Baby nutrition: in a nutshell

By Raising Children Network


Breastmilk or formula offers all the nutrition a baby needs until she is six months. By about that age, she’s ready for her first spoonful of solids.


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Feeding up to 6 months
Introducing solids
Food and milk schedule after 6 months
Fussy eaters
Foods to avoid
Feeding up to 6 months
Breastfeeding is great for your baby. According to health experts, breastmilk is all your baby needs until she is six months old, so it is worth making every effort to breastfeed. Most problems can be overcome with information and support. However, for some mothers, issues such as mastitis make it difficult to continue breastfeeding. If you can't breastfeed, feeding your baby formula from a bottle is the next best thing. Cow’s milk, goat’s milk and soy milk are not suitable for children under 12 months – these products don't have all the nutritional elements a baby needs to grow and thrive.
Going back to work doesn’t mean that you have to stop breastfeeding. You can express and refrigerate or freeze your milk, or you can partially wean. If you do continue feeding, slowly introduce your baby to a bottle or cup before you start back.
For more information about breastfeeding, bottle-feeding and nutrition (yours and your baby’s), see the sections Newborns Nutrition and Babies Nutrition.
Introducing solids
You can start slowly introducing her to solids at around six months. It's wise to introduce foods one at a time (this can help identify food allergies or intolerances) starting with a little bit of very milky baby cereal (mixed with breastmilk or formula).
Here's a quick guide to what foods you can introduce and when:
Six months: Baby is ready to try a world of different tastes and flavours. Along with baby cereal, available from the supermarket, you could also offer cooked pureed fruit (apple, pear) or vegetables (potato, pumpkin, carrot). See our homemade baby foods guide for how to make your own.
Seven months: You can try introducing some lumpier food and broaden the variety offered.
Eight months: Time for a bit more coarsely mashed food, like minced meat, chicken, rice. You can also introduce finger foods such as soft fruit, soft-cooked vegies and toast, and also grated cheese (pasteurised) and yoghurt.
12 months: At this age, your baby is ready to eat a little of what the rest of the family is eating – as long as you cut foods into small pieces.
All babies are different and this time frame is just a guide. If a food gets knocked back one week, try it again next week. Babies can be offered a new food many times before deciding to try it. There's no point trying to force a child to eat anything. Avoiding fussing or worrying is the best way to establish good habits and avoid later problems.
When babies are between 9-12 months you can put healthy leftovers in a blender and reduce to a textured pulp. Spoon into ice cube trays or small plastic containers and freeze for quick meals later in the week.
Food and milk schedule after 6 months
Once baby is eating well, you can start a meal schedule. Your schedule may look like this:
Time of day
Meal
Early morning
Breastfeed or bottle
Mid morning
Breakfast and breastfeed or bottle
Early afternoon
Lunch and breastfeed or bottle
Early evening
Dinner and breastfeed or bottle
Late evening
Breastfeed or bottle (if needed)This means 4-5 milk feeds a day. You can reduce this to three milk feeds as your baby starts to eat more solid food (between 6-9 months). Of course, your baby’s own milk intake may vary from this.
Fussy eaters
A fussy eater can cause all sorts of angst for worried parents. Fighting over food with babies can lead to eating problems later. As a parent, you are responsible for offering a variety of healthy food; your baby decides how much of it to eat.
Foods to avoid
Salt, sugar or caffeine. Babies' systems can’t handle foods high in salt or sugar, or foods with caffeine (found in cola drinks and chocolate).
Juice is expensive and high in sugar. It’s better for babies to get their nutrition straight from fruit. If baby is thirsty, plain tap water is best – it's fortified with fluoride which helps build enamel on her developing teeth.
Honey and unpasteurised dairy products may contain dangerous bacteria and are unsuitable for babies under one year.
Cow’s milk, goat’s milk and soy milk are not suitable for children under 12 months – babies need the nutrients from breastmilk or formula.
Biscuits and sweets. If you can avoid the temptation to give your child biscuits and lollies (at least until she is two) and you may be rewarded with fewer mealtime bat

