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Best Baby Food Recipes-Yummy Oats

Our little babies reach the age of 6 months, we start weaning them and always look for healthiest and best food for them. One of the best food for babies is oats, full of nutritional goodness. If you are looking for best baby food recipes, then today we will be learning about cooking oats for our little bundle of joy to give them and best and healthy start in life. So, let′s have a look on recipe:

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup ground oats ( Ground these oats)
• 1.5 cup milk(formula milk)

METHOD

Put both ingredients in a sauce pan and bring it to boil. When oats boils completely and milk become thick, then turn off the heat.

Now this porridge is bit lumpy for 6 month old baby to have. Whenever you want to feed you baby this porridge, for more taste take the porridge, add one strawberry, banana, mango, kiwi or apple along with some more milk and blend into a fine paste or you can feed without adding any fruit. We should not add extra sugar to any food for babies under 1 year.

Health Benefits:

Oats are high in fiber and helps baby in digesting good. Not only this, Oats are really a good source of Iron, Magnesium and Zinc. Iron is really important for healthy blood cells formation, whereas Magnesium plays an important rile in growth and developing strength in bone and it also boosts immunity. Zinc increases the immunity or our baby and also helps fighting gastrointestinal problems like diarrhea where as everyone of us know how crucial milk is for our babies as far as their growth, development and well being is concerned.

oats are really healthy and on of the best food to start our baby′s weaning with. Mums, please share your recipes and different ways you give oats to your babies like what fruits or things you add and what your baby likes. It is always lovely to share our experiences and ideas with each other.

Baby Health Care Tips: Hygiene And Skin Care

you hold your bundle of joy for the first time his/her size make you hesitant at first but it don′t take long when you become expert in handling and caring a newborn.

As a good parent, giving our little ones the best nourishment and health care is the top most priority, though these things are crucial for their healthier life but their skin care and hygiene is also very important to keep them away from infections, rashes and other skin irritations. The first 28 days of the newborn baby are very crucial and important for their hygiene and skin care because they are vulnerable after birth and can be affected by infections.

Today′s article is all about baby health care tips including hygiene and skin care. Skin of a new born baby is extremely soft, sensitive and delicate and they can prone to the rashes, itching, irritation, dryness more frequently as compare to grown-up kids.

Importance Of Newborn′s Bath:

When it′s about taking care of your baby you need to put a lot of attention towards the hygiene of your baby because it is very crucial for their health and skin protection. Appropriate bath and massage is required to calm and soothe the body and nourish skin.

Before giving bath to your newborn make sure his/her umbilical cord is fallen-off, it takes at least a week to shed it off till you can use soft cloth, cotton wool, gauze or gentle wipes to clean the baby′s armpits, neck and nappy area, it is more than enough because newborn baby doesn′t contact with dirt much.

Once the umbilical cord is removed now your baby is ready to take a bath. Newborn′s baby skin is very thin and fragile and mums especially new mums get nervous to give them bath, but if you follow the tips mentioning below accordingly then you and your baby both will enjoy the bath time. Your baby spent nine month in the fluid so, he is much familiar with the water, don′t get hesitate while giving bath to your little one.

Tips to Remember:

• Before giving bath give soft and gentle massage to your baby, it makes him feel calm and soothe.
• Assemble all necessary things you need at bath time like towel, mild soap or shampoo.
• Check the water temperature, usually the normal water for us to be hot for them so I recommend 35 to 37°C temperature of water or you can check by pouring on back of your newbie.
• You should have your partner or helper along if you are a first time mother, so that if you require anything so he/she could help you.
• When start giving bath to your baby, hold him/her tightly and support his head and back and start pouring water on hands, legs to check if he/she feeling bad. If he/she is enjoying it then start rubbing your baby parts with drops of baby mild shampoo or soap. Don′t use perfumed and chemical based soap and shampoos as it will remove the natural oil from the sensitive skin of your baby.
• During bath rub these parts gently ears, armpits, between finger and toes, folding knees, nappy area, neck.
• Don′t give baby a long bath; try to complete it as fast as you can with love.
• Newborn enjoys night time sleep so it′s good if you give him bath in afternoon or evening is it is not so cold, so that he/she could take a long nap, it would be better if you give him/her bath before feed as long as he/she doesn′t cry.
• If your baby starts crying during bath so don′t get panic just be calm, gentle and try to soothe her/him with rhyming sounds and songs.
• Keep the room temperature warm and wrap in a towel right after taking him/her out of bath tub.

After-bath Care:

• Hold your wrapped little ones in hands for a while and then with all your love lie him/her down straight and start moisturizing his/her all parts properly and get-dress him nicely.
• Don′t forget to trim your baby′s nail after bath if you want him to stay away from scratches. After bath it will be easy for you to cut nails because it will get soften.
• If your baby looks sleepy then let him fall asleep first and trim nails.
• If your baby has stuffy nose, then use bulb syringe to take out the nostrils.