MASSAGE AND BATH OF NEW BORN BABY

             

Congrats and welcome to experience of parenthood for all new parents and as well as old ones.Massage and bathing is an important things that your born baby should get.With this there development would be fast and a good ones.Lets see to some tips for massage and bathing a new baby.

 MASSAGE

1.You can start your baby's gentle massage with the day you bring them home. Make infant massage part of your daily routine. Massage helps in stimulating your babies growth, boost there immune system and makes there digestive system healthy.

2.Massage your babies before her bed time is the best way to help your babies to sleep nicely. Always massage your baby 45 min after meal, else the baby will feel upsetness of stomach and sometimes may vomit also. Use your fingers and hands softly to massage full body of baby. When you massage your babies back, neck, legs, stomach, arms handle carefully all parts of your babies body. Massage any part of body in any one direction

3.For massaging new born you can use any edible oil and good options are coconut oil, olive oil, apricot oil, avocode oil or homemade ghee. In winter skip coconut oil as it would be too cold for new born babies, as mustard seed oil is very good for winter. You can make some homemade paste to do massage in winter. Take home butter add haldi mix it and can massage with this..It’s very good in winter. Badam oil is also a good option in winter. In short use any oil or homemade paste which is edible so it is easily absorbed in babies skin and if baby sucks its hands or fingers it goes to stomach and can be easily digested .Stay away from any baby oil or any minerals oil.

4.Use gentle rubbing motion. Dont massage with a force to new born babies. Use your softly your fingers and palms to massage full body

5.You can start from any part of the babies’ body. Massaging babies chest and tummy has the profound calming effect. Massage the chest from center of the chest to outside part away from the heart. Then massage stomach clockwise in rubbing motion. This release gas of the babies stomach if any and also improves the digestive system of babies.

6.Massage the head and face in circular motion. Massage their back in circular motion to rub their shoulder and lower back.

7.Massage their legs and feet, give light pressure on their thighs with help of your forefingers and thumb. Smoothly stroke their legs from their thighs down to her feet, then rub her feet with your thumbs, curl and uncurl her toes and fingers lightly. Then massage their hands nicely and gently. Massage hands from up to down till palm in clock wise direction of full hands.try to give a soft massage to fingers also.

Do some exercise while doing massaging of legs and hands.

 BATHING 

1.Your baby s first bath is a real good experience and a big deal. But mostly many parents don’t know where and how to start the first bath.A new born baby is given bath 2 to 3 times in a week is probably enough.

2.Give sponge bath till there umbilical cord stumps comes out or falls. Lay your baby on flat surface or on a clean n thick towel is best. For the first week or so it’s best to give your baby to give sponge baths with warm water. Wash his hands and face frequently.

3.Then wet the sponge with warm water and clean all parts of the body with a wet sponge and then with a soft towel dry all areas which are wet. As if the cord becomes wet and may cause some infection or puss so try to keep it dry so that it may fall soon. Once the cord has fallen your baby is read for real bath.

4.Many parents bath their babies daily, but until your baby is crawling around and getting into mess and becomes dirty there is no need of bathing them daily.More of bathing can make their skin dry. When you bath your new born baby you find it little afraid for the first time, but handling carefully and doing it regularly will make a good practice.

Have a safe and happy massage and bathing practice.

CARE TAKEN FOR NEW BORN BABIES

 Bringing  a baby is a very beautiful experience..By giving birth to a baby you have brought home your little bundle of joy.Though taking care of your new born can be one of the most special and rewarding experience of your life.To take care of a new born,you need to know how to give a your baby the rest and care to be taken which babies need and also healthy dose of love and affection.If you are a old parent its fine as you have brought a kid previously you might be trained parent and may know all tips for bringing up babies...But if you haven't spent a lot of time around a new born or you are a new parent ,its very tough to bring up a new born...Many care should be taken for bringing up a new born..

Today here i am going to give some tips for a new parent...

When a baby is born and comes in this world,it’s a very new atmosphere for a baby.

