinkering on my laptop, he discovered that the problem was due to a virus which he suspected came from a site my kid used to visit to play his online games. Fortunately, the technician managed to restore everything that was stored on my laptop and at the same time, he also installed a free anti-virus software for me.

This experience really taught me a lesson – Never to let my kid use my work laptop. I have since banned him from using it and only allow him to play games using our home computer.

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Friendship Limits for the Mother and her Daughter

10 Nov 2010 by

As a mother of teenage daughters before adulthood, you are required to position itself more intelligent. When will the time be a friend or parent. The reason is, not easy to build familiarity among women. If one takes the attitude, be prepared this age difference relationship is complicated, it can even be conflicting.

Despite the intimacy between mother and friends like a child now increasingly becoming a trend, but sometimes being too familiar to make the position difficult to deal with his daughter’s mother. Hierarchy between mother and daughter are still needed for the child know when she could receive her input as a friend and when to obey his mother as a parent.

However, later the child can see the mother as a friend. A survey showed that 71 percent of women ages 21 to 54 years old considered her as a friend.

Mother needs to be done today is to balance roles as parents and friends. She also needs to be firm, hard, and discipline on his son. How can children respect their parents, influenced how the father and mother to position itself.

Hierarchical relationship between mother and child have a positive impact on respect for the privacy of every individual. You as an adult woman and also as the mother has a different personal life with your daughter. So even with your daughter, she has a friend and need to socialize with others his age to develop a personality and identity. The existence of a hierarchy allows parents and children to live the life of each.

Imagine if the mother-child relationship was too close so that all activities are always performed together. What happens is the child trapped in a life with her mother and felt guilty about leaving her mother to socialize with other children his age. The relationship is too close like this also bring a bad influence on her mother. At the time the mother should be doing various activities with community mothers or other positive activities, he is actually trapped in a relationship “friendship” with his daughter.

If the relationship is too close had already occurred between mother and daughter, mature attitude to the solution. You as a mother, an adult female, it should take this role. Be an adult, respect the privacy and independence of girls who are ahead of adults. By behaving like this, your child will appreciate the parents, not only as a friend, but also as a mother.

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Ways of Sharing “Quality Time” with Children

07 Nov 2010 by

Many working mothers have complained the lack of time to spend with the kids. You have to leave for work when the child was still asleep, and returned home when the child was drunk and wanted to sleep. If you have this, how can make bonding with the child?

Rather than debating how long an ideal time to spend with their children, better look for a fun and useful to accompany the child even though his time was just 30-45 minutes a day. Here’s some inspiration:

* Fostering a sense of security is important in childhood. For that, build confidence on the environment. With the view we are on the side with a smile and say hello when you wake in the morning, and said good night when escorted to the contest, he will not only be happy, but also feel welcome presence.

* Give as much as possible to touch the baby every time you are nearby. Hug, kiss, caress, caress, or a warm applause will make him feel comfortable. This also applies to children who are older at school age. Convenience is what made him feel an important part of the family. He feels loved and know that you’re still paying attention. This concept fosters confidence.

* We get up early, do any activities together. Exercising together, helping children who are in school preparing needs, or just joking fun in bed before you get ready to work.

* Convert a variety of simple activities to special events. At the end of the week, encourage your baby a bath in the backyard. This fun activity will more closely link the relationship of mother and child.

* Pause a while before reading the newspaper in the morning. This activity could always be done on your way to work. Instead, devote attention to the children at breakfast time together. Listen and respond with enthusiasm their story.

* In the preschool or school age, children begin to be happy to help parents do the household activity. Let him engage in activities you do. Contributing power in the process of preparing breakfast, for example. Maybe at first there will be chaos here and there, but that’s where he learned a lot about prudence when handling crockery, learn about the regularity of layout, harmony, and learn other things.

* You can still show affection in ways unique. As a small note tucked in his lunch bag, “Bon appetite, my dear. Mama dear brother!” This business is simple yet very meaningful for the baby because she was so noted by his mother.

* Before the child goes to school, kiss on the cheek or forehead as he said that after working mom and she’ll meet again. Taking off her children to school, say to your children to enjoy activities in the school. “It’s good fun, kid!”

* The moment of arrival at home for the child’s mother is special. Because of that, they always indicate a willingness to talk and play together. Always smile when you greet children. Give a warm hug and the same. “Hi dear, Mother really miss you!”, Or “Wait a minute yes, son. Mom should clean up first, after that we played together, okay.” Although tired after work, doing any activity that allows the joint child.