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Babies Health & Daily Care

Signs of serious illness
Illness can quickly turn worse in babies. Call your doctor if you see any of the following signs in your baby. If your child shows more than one of these signs, seek urgent medical attention.
Drowsiness (your baby is less alert than usual)
Decreased movement or lethargy (she is less active and just wants to lie around)
Breathing difficulty
Poor circulation (she looks paler than usual or even blue, maybe cold hands and feet)
Poor feeding
Poor urine output (less than four wet nappies in 24 hours)
Seek urgent medical attention if your baby:
vomits green fluid
has a convulsion (a fit). Try not to panic. Gently place your baby on her side, allowing her to move freely
stops breathing for more than 15 seconds
has a lump in the groin area (a hernia)
has a rash on her legs
has a high fever (a temperature of more than 38° C).
Common health problems
Babies are prone to a variety of health issues such as colds and sniffles, diarrhoea, constipation, asthma and ear infections. Some conditions require no treatment while others may need prescription medications. See your doctor for advice and look up the A-Z Health Reference for information about other common conditions.
Daily health
1. Keep up immunisationsImmunisation protects us against bacteria and viral nasties, such as measles and diphtheria, that once killed thousands of people. Immunisation is considered essential protection for your baby. Babies can be immunised by a GP or at a baby health centre at:
four months
six months
12 months
The Maternity Immunisation Allowance is only payable once you have followed the immunisation recommendations.
2. Protect against germs Up to six months old, a close encounter with germs can mean a trip to the hospital for your baby if she gets sick and develops a fever. You can try to limit her exposure to germs by washing your hands before touching her, especially if you’ve been out shopping, handling raw food or changing her nappy. If someone around her has a cold or flu, you may want to ask them to stay out of range until they are better.
3. Don’t give unprescribed medicationsNormal household medicine can be deadly to a baby. That’s why it is important not to give any medication to your baby unless it is prescribed for her by your doctor. Some herbal remedies can also be dangerous, so it’s best to check with a doctor to be safe.
4. Keep her air clean‘Secondhand smoke’ can cause serious health risks to non-smokers. If someone in your house smokes, they can protect your baby by always smoking outside. Avoid using chemical household sprays, like insect repellent or cleaning products, when your baby is in the room.
5. Protect her earsYour baby’s ears are delicate, so protect her from loud sounds very close to her ears. An excited older child yelling in her ear, a barking dog or blasting music can all do damage.
6. Prevent tooth decayThe best way to care for your baby’s new teeth is to watch what she eats and drinks. When she starts on solids and drinks other than breastmilk, avoid giving her fruit juice and sweets, which can promote tooth decay. When offering her a drink of water, use tap water – the fluoride added to it helps build up tooth enamel (even in her permanent teeth that are developing under the surface) so it is a very important part of preventing expensive dental repair later.

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Baby development: in a nutshell

By Raising Children Network


All babies develop in the same order but at completely different rates. So while one seven-month-old is crawling around and chattering madly, another may be playing silently on his playmat.


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Your baby’s development happens in fits and starts. He loves to keep you guessing about what he will do next. He may crawl for months and then suddenly decide to walk. Some weeks, you may witness amazing changes and then it stops, and sometimes he even goes backwards a bit. This is quite normal and nothing to worry about. His development process soon kick-starts again.
How your baby is growing
Your baby's everyday life affects how his brain develops. Lots of love, attention and interesting experiences do wonders for his brain growth, learning and development.
Two to six months: Baby's eyesight is really improving. He begins to connect what he sees with what he hears, tastes and feels. By watching how you react to his emotions and by seeing you express your feelings, he’s starting to recognise when he feels happy, sad, excited or fearful.
Six to nine months: He is developing ideas about who he is and working out the difference between parents, caregivers, strangers, adults and children. He has positive and negative emotions and knows how to express them. He can let you know when he wants help. By nine months, a growth spurt in his brain means he can make associations between what he sees, hears, tastes and feels.
Nine to 12 months: His ability to experience different emotions and moods has developed a lot. As the front of his brain develops, he is better able to entertain and reassure himself with familiar objects and people. He is able to move away from things that upset or annoy him.
What your baby may be doing
All babies develop at a different rate. Your baby may reach some of the milestones later. Don’t worry, they nearly always catch up. You know your baby best. If you are worried about his development, get professional advice.
By four months, he can:
lift head up 90 degrees when lying on his stomach
laugh out loud
follow an object in an arc about 15 cm above the face for 180 degrees (from one side to the other)
By six months, he can:
keep head level with body when pulled to sitting
say ‘ah goo’ or similar vowel consonant combinations
By nine months, he can:
work to get to a toy out of reach
look for dropped object
By 12 months, he can:
walk holding on to furniture
Find more detailed month-by-month information on what your baby may be doing.

