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First Aid kit for your Baby and Foetal alcohol syndrome

                                    First Aid kit for your baby

 

It should be easily accessible and try to replace every part of it whichever you use as soon as possible.

The followings should be part of your baby’s first aid kit—–

A complete list of useful telephone numbers.
Thermometer
Rehydration sachets –used in diarrhea and vomiting
Antiseptic cream
Small and medium sized sticking plasters
Tweezers for splints and  stings
Infant paracetamol suspension and Ibuprofen suspension
Paracetamol suppositories
Small roll of adhesive tapes to stick down dressings for scalds and burns
Antihistamine syrup
Cotton wool balls—for skin cleaning purpose and not for dressing as they stick to the damaged skin surface.
Teething gel

 

Foetal alcohol syndrome

 

Excessive intake of alcohol and for a prolonged period during pregnancy poses a big problem for the development of a baby’s cells and this problem  actually is directly proportional to the amount and period of a pregnant mother’s alcohol intake. Alcoholic pregnant women’s babies are born with a syndrome known as Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Foetal alcohol syndrome causes learning difficulties later in life. It is an entirely preventable cause of birth defects.

 

Due to FAS or Foetal alcohol syndrome a baby can suffer from developmental delay, learning difficulties, and impaired growth, abnormal functioning of the central nervous system, physical abnormalities of the face and in later life behavioral difficulties. Easily recognizable facial features include Microcephaly (Head with a small circumference), thin upper lip, small chin, low-set ears, short upturned nose and smaller than usual eye openings.

 

The World Health Organization has suggested absolute abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy. Binge drinking on one occasion should not be taken at all thinking it is safe rather it might also be harmful.

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