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The heel prick test is a test performed to newborns and designed to detect congenital metabolic diseases such as congenital hypothyroidism, hyperphenylalaninemia, among others. A catalog of congenital disorders that have been built 14 new diseases are diseases related to rare but serious and so they try to detect as soon as possible to avoid greater evils in the future. This test is usually performed in the heel as a baby is very difficult to find a good vein.

The heel prick test is a test that is performed twice. The first was done in the hospital the first 48 hours after the birth of the baby while you’re still there. This is a heel prick baby’s foot, superficial, to extract a few drops of blood will be analyzed to see if the baby has a disease. The second test is performed at the health center, as usually the baby is already at home. It should therefore discharge the baby soon in Social Security. You should do this second test between the fourth and the eighth day after birth. As the days pass the test is less effective in detecting those diseases which have to be done soon.

If the test result is positive, the hospital called for teléfino the family to do more tests to the baby, but sent a letter saying that all is well. Diseases that can be detected from this test are usually linked to the difficulty to metabolize food, or some of them.

One of the things I’ve heard many complain about moms and dads is the current duration of most queries pediatricians. I remember when I was little the doctor was a doctor who often saw the family, took all the time in the world and even made house calls. Today the matter is not so – with few exceptions – and hopefully last consultation 15 minutes. The doctors checked the children hurry and quickly remember a thousand questions that have arisen since the last visit.

I love my pediatrician, especially because it gives me a lot of security, but also true and is altered a bit when I am late in undress my daughter, for example. Throughout the time I discovered that when I ask him during the morning hours is a lot more relaxed with the time when I do in the afternoon, but work is hard to find time to do so early.

The other thing I do is that during the time between a query and one I’m writing down all my questions in a notebook, so I will not forget. These questions may have to do with whether to give you a food show up with a new stain or grain that has come to my daughter. Because another thing I discovered is that with this system relies heavily on flash consultations us dads to discover potential pathologies of children and ask your pediatrician, because often they do all the testing procedures – measuring, weighing, observing – and may overlook small details that we have noticed in the course of days.

The truth is it’s a drag to have to develop “techniques” to exploit the short time with the pediatrician, because almost always they are a great reference not only medical, but containment is very sad and feel that even the health of our children is a kind of sausage factory.

With these two who had together, I realized that “there is everything in the vineyard of the Lord”, of course, because having only one child is not a major parameter.

I swore my kids would have no problem of costiveness, so good for food, medicine heals, regularity in their schedules, etc.. Nothing! With my children a 10-month-have-been has one of the worst situations, first achieved only discover what it was. He had a different cry, as of anguish and pain, extreme irritability and then discard the typical earaches, of wadding-by malaise, and remember that I had not done shit in a day-that’s worrisome in buses-see straining, check the diaper and that was clean, cachamos.

I will not give intimate details, but I can tell you some things I learned from my doctor to relieve and treat this disease:

- First, if you think you are giving a new food, every change – like moving from breast milk to formula – causes changes in digestion of children. And in cases of constipation avoid rice, carrots, bananas, which are binding foods.

- When you leave breast milk is very good to drink water, the amount of milk taken for food, give it in water delivered during the day: if you take 210 cc of milk at each meal, give 210 cc of water during the day- . Water oregano, plum water (water ciruleas dry firing) after 6 months, you can give plum compote.

It’s not good to use these bays of Vaseline. We have used the, sometimes it has been the only thing that has really let go and are like magic, the second run and I’ll take you wherever you go. But my doc told me it’s very easy to get used to the child-to-year and mainly depend on their poop is Vaseline. Should be avoided and we have used only in cases of emergency ultra.

- It’s good leg exercises them, bring legs to chest and hold them for a few seconds bajarselas, repeat several times. We along with that we grit our cheeks (poto of course), the contours of the anus.

- In-wadding from around the navel by enlarging the circle going outwards in the direction clockwise. This technique has been super helpful and we realize that he really likes. Can be done in the bath.