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Baby connecting and communicating: in a nutshell

Getting to know each other has moved to an exciting new level. Your baby can now see better and understand more about ‘her’ people. She has emotions and is not afraid to show them.
Whether you're singing a song or talking about what you are doing as you empty the rubbish, your communication is helping baby learn and develop. Talking to her teaches her about language and the more talk, the better.
By nine months, your baby's memory improves and she is getting attached to people and objects. To help her understand how things disappear and reappear, you can give her lots of physical attention and verbal reminders of where you are as you move around a room. A fun game of ‘peekaboo’ can also do the trick.
How to ‘talk’ to your baby
Babyhood is a time for plenty of face-pulling (you and baby), conversations that nobody understands (but everyone loves), loving gazes and the power of the smile. Babies spend their days looking at people’s faces and listening to them talk.
‘Hellooo sweeetie baaabeee’Researchers call the special way we talk to babies ‘parentese’. And babies love it. Researchers have found that infants prefer the sing-song tone of parentese to plain adult tones. This animated, lilting speech, with exaggerated facial expressions, may help infants learn the sounds of language.
Making eye contactYour baby loves watching how your face reacts to something she has done. Researchers say it helps her understand the world and form relationships. When your baby deliberately catches your eye, you can look right look back into her eyes. And keep maintaining that eye contact until she looks away. When she makes noises, you can encourage her. Smiling, nodding and encouraging her abilities (‘What did you say?’, ‘Aren’t you talking well!’) all help your baby to keep communicating.
Talk, baby, talkAs your baby moves closer to 12 months, she may start to babble. When she begins to make lovely little sounds (‘ba ba ba’, ‘da da da’), you may want to try repeating them back to her. Try not to interrupt until she’s finished with her ‘sentence’. Also, repeating what you say to her ( ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘You’re hungry, aren’t you?’ ‘Ohhh, I’m hungry!’) can teach your baby what words mean.

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Babies Behaviour

Common concerns
Can you spoil your baby?
Pinching, biting and hair pulling
Breath holding
Fear of strangers
When you feel you might hurt your child
Fear of the bath
Eating
Eating: the battle of wills
Feeding development: the path to independence
Understanding behaviour
Attending
Temperament: what is it?
Making sense of the world
View film clips
Crying baby checklist
See also
Reading baby body language
Attachment

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Baby Skin Care

Baby skin care product
Babies obviously have sensitive skin; so make sure you are using products that are gentle and specially formulated for them. It is common for little bumps to appear, but if they don't go away make sure you show your pediatrician.
Baby diaper
Diaper rash can be very sore and painful. Change your baby's diaper often, and wash his or her skin with warm water. After patting dry, apply a thick ointment or zinc oxide as a protective barrier.
Baby skin rashIf your baby suffers from diaper rash, consult your doctor and try leaving them 'naked', the open air will help to keep the skin dry and help cure the rash.

Baby soap
No need for soap! Don't wash your baby's bottom with soap more than twice a week. Soap can irritate your baby's sensitive skin and may lead to a diaper rash. Cleanser free soapWarm water really is enough some of the time and soap free cleansers can also be used.

Sunburn kid
Preventing sunburn in children is very important. Just one severe sunburn in childhood can double the likelihood of skin cancer in adulthood. To use sunscreenYour children should make sunscreen a part of their morning routine. Studies have shown that regular use of sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher during childhood and adolescence can decrease the risk of certain types of skin cancers by 78%.
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Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips

Natural Homemade Beauty Care Herbal Scrub GelMix strawberry seed powder, with few drops of lemon juice and orange peel with aloe Vera. This is a good scrub gel.
Natural Home- