How to remove diaper rash

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Most babies suffer from diaper rash at some point. My youngest daughter started developing a rash when she was just 3 days old.

Some people think that diaper rash is part of being a baby but I don’t think that we as parents should settle for that. After all a baby who does not wear a diaper does not develop a diaper rash.
Here are some really great ways to heal and avoid diaper rash.

Can the cause be in diapering?

1. Do not use wipes, they are full of chemicals, instead wash your baby with plain water.
2. Change often, especially after bowels movement. Modern disposable diapers are so absorbent that the babies don’t get wet and you might feel that you don’t need to change.
3. Do not use perfumed lotions or salves.
4. Leave the diaper off as much as possible. Put the changing mat on the floor with a cloth diaper or towel on top and lay your baby down without a diaper, bottoms up. Make sure your baby does not get cold. To air out the rash is not just good for the diaper rash; your baby will love it. It’s comfortable and it’s much easier to move around.

Or maybe the cause is in the diapers themselves.
Disposable diapers are loaded with chemicals, perfumes and gel. The cause of the rash may very well be in the diapers.

1. Try a different brand of diapers.
   That’s how easy it can be to get rid of the rash sometimes. If your baby is sensitive to a chemical in one diaper a different brand might not contain that chemical.
2. Try gel-free diapers.
   The absorbent gel is said to be one of the biggest reasons that babies develop a diaper rash. The gel is so absorbent that it removes the water not only from the waste but also from your baby’s skin.
3. Use cloth diapers.
   I have 3 kids and still I’m a fan of cloth diapers.
   If you buy second hand or organic cloth diapers you are sure that your baby is not rapped in chemicals anymore. Using cloth diapers is easy especially if you use fitted diapers. There is no folding involved, simply put on a diaper and a diaper cover.
4. Try infant potty training.
   The ultimate way to get rid of diaper rash is of course to get rid of diapers. If your baby is less than 6 months it is well worth a try. My daughter actually peed the very first time I put her on the potty, she was then 2 months old. I did not get her potty trained that early. I simply found that infant potty training was not for me. But we found our own solution. Every time I changed her I also put her on the potty. This saved us the rash causing poop diapers as she decided to do her “heavy” needs on the potty.

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How I got rid of morning headache

Do you wake up with a head ache or an intense craving for coffee? Do you feel that you’re not yourself until you get your first cup of coffee?
I don’t anymore.

The morning is the time when we are the most dehydrated. This is not very surprising when you think about it. We don’t drink or eat all night and we loose at least 2 cups of water sweating. .The first thing our body needs is a big glass of water or maybe even two.

After the water I promise you’ll feel much better. There nothing stopping you from having a coffee anyway, or even better, if you feel you need a stimulant, try mate.

If you want your digestion to wake up drink your water warm. This is especially helpful if you’re suffering from constipation.

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How to truly benefit from the food you eat

What is the point of eating healthy nutritious food if your body can not digest and benefit from it? Here below are some ideas on how you can eat to allow you body to absorb the nutrients in your food.

• Focus on your food. Try to keep your mind on your food at this moment. Don’t think about a problem at work or what you’re going to do next. Don’t even think about the food you ate yesterday but simply focus and enjoy on the food in front of you. This relaxes you mind and allows you to enjoy and digest your food properly.
• Eat slowly. If you eat fast you stress you body and digestion. If you allow eating to take time you relax your body and let you digestive system work at an optimum level. If you are a fast eater try to put down your knife and fork between each bite. This simple trick has helped me a lot. Normally I have the next bite is loaded on the fork waiting for my mouth to open long before I’m done chewing. Simply putting knife and fork down on the table makes a huge difference. Often it’s enough to put my wrists on the table but if I’m more stressed I let go of the cutlery and don’t touch them again until I’m done chewing and have swallowed.
• Chew your food. Yes, we’ve all heard it before and yes chewing is really important. It breaks the food down in smaller pieces, the saliva lubricates the food and chewing triggers the rest of the digestions process. In short digestion starts in the mouth so chew your food properly.

• Stop before you’re too full. If you fill up your stomach too much there will be no room for the enzymes to break down the food. Eating until you get the feeling that you’re really full is a very bad habit that slowly expands your stomach more and more and more. And consequently you need to eat more and more and more to get that (over)full feeling. Eating too much is a habit that can be hard to break. My suggestion is to limit your portion, if you need it use a smaller plate. When you have finished your food and before you take another serving ask yourself “Am I hungry?”. If you answer is yes than take another portion but this time don’t put no more food on your plate than half of what you did the first time. If your answer is no than you’re done eating. Note that you should not think about whether or not you’re full but whether or not you hungry. The difference may seam small but in reality it is huge. The result is fantastic. You’ll feel better, you’re digestion will work better and if you’re used to overeating this simple change will make you loose weight.
• Sit down quietly for a couple of minutes before your meal. This allows you to slow down and help you to focus on your food. It is especially important if you’re upset or stressed.
• Sit down quietly for a couple of minutes after you meal. By sitting down quietly instead of rushing off somewhere you give your digestion a smooth start. If you have regular problems with your digestion you might consider lying down for 30 minutes after you meal.
• Sit down while you eat. You’re body can not relax when it is walking. It is so easy to grab something on the go but you really need to sit down, relax and enjoy your food. Eating when under stress or in a hurry inhibits the production of hydrochloric acid and enzymes that are necessary for proper digestion.
• Don’t eat anything else for 2-3 hours. Your stomach needs time to digest the food before more is added. When you’ve finished you meal do not eat anything else until the food is fully digested. This is also very important for you oral health and you teeth.

