A well adjusted and emotional healthy child

Frederick van Wyk [27 January 2009] - When I had a busy psychology practice, I often wished I could share "my secrets" with more people - the everyday person on the street.  I felt there was so much work to do, and I could only be with one person one hour at a time.  I started thinking about how healing agents could reach more people.  Teaching normal people, who don't have many degrees behind them, was the solution.  Read more »

The Importance of Skin to Skin Contact

Jack Newman [11 February 2010] - There are now a multitude of studies that show that mothers and babies should be together, skin to skin (baby naked, not wrapped in a blanket) immediately after birth, as well as later. The baby is happier, the baby’s temperature is more stable and more normal, the baby’s heart and breathing rates are more stable and more normal, and the baby’s blood sugar is more elevated. Not only that, skin to skin contact immediately after birth allows the baby to be colonized by the same bacteria as the mother. This, plus breastfeeding, are thought to be important in the prevention of allergic diseases. When a baby is put into an incubator, his skin and gut are often colonized by bacteria different from his mother’s.  Read more »

FEMALE HEART ATTACKS

Petro Pretorius [06 November 2008] - This was emailed to me and the author is unknown to me, and although it is not directly related to parenting, it is important.

This outlines the signs to look for in a female heart attack, according to the outline it is very different from the male heart attack, and could be missed leading to death. Read more »