Home Remedies for Prickly Heat Rash on Babies - Heat Rash Treatment for Babies - Symptoms, Causes, Prevention & Treatments

Summer is here and it is at its peak. Even we adults couldn't take it, then think about little ones. My little one is running up and down and sweating like crazy. But she never minds it. But as a mom i 
need  to worrry about the rashes and sweating during summer a lot. I follow few steps to keep my baby cool and rash free this summer.

One of my reader asked me that her little one is having prickly heat all over his body, so i decided to write this post, i think it will helps many.

What is Prickly Heat:

You can easily identify prickly heat in babies before your doctor does. It will look like smell tiny red bumps spread all over the body, It causes too much itch(which in babies can be really bad). It causes utter discomfort in them. So treating them at the earliest is recommended.

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What Causes:

Over Heating, Over Sweating, Tight Clothes, Over Dressed which blocks sweat glands, Synthetic fabrics like polyster and nylon, Warm bedding.

In addition to these, young children and babies are at increased risk of developing prickly heat rashes due to their underdeveloped sweat glands

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Symptoms:

1)Red bumps
2)Irritation on skin.
3)Bumps may worsen into blisters
4)Itchy feeling

How to Prevent them:

1)Keep babies room air circulating. Just buy an extra fan, if you can invest in a air conditioner for your babies room.

2)Just use good quality cotton clothes. Just purchase some summer clothes, it has to be loose fitting and soft.

3)Dont allow them to play in the sun, or limit it. Just take them out only in the evening or create a shade area for them to play.

4)Bathe them two to three times a day. And let the bath time be little long.

5)Always keep them dry and clean.

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Treatment for Skin Rash:

1)First consults with your pediatrician, if your baby is too young. They will give you a baby friendly calamine lotion.

2)Apply calamine lotion generously over the skin many times a day. This will keep their skin cool.

3)Put few ice cubes in a  clean napkin and pat them all over the skin many times a day.

4)Pure Sandalwood powder mixed with water can be applied all over the skin for cooling.

4)Multani mitti or Fullers earth powder can be applied all over the skin for cooling. This can be dont for older children.

5)Heat some water, add neem leaves in them and let them boil for 10 mins. Now cool this down and use this water to bathe your baby. This helps to cool the skin and is a great anti bacterial.

6)Dont carry your baby all the time, it may heat them and worsen it.

7)Dont use regular baby powder in those places, unless it is prickly heat powder and recommended by your doctor.

8)Dont use the regular baby lotions and cream. Instead use baby friendly aloe vera gel. It is cooling.

9)Let them cool off, dont allow them to sweat.

10)Keep them hydrated, give them plenty of water throughout the day.

11)Give them cooling foods like watermelon juices, tender coconut water, yogurt, milk, cucumber juices.

12)Besan / Gram flour mixed with yogurt can be applied all over the body and washed away. Dont let them dry too long, else washing them may be very difficult and cause pain in little ones.

Pregnancy Diet & Recipes - What to Eat & What Not to Eat - All About Pregnancy

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Pregnancy is the only time you can eat whatever you feel like without feeling any guilt. 

I am sure pregnancy ladies will be indulging in all sorts of foods they are craving for. But this is the period of time you have to include certain foods in your diet. Because whatever you eat is your baby's main source of nourishment. In this post i am gonna share detailed diet for a pregnant women.

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Key Pregnancy Nutrition: Folic Acid, Iron, Calcium and Protein.

Folic Acid helps in preventing defects in babies brain and spine. Calcium helps in baby bone development.Iron and protein helps in babies body development.

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FOODS TO EAT

1)Lots of Fruits & Veggies

This is the time, you have eat fruits and veggies in abundance. Start your day with somekind of fruits, Apples are great. But pomegranate, oranges are equally good for you. But you can eat whatever you feel like. 

Try to include spinach atleast once in your day.You can either have it for lunch or for breakfast. Make spinach puree or like a stir fry. 

RECIPE:
SPINACH RECIPES
VEGETARIAN SIDEDISHES
VEG CURRIES
VEG STIR FRIES
SALAD RECIPES, JUICES, MILKSHAKES, SMOOTHIES & LASSI

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2) Protein Rich Food

Lean meat like chicken breast, turkey can be consumed. beans, eggs are really good for you. A quick scrambled egg along with whole wheat bread and a fruit juice can make a great breakfast for you.

RECIPE: 
EGG RECIPES 1 & EGG RECIPES 2

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3)Whole Grains

Dals and pulses are great for you. Include one kind of dal each day. Try to eat a handful of sprouted green gram daily.

RECIPE:
SPROUTED GREEN GRAM
BEAN SPROUTS
SUNDAL RECIPES
DAL SOUP & DAL CURRIES
DAL KHICHDI RECIPE

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4)Dairy

Drink two tall glasses of milk daily, one in the morning and one before going to bed. Have a bowlful of yogurt in the afternoon. Cheese and butter can be had in limitation. 