1.SLEEPING TIMINGS:

New born babies need its mother every minute and sleeps 16 hours a day or more also.New born sleeps continuous for 2 to 4 hours.So don’t expect much that they will sleep full night.As there storage system of food is too small so they will need milk which is there food every 2 to 3 hours.So they may awake in middle of night 3 to 4 times for feeding..Some babies sleep nicely and some may not,so its not a big deal.It varies for babies to babies.Like adult also babies will create there own sleeping habit in future.Many babies have there days and night mixed up so they tend to sleep more in day and awake in night.For this you can always do this : keep the stimulation at night to a minimum and keep lights low such as by using night lamps very light.Reserve talking and playing with your babies for day time.

2.SWADDLING A BABY:

Swaddling means wrapping a baby in a blanket or any dupattas. Swaddling works well for babies for starting few weeks,is a very important technique new parent should learn.Swaddling keeps a baby secure as it was in mothers stomach..It helps to sleep nicely and for longer time also..

 *Spread out the blanket or dupatta and make and fold top corner in middle and make a triangle shape.

 *Place your baby face up in middle of blanket and with his or her head up the folded blanket.

 *Wrap the left corner over the body and tuck it beneath the back of the baby,going under the right arm.

 *Bring the feet down n make straight.And bring the bottom corner up over the babies feet and pull it towards the head,folding the fabric down if it gets close to face.

 *Wrap your right corner around the baby and tuck it under the babies back on the left side leaving only the neck and head exposed.

NOTE:Make sure that your baby is not too tightly wrapped as they will have problem in breathing and chances of dysplasia increases…

Also make sure that the blanket is not loosely tied else it will come out as if you have not wrapped it.

           See you all in the next article for more tips and guidance::

HEALTHY FOOD RECIPIES FOR KIDS IN WINTER-PART-3

Hello friends, hows the winter going on? Winter is the season of eating all green vegetables and fruits….But generally kids don’t like to eat all vegetables and fruits…Here is the way out to make them eat all vegetables in a tricky way. Hope parents can work on this trick…

Here are some very tricky recipes which kids will love to eat..

GREEN CHUTNEYS:

 INGREDIENT:

Coriander leaves(dhaniya)                     2 cups

Mint leaves (fudina)                                1cup

Green chilies                                          2 nos

Ginger-                                                   1/2 inch

Garlic-                                                    3 to 4 cloves

Lemon juice-                                         2 tsp

Crushed peanuts                                  2 tbsp

Ice cubes                                              1 piece

Salt to taste

Water as required

METHOD:

1,Rinse the coriander and mint leaves and wash well. Now roughly chop them.

2.Mix coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chillis,ginger,garlic,lemon juice, crushed peanuts and salt to taste in  a mixture jar.

3.Now add 1 to 2 piece of ice cubes in it and grind it to a smooth paste. Add water as required.

4.Grind it well and make it smooth chutney and remove it in a bowl.

This green chutney can be eaten with rotis, parathas or theplas or any things of your choice.

YELLOW CHUTNEY:

INGREDIENT:

Green chilli                 1 nos

Capsicum                   1 small nos

Lemon                        1 small nos

Haldi(turmeric)           ½ tsp

Crushed peanuts        1 small cup

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Chop green chilies and capsicum and mix it in a mixer jar, add lemon, haldi,crushed peanut and salt to taste.

2. Crush all this in mixer and make a smooth paste (chutney).

Yellow chutney is ready, can serve with pakkodas or any type of namkeens..

HOME MADE PARATHA PIZZAS:

INGREDIENTS:

Wheat floor                                 1cup

Salt to taste

Jeera                                            ½ tsp

Hing                                             ½ tsp

Oil for moan                               1 tsp

Carrot grated                            1 cup

Capsicum square diced          1 cup 

Beetroot grated                        1 cup

Onion square diced                  1 cup

Panneer square cutted             1cup

Cheese                                      4 cubes     

Green chutney                           1 cup

Yellow chutney                           1cup

Tomato sauce as required

Ghee as required

Sandwich masala as required

METHOD:

1. Mix wheat flour, salt, jeera, hing, oil and add water and make paratha dough.

2. Now make 3 slight thick paratha than normal out of this dough.                                                 

3. Then shallow fry this paratha adding ghee and make crispy.

4. Now shallow fry capsicum+paneer+onion, then in another pan shallow fry carrot+ beetroot.  

5. Now when paratha is ready spread green chutney on 1^st layer of paratha and add grated carrot and beet on the 1^st layer and sprinkle sandwich masala on it.

