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Showing posts with label Summer Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer Care. Show all posts

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Cooling Summer Foods for Kids

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Summer is here, Even we adults dont feel like eating anything except having cool refreshing liquid foods. Kids get so picky during this month. So it is important to feed refreshing, cool and balanced nutrient foods on summer time.

1)Watermelon
Thanks god, this miracle fruit flows during this hot summer time. it is packed with 90% water content. It is a super food for kids. If they dont prefer to eat it as it is, try to make juice or make popsicles out of it.

Check recipe here, here
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2)Fresh Fruits
Fresh fruits has tons of nutrients in them. Try to enjoy seasonal fruits which has their nutrients to the finest. 
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3)Lemon Water
Lemon water helps to hydrate our body. It is best to give a tall glass of lemon water after their play time in hot sun. It helps in digestion as well.

Check lemon juice recipe here


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4)Coconut Water
This plays a important role on hot summer day. There is nothing more refreshing than a fresh coconut water.

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5)Soups:
Even though it is hard to drink hot soups on summer time. But having a bowl of hot vegetable soup or tomato soup cools our body from inside.

6)Buttermilk
Buttermilk is best to hydrate our body as well as brings certain amount of calcium.

7)Cucumber & Mint:
Eating baby cucumbers helps to cool body plus it adds a high level of nutrients.Making a bowl of raita using cucumber helps us to eat it more.
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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Home Remedies for Prickly Heat Rash on Babies - Heat Rash Treatment for Babies - Symptoms, Causes, Prevention & Treatments

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Summer is here and it is at its peak. Even we adults couldn't take it, then think about little ones. My little one is running up and down and sweating like crazy. But she never minds it. But as a mom i 
need  to worrry about the rashes and sweating during summer a lot. I follow few steps to keep my baby cool and rash free this summer.

One of my reader asked me that her little one is having prickly heat all over his body, so i decided to write this post, i think it will helps many.

What is Prickly Heat:

You can easily identify prickly heat in babies before your doctor does. It will look like smell tiny red bumps spread all over the body, It causes too much itch(which in babies can be really bad). It causes utter discomfort in them. So treating them at the earliest is recommended.

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What Causes:

Over Heating, Over Sweating, Tight Clothes, Over Dressed which blocks sweat glands, Synthetic fabrics like polyster and nylon, Warm bedding.

In addition to these, young children and babies are at increased risk of developing prickly heat rashes due to their underdeveloped sweat glands
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Symptoms:

1)Red bumps
2)Irritation on skin.
3)Bumps may worsen into blisters
4)Itchy feeling

How to Prevent them:

1)Keep babies room air circulating. Just buy an extra fan, if you can invest in a air conditioner for your babies room.

2)Just use good quality cotton clothes. Just purchase some summer clothes, it has to be loose fitting and soft.

3)Dont allow them to play in the sun, or limit it. Just take them out only in the evening or create a shade area for them to play.

4)Bathe them two to three times a day. And let the bath time be little long.

5)Always keep them dry and clean.

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Treatment for Skin Rash:

1)First consults with your pediatrician, if your baby is too young. They will give you a baby friendly calamine lotion.

2)Apply calamine lotion generously over the skin many times a day. This will keep their skin cool.

3)Put few ice cubes in a  clean napkin and pat them all over the skin many times a day.

4)Pure Sandalwood powder mixed with water can be applied all over the skin for cooling.

4)Multani mitti or Fullers earth powder can be applied all over the skin for cooling. This can be dont for older children.

5)Heat some water, add neem leaves in them and let them boil for 10 mins. Now cool this down and use this water to bathe your baby. This helps to cool the skin and is a great anti bacterial.

6)Dont carry your baby all the time, it may heat them and worsen it.

7)Dont use regular baby powder in those places, unless it is prickly heat powder and recommended by your doctor.

8)Dont use the regular baby lotions and cream. Instead use baby friendly aloe vera gel. It is cooling.

9)Let them cool off, dont allow them to sweat.

10)Keep them hydrated, give them plenty of water throughout the day.

11)Give them cooling foods like watermelon juices, tender coconut water, yogurt, milk, cucumber juices.

12)Besan / Gram flour mixed with yogurt can be applied all over the body and washed away. Dont let them dry too long, else washing them may be very difficult and cause pain in little ones.
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Friday, October 2, 2015

Ayurvedic Herbal Bath Powder for Toddlers & Adults - Herbal Face Pack

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This is one powder which i make for me, since maha has grown up, i have started using this for her too..But she is not allowing me to apply this on face, so i am just using this as a body wash powder for her....This has so many herbs which is actually good for your skin, using this continuously will improve your baby skin complextion and makes it extra soft and smooth. I added thetti poo in this, you can leave it if you dont have that..To know more about that, check this link..