RECIPE:
SMOOTHIES & LASSI

5)Stay Hydrated

You have consume lots of water during this time. Please include atleast one tender coconut daily when you are pregnant. it does magic. 

If you feel water is too boring for you, then why not try this spa water.

SPA WATER RECIPE:

Fill a jug with cold water, then top with sliced cucumber, lemon slices, mint leaves, orange slices. Let it sit in the fridge for couple of hours. Now you can enjoy it through out the day. All you have to do is keep on filling the jug with water. 

Make this fresh everyday.

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6)Nuts & Dried Fruits:

Always include a handful of mixed nuts like almonds, walnuts, pista, cashews daily. A handful of dried fruits like cranberries, blueberries, raisans, sultanas is great for you. You can have limited amount of sunflower seeds, chia seeds, peanuts too.

Dont consume too much dates, just have one of two daily. 

GOOD CARBOHYDRATE CHOICES:

Whole grains, Wholemeal bread, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Beans & Other legumes, Low Fat Dairy,Fruits, Barley, Rice, Brown Rice, Quinoa, Multi Grain Cereal.

FOODS TO AVOID

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1)Caffeine - Try to avoid it, or have in minimum.

2)Alcohol - completely avoid it

3)Fish with high mercury content (swordfish, shark, king mackerel, and tilefish), 

4)Raw Meat

5)Packaged Foods & Canned Foods

6)Avoid Pineapples, it may cause in early labour.

7)Avoid Ripe & Unripe Papaya, it may cause miscarriage

8)Avoid Ginger, it may cause miscarriage.

9)Limit eating grapes. Just clean the fruit really well, because grapes has lots of pesticides on them. so it is best to avoid them during pregnancy.

10)Avoid Mangoes, since most mangoes are ripened the artifical way, So it is not good during pregnancy.

11)Under Cooked Eggs

12)Brie Cheese, Feta Cheese, Blue Cheese, Soft Cheeses & Deli meats

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CARBOHYDRATE TO AVOID OR EAT SPARINGLY:

Sugar, Cakes, Biscuits, muffins, Pastries, Fizzy Aerated Drinks


ENJOY YOUR PREGNANCY:

This is the time you have be cool, stress free and enjoying each and every moment of it.  Dont be too particular about your eating, anything in moderation is good. If you feel like eating a cake, please go ahead and have a slice. Nothing is going to hurt. Please go ahead and enjoy nutritional foods and the foods which you crave for, after all this is the time you can enjoy whatever you want to!


SOME BOOKS FOR YOU:

A Complete Guide to Home Pregnancy Test - All About Pregnancy

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What an invention is home pregnancy test. Now you don't have to visit your gynecologist each time, you think you might be pregnant. Just test it easily at home and then visit your doc!

How Do Home Pregnancy test work?

The human chorionic gonadotrpphins (hCG) hormone found in a pregnant woman’s urine helps in detection of pregnancy. hCG can be found in pregnant woman urine from approximately 6 to 14 days post fertilization. And it doubles as the days pass.

How to Do Home Pregnancy Test?

Each HPT has its own instructions. You have to follow it carefully. Most of the test has 1 test device and 1 disposable dropper. The urine sample is to be collected in a clean, dry container and dropped with the dropper on the test device. The first urine sample of the day should be used (early morning urine) as it is undiluted with much water. Then wait for 5 mins and check the readings.

How soon you can take a Home Pregnancy test?

You can take a test as soon as you miss your first period date. For some people it may give negative reading because of low hCG level, then wait for few more days and check again. 

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Are Home Pregnancy Kit Accurate?

Yes it is 99% accurate. But please make sure that your pregnancy test is not expired.

Points to Follow before Test?

You have to test using the early morning first urine. 
Dont drink water before taking test. 
Always use clean and dry container to collect urine. 
Dont add too many drops of urine, use as mentioned in packet. Patiently wait for the mentioned time to see accurate readings.

How to read it?

FAINT LINE:


If you see one dark line and one faint line, then you are pregnant but you are so early. So you can visit your doctor to confirm your pregnancy.

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HIGH FIVE POSITIVE:

If you see two dark line then you are pregnant for sure. You can visit your doctor to confirm your pregnancy.

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NEGATIVE:

If you see one line. Sorry you are not pregnant. Cheer up!

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FALSE TEST or EXPIRED TEST:

If you see no line at all, or one line which is mentioned in the wrong area as mentioned in packet. The the test is false or it must be expired. Test with a new kit or use different brand.

I hope i have covered most of the important points and cleared your doubts regarding home pregnancy test. 

SOME OF THE HPT AVAILABLE IN INDIA:

Silverware - Best Feeding Utensil for Babies

I was using silver bowls, spoons, plates & cups to feed my little one until she is 1. My grandma and my mom insisted me to use only silver. I used to think what is in it and why they are forcing me a lot. So i researched about it and i came across so many health and medicinal benefits of silver utensils.

