NOBLESVILLE -- Parents-to-be and parents already raising a baby can learn more about their roles at Riverview Hospital's Baby Fair.
The free fair is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and will feature 30-minute educational sessions for new parents in the lower level of the Women's Pavilion.
Dr. Cameual Wright, a physician with OB/GYN Specialists of Indiana in Noblesville, will speak about prenatal health.
"I'll speak about steps to ensure a healthy pregnancy," Wright said. She will discuss good habits that include getting plenty of rest, having a balanced diet, taking prenatal vitamins and getting exercise.
Nutrition for infants and toddlers is a topic Dr. Eric A. Marcotte talks to his patients about daily at Sheridan Family Practice Center.
Nutrition is essential for health, beginning in the womb and throughout childhood," he said.
Marcotte said he'll discuss the importance of eating healthy, including snacking on fruit and vegetables, and staying away from fast food.
"Brain cells are made out of what you're eating," he said.
In addition to talks about activities to boost a baby's speech and motor skills, dads can attend sessions just for them.
Those sessions include learning when and how to seek care for a child and tips for new-baby care.
Information booths on a variety of topics will be scattered throughout the fair and tours of the maternity center will be given.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Your Baby Is Talking To You: Understanding Your Newborn
Few experiences can match the thrill of becoming a parent. And for new parents, few things can be as daunting as their baby's cries. Fortunately, by deciphering those cries, parents now have the ability of understanding what their newborns are "saying."
Following nearly a decade of research and observation in countries worldwide, Dunstan Baby Inc. has discovered that all newborns use a universal set of sounds, or "words" to express basic needs, such as hunger, gassiness or tiredness. From this research evolved the Dunstan Baby Language--a revolutionary system that teaches parents how to identify the words that all babies use.
After launching on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the system is now helping parents understand their newborns' needs, thus forming the cornerstone of loving relationships and effective parenting.
"When I became a mother, my intuition told me my son's cries were not simply random noise. I believed he was trying to tell me something. After careful listening, I began to hear distinct patterns in his cries, which were continuously repeated," explains Priscilla Dunstan, discoverer of the Dunstan Baby Language. "Initially, I thought this was something unique between Tom and me, but once I overheard the same sounds from other babies, I realized the importance of this breakthrough for parents everywhere."
In order to prove the benefits for new parents, the company commissioned an independent study by The Leading Edge, one of the world's most respected research consultancies.
Observation of over 1,000 babies internationally has shown amazing and consistent results; after learning the Dunstan System, parents reported less stress, more confidence in their ability to care for their infant and happier, more content babies. The study also found:
• 90 percent of mothers found the system to be invaluable, teaching mothers to hear exactly what the baby is communicating. For example, every baby will say the word "neh" when hungry. The sooner hunger is identified, the sooner a parent can respond by feeding;
• 70 percent report their child settles down faster after using the system, resulting in a more contented baby who cries less;
• 70 percent feel more confident as a mother. The system teaches that a baby's first communications occur before crying develops. As the sounds and their meaning are recognized, needs can be met. Babies are more relaxed, confident and happy--and so are parents.
• Two out of three fathers that participated in the system reported reduced levels of stress, greater paternal involvement in the baby's care and more positive marital relationships.
"To be able to listen and know what an infant needs will revolutionize the experience of parenting. It will enable parents to develop a deeper bond of understanding, love and trust with their baby and also with each other," adds Dr. Maureen O'Brien, child development expert, author and former pediatrics researcher at Harvard Medical School. "The Dunstan System truly empowers parents as caregivers, and provides a valuable context for professionals to share what they know about the science of communication between parents and their babies."
The Dunstan Baby Language is taught through two lessons on an informative DVD box set. Each lesson provides the tools to identify specific cries and offers a range of suggested settling techniques. For more information and retail availability, visit the Web site at www.DunstanBaby.com.
By listening closely to the "language" their baby uses, parents are better able to understand the infant's needs.
Following nearly a decade of research and observation in countries worldwide, Dunstan Baby Inc. has discovered that all newborns use a universal set of sounds, or "words" to express basic needs, such as hunger, gassiness or tiredness. From this research evolved the Dunstan Baby Language--a revolutionary system that teaches parents how to identify the words that all babies use.
