Ask Our Experts: Early Education
“I have heard a lot about starting early when it comes to education, but won’t cramping my 8 month old baby’s head with school stuff at such an early age rob her of her childhood?” I believe there are three…
The Role of Folic Acid
Folic Acid, also known as folate, is a B vitamin. It is essential to the body especially in the role of cell production and division. This includes the production of red blood cells. It’s found in fortified cereals and other…
Dancing with Angels: A Parent’s Perspective
My husband is having an animated conversation with my soon-to-be 3 year old, Kirtu. Bursts of giggles fill the room. The ever familiar words hang in the air, “Even when you are 80 years old, you will still be my…
Loving Your Liver
‘Ouch! Oh my liver’, said your body. Do you know how much your liver cares for you? Well, I would say A LOT. Let me briefly introduce our dearest liver, weighing about 4 pounds, liver is the largest gland in…
Vitamin D: For Healthy Childhood Development
Vitamin D helps bones grow, develop properly and stay strong. Children get most of their vitamin D from sunlight as well as a small amount from some foods, especially milk. Vitamin D helps bones grow, develop properly and stay strong. Children…
10 Best Pregnancy Apps
What an era to be pregnant! Other than your regular check-ups at the doctor’s office, mums today can also have the time of their lives with digital tools that provide a myriad of info and service to them throughout their…
Early Education Guideline
As we evolve with the times, we find that the educational needs of our offspring are much different from our own when we were their age. Many among us never even attended kindergarten and we still managed to pull it…
Soft Toy Care
Soft toys are also known as plush toys, plushies or stuffed toys. They are essentially toys sewn from a textile, and stuffed with soft material and are mainly made of cloth or textiles like plush or terrycloth. Proper caring of…
Dealing with Digestion
Some may refer to it as a sweet disease because of its link to high sugar levels, but diabetes is definitely not what you would call a ‘sweet deal’. Complaints relating to digestion are very common. Indeed, community-based studies have…
Top 8 Lactogenic Foods
Nursing mums may sometimes wonder if there are any foods that can improve their milk supply. There are, in fact, such foods, and they’re called lactogenic foods or galactagogues. Adding lactogenic foods to your diet, along with frequent nursing or…
