Food is Not Allowed for Your Baby

New parents are often confused when introducing the first foods for your baby under the age of 12 months. In principle, said Babycenter site, all food must be allowed on the child, provided that portion is not excessive. However, they advised not to give a few. Anything?
Here it is:
* Do not give honey is too thick concentration. if they want to introduce, such as the type of honey Khasmir, should be diluted first.
* Do not give peanut butter. In addition to sticky and hard to swallow, in some babies are also at risk of allergies.
* Fresh cow's milk or full cream. Instead, the only one that provided the milk for your baby is breast milk. But when forced to, infant formula specially designed for babies do not why. Why? Your baby can not digest the protein in cow's milk for the first year, in fact, many sources state pure cow's milk contains large quantities of minerals that can damage the kidneys.
Avoid giving food in large pieces. This is to avoid the food ingested and trapped in your child's throat. Vegetables like carrots, celery, and green beans should be diced, before cooking. Cut fruits like grapes, cherry tomatoes, melon balls and a four before serving. Cut meats and cheese into pieces that are very small before disuapkan in children.
* Do not give hard foods like nuts, popcorn, hard candies, raisins and other dried fruit. Although small, but potentially create a child to choke. and small seedlings potential choking hazard.
* Be careful giving soft foods like marshmallows and jelly candies. Potential lodged in your child's throat.
* Avoid letting your child eat in the car. It's too difficult to monitor while driving.

Girl Locked in Bathroom for Two Months

A malnourished Arizona girl was locked in a bathroom without running water for two months, beaten with metal rods, and forced to exercise until exhaustion because her father said she had stolen food and cheated on a home-school test, US police said.

Scott and Andrea Bass, the 14-year-old girl's father and stepmother, were arrested on February 4 for investigation of child abuse, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment.

Andrea Bass, 31, was released from custody on Tuesday after posting a $US36,000 ($41,000) bond. Scott Bass, 33, remained jailed on $US45,000 bond.

The girl escaped from the bathroom through the attic on February 4 and contacted police. A medical evaluation showed the girl was in the 25th percentile for weight and the 50th percentile for height among girls her age.

The girl said her father forced her to exercise until she was exhausted and beat her with belts and metal rods or pulled her up by her hair if she stopped the exercises.

The girl, who was evaluated and released from a hospital, was in the custody of Child Protective Services along with four other children living in the home, who police said showed no signs of abuse.

Police Officer Luis Samudio said the girl and her 12-year-old brother were from Scott Bass's previous marriage, and that three girls, aged 3, 4 and 11, were Scott and Andrea Bass's children.