| Did You Know:Men are officially the best at changing | | | | likely to suffer from stomach and ear complaints.One |
| baby! Research shows that the average time taken | | | | in five toddlers can open medicine and chemical bottles |
| by a woman to change baby is 2 minutes and 5 | | | | with child-resistant tops experts are warning. Every |
| seconds, whereas the average man takes 1 minute | | | | year thousands of toddlers are taken to hospital |
| and 36 seconds! Expert in male and female behaviour | | | | having swallowed substances ranging from perfume, |
| Corinne Sweet says 'Changing baby is essentially a | | | | painkillers and household cleaning products. The Child |
| mechanical process, men approach it like a pit stop; | | | | Accident Prevention Trust advises parents to store all |
| they want it over as quickly as possible'. So come on | | | | medicines high up and well out of reach and sight; |
| guys, you're the experts!!Eating fish during pregnancy | | | | never assume that a child cannot open a product with |
| can boost your baby's brain development and give him | | | | a child-resistant lid; and never leave pills or drugs in a |
| better communication and language skills. A study of | | | | handbag - a favorite place for a toddler to |
| 7000 mothers found that those who ate fish at least | | | | search.Overweight children are up to 5 times more |
| once per week had babies who scored higher in | | | | likely to have a heart attack or stroke before the age |
| verbal skills at 15 months than those whose mothers | | | | of 65. So if you're overfeeding your 'little' one, you |
| ate no fish.The father's sperm will decide the sex of | | | | could be killing him with kindness.Will your baby be left |
| your baby. The mother's eggs contain only a female or | | | | or right-handed? It's decided as early as 10 weeks |
| X chromosome, but a man's contains either an X | | | | gestation say researchers who found that babies in |
| (which makes a girl) or Y chromosome (which makes | | | | the womb favor one hand over the other, the same |
| a boy). Whichever one reaches the egg first and | | | | one they'll prefer to use in |
| fertilises it will determine the sex.Air fresheners may | | | | ******* |
| cause diarrhoea and earache in babies say scientists. | | | | Author: Tony Luck who runs a site where you can |
| They found that infants in homes where air fresheners | | | | get help on baby care. |
| and aerosols were used every day were 32% more | | | | |