* The night before sleep is the best moment for parents to establish emotional ties are more qualified. Before entering the room of children who had slept alone, ask permission first. Sit dealing with children, or side by side. Parents can start the communication, “Son, how are you feeling today? If there’s good baseball, hopefully can help Mother.”

Brief chat like that will help parents understand child’s feelings. To lure its openness, Talk first, “Mother very happy today because this afternoon met little friend Lady.” When children want to, having a conversation until bedtime. Continue the activity by praying together, and read story books, before delivering the baby fell asleep.

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What to Avoid When Communicating With Your Children

04 Nov 2010 by

Do you remember the television show Nanny Stella from Nanny 911? She is one of the nanny who has been acting for 15 years in the care of children and a nanny school graduates in their home country, England. In filling the show Nanny 911, Nanny Stella Nanny Deb works with, “If it can be seen, my differences with Nanny Deb is, he as a nanny is good and sweet, while my nanny who tend to be fierce and get families who tend to be difficult to face.” He has the nature of the firm in terms of child care. According to him, assertiveness is necessary for the child itself. One of the things that he emphasized in terms of caring for children is a matter of communication.

When communicating, there are things that we did not realize we do in children, yet they are not well done. Here are the things which, according to Nanny Stella to be avoided when communicating with children:

1. Do not make promises or threats.
Promising rewards, punishments, or threats and not keep your own words will make your child lose confidence or feel you can underestimate the meaning of your words. Worse, he could do negative things to get your attention.

2. Do not think a white lie will succeed.
Like anyone else in this world, children had the right to know the truth. So even when you make promises or plans, and the promise was not successfully met, be honest and compromised the next step (either by rearranging the schedule, or other). Children will feel disappointed when discovered early plan failed, but then will subside. At least you do not need to fear the possibility of your lies exposed, because you do not lie. Children must learn that the plan will not always run smoothly, and can be flexible.

3. Do not force it to speak when you’re angry.
You should say, “Mama can see you’re upset and angry. Mama think you should calm down yourself first. Mama is here if you already want to talk,” rather than “You’re why again?” or “What now, anyway?” If they’re angry, give him a little personal space.

4. If you do not want to hear the answer, do not ask.
“No” is a word that is very effective when used at the appropriate time and not too often said. Save the word is for extreme situations. If your kids have to go out with you, do not ask, you should make them understand. “You want to come Mama or not?” not as effective than, “We want to go Aunty’s home”.

5. Do not discourage your child.
If they feel afraid, or when they make mistakes, do not over dramatized. Do not then get angry or make your child feel inferior. Because this will reduce their confidence in you. They also will keep their distance from you to protect (protect) their own feelings.

6. Do not pretend that it will go away.
If the child violates the rules that have been agreed upon, either by a sudden whine in the supermarket, or cause an unpleasant situation, or deliberately not doing their job, face it. Do not think that it will pass.

7. Do not try to enforce discipline when you’re angry.
When you’re angry or being furious, often we will do the things we will regret later on. Calm down first, calm yourself. Once you can master the emotions, just explain the consequences to your baby.

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Parents and Child Communication Style

01 Nov 2010 by

When communicating and negotiating, every parent has a different style. There is a hard bargainer, collaborator, conflict avoider, and acoomodator. This theory appears motivated directly by the expert observations of the behavior of parents towards their children. There was a loud, always listen and work together, happy to avoid conflict, or even always follow the will of the child. Actually, each style has advantages and disadvantages of each. Here’s the explanation:

1. Hard Bargainer
Characteristics:
* Type of hardware. If you have opinions and desires, he will defend vigorously.
* Forcing the will because of all the rules at home that he should make.
* Feeling if their opinion is the most correct, most can manage.
* It’s hard to listen to other people’s opinions especially from children. If not listen, he would ask for good reason from the child.
* Nice to threaten and punish.

The positive side:
* The decision, whether it is instruction or rule can be made with a quick, decisive, and effective.
* The rules in the home can be enforced properly.
* Can trigger a child to train the pattern of thinking. Like asking a reason why he is doing something, the child will think hard to remember his parents express their opinions is difficult to be convinced. If he used to think looking for logical reasons, then he’ll get used to creative thinking. Later, when negotiating, the child can reliably menajdi negotiator because he was trained to maintain pedapatnya with logical reasons.

The negative side:
* Children often do not have freedom of expression so that creativity stuck.
* Children who feel constrained to nurture nature to rebel, also feel depressed because of what the parents must be obeyed. Moreover, if the child down the nature of parents’ hard bargainer, would often quarrel, because parents want their opinions unruly child conceived while. Commotion, noise that is not handled properly will make the relationship between parents and become strained.