6. Take 2^nd paratha and spread yellow chutney on it and add capsicum+onion+paneer on it and sprinkle sandwich masala on it.

7. Then set 3^rd paratha on it and add tomato sauce and grate cheese on it….

8. Arrange all this paratha on one on one.

Now the paratha pizza is ready, cut it and serve it...

 

Kids will love it and enjoy eating and parents will also be so much happy to see their kids eating pizza but a healthy one…

HEALTHY FOOD RECIPIES OF KIDS FOR WINTER-PART 2

  Here is two recipes called adadiya and oats dry fruits chikkis….

Adadiya is a famous Gujarati winter special sweets. The ingredients used in adadiya helps to keep body warm in winter. Adadiya is made from ghee and urad dal atta and lots of dry fruits in it and some gund and winter special masala which helps in keeping body warm and give protection against cold.

 Let us see the recipes of adadiya::

ADADIYAS:

INGREDIENTS:

Ural dal flour-        250 gm

Sugar-                   200 gm

Ghee-                    250 gm

Edible gum-          1 tbsp gung

Milk-                       1/2 cup

Almond-                  2  tbsp

Cashunut-               2 tbsp

Adadiya masala-    1 tsp

Water as required.

METHOD:

1. Heat milk ghee and add it in urad flour mix it and keep aside for ½ hour.

2. Now churn this mixture of milk+ghee+urad flour nicely and then fry gung to golden brown and keep aside.

3. Then heat ghee and roast the flour till golden brown in color, till u get a good aroma.

4. Now keep this mixture aside for some time.

5. In another pan mix sugar and water till deep.

6. Boil it at slow flame till it form 2 strings (threads).touch it with finger n thumb.

7. When flour come at room temperature add sugar syrup in it.

8. Mix it properly then add dry fruits and adadiya masala in it and stir it well.

9. Now make adadiya in any shape you like, decorate it with dry fruits of your choice.

Store it in air tight container for 15 to 20 days…

The second recipe is OATS N DRY FRUITS CHIKKIS. In this recipes jaggery is used in place of sugar which is full of vitamin A. And oats is very important ingredient which kids should eat.As most kids don’t like oats, so making some interesting recipes from oats can make them eat interestingly`..

 OATS AND DRY FRUITS CHIKKIS:

INGREDIENTS:

Oats-                      1cup

Jaggery-                 11/2 cup

Ghee-                     1 tsp

Dry fruits-               1cup

(walnut+almond+cashunut+pistachio) or any dry fruits u like can be added

METHOD:

                    

1. Dry roast oats and dry fruits separately in a non stick pan.

2. Now add ghee in another pan and add jaggery and mi it well. Cook on slow flame for 3 min.

3. Remove from flame and add roasted oats and dry fruits and mix it nicely.

4. Then transfer this mixture fastly on a greased plate or greased flat surface and spread it evenly.

5. Let it cool and then make pieces from it and store it in air tight container.

In winter eating jaggery is very healthy for kids and mixed with oats and dry fruits will help them..

You can change the ingredients and use sesame seeds black or white one or peanuts or can skip all dry fruits and just use dates and make dates and oats laddoos also….

HEALTHY FOOD RECIPIES OF KIDS FOR WINTE-PART 1

As winter is here, all parents are worried what to give to kids in proper quantity and balanced diet. Today in this article m going to help all vegetarians parents. It feels best when you see your child eating a healthy homemade cooked food…

Feeding kids can be one of the toughest job that a parent find, it is also the most satisfying and stressful part of parenting and many of us have given up with the fear some mealtime standoff at a time. The food your child eats in winter can influence whole year for them. So eating healthy food is very important. Once child starts eating solid foods, you are likely to find that some of the meals you so lovingly prepare and are rejected by kids. But don’t be discouraged it’s perfectly normal but it is an good idea to make a good routine as soon as possible…

So here are some of favorite recipes that your kids should surely have in cold winter...

