Best Tips For Surviving A Summer Pregnancy

Summer is unbearable for all people and what if one gets her pregnancy days in summer. One can guess how tough it is for those women who are going to bear the summer hot during their pregnancy. Generally, a woman gets high body temperature due to the extra blood flow and the weight they put on in her pregnancy. To make the situation worse in summer, heat wave fills the rest. But that does not mean that one can avoid pregnancy in summer; there are many different ways to keep an expectant mom cool in summer days.  Besides your air conditioner, you need to follow other tips that help temperature down.  We give some easy and simple tips for hot weather pregnancy.

1. Increase the fluid intake:

In the summer days, you tend to suffer from dehydration so drink at least 8 glasses of water for your summer pregnancy.  You can go for the sip of orange juices, milk and sport drinks as energy drinks to make up the electrolytes in the body.

2. Cuts down your sodium level:

Reduces the level of your sodium intake, that in turn cuts down your swelling, which is important in the summer season to stay active and it is must to do thing for the pregnant woman.

3. Go for swimming:

Swimming helps you to feel light as it reduces the stress from the sciatic nerve and keep you fresh and energetic in summer days too.

4. Comfort clothing:

In summer, you can try the light-colored dresses that give you a soothing feeling though wearing the lightweight cloth is also comfortable such as cotton and linen; these prevent sweat and make you cool.

5. Minimize your sun exposure:

It is obvious that in summer, you feel exhausted but to avoid such situation, you need to minimize your sun exposure. Avoid the outing from 10 am to 4 pm, as mercury at this time is high on its scale.

6. Use high SPF for summer:

Generally, people use SPF 15 for the sunscreen, but you need a higher SPF than that during your pregnancy to take care of your skin.  As melanin production increases in summer, you need protection.

Feeding Tips for 4 to 6 Months Old Baby

 

Your baby's first meals should be an easy introduction to solid foods. Offer just one food at a time to start. It need not be bland, but it should be easy to digest. Whatever the food, puree it well and thin it to a runny, liquid consistency with breast milk, formula, or water. Here are a best advice & tips for feeding your baby.

How to Start

Although fortified rice cereal is traditionally recommended as an ideal first food because it's easy to digest, unlikely to trigger allergies, and a good source of iron, it's fine to offer other foods first. In fact, if your baby has been exclusively breastfed, consider meat; it's a particularly rich source of iron and zinc. A baby's stores of these minerals are depleted by 6 months, and breast milk alone doesn't supply enough of them. Some parents swear by fruit as a first food; it's sweet like breast milk and can be an easy transition. Ask your doctor whether she prefers a specific schedule or pattern.

Pick a time when your little one is in a happy mood -- right before the second feeding of the day is a good possibility. Take the edge off her hunger with a short nursing session or a small bottle. Start with a dollop of food on a fingertip; after a few days, increase the meal to a teaspoon and eventually a tablespoon. Don't worry if most of it dribbles down her chin--for the time being, she's getting used to the new flavor and texture.

How to Progress

After a few days of the first food with no adverse reaction, go on to another food. On the menu are single-grain baby cereals like oatmeal and barley, pureed fruits and veggies, and pureed meats--feed a spoonful or two once a day.

According to a recent Babytalk poll, pureed fruit is the first mush of choice for most parents. Here are current favorite first foods, ranked in order of popularity:

1 bananas
2 sweet potatoes
3 apples
4 carrots
5 peas
6 squash
7 green beans
8 pears