Today we went to visit my hubby's friends house for his daughters annaprasana, we call it as choru ooturathu or Annaprasana. I will write a separate post regarding this function. Now a few pics from maha's annaprasana. 

What is that daddy!

Look at her face after the first bite

Yes i like it!

Okay, now back to the story. We bought silver bowl and spoon for the baby annaprasana. I took a picture of that before giving the gift, because i thought of writing a article regarding silver utensil for baby.

There are so many medicinal benefits in silverware for babies

1)It is naturally bacteria free. So sterlizing is not necessary. Washing it in normal water or hot water is enough. Silverware kills bad bacteria. In ancient time they store water and foods in silverware, this makes the water much pure. 

2) There is a saying, food absorbs the properties of the vessel in which it is served. The warm food absorbs the nutrients from the metals. Thats why drinking water in copper tumblers is a habit of many. Because copper has so many health benefits in them. Same goes to silver, Silver naturally cools our body and keeps food fresh for long time and it boost babies immunity.


3)Silver is the best antibiotic to mankind.

4)It heals wounds with its anti microbial properties.

Facts: Siver coins were thrown in holy water near temples because it purifies the water. Silver coins are added into milk olden days, this keeps the milk stay fresh longer.

Silver spoons was used to detect poison, particularly in the Korean Joseon Dynasty: due to its reactivity, silver tarnishes on contact with sulfur, thus detecting the presence of arsenic sulfides and warning ofarsenic poisoning.- Source Wikipedia

Only now they are using plastic feeding bottles for baby. But in the earlier days they use paaladai or changu for feeding milk and medicines.

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So it is really best to use silverware for babies instead of plastic bowls and feeding bottles, even though it says BPA free & High grade. Silverware is quite expensive, but it will surely last lifelong.

Early Pregnancy Symptoms - All About Pregnancy

First this blog started as a place where i share my little angel maha's pictures and naughty things which she do. Now it is has got into a complete baby blog where i share all about baby, baby care, baby, toddler & kids recipes..Today when i was thinking what to write in this post, i decided to start a entire section dedicated to pregnancy.

I still remember all the stuffs which i went through my pregnancy. So let me start a new section for pregnancy. First topic i am gonna write about is symptoms..

I am sharing my own experience as well my reference from googling. All the images are from google search, just to make this post interesting..

1)Swollen or Sore Breast

This is the first thing you might notice, this is one of the early symptoms. You may feel some pricking sensation as well a heaviness in the breast, specially around the nipple area. You may find your usual bra little uncomfortable, it can be noticed after 4 weeks of conception. Dont worry this is normal and may subside in few months.

Areola Colour darkens a little. This the brown area surrounding your nipples. This is one of the early symptoms. I have read somewhere that this happens because newborns have limited vision and this darkening helps them in locating the nipples.

2)Shortness of Breath

You may feel so tired and even a few foot steps will leave you short of breath. This is because thegrowing fetus need oxygen. This may continue throughout your pregnancy.

3)Fatigue & Tiredness


Feeling sleepy and so tired is one of the early symptoms..It is because of the hormones change in your body. Not to worry, it may vanish after the first trimester.

4)Nausea & Vomiting

This is one of the symptoms which i got. Everyday when i lie on bed and try to get up from bed, i feel that the whole room is spinning. And for me brushing my teeth was the hardest part, i can't even take the brush near my mouth.

It is called as morning sickness. You will be oversensitive to smells and even the smell of tadka can make your vomit. I didn't even enter my kitchen until i was in my second trimester. For me this stopped after my first trimester, but for many people it will continue throughout their pregnancy.



5)Frequent Urination:

You will be visiting the bathroom atleast 15 to 20 times a day, even though you only pee few drops each time.

6)Headaches, Backaches & Cramping:

Due to hormones change you may get headaches often, Back pains will start early and will stay until and after delivery. This is because the ligaments are loosening..Get a snoogle pillow which may comfort you a lot.

7)Food Cravings:



You will be craving for different foods (i started craving for yogurt rice & mango pickle which was the only food i ate until my second trimester). And your most favourite food will turn you off.

8)Constipation & Bloating:

You will always feel full and heaviness in stomach. And going to bathroom will be your worst nightmare. Try to eat bananas and drink lots of water, which might helps.

9)Mood Swings:

Feeling so moody all the time, yelling at your loved one for smallest things. Not to worry, it is all because of hormones change..You will get back to normal soon.

10)Feeling feverish:

Suddenly you feel heat getting all over you and feeling feverish more often, can be a symptoms.

11)Light Spotting:

Not everyone gets this, you may feel little bleeding which will be much more lighter than normal This is because you may actually be experiencing implantation bleeding, where the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall and causes a little bloodshed.

11)Missed Period:

If your cycle is regular and you didn't get your period even after a week, then its time to have a pregnancy test.

Before saying bye, if you think you are having these symptoms, then CONGRATS! go have a pregnancy test right now!

She is a Poser!