Info about Adopting Kids

Keeping Adopted Kids Healthy

Whether you’re adopting domestically or internationally, what you need to know

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Considering adoption? For your child’s well-being now and in the future, find out as much as you can about her origins. Going forward, you’ll want to keep an eye out for any health or development challenges. Whether you’re adopting domestically or internationally, here’s what you need to know:

Before you bring her home
The best time to gather your child’s medical history is during the adoption process. It’s easier to do this if you’re adopting in the U.S., but a growing number of countries, such as Korea and Guatemala, now provide extensive information. Ask about:
• Her birth mother’s health, including any physical illness, chronic conditions, history of depression, or alcoholism.
• How the child compares with other kids her age. Does she eat or sleep less, or cry more? Has she been sick?
• Locating her medical records, often scattered among hospi-tals, orphanages, and foster homes. You may need to make quite a few calls to get them all.

The first few months
Aim for an initial checkup within two weeks of bringing her home (even if she’s had a medical exam in a foreign country). Of course, if she’s sick see a pediatrician right away; about half of adoptees have common illnesses like ear infections that need immediate treatment. She’ll need a follow-up four to six weeks after her first visit.
During these early appointments, your child’s vision and hearing will be checked. If she’s under 4 months, expect the standard newborn screenings. Internationally adopted children will be vaccinated — whether or not they’ve already gotten shots abroad. The doctor will also screen for:
• Nutritional risks like anemia
• Lead poisoning
• Genetic abnormalities (an African-American baby, for instance, will be tested for sickle-cell anemia)
• Infectious diseases, depending on the birth mother’s history and country of origin

In the future
It’s not uncommon for newly adopted kids to start off behind in growth and development — to crawl or walk a little later than average, for example. This might be due to a lack of early stimulation, a nutritional deficiency, or, more rarely, exposure to alcohol or drugs. That’s why your pediatrician will pay close attention to your child’s growth pattern and milestones, especially during her first years. Fortunately, with good food, medical care, and love, most adoptees with delays catch up in a few months or a year.

"Does my child need a special doctor?"
Probably not. Just look for a pediatrician who communicates well and is willing to devote time to your family’s needs. However, if your child has been seriously ill, or experienced abuse or emotional trauma, it’s a good idea to seek out a doctor who has treated adopted kids with these issues.

www.parenting.com

* In my own opinion I will not adopt a child because in some news their adopted child will kill them. I’m afraid of that thing to happen to me and my family. Likewise to my Aunt she has adopted son and now when he grows up his attitude begins to change into worst. He goes home late and never listens to them. It’s such a hurtful thing to feel that your adopted son is like that. Better not to adopt! *

They were friends

This is Ella my godchild at the left side together with my daughter Kyla. Ella is 1 year and 4 months. She is very active. She loves to dance likewise my daughter. My daughter loves her. They sometimes play because Ella is young and she is starting to walk for herself. She looks like her Aunt Sheila which is now in Singapore.

Vitamin C is good for the kids

Which foods are rich in vitamin C?

• citrus fruits, like oranges
• cantaloupe
• strawberries
• tomatoes
• broccoli
• cabbage

source: www.kidshealth.org

*  I give Fern-C for my daughter Kyla. It is Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps your body resist infection. It makes you a little harder to become infected with illnesses. *

It's all about WEANING..

What is Weaning?

Weaning is the time when parents begin to gradually introduce foods other than breast milk or infant formula to their baby’s diet. Specially prepared solid foods may be introduced gradually between 4 and 6 months of age.

Cereal-based foods are usually the first weaning foods offered to the infant. Other foods, including strained or mashed fruits, vegetables, meats, and fish, are later added to the weaning diet.

The introduction of weaning foods should not signal the elimination of milk from baby’s diet. In fact, breast milk, infant formula, or a follow-on formula designed specifically to meet the nutritional needs of older babies should remain the primary source of nourishment throughout the first year of life.

Weaning is an important stage in your baby’s life. It requires much patience on your part, some practice on your baby’s part, and a lot of learning by all.

Source: WyethNutrition.com

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How you can help

There are lots of ways you can ease the discomfort of teething.

• Try rubbing the gums gently with your little finger.
• Give your baby something to chew on – a teething ring will help soothe the gums, especially if cooled in the fridge beforehand. Don’t be tempted to put it in the freezer because if it’s too cold it could cause frostbite.
• Carrot fingers or a chunk of apple can be just as effective, and the fibres they contain will help clean any teeth that have already appeared. Keep an eye on your baby while they’re having a good old chew because small chunks could be a choking hazard. This is especially important if they already have some teeth as they could easily bite off little bits.
• A sugar free teething gel such as Calgel will also help to reduce the pain. Containing a local anaesthetic, it can be applied directly to your baby’s gum to numb the area and is suitable for use from 3 months plus.
• If your baby still seems uncomfortable, a liquid pain reliever should help. Calpol Infant Suspension is specially formulated for infants from 2 months* plus and the sugar free variety is ideal for teething. Alternatively you could try Calprofen which is available in a sugar free variety and suitable for infants from 3 months* plus.

