Choose a bottle brush that’s convenient, durable, and fits the needs of your family. We carefully considered design, material, value, size, and additional attachments when reviewing products. Here are the best bottle brushes on the market. We named the Munchkin Bristle Bottle Brush our best overall because it has a two-in-one design that’s convenient for families. A small rubber nipple brush tucks into and comes out of the handle of the larger brush....
At What Age Should Young Kids Begin to Explore Art? Art is a great first educational enrichment program for toddlers. Abrakadoodle’s Twoosy Doodlers program is a special parent and child class that is designed for children ages 20-36 months and a parent or caregiver. While the Twoosy’s explore art using a hands-on, sensory approach, parents learn about the skills their children are developing and what is developmentally appropriate. Types of Art Activities Best for Toddlers Young children benefit from discovering art by doing and exploring an array of art materials....
The First Few Hours Babies tend to be awake and very alert for the first two hours after they’re born, and they’re typically pretty eager to eat. Nursing within the first hour (“the golden hour”) is usually recommended. Realistically, it can be a bit tough to latch on your baby right after delivery. If you are in a hospital, you may have a blood pressure cuff on one arm, an IV in another, and the baby swaddled in quite a few blankets....
How to Present Puberty as a Positive If your tween is dreading the idea of being catapulted into being a teen, there are many aspects that you can point out to make the prospect of growing up and growing older a positive one. You don’t need a heart to heart—if that’s what you or your child is afraid of—but even lighthearted conversations that you have over time can help. Pointing out all the new experiences your child is going to encounter in the coming years can be reassuring to your tween....
It’s important to remember that teens who run away are just like every other teen. They aren’t bad kids. They just have made a bad decision. They got themselves caught up in something or are feeling pressures that they felt the need to escape from. Instead of facing their problems and solving them, they chose to run from them. Why Teens Run Away Sometimes running away has to do with something the teen has gotten into like drug use or hanging out with the wrong crowd....
Studies on the prevalence of sleep terrors are mixed, with results showing anywhere from under 2% to over 50% of kids experiencing them. Researchers speculate that the large variance may be due to underreporting, study design, age of participants, and mistaking a nightmare for a night terror or vice versa. However, research does show that these sleep disturbances, which are a type of parasomnia (abnormal behavior of the central nervous system during sleep), are most common in young children between the ages of one and four....
Unfortunately, triploidy is a disorder that is incompatible with life. The majority of fetuses that have triploidy die before birth and those that make it to term rarely survive the first months of life.Many times, babies that make it past 24 weeks gestation, die in the womb and are stillborn. Most cases of triploidy involve “full” triploidy, meaning all the body’s cells are uniformly affected. In rare cases, the triploidy can be “mosaic,” meaning some of the body’s cells have three copies of each chromosome and others have a normal set of 46 chromosomes....
What Trisomy 22 Means Trisomy 22 means that a person has three copies of the 22nd chromosome instead of the expected two copies. The condition can be complete (meaning all cells in the body are affected) or mosaic (meaning some cells are affected but not others). It is also possible to have partial trisomy 22, meaning two complete copies of chromosome 22 and an additional incomplete copy of only part of the chromosome....
Aside from cyberbullying, when a young person uses the Internet or technology to harass, threaten, humiliate, or target another person, kids are using technology in other ways. Here is a list of the top six ways kids are abusing technology to bully and harass others. “Speed Camera Pimping” Speed pimping occurs when young teen drivers attempt to trick speed cameras or red light cameras by creating fake license plates that can be traced back to a peer’s or a teacher’s license plate....
Breastmilk’s Taste Breastmilk tastes sweet and creamy. High concentrations of lactose give it its sweet flavor. The amount of fat in milk determines its creaminess. When breast milk first starts to flow from the breast, it has less fat. It may appear thin and watery. As the milk continues to flow, it becomes higher in fat and much creamier. What Gives Breast Milk Its Taste Beyond sweet and creamy, breast milk is made up of the flavors that come from the foods that you eat every day....
When you take a home pregnancy test, you’re looking at the testing window to see whether there are two lines or just one. The first line is the control line. If that’s all you see, your result is negative. But two lines in the testing window mean that you are pregnant. Home pregnancy tests measure a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your urine. Your body starts producing hCG after a fertilized egg implants itself in your uterus, about six to ten days after ovulation....
The mucus plug protects the fetus from infection and helps prevent premature labor. Without the mucus plug, maintaining a pregnancy to term would be unlikely and, in some cases, impossible. Why the Mucus Plug Is Important The mucus plug is formed in early pregnancy from secretions of cervical glands and has a thick, gelatinous consistency. Within this thick, sticky fluid are antibodies that can protect the growing fetus from many bacteria, viruses, and other disease-causing agents....
In this situation, the relationship heads down a dark and treacherous path of control, jealousy, manipulation, and intimidation. In fact, a national survey of 2,218 students ages 12 to 17 found that 28% of teens had been a victim of digital abuse. What Is Digital Abuse? Digital abuse occurs when someone uses technology to manipulate, intimidate, and control another person. While it can take many different forms, this type of abuse typically involves bullying, harassment, stalking, and even sexual coercion....
Overview Women are often surprised to find themselves lactating after a miscarriage. Some women find it distressing and want it to stop immediately. Others have the opposite reaction and find that it helps them better deal with their loss by either: Acknowledging the existence of the babyAllowing them to feel the weight of her loss and work through the bereavement process rather than shutting it downTurning the loss into something positive by donating milk to others in need...
Fourth graders will also need to begin getting themselves ready for the transition to middle school. This guideline offers an explanation of what you and your fourth grader can expect as they tackle math, reading and other subjects this school year. Fourth Grade Social Skills Social development is a huge part of growing up, especially during the school-aged years. By now your fourth grader has developed a sense of self, which will play out through their social skills....
Position of Twins During Labor The position of the babies in the uterus will largely determine how the twins are born—vaginally or by cesarean. About 40% of twins are both head down (vertex) at term. In another 30%, the first baby (Twin A) is vertex, and Twin B is in a breech position. Both of these positions are acceptable to consider a vaginal birth. There are scenarios where a cesarean is advisable in a twin birth, such as when both babies are breech....
