Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

6/01/2009

Tips for removing the stress on vacation

• Holidays are for relaxing. Forget touring 15 cities in 10 days: be running from side to side, you will not have time to relax or enjoy the ride and as if that were not enough, it will return with the body and mind full of tensions and possibly more stressful than when boarded the plane.

• Avoid discussions. If you are with your partner or friends, and want to go to different places for dinner, leave the bad humor aside and assist them to the place chosen. After all, another day you can go to the restaurant you want.

• Remember, vacation means suspension of work or study for some time. If for some reason can not make a trip, it is important to take your time to relax and enjoy those activities during the year can not.

• Leave with your partner, to visit friends and family, an endless source of practical and emotional support in times of crisis. Several studies showed that those who give and receive affection regularly,-are healthier and develop a better quality of life.

• Take the opportunity to "store" in its report a wealth of positive images, which may take your mind at times of tension and help you relax.

• Spend some time alone to yourself, to explore its interior to reflect or meditate.

9/29/2008

Children who were sleeping in class...

In adapting to school, young children may have trouble sleeping, as well as presenting a completely irregular sleep with nightmares included.

Teachers can check determined drowsiness and lack of focus on children, which often leads to contact their parents to detail the situation, and indicating the low academic performance of their children.

This situation, which can generate suspicion of being compared to the presence of any illness or learning disorder, often is simply the result of an alteration of sleep at night, which will disappear after a period of adjustment that takes a few weeks.

However, if these symptoms persist, it is very convenient to carry out a consultation with the pediatrician's small.

What to do when this happens?

It is normal that during holidays the hours are spoiled because everyone in the family would like to take more hours of sleep, or rather, to enjoy more hours of the day or night. No matter what the reason, only the fact of altering the timing, harms the body of children, besides creating these disorders at the time of returning to school. Should not try to shift too much of the time that it is routine in times of classes.

A couple of weeks before the start of classes, it is recommended that children begin to dinner early and with lighter foods. Furthermore, those activities undertaken after dinner, they should be quiet, such as board games. Should be avoided watching television at night, and since Queues tardecita avoid drinks, coffee and chocolate.

Another very important point, are the usual rush of the morning: the children who go to school without breakfast not only pay less but also have an important trend to obesity.

The return to school after a long vacation, for some children is part of a routine to which they are adapted without problem. By contrast, others find it much more difficult. This happens especially in those smaller, stimulated by the excitement of the reunion with his friends, as well as by the fear of separation from their parents.

9/25/2008

When traveling by car

Most of the children may travel by car without any problems. Moreover, the noise of the engine will produce a soothing effect, like a murmur, and especially babies, do not take time to stay asleep. If there is propensity to motion sickness, we have to have everything planned: give them a dose (by weight) of a antimareo before the trip and avoid taking food indigestible.

It should keep the windows open and try to always look ahead, look to the sides predisposes to dizziness; plastic bag ready and make frequent stops.

Safety is key in the car. Each child must be in your chair or cushion appropriate to their age, with the seat belt post. Never have to travel standing in the middle of the front seats. On long trips (more than five hours) is better to devote two days to travel, especially when there are babies.

In the event of an accident, it is essential to act quickly without losing nerves. If the child is aware, we have to keep lying down and motionless. If you have nausea, we have to put your head sideways. When this pale, it is necessary to lean your head back. To the congestion we can put a lien as a pillow.

If small is unconscious, we tuck with clothing and wait for help while monitoring their breathing. Sometimes there is difficulty in breathing for some strange object, we must ensure that nothing obstructs the airways and, if necessary, give artificial respiration mouth to mouth, nose or mouth.

The detention of the injured is critical if we suspect any major injury.

7/29/2008

Take sun and get a good tan

Always Keep in mind these recommendations when it comes to exposing oneself to the sun.

Always use sunscreen. We recommend placing solar screens in the area of the eyelids and on the path naso geniano (which runs from nose to the angle of the mouth) because there we found a much thinner skin.

The area of the mouth must also be protected with bars with lip protection.

The eyes should be protected with dark glasses and should never look directly at the sun. Presentations too intense, favor the aging of the lens and heighten the risk of cataracts.

The hair is also damaged and thus requires special care. There are special creams for use in hair before sun exposure.

It is advisable to listen to the weather forecast to know what the rate of solar radiation in the day when we feel exposed to the sun. Also, we will know what level of protection we will use.

Regarding the position for sunbathing, the horizontal is the most damaging. It is recommended to be the shortest possible time lying in the sun. The best sun can take walking or doing any sport.

We should bear in mind also that when summer somewhere in the heights sun is closer and the atmospheric layer is weaker protectors require special and specific.

We sunbathing away from the noon hours that are more solar radiation.

Pay special attention and care to children, their skin is very sensitive to sunlight. Apply it sunscreen, and children under one year avoids taking them to the beach, since only the glow of the sand affects your skin and it is not advisable to spread the baby with protectors.

With these precautions, you can enjoy much better your vacation and your family, winning in quality of life for all.