Of course, as well as these methods, a big cuddle can work wonders.

Source: Calpol

I found this tips on the internet. I remember when my daughter experience teething she cannot eat because of the pain. She had a fever at 37 degrees celcius. I let her took a medicine. I gave her a paracetamol. I’m so worried because she had no appetite at that time.

Child Sleeping Problems

Prevalent sleep problems

It is estimated that 20-30% of the children suffer from common sleep problems in the first 3 years of life.

• Night-wakings – The most prevalent complaint. The baby wakes up many times during the night for short or extended periods.
  
• Difficulty falling asleep – The baby requires long and often highly demanding rituals to fall asleep.
  
• Inappropriate sleep schedule – the child falls asleep at inappropriate hours and cannot sleep during more appropriate hours of the night.
  
• Nightmares – the child wakes up frightened but responds quickly to the parents and calm down with their help.
  
• Night terrors – the child wakes up in a terrible scream, appears terrorized with eyes open or close and does not seem to respond to the parents or even resists their intervention.
  
• Fierce rocking and head banging – the child uses body rocking and head banging in the transition to sleep or during the night.
  
• Breathing problems during sleep – the child has repeated breathing cessations or difficulties during sleep.

A non-prevalent event but a very prevalent concern of parents during the first year of the baby’s life is the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome which relates to the occurrence of infant death during sleep without any explainable cause.

Source: Sleeping

* My daughter experience night wakings during night because sometimes she wakes up because she knows her father arrives at home. But she sleep in the afternoon for 2-3 hours a day. She loves to sleep. She sometimes sleep early 8pm at night depending on her if she is tired on that day. *

We should teach them

Teaching Values To Our Children

* Household chores – If you ask your child to perform certain household duties such as taking out the trash or cleaning his or her bedroom, show your child how to do it (the behavioral steps) and clearly explain your expectations. When children know how to complete a task and take care of their personal belongings, they learn what it means to act responsibly.

    * Nightly homework – Study time at home should be part of your child’s weekly routine. Set clear expectations for completing homework (assignments must be done before watching TV or playing a game). When children do what they are supposed to do, even when they don’t feel like doing it, they develop character.

    * Meal time – Sitting around the dining table should involve much more than breaking bread. Whether you’re reminiscing about your youth or your child is discussing the events of the day, family "table talk" is for sharing and relationship building. You’ll be surprised at how many of the stories serve as metaphors about values, discipline and character. Point those lessons out to your children so they can relate true-life events to those abstract ideals.

As you see, the everyday moments of life offer opportunities for us to teach children positive values. However, all the teaching in the world can be undone if our kids watch us behave in ways that contradict everything we’ve said. If you want your children to learn honesty and sincerity, then be truthful and act kindly.
    
Source: Parenting

** This is an interesting article because it is all about how to teach your children a proper VALUES. It is necessary nowadays to teach our children about this so that they will be knowledgeable in all things. They must know the household chores so that they can help us in cleaning the house. We must also teach them that they have to study because it is their responsibility as a student. As a parents, we must teach them so that they will know how to apply Values in their lives. **

Why do they sleep?

My child sleeps at the jeepney when we are on the way to SM. She sleeps also in the taxi when we are on our way home. Why do children sleep when they travel?

Obviously, we also sleep sometimes when we are in the bus or in the car when we travel in distance places. I remember when I was child I do sleep in the jeepney too..LOL!!! may pinagmanahan pala si Kyla.

I’m so tired holding her head because she sleeps in the jeepney but when she saw the shopping mall. She hurriedly opens her eyes wide. She is amazing!

It's all for her!

My child is so smart. I told that we will go to the shopping malls today. It’s only a joke! But then she says we will go to the mall Mama. I said I have no money. I will ask Papa give us money. We laugh when she really ask her father a money.

We went to SM. We will a rubber shoes for her. We found GARFIELD and it fits to her and not knowing that it will light when you walk. My daughter likes it so much! LOL!!! She use it and she keep on jumping and walking to see the light in her shoes.

We went upstairs and accidentally saw the BARBIE watch. She likes it! in short we buy it. Oh! My golly! I have no money. It’s okay because I spend it for my loving daughter Kyla.

..HaPPy HoLiDaYS!

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