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Eat natural, healthy food

What you put in your month has a major effect on your health. I fully believe in the statement “you are what you eat”. We need food and water to survive but eating has become more about taste and socializing. It’s funny how we tend to gather around the food that is bad for us such as alcohol, caffeine and sugar. Since there are so much great tasting food that is good for you why make the unhealthy choice.
Food should give you the nutrients you need and it should give you a minimum of toxins. On top of this you need a lot of water.

These foods are preferably fresh, organic and raw. Of course not all foods can be eaten raw.

• vegetables
• fruit
• raw nuts
• whole seeds and beans
• whole rice, quinoa, millet, spelt, there are tons of great whole wheat products (also as pasta) that can be used instead of white rice and pasta made from white flour
• cold water oily fish
• eggs
• organic chicken

Choosing these foods will make you healthier and make you loose weight.

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How to measure fat

Body composition is the breakdown of your body make-up, ie fat, lean muscle, bone and water content. The percentage of body weight that is “essential fat” is around 4% of body weight for men and 10% for women. Beyond that, there’s a somewhat wide range of what is considered a healthy percentage of body fat. Most recommendations show a healthy range for men as 10-25 % body fat and for women 15-30%. Keeping track of your body composition is an important tool to monitor your wellness.

Do muscles weigh more than fat?
No, muscles do not weigh more than fat, any more than lead weighs more than feathers. A pound is a pound and a kilo is a kilo. However, muscles are much more dense than fat, so, by volume, a muscle seems to weigh more. So by increasing your muscle mass you will look thinner.
Muscle is also active tissue, in that any muscle you build from exercise will be active all day long in burning more calories.

So how do I know if I carry too much fat?
A body composition scale tells you just that.
Your total weight is a combination of bone, ligament, tendon, organs, fluids, muscle and fat. This is what a traditional scare will measure. A body composition scale tells you your “body composition” which is defined as the relationship between all the lean tissue in the body and fat. It is not uncommon that a person who starts a new exercise program will not see any effect on the standard scale but a great difference on the body composition scale.

Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measurement of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both men and women between the ages of 18 and 65 years. BMI will give you an indication if your weight is normal of if you’re overweight.
A BMI between 18,5 and 25 is considered as normal weight. This table shows the classification:

18.5 or less	Underweight
18.5 to 24.99	Normal Weight
25 to 29.99	Overweight
30 to 34.99	Obesity (Class 1)
35 to 39.99	Obesity (Class 2)
40 or greater	Morbid Obesity

This is how you calculate your BMI.
English BMI Formula
BMI = ( Weight in Pounds / ( Height in inches ) x ( Height in inches ) ) x 703
Metric BMI Formula
BMI = ( Weight in Kilograms / ( Height in Meters ) x ( Height in Meters ) )

Waist circumference
Waist circumference is the distance around your natural waist (just above the navel). This measurement is very important since body fat that accumulates around the waist and stomach area poses a greater health risk than fat stored in the lower half of the body. Waist circumference can be useful for those people categorized as normal or overweight in terms of BMI.
Your goal for waist circumference is less than 40 inches or 101 cm if you’re a man and less than 35 inches or 89 cm if you’re a woman.

Skin fold measurement
Another way of tracking body fat is through a skin fold measurement. The measurement is taken on 3 to 9 different sites around the body. The waist is of course one of them. For consistency the right side is usually only measured. The tester pinches the skin at the appropriate site to raise a double layer of skin and the underlying loose tissue, but not the muscle. The calipers are then applied to make the actual measurement. The mean of two measurements should be taken. If the two measurements differ greatly, a third should then be done, then the median value taken. A skin fold measurement is best to be use to track the progress in body composition during an exercise/diet or weight loss program. The same measurements are done and recoded on a regular basis to track results.

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Relaxing Steps to Cure Insomnia

Having a hard time falling asleep? Read these tips for relaxing and getting rid of insomnia:

1. Watch what you eat. If you have trouble sleeping the first thing to look at is what you put in your mouth. Make sure you don’t consume any stimulating foods the hours before bed time. Avoid alcohol, coffee, black tea and sugar.
   Many people find it relaxing with a beer or a glass of wine to wind down at night. That’s fine but it’s important not to drink late since alcohol disturbs your sleep. There are foods that actually help you sleep.
2. Turn off the TV and read a book. It might feel great for our bodies to sit on the couch or lie in bed but watching TV is definitely a good way to turn our minds of. In fact it increases its stress level. So turn off the TV.
   Reading a book is a great way to get you mind off you worries and since many of us are so tired, we fall asleep after 2 pages.
3. Red your book and still don.t sleep or even worse can’t concentrate on the book. Do this breathing exercise:
   Relax and let your body feel heavy on the mattress and pillow. Close your eyes and focus on your breath. Put one hand on you stomach and make sure you belly goes up as you breathe in and down and you breathe out. Take long, slow, deep breaths. Now take a pause in both your in and out breath. So breathe in, pause, breathe in and breathe out, pause, breathe out. This slows you breathing and allows you to relax. Keep on doing this until you relax enough to fall asleep.

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