What To Do About The Appearance Of Baby Acne

by E-NewsCast Team
February 5th, 2012

For nine months you waited for the baby to arrive. And when the baby is born he is just what you imagined him to be. Perfect and healthy.Upon closer look questions arise -’Are they supposed to be this tiny, sleep so much etc. One of the first things parents notice about their newborns is all that baby acne on their cheeks. And baby acne is NOT something they expected.

What causes baby acne?

Baby acne, also known as infantile acne, is common among newborns. Most often it manifests itself as small whiteheads on the baby’s cheeks, forehead, or chin. Baby acne can start anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months of age and generally remains until the baby reaches 4 to 6 months of age.

Who’s to blame? Why it’s actually mom’s hormones that cause the appearance. When the mother was carrying the baby,

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Take Good Care of Your Babies Using Baby Monitors

by E-NewsCast Team
February 4th, 2012

A baby monitor is a device used to remotely listen the noises made by an infant. A baby monitor is primarily used to keep track of any problem with baby when the infant is asleep in a separate room or while one is away from the baby. A baby monitor is also known as a baby alarm.

A baby monitor technology includes a simplex (unidirectional) radio transmitter and receiver system equipped with a microphone and a receiver equipped with a speaker. The microphone is placed near to the child and the receiver is carried by, or near to, the person caring for infant.

The frequency used by the devices usually lies in the range of 49–50 megahertz, though some models can go as high as 900 MHz. As with all wireless transmission systems there is the possibility that a receiver used by a third party could pick up the transmissions. To aid

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Your Baby And Social Skills

by E-NewsCast Team
February 3rd, 2012

Your baby’s first year is filled with many challenges and new experiences for everyone in your family. One of the many things that your baby is going to be learning in his first year is the ability to socialize and get along with others. The first place that your baby is going to learn to socialize with others is within your own family. You should also be exposing your baby to playmates and other people outside your immediate family. This is so that he can learn communication and interaction skills at as young an age as possible.

No matter how young your baby is, it is never too soon to let your baby enjoy social activities. The earlier you start to teach social skills to your baby the better his social skills will be when he is older. You should be considering getting out with your baby a couple of times

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Fun at Baby Showers

by E-NewsCast Team
February 2nd, 2012

Baby games to add zing to your baby shower celebrations! Games are fun and add excitement to any festivity. Besides that, they are a great way of letting your hair loose and getting a chance of familiarizing with the other guests and being at ease with one another.

Word Power

All the players are asked to write two names which they would like to suggest for the new arrival on a piece of paper. The aim is to make as many words as possible from the letters of those two suggested names by each guest. The guests should target at making as many words as possible.

The players must be told that each new word which they form from the letters of the names must have a minimum of three letters.

To add more zing to the game ask the players not to reveal the suggested names! Let the other players guess the names

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Potty Training in One Day – Can You Really Potty Train in a Day? What Does It Mean?

by E-NewsCast Team
February 1st, 2012

Sounds great – doesn’t it?

Or does it sound too good to be true?

It all comes down to perspective and expectations.

If these words evoke the idea of a magic pill image in your mind – i.e. all I have to do is spend some money here and boom, my child will be potty trained in one day – that’s it – s/he will go from diapers/pull-ups to potty training pants and will not have accidents and we will all live happily ever after.

Well, a magic pill it is not!! It will take effort and energy on your part and yes, you will have to clean up accidents. We all learn from our mistakes and your child will not be any different.

It is however a proven method that has successfully worked for many parents. The one day is the “Big Day” (see Figure 1 below). This is the day when the actual

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