After launching on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the system is now helping parents understand their newborns' needs, thus forming the cornerstone of loving relationships and effective parenting.
"When I became a mother, my intuition told me my son's cries were not simply random noise. I believed he was trying to tell me something. After careful listening, I began to hear distinct patterns in his cries, which were continuously repeated," explains Priscilla Dunstan, discoverer of the Dunstan Baby Language. "Initially, I thought this was something unique between Tom and me, but once I overheard the same sounds from other babies, I realized the importance of this breakthrough for parents everywhere."
In order to prove the benefits for new parents, the company commissioned an independent study by The Leading Edge, one of the world's most respected research consultancies.
Observation of over 1,000 babies internationally has shown amazing and consistent results; after learning the Dunstan System, parents reported less stress, more confidence in their ability to care for their infant and happier, more content babies. The study also found:
• 90 percent of mothers found the system to be invaluable, teaching mothers to hear exactly what the baby is communicating. For example, every baby will say the word "neh" when hungry. The sooner hunger is identified, the sooner a parent can respond by feeding;
• 70 percent report their child settles down faster after using the system, resulting in a more contented baby who cries less;
• 70 percent feel more confident as a mother. The system teaches that a baby's first communications occur before crying develops. As the sounds and their meaning are recognized, needs can be met. Babies are more relaxed, confident and happy--and so are parents.
• Two out of three fathers that participated in the system reported reduced levels of stress, greater paternal involvement in the baby's care and more positive marital relationships.
"To be able to listen and know what an infant needs will revolutionize the experience of parenting. It will enable parents to develop a deeper bond of understanding, love and trust with their baby and also with each other," adds Dr. Maureen O'Brien, child development expert, author and former pediatrics researcher at Harvard Medical School. "The Dunstan System truly empowers parents as caregivers, and provides a valuable context for professionals to share what they know about the science of communication between parents and their babies."
The Dunstan Baby Language is taught through two lessons on an informative DVD box set. Each lesson provides the tools to identify specific cries and offers a range of suggested settling techniques. For more information and retail availability, visit the Web site at www.DunstanBaby.com.
By listening closely to the "language" their baby uses, parents are better able to understand the infant's needs.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Triplets delivered at new neonatal unit
Five months after the neonatal special care unit opened at Cape Coral Hospital, a set of triplets have been delivered and cared for there.
The babies, all boys, were delivered by Cesarean section on Friday, Sept. 7 after their mother, Dalia Hemed, initially went to HealthPark Medical Center in Fort Myers only to find that there was no room for the triplets in their neonatal unit.
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| PHOTO MICHELLE START David Hemed holding his first-born son. Hemed and his wife Dalia had triplets last Friday at Cape Coral Hospital's new neonatal special care unit. |
"They said that if the babies were born and needed a high level of neonatal care, more than likely they would be shipped out of the area," said 42-year-old David Hemed, the new father. "I guess our doctors and Cape Coral Hospital talked and since they had almost a level II nursery here, they told us if they babies didn't need to be intubated they could be brought here."
As the couple was preparing to deliver at HealthPark, though, doctors decided that Dalia Hemed, 37, was far enough along that she could deliver and recover at Cape Coral Hospital.
Most triplet births only make it to about 32 weeks of gestation, but Dalia Hemed was at 35 weeks. It is a story that would have played out quite differently had Cape Coral Hospital not opened the neonatal special care unit in April.
"In the past, we have been able to do labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum all in one room," said Dr. Lawrence Antonucci, chief administrative officer and the obstetrician who delivered the first baby born at Cape Coral Hospital in 1988. "If the baby required any more care, we would have to transport the baby and the mom to HealthPark. This allows us to take those babies that don't need intensive neonatal care but do need more than just room care. This is a terrific service to the people of Cape Coral. It keeps families together, which is what it is all about."
Now, officials are trying to expand services offered there by purchasing six new cardiac monitors, which will cost about $90,000. The overall cost of the 10-bed nursery was $300,000. It is a part of The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, which is one of 11 such hospitals in Florida. It was recognized recently for the level of care provided.
On Saturday, it was filled with half a dozen infants needing special care.