                                                                  

Bajara is one of the ingredients that is very healthy for winter. Bajara thepla is not thin as a normal thepla but a little thicker. Its 100% a very healthy and filling breakfast or dinner in winter….

                         BAJARA METHI THEPLA:

                        

INGREDIENTS:

Bajara atta (millet flour)-                               1cup

Methi chopped (fresh fenugreek leaves)-   1 cup

Asafetida (hing) -                                           1/4^th tsp

Haldi (turmeric powder) -                              1/2tsp

Red chili powder-                                          1tsp

Ginger+chilli+garlic paste-                           1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for shallow frying

Water as needed

METHOD:

 1.Mix bajara, methi, asofoetida, salt, haldi, red chill powder,garlic+chilli+ginger paste, and add enough water and knead a semi stiff dough.

 2. Heat a tawa, grease your hand with oil and divide the dough in equal parts then roll into balls. Now pat each ball in between your hands and make a thick thepla (rotis).

3. Place this thepla rotis in tawa and cook on slow flame and cook it by flipping and apply oil on both side and cook well.

4.. Now take the thepla on a tissue paper so that oil gets sucked by tissue paper. Serve hot…

 

Serve it with garlic and green coriander chutneys….

            

KIDS NUTRITIOUS FOODS FOR WINTER

Seasonal changes are a fantastic time to introduce some new and innovative foods in your kids diet. When temperature goes down and days become shorter and night longer, there will be change in kids mood and behavior.Their activeness becomes less in cold,winter.So make sure that you provide adequate nutrition to your kids.

Every parent wants their kids to be healthy in all seasons especially in winter, so providing nutritious food to kids in winter is very important...

1. PONKH/GREEN WHEAT:

This is a fresh wheat called ponkh. It is available specially in winter only. Its not available in every city or every state of India.But is available in Surat city of Gujarat state and some parts of Mumbai.It is very healthy, you just have to wash it add salt and lemon juice and a special sev and can eat easier. As the special sev is very spicy so you can skip or add little quantity for kids.

 

2. GREEEN GARLIC:

Just like spring onions, this garlic is with green long leaves. It is very good for kids health and even for adults. It can give protection against cold, cough and viral.Its fragrance and flavor is very strong. You can add this inn all you veg subji and parathas.Also can make chutneys with coriander and salt and grind in mixtures and eat with rotis ya parathas.

3. FRESH HALDI (ORANGE AND YELLOW AMBA HALDI):

As you all know haldi is a form of medicines. And if your kids like it, you will be a lucky and a happy mom. As in Gujarati we have this in all our meals. Kids love its color.It can beaten by slicing it and adding salt and lemon juice.

4. DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHILLIS/MIRCHIS:

There are many different types of mirchis available in winter. Opt for non spicy chilies for your kids. As chills contain vitamins C., it is very good for growing kids. You can use it in your meals, subjis and can also make chutney with coriander and green garlic and can be eaten with rotis and parathas etc.

 

5. AMLA:

Amla has vitamin C in great quantity which is very much nutritious. It can be ate with some salt and haldi on it.

 

6. SWEET POTATOES:

Sweet potatoes are full of fiber, vitamin A and potassium. It is very nutritious for kids you can make subji, and also used in place of potatoes for French fries. You can make sweet potatoes puree and use on macaroni and cheese, brownies etc.Its taste is sweet so kids love it.

 

7. CAULIFLOWER:

It is full of vitamin A, C, K and also B.It also contains small amount of protein, potassium, magnesium and fiber which is very important for growth and development of kids and provides stable energy levels and good digestion.

 

8. SPROUTS:

Whether you like or no, you have to feed sprouts to kids in any attractive forms. its taste is very distant but its very great idea to offer your kids a variety tastes and flavors from very young age. Sprouts can be served with all salads like cucumber, carrot, tomatoes salt and can be tossed and served with your meal….

 

Keep your kids healthy this winter by including above all these foods in your kids diet….