One of the things hard to be a dad is having to hold the children in times of pain, especially when all you want is to mourn with them. Last week I went through this – not for the first time when I had to go to vaccinate my daughter. As they had to click twice the first was relaxed and although it hurt, suffering the shooting happened, but the second arm was hysterical and had to grab her tightly, therefore took the needle entered, terrible and hurt arm afiebró him much.

I felt bad, I thought he might not should have put the two together and I just wanted to give lots of kisses and make the pain happen, but at the same time thought there had to oversize the situation to the next vaccine that will touch not a drama.

Telling this to some friends told me that they are not able to accompany their children at this time and prefer to go the husband and the grandmother, which I think is heavy. I suffer, but I think they need me to his side so I have no more make me strong.

Comfort them when they fall and hit really hard, or when they make a painful examination is terrible, but I imagine that contain them in moments of pain that are not physical, like to lose someone, or when your pet or bother friends must be even more difficult, but fortunately I have not played live

How many times have you tried your children to spend less time in front of the television screen? Certainly more than you wanted. New research suggests a simple solution for your children watch less television: set firm rules and not compromise.

In a study of television viewing habits of 7415 children between 9 and 15 years-including watching TV and playing video games, researchers concluded that children who strongly agreed with the statement “My parents have rules about how long I can watch TV “were significantly less likely to exceed recommended limits, unlike the children who had never set limits.

However, less than half of parents surveyed confessed to having 5685 rules for their children in this regard, and less than half the children of these parents reported that they understood clearly the amount of television your parents considered too.

In general, the study published in the July issue of Pediatrics found that 1 in 4 children watched too much television, surpassing the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (APP) of no more than two hours of quality content per child daily more than two years (children under that age should not watch any television or educational DVD).

TV consumption of great interest to pediatricians, especially the passive nature of this “activity”, according to the APP is advisable to do the following exercise: “The next time your child watches TV instead of looking at the screen look at it and ask What are you doing?, or rather what is not being done? Instead of playing outdoors, run, play or do homework and spend hours sitting mesmerized by television. Children learn best in the context of relationships and meaningful interactions with people they respect. “

Research conducted in children aged two and three years shows that sleep deprivation affects emotions.

If your preschooler wakes up in a good mood after a nap of at least an hour and a half, it’s because it’s good for your health and emotional development. So says a study by the U. Colorado (USA), who showed how young children who do not have the habit of sleeping after lunch have more bad mood, anxiety and discouragement that surrounds those who do. “Sleep deprivation in children studied produced more anxiety and fewer signs of joy, interest and motivation,” he told La Tercera the study author Monique LeBourgeois.

The expert adds that while they did not study the brain mechanisms responsible for the observed effects in children, we do know from research done in adults when not sleeping through the night, people have a functional disconnection between the amygdala and prefrontal cortex , both being very important areas when it comes to expressing emotions.

Research has proven that adults sleep deprivation causes declines in mood, emotions and hypervigilance, as well as amplified sensitivity to negative stimuli. This study is the first to show that children between two and three sleep is a key factor in how they respond to their world. “When sleep is restricted, children are not able to make the most positive experiences or adapt to difficult environments,” says the study.
The nap

The researchers examined the expressions of emotional health of children in two scenarios: when carrying out their normal nap regime and another day being deprived of it. Then the children videotaped while performing two types of puzzles: in the first puzzles were all the pieces, allowing the child to arm itself and to experience positive emotions. The second, meanwhile, had a piece down, it was impossible to complete and, therefore, produced frustration.

The results revealed that children deprived of sleep had 34% fewer positive emotional responses when they completed the first puzzle, compared to those that napping. While 31% showed a negative response, such as sadness, anxiety and anger when he touched assemble the puzzle incomplete. Not only that: they had 39% less a feeling of “confusion” in the last year, which makes the child feel that something does not fit or work.

What is the recommended nap time at this age? LeBourgeois says that, in general, children require between 11 and 13 hours of sleep a day, including in this number 90-minute naps, “says the specialist.