Lifestyle
Quality and Safe Drinking Water is Important for our Children’s Health
Water plays an important part of our daily lives and it is vital to our body in many ways. As the pandemic continues, we are constantly reminded to take care of our health. So staying fit, eating healthy, and drinking more water is essential.
In some areas, people often neglect the quality of water they drink because they don’t have access to potable water. Families carelessly drink water from unsafe water sources without knowing what it can do to them and to their children’s health. They rely on these water sources that leads to infectious diseases and other health risks....
Lifestyle
Smooth Transition to Formula Feeding with the Right Bottles and Teats
New parents find it hard to transition from breastfeeding to less-stressful formula feeding when weaning their babies. Why? Because introducing a bottle to a baby can be tricky. With a lot of options in the market, making a choice is not that simple.
Babies react when they are uncomfortable. The same is true when it comes to bottle feeding because they are not used to it. When buying baby bottles or teats, there are a lot of things that needs to be considered like the materials used, the size, and the shape.
Baby bottles are made from different materials but...
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Parents must choose the right car seat for their newborn baby
Being first-time parents can be exciting and nerve-wracking. They have to make sure that everything they get for their little one is right for them. And getting a reliable car seat for the baby's first trip home from the hospital can be one of the important decisions parents have to make, as child safety experts Heather Corley and Dr. Alisa Baer put it in a recent guide:
Choosing a car seat for a newborn baby is one of the most important safety decisions a parent or guardian will make. And with seemingly countless models on the market, the...
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Where to register for your free COVID-19 shot?
The Philippines has started administering COVID-19 vaccines for two months now. But many Filipinos still have no idea where to start to get vaccinated.
In Mandaluyong, the Mandaleños are required to register in the MandaVax website first to reserve a slot for a free COVID-19 vaccination. The online form will ask for a person's full name, mobile number, home and office address, email, and civil status. It also requires a registrant to upload an ID photo.
From people who are living in the Greater Manila are, here are the links to the pre-registration websites for the vaccine drive:
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Sleep deprivation is dangerous—Here are tips on how to get a good sleep
According to SleepFoundation.org, the term sleep deprivation refers to getting less than the needed amount of sleep, which, for adults, ranges from seven to nine hours of sleep per night. Children and teens need even more nightly sleep than adults.
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It’s indeed funny to think that during our younger days, we always cry whenever our parents told us to sleep, ‘cause then, we hate it right? But now as we gear up to adulthood, sleeping is the most rewarding part of our days—we sneak out most of the time to get it when there’s a chance.
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