As we promised you a week ago, it is our intention to offer some of the summaries on the great topics of Peques and More ... in fact I should have already published them all, but a fairly serious flu prevented me from concentrating. Therefore, Today we are going with the second installment, in which we will talk about health (including nutrition) and safety, to continue (already started next year) with a couple more of these summaries.
I have tried to abbreviate everything possible, it is not easy, as it is such an important issue for families with children, there goes:
Of sick children and worried parents
Well, I can't resist that post that told us about fever in children, so that we could understand and calm down when it appears, without forgetting that sometimes it is necessary to act. And yes, fever is linked to diseases as common as colds and as occasional as chickenpox; Although this year we have also had another condition in mind that involves skin lesions: it is hives.
Mind you, talking about colds (and it may be from flu like mine), it is important to remember that it is not advisable to administer cough syrups in children under six years of age. In fact, other medications administered at an early age can cause adverse consequences, such as codeine.
A common disease in children is asthma, which is chronic. Y the effectiveness of medications to prevent headaches in children It is not proven, did you know?
We have learned that perhaps one of the components in plastics (Bisphenol A), may be related to the development of the nervous system; and that fast food, as much as some find it hard to believe, raises the risk of contracting some diseases. And since we have gone on to talk (thus of a stroke) about toxic substances, I take this opportunity to expand information on lead toxicity, and to tell you that the relationship between low birth weight cases and urban air pollution is finally studied .
How psychological and emotional health also counts, recommendations were not lacking so that anxiety does not interfere in the daily life of children; and the warning that exposure to stress during childhood may be related to obesity in adulthood. And at the time of diseases of neurological origin, it has all helped us to read that ADHD is overdiagnosed.
Before moving on to the next section, it is worth highlighting again the health benefits and the development of physical exercise in children; specifying that by promoting these habits as a family, sedentary ones are avoided when they are older.
The key to ensuring safety is: Prevention!
Prevention of drowning in swimming pools, and the harmful effects of Ultra Violet Rays on the skin; prevention also of sports injuries in children, and choking by choking on nuts (a risk to be monitored especially in children under six years); and the consequences of extreme heat. And of course, prevention in sports on wheels.
Protection also of health when the low temperatures arrive,
And if prevention fails, then we must act, such as in cases of traumatic accidents.
Mari Angeles Miranda, a benchmark in Child Safety, came to talk to us about this important issue, and to remind us that the numbers of child accidents are a cultural problem to correct.
The smallest they are very capable of learning to take care of themselves, and with that they will obtain benefits, in the blog we have talk about back care. Our example is always important, and especially in the adoption of insane behaviors such as smoking.
And we have said goodbye to safety until next year, remembering that toys, not because they are, are always safe.
Infant feeding as a base
For me, the best entry on infant feeding of the year it has been the interview to the well-known nutritionist Julio Basulto, author of 'I am made a ball'; although I do not want to disregard that overweight and obesity can be prevented only by monitoring that the energy imbalance is achieved; Because easy solutions are not effective, do not even follow a 'light diet'. Although fortunately nutrition is already taken into account in the prevention of this great social problem.
If that a good diet, based on fiber, is essential to prevent pediatric diabetes.
And yes, the expected practices for a good feeding of school-age children finally arrived. But let's not forget that we are parents who make two mistakes of weight, are to press and forbid.
Between food and nutrition there is a dividing line, but they are completely related, here we tell you how.
And what about allergies?
I have decided to include them in the big section of food, because especially food allergies have been highlighted, and look, again an interview gives us one of the most important information: Silvia Díaz from My Menu with Milk, has told us that her wish is that these allergies were more integrated in society.
In fact, in general, it would be more than appropriate for the treatment of allergies in schools to be part of the education of children as a right. Marcos was in charge of informing us about the content of the kit for allergic children on excursions and outings; and on the other hand we had no choice but to remember that before offering goodies to a child with this disease, parents should be asked.
In any case, sweets are dangerous to health, we know it and we don't always act accordingly, but the important thing is to have an overall vision to protect children. Here, and with the memory of the great news that parents can finally run out of schedules in pediatric ICUs, we say goodbye.
Finished this summary, and although I will not fall into the topic of saying goodbye until next year, Yes, I wish you much happiness for this New Year's Eve that you are already preparing.
