Children With Dyslexia

This sentence, ‘I am eating an apple’, sounds very easy to read and comprehend. But if you ask a child who is diagnosed with dyslexia to read that simple sentence, he or she will picture it as one of the most difficult sentences he or she has ever come across.

Dyslexia is a mental syndrome that slows down the child’s thinking process. The child will encounter difficulties grasping even the simplest words or sentences. He or she will have troubles speaking and writing too. This health condition usually comes together with another disease called Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a disease that causes a child to become prone to restlessness.

Dyslexia can sometimes be resulted from heredity from a family member. It can strike any child, regardless of age and gender. Hence, this condition should be identified as early as possible, because the older they get, the worse it can be.

Let us explore some steps that parents can put into practice to assist these children:

ü Get to the root of the problem with your child’s mental disabilities. Learn more about what he or she cannot read, write and understand. In this way, you will be able to determine how you would tackle this matter effectively.

ü Examine how your child studies something. Maybe he or she learns better with anything other than books, like with his or her ears. And perhaps he or she has an extraordinary talent that needs to be realized.

ü Create a positive environment for your child. Make him or her feel that he or she is just like any other children who have the rights to learn something in life.

ü Dyslexic children are prone to mistakes, so you should play a role model and teach your child how to tackle mistakes.

ü Concentrate on what the child can excel in. We are not born to be able to do everything, but we can do some things well and continue to improve on those areas that we can achieve excellence in.

ü Talk to the teacher to get more updates on the child’s progress and discuss what both of you can do to help the child.

ü You can allow the child to expose to television or radio. Usually, dyslexic children will have a better comprehension of the vocabulary and, at the same time, will be more motivated to pay attention. You can also pose a few questions based on what they have listened.

A dyslexic child is not stupid. The child just needs a bit more time than some other children. But as long as you, the parents, do not give up on helping your child, he or she will smell success in future, just like other ordinary children.

Improve Your Child’s Eating Habits

Just when you think the pregnancy encumber has ended, the aftermath is just about to begin. Obviously it is a miracle to bring life into the world. Bringing life here is one thing…but taking care of the life…is another…

During the infant stage, children would not abide by the correct eating habits. They would make a big fuss over the food that we feed them. Particularly, they are not fond of food that can provide them with the nutrition they require.

Well…maybe because healthy food are normally not as tasty. Even adults can see that in healthy food sometimes. Still, they need all that nutrition to grow and stay healthy. So parents, how could this issue be tackled?

Come and let us explore the possible ways to make these kids be receptive of healthy food:

1. The healthy food served on the table should come in various versions. Allow them to choose from a selection of food, rather than restricting them to eating one or a few kinds of food. Even though they may eat a small amount, at least they are absorbing the essential nutrition for their body. That absorption would increase if you use this same approach to feed them daily.

2. Feed them a new kind of food. Do not serve them the common dishes that they have seen so many times because that would irk them up. Try to introduce new and nutritious dishes to stir up their appetite.

3. Hide the nutritious food that they do not like. For instance, you can hide vegetables and meat between two burger buns. To them, it looks like a mouth-watering hamburger, but in actual fact, it is yet another nutritious food that contains the vegetables and meat they usually are not in favor of.

4. Make the food look more appetizing by serving it in such a way that it attracts the child’s attention. You can serve fruits inside a plate by decorating them in a form of a clown face! Your child’s eyes would pop out, making him or her desire to savor the fruits.

Hope the piece of information would assist you in handling your children’s eating habits in a more effectual way. So starting from today, treat your child to an eye-catching nutritious meal that he or she would ask for more!

Pregnancy: Tips To Endure It.

Pregnancy is a woman’s road to another totally different phase of life. Motherhood! It is by far the greatest moment of a woman’s life, but it is also, without question, the most painful.


If you look around, majority of the women population are able to pull through pregnancy. Nevertheless, just because they could get over pregnancy, it does not signify that their pregnancy was a breeze.

They had to endure a series of aches and complications just like other women. The only difference is that this group of women acquired the ability to at least reduce the complications. All you female readers out there, you can too!

Here are some of the ways for pregnant females to ease pregnancy pains and strains:

Body aches are cliché in pregnancy, due to the widening of your uterus where your baby develops. But there is always a way to lessen the pain. How?

1. Try lying down on a comfortable bed.

2. Get more rest and do not exert yourself too often.

3. Apply some heat on the painful area by using a hot water bag.

You will also experience a hormonal transformation in your breasts. Your breasts will grow bigger and a little uncomfortable because of the presence of milk in it. You may even experience a leakage of colostrum, a yellowish thick liquid that represents the first milk produced by your breasts. Still, it can be thwarting isn’t it? So…

1. Place a nursing pad in your bra to prevent further leakage of the fluid.

The other drawback of pregnancy is dizziness or faint spells. It can lead to nausea and vomiting. This is owing to the body’s growing need for food, and the continuous expansion of the uterus, which can add pressure to the blood vessels. So what do you do?

2. Stand up gradually

3. Turn to your left when lying down

4. Refrain from sitting or standing all day on one place and move about a little

5. Consume healthy snacks or meals in small quantity

6. Avoid getting agitated.

Ladies, beware of this. Constipation! This can transpire as your uterus continues to expand, thus slowing down your digestion. Here are some suggestions for you!

1. Eat food rich in fiber like fruits and vegetables, cereals and bread.

2. Drink eight to ten glasses of water every day.

3. Carry out some minor exercises to reduce constipation.

And of course, who would not have trouble sleeping right? This is possible because of the abnormality of sleep that you will face, after frequent visits to the bathroom, the movements that the baby makes inside, and the rise in the metabolism rate. So try doing this!

1. Get eight to ten hours of sleep daily, and do take forty wings during the daytime if you feel a little exhausted. Do not sleep too long though, or it will aggravate your tiredness!

2. Do not stress yourself too much. Find ways to ease your mind.

3. Refrain from eating too much a few hours before you go to bed.

4. Do some gentle exercises to keep you a little bit more active.

Yes, pregnancy is a rough patch in a woman’s life. But I believe every woman who experiences it will take pleasure in this moment, as long as she stays strong in enduring it and ponder on the positive outcome of this whole process.

What is that outcome? Welcoming the newborn into the world of course!

So to the ladies, who are carrying a little someone in the tummy, be strong and have faith in the pregnancy.

Because your faith in it is the golden key to a successful delivery and a wonderful motherhood life ahead for you!