2. Collaborator
Characteristics:
* Emphasizing cooperation. When there are goals to be achieved, parents taking children to come together to achieve goals together. When they would go on vacation, kids are invited to sit together to negotiate a place where the most fit to be the goal, so then decided which is best. In principle, consultation first, decide later.
* Be open with the existing problems. When deciding something, they always consider the wishes of children. Then, when a debate, parents remain focused on the interests and objectives.

The positive side:
* Children can a person who’s open and warm to the problems they face, so that the parent-child communication can be established either.
* Relationships with children can be maintained.
* Children feel heard his opinion.

The negative side:
* Children can lose control, especially when parental supervision is less strict. Remember, it is not necessary in all cases the child may be invited to cooperate. There are times when parents should maintain an absolute stance. When the boy likes to play the Internet, parents must provide strict rules about any sites that should not be visited. The rest, rules such as when a child may surf could be agreed.
* This type also requires energy and a great time, because things should be discussed together.
* The decision seems likely to slow and indecisive.

3. Conflict Avoider
Characteristics:
* Always avoid conflicts with the child. If the child made a mistake or something that is not good, parents do not want to admonish, exhort, rebuke, because the parents do not want their children to anger, fighting, or crying so that they appear to conflict.
* Cuek.
* Not too much talk or reprimand.
* There are not many rules.
* No limit, but what is being done to free the child (permissive).

The positive side:
* Son of freedom to be creative and experiment, so that it can make children creative.
* Relation parent and child are well preserved (harmony).

The negative side:
* Children do not know the rules so they can get out of hand. It could be that he would become a wild child and difficult to manage because the accustomed free to do whatever.
* Children do not learn from previous mistakes.
* Children do not know where the good and bad, right and wrong, and so forth.
* Children are the personal selfish and bossy.

4. Accomodator
Characteristics:
* Always want to adjust, grant, or accommodate the wishes of children. When children want to buy toy cars, dolls, bicycles, or cell phone, parents are always grant it.
* Assumes interwoven relationships is more important than the problem itself.
* Provides freedom for children to communicate, explore, and experiment.
* Not a lot of rules and discipline, because they will curb creativity.
* Flexible.
* Similarly, the conflict avoider, tend antikonflik for the sake of togetherness / maintain relationships with children.
* Do not want her to feel guilt / hurt.
* Easy going, no matter what character he faced trying disesuasikan with drinya. Not too much thought because he is more focused on fun and relationships of others than himself.

The positive side:
* Children feel heard.
* Creativity excavated with optimal child.
* Children dared express an opinion.
* Relation parent and child are well preserved.

The negative side:
* Making the child “wild”, because his wish was always granted.
* Children are not disciplined and did not know the rules.
* Not skillful negotiating, because his opinions are always approved without ever denied, aka unskilled argued.

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The Danger of overstimulation in Children

27 Oct 2010 by

Overstimulation is when a child can not respond because of his ability is still limited, but continued crammed stimulation. For example, the baby has not been able to achieve the object in front of him, but continued to be trained and even forced.

Each child has a different readiness to learn something. For example, the age of 3 months could be on his stomach, age 4-5 months from inserting objects into the mouth, and so on. Parents should give children developmentally appropriate stimulation. Parents should be sensitive to the child’s readiness to receive the stimulation. Observe, how the response and interest of the child.

In addition to ability and stage of development that is not exactly the same, recognize the same interests and little reaction to the stimulation provided. There is a visible interest, some are not. There is a broad interest, but some are limited.

Children who receive excess stimulation would be difficult or not cooperative child, for example, often defiant. What is clear, overstimulation not good for any age child because it will affect a number of aspects of child development. Here is the explanation.

* Motor. For example, children may not be able to walk but was forced to stand. Consequently, the structure of the child’s feet can be disrupted. Similarly, children who have not time to sit down but forced, it is feared his spine so disturbed structure.

* Language. Giving stimulus language by referring the child to talk, sing, hum, obviously important. When children respond positively through a smile, babble, then stimulation was fitting for him. Such a response is a sign that he is ready to receive stimuli. Conversely, if he looks indifferent, you should refrain from first. Find out also the reason, whether because of illness, sleepiness, or other reasons.

* Social. Excessive stimulation can make a child feel uncomfortable and insecure. Means, disrupted social aspects. The effect appears indirectly, children become irritable, difficult to get along with peers, or need more time to adapt. Giving excessive stimulation of whom are unwilling to impose child shaking hands with new people familiar with the expectations for the child brave. So, do it in stages. If the child is still looked worried, you should try another time, and never forced.

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