"The triplets were not even our sickest baby delivered on Friday," said Nancy Travis, director of women's services.
As the boys, who had not been named at press time, were being delivered, another baby boy was fighting his way into the world. He was one of the other babies in the neonatal special care unit Saturday morning.
After a stressful, and at times difficult, pregnancy, Dalia Hemed said she was ready to get back to living her life.
Cape Coral residents, the Hemeds had been trying to conceive for four years without success until they underwent in-vitro fertilization and implanted two embryos. One of those embryos split, creating identical twin boys. The twins were born second and third. The boys have some respiratory distress syndrome because they were born prematurely, but the Hemeds are hoping that they outgrow it.
"You worry enough that the babies are going to be OK," said David Hemed. "But, the whole staff here was great." ¦Sunday, September 9, 2007
Personalized Baby Gifts: Select With Care
The willingness of parents to shower all the love and affection on their kids is quite understandable. After all, their kids mean the world to them. The desire, therefore to go to any length to make them happy is very natural. Moreover, this is a phenomenon, which is seen worldwide. However, in many cases parents are known to give precedence to money over utility and buy such gifts for their kids, which are expensive but have no utility value. The whole purpose of buying a gift therefore gets defeated.
What needs to be remembered is the fact that the gifts for kids should be such that they learn something from them as well, rather than they simply being decorative pieces devoid of any value. Then again, one should be careful while selecting personalized baby gifts of the fact that they should not pose any danger to the kids. It is because of this that toys with sharp edges and glasses are not supposed to be good gifts for kids as they can lead to injuries.
Personalized baby gifts like a ball with a, b, c engraved on it, on the other hand, is supposed to be a good choice for gifts to babies or kids. Not only will the ball entertain them, but will also go a long way in introducing the kid to English alphabets at such an early age. Similarly, he can also be given the knowledge of numerals. The utility of personalized baby gifts can therefore be easily understood.
It, therefore should become very clear that while selecting personalized baby gifts , money should not be a criteria at all. Instead, one should focus on the fact that a particular gift can be useful for kids. Indeed, the utility of a gift towards the development of a child's interest towards positive thing should be the only criteria while selecting a gift for babies.
What needs to be remembered is the fact that the gifts for kids should be such that they learn something from them as well, rather than they simply being decorative pieces devoid of any value. Then again, one should be careful while selecting personalized baby gifts of the fact that they should not pose any danger to the kids. It is because of this that toys with sharp edges and glasses are not supposed to be good gifts for kids as they can lead to injuries.
Personalized baby gifts like a ball with a, b, c engraved on it, on the other hand, is supposed to be a good choice for gifts to babies or kids. Not only will the ball entertain them, but will also go a long way in introducing the kid to English alphabets at such an early age. Similarly, he can also be given the knowledge of numerals. The utility of personalized baby gifts can therefore be easily understood.
It, therefore should become very clear that while selecting personalized baby gifts , money should not be a criteria at all. Instead, one should focus on the fact that a particular gift can be useful for kids. Indeed, the utility of a gift towards the development of a child's interest towards positive thing should be the only criteria while selecting a gift for babies.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Mid-South Mom Says Her Baby Was Denied Medical Care
Reported by: Rebecca MedinaAngela Mosley says her 15 month-old daughter was diagnosed with "Hydrocephalus". Baby Kaleigh has fluid in her brain that could cause all kinds of complications including convulsions and mental retardation. But what's worse is when she went for a second opinion she was told Kaleigh also had a huge cyst inside her head.
Baby Kaleigh with her sister and brother.
Mosley took her baby to Semmes Murphy Clinic because she needed a neuro-surgeon on her Medicaid plan. But she says she was turned away numerous times and told it no longer takes Medicaid. When Mosley tried to get help from her provider, Mississippi Medicaid, she says she was told if she couldn't find anyone in her plan she would have to pay out of pocket.
Mosley finally came to Eyewitness News Everywhere for some help. When we called her Medicaid provider they got in touch with Mosley immediately and set up a time to talk with her to find a solution. They also said that Semmes Murphy is scaling back on treating Medicaid recipients. As for Semmes Murphy... we talked with representatives and expressed the importance of hearing their side of the story, but they never called us back.
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