My two and a half year old son does not talk, not even calls ‘mama’. When I compare him to my now seven year old daughter, she at his age was a chatterbox, talking endlessly. He is otherwise physically fine and has no birth defects. Many parents may find themselves in the same situation, where …
As a mother, you definitely would want your children to be healthy and get the least possible episodes of infection. But, this is just not the case and you observe that at least once or twice every month, your child is down with some viral or bacterial infection. Visits to the doctor and antibiotic courses …
Good nutrition ensures a good health. The growing years are the most crucial, and any compromise in food and nutrition can lead to diseases or arrest development of the child. Like genes, eating habits are inherited from the family. Be informed and preach healthy eating to your kids! Implementing a meal plan is a challenge, …
Your friend’s teenager son has been recently diagnosed to be having diabetes; not type 1 diabetes, he has type 2 diabetes. You are surprised because you have heard that type 2 diabetes is found in adults. However, this is a startling fact. This disease which has been known to be more prevalent in adults is …
You have two children, a school going 10-year-old and a 5-year-old pre-schooler, both energetic young boys, full of fun and enthusiasm. Your older son has achieved all the milestones required to reach from the time he was a baby. Hence, you expect the same from your younger child, and a comparison starts as you recollect …
It is common for children to develop vomiting or frequent watery or loose stools called diarrhea. Each time your child has one, you have been worrying as to how to help the child. You are more confused whether to feed the child or not. You do not know if you should go to the hospital …
Ever since your three year old child was born, you have noticed some problems in urination. Earlier you thought this was just a part of toilet training, but the problems persisted. Your child has been treated for urinary infections often and cries while passing urine. Bedwetting still persists and you are now anxious as to …
Three year old little Manish watched his favorite cartoons on television for a long time. When he finally got up to play outside, he felt pain in his hip and started limping. Unable to bear the pain, he started crying. His mom found that he was also running a high fever, and took him to …
Being a parent to a child suffering from tics can definitely be a stressful experience. Do you find all your efforts (scolding, punishment, etc..) to curb the abnormal behavior futile? But remember not to blame or abuse your child for the behavior as it is beyond his/her ability to control it consciously. Your child needs …
In our daily life, we come across many people, we would have noticed that few people have an abnormal eye condition where they might be looking and talking to us, but we feel that they are not looking at us. Actually these people have a condition called as cross-eye or strabismus or squint eyed. About …
