Vaccination Mark

Ever wondered why hair wont grow on your vaccination mark?? Here's the reason why, a vaccination mark is nothing more than a scar tissue. A Vaccination mark is nothing more than a scar tissue. A vaccination causes inflammation intense enough to destroy the hair follicles in its vicinity. Any deep injury to the skin will destroy hair follicles and cause hair loss. One can transplant hair onto a vaccination mark, but one can never bring a dead hair follicle back to life

Reasons to Become a Parent

I know some of you really want to be a parent, while some don't. But if you're not decided yet, or is planning to become one. The reasons for having children can be grouped into 4 categories.

Reasons People Want to Become Parents.

1. To build up one's ego

• To have a child who looks like me
• To have a child who will carry on the family name
• To have a child who will inherit the family business, money and property

2. To compensate for something that is missing in one's life

• To try to save one's marriage
• To make up for one's unhappy childhood
• To help one feel more secure as a male or female

3. To conform to what peers are doing or what others expect

• To please one's parent or guardian
• To do what one's peer's are doing
• To keep from being criticized for being childless

4. To love and to guide someone

• To have the satisfaction of loving a child
• To help a child grow and develop
• To teach a child how to be responsible

Now if you're a person who chooses one or more of the first three reasons, then your focus is on your own or his/her needs and not on the child's needs. Being ready for parenthood means being ready to focus on needs in addition to one's personal needs.

The fourth reason, the desire to love and guide a child, is the best reason to become a parent.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

What do you look for in a dentist??

Ok my baby's teeth is not yet out, shes 8 months now, but when choosing a dentist for yourself and for your kids what do you look for? Here are some guidelines to follow:

1. Ask a friend. Ask a friend or a relative or a co-worker. Ask if they have a dentist they would recommend.

2. Look for the dentist credentials. Look for diplomas and some certificate on seminars attended. joining seminars and organizations updates the dentist on new technology, current dental trends and techniques.

3. Location and space of the dentist clinic. Of course its important that your dentist is not that far away from your residence and that the dentist clinic is spacious and accommodating, some dentist have plenty of clients that there no space for you to wait for your turn.

4. Schedule. Yup its also nice that the schedule of your dentist corresponds with your's. Some dentist tend to have a clinic every M-W-F some everyday.

5. Be comfortable. Its very important to be comfortable with your dentist, my wife is very picky when it comes to dentist, she always look if the dentist teeth are good, she always said" why pick that dentist if he/she can't take care of his/her teeth( hmm she has a point there).

Golden Truths

The vertical file of a library has many nice articles worth reading. Heres one that caught my attention.

The Golden Truth( Things I have Learned from Children)
For those with children, those thinking about it or those who have an excuse not to..

1. There is no such things as child-proofing your house.

2. A four year olds voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

3. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh-Oh," its already too late.

4. Super glue is forever.

5. You probably do not want to know what the odor is.

6. Quiet does not mean don't worry.

7. A good sense of humor will get you through most problems in life( unfortunately, mostly in retrospect)

A Salute to Parents

It is often said that in the stages of life, we are least prepared to become parents. Yet this is probably the most important role we will play, even long after all other roles have come and gone.

Parenting can make or break a person.. a testing ground for character and values, choices and decisions. Some say that parenting is one of life's great tests. Though some may be given an easier questionnaire, others a more difficult one, still the call to parenting can challenge our inner strength, belief in oneself and even our capacity to love.

But, it is when we respond to this call with passion and dedication, heart and soul that we achieve the personal triumphs and quiet rewards that make this sacred mission worth pursuing and living for.

Spanking

Here one article I found at the library. Spanking can bring problems later. A domestic abuse expert from University of New Hampshire says that spanking children affects their sex lives as adults. A professor concludes that children who are spanked are more likely as adults to coerce partners to have sex, to have unprotected sex and to have masochistic sex. Other studies have shown the link between spanking and physical violence, while their research is the first to show a link between corporal punishment and sexual behavior.

They suggest pediatrician and child-rearing experts to warn against spanking, and also want lawmakers to take a stand by dedicating state money to teaching parents about the dangers of corporal punishment.

"The best-kept secret in child psychology is that children who were never spanked are among the best behaved" - Professor Murray Straus

(Here in the Philippines, sometimes when I ride a jeep back from work I would witness some mothers would spank their children if they would make a slight mistake or would trip themselves walking and I would tell myself if I would have a child, man I'm never gonna do that)

Trivia

• A child who does not respond to his or her name by the age of 1 year may be more than likely to be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.

• At a very early age, an infant begins to curl up and cling to its mother. Their legs bend and curl up, they place their hands on the shoulders or arm of their carrier and they cling. A child with autism or autism spectrum disorder often does not cling.

Measles Vaccine

My baby just finished her first dose of Pneumococcal Vaccine which cost so much 5,000 php(which is almost a $100, but if its for her protection its ok for me to spend that much. Next of is the Measles Vaccine. Its her protection against Measles.

A short info about measles is that, Measles is the most deadly of all childhood rash/fever illnesses. The disease spreads very easily, so it is important to protect against infection. To prevent measles, children (and some adults) should be vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Two doses of this vaccine are needed for complete protection. Children should be given the first dose of MMR vaccine at 12 to 15 months of age. The second dose can be given 4 weeks later, but is usually given before the start of kindergarten at 4 to 6 years of age.