These are qualities of the herbs used in this

Green gram- Removes Facial Hair, Makes Skin Soft, Removes Acne, Pimple Cure, Removes Sun tan

Chana Dal - Improves Complexion, Makes Skin soft, Removes Acne, Removes Facial Hair

Rose Petals - Aromatic, Makes skin soft

Neem Leaves- Skin Toner, Removing Acne, Dry Skin

Orange Peel- Oily Skin, Removing Acne, Black heads and White heads, Face Freshness, Anti aging,

Thetti Poo- Makes Skin soft

Turmeric - Wrinkles, Anti Aging, Improves complexion, Removes Hair, Antiseptic, Acne Cure, Removes Marks

Badam- Moisturize Skin


This powder is for grown up toddlers above 2 years.

If you want baby powder, then just use green gram, thetti poo and rose petals for babies under 2 years..

Hope you will try this out..


Things you will need:

Rose Petals - 2 cups
Green Gram / Pacha Payaru - 2 cups
Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - 3/4 cup
Kasuturi Manjal / Turmeric - 5 pieces
Neem Leaves - 1 cup
Orange Peel from 2 oranges
Almonds / Badam - 10
Thetti Poo - 1 cup

Method:

Take all the stuffs in a plate, dry inside house for 3 days. Then dry it under sun for one day.

Take it in a blender and powder finely.

Sieve it if needed.

Store in a air tight container..

When using take a spoonful, mix with water and apply on face and body..Adults can leave it on their face for 30 mins till it is completely dry, then scrub it and wash well..

This is how you have to make it..
These are the herbs and thing which i use to make powder..You need Thetti Poo also

I use rose petals, which gives nice aroma and also makes skin soft

green gram / pacha payaru..Makes you skin soft and helps in reducing pimples

Chana Dal..Increases complextion and makes skin soft

Neem leaves..Which is a good antiseptic and reduces pimples and marks

Orange peel..remove dark spots, marks, increase complextion and makes skin soft

This is kasturi manjal or turmeric..increase complextion, removes facial hair and reduces pimples

some almonds / badam..natural moisturizer

This is thetti poovu .It makes skin soft and increase complextion..

Dry all these together inside house for 3 days

place it under sun for 1 day

now you have to powder it smoothly

Sieve if you want too

cool it a bit

Store in a air tight container..When using take a spoonful, mix with water and apply on face and body..Adults can leave it on their face for 30 mins till it is completely dry, then scrub it and wash well..
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Pomegranate Juice for Babies - Juice for Babies / Pomegranate for Babies

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Summer is here and it is getting burning hot here. It is very important to feed as much liquid to your baby..Specially fruit juices are great..Pomegranate is best fruit for babies since it is very healthy and packed with full of antioxidants.

For the recipe, check out my blog Yummy Tummy

POMEGRANATE JUICE FOR BABIES 

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Friday, March 7, 2014

How to Take Care of Baby in Summer / Summer Skin Care for Baby

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OMG Its so hot here..Even adults couldn't manage the heat, then how can a baby tolerate the heat..Heat is such a bad enemy for us and our babies. It causes so many problems like sun burn, heat rash, dehydration, fever, diarrhoea, skin allergies and  insect bites..So i am sharing some easy tips which i follow to keep maha cool and comfortable..

1)  Bathing twice really helps:

         I bath maha twice daily. In the morning i apply coconut oil on her hair and massage her whole body with baby massage oil and allow the oil to steep for 15 mins or so. Then bath her with soap, shampoo. In the evening, i just wash her body alone in warm water, i dont normally use soap this time, it is a quick body wash for babies. This evening bath takes the heat which is developed in her body for the whole day. I also massage her body with baby lotion after bath, this will keep her skin soft and moisturized.

2) Water magic :

         I keep feeding maha with lots of clean water. This will surely make her cool from inside. If you dont feed enough water for your baby, it will surely cause so many problems. So make it a must..

3) Keep Surrounding Cool:

         Our Bedroom is not that cool enough because it is not properly ventilated. So i make sure that it is cool enough to make my baby comfortable. I keep all the windows open during day time to make the room filled with fresh air. I invested on a table fan to keep the air circulation active. I Make sure that the room is clean always to get rid of all the mosquitos and insects.

4) All about clothes:

           During summer, i just packed up those sweaters, full hand clothes, thick clothes for maha. I only dress her in cotton clothes and thin clothes which we call as "kattu udupu". And i also avoid using diapers a lot on maha , i put on cloth nappies on her during day and i use diaper in the night..

5) Air Conditioner:

           During night our room gets so hot and we will be literally sweating. I was bit worried about turning on the AC because i am not sure whether it will cause cold or something with maha. But my pediatrician told me that it is not a problem, but when your baby sweats a lot then it is a problem. So we decided turning on the AC and it didn't cause any issues with her. Infact she is sleeping peacefully nowadays. 

            But i make sure that the temparature is around 25 degrees. I have read that we shouldn't take the baby out straight from a cold room to a warm temp, this may cause problems, So i switch off the AC in the early morning and let the room comes to normal temp gradually, this way maha's body also comes to room temp normally.

More Things I do:

1) I never take her out during the peek hot hours 12.00 PM to 5.00 PM.
2) I feed her more fruit and vegetable juices and soups..
3)I sterilize her bottles well during this time.

What all you do to make your baby cool during summer.. I would love to hear..
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