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Keeping Your Baby Healthy

By David Cummings

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Published: 21Mar2009
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Having a healthy baby starts while you are pregnant and really before that, but eating right and avoiding certain things while you are pregnant will help insure your baby is healthy. You can also get advice from your doctor or midwife concerning exercises that are suitable when pregnant.

First, don't eat much of these kinds of food: sugary, fatty or those with caffeine. It is suggested to eat oily kinds of fish only twice a week. These are some foods to abstain from altogether while pregnant: soft cheeses, raw eggs, shark, marlin, and swordfish. It is best to refrain from drinking alcohol while pregnant or at least drink only a drink or two once or twice a week. Do not drink heavily.

Secondly, these are foods you should eat while pregnant: fruit and vegetables five times a day, eat a high-protein food at least one time daily. Some examples of high-protein foods are: poultry, eggs, meat, fish, and, lentils. You can also combine certain foods to get high-protein if you are a vegetarian and there are good protein powders available as well. Your baby will be protected with antibodies, have the best nutrition, and consume the most digestible food if you breast feed her during her first year. Breast milk also provides essential amino acids, fluid, vitamins, minerals, and the high fat content that a baby needs, plus the correct amounts of cholesterol and carbohydrates. At four to six months she'll be ready for solids, such as baby rice cereal. When your baby is eating cereal two or three times a day, it is time to mash up some vegetables and fruits and let your baby try one new food each week.

You want to keep your baby healthy and these are some ways to achieve that goal. Get your baby immunized and make sure she is on schedule. Take her to her regular checkups. Wash your hands often and ask other people to wash their hands before they hold, play with, feed or touch your baby. Persuade people who are sick to postpone any visits. When you can't wash your hands, use hand sanitizer after doing things like going to the ATM, pumping gas, using a shopping cart, getting something out of a vending machine or touching public door handles.

Use disinfectant wipes to clean the baby's toys or pacifier if she drops it. Clean any public high chair in a restaurant with the wipes. The brand of sanitizer wipes should be recommended safe for babies. Don't smoke around your baby or let people smoke around her and in restaurants sit in the non-smoking section. Eight-five percent of the smoke from a cigarette becomes second hand smoke. Your baby doesn't need to inhale it. It is a good idea to put a changing pad or towel on a high chair or changing table that is for public use. Keep your baby from direct sunlight--put a hat on that protects her eyes or sunglasses. If the weather is cold put an extra layer of clothing on her. Put a hat on to keep her head warm.

All these suggestions can help both you and your baby stay healthy and enjoy each other.

David Cummings is a devoted parent and author on family topics. He is dedicated to helping parents improve family time together and to ensuring a brighter future for all children via contributions to children organizations. David is the General Manager for Bustling Baby, LLC - a company that knows parenting and offers products to make life with baby easier, such as quality Eddie Bauer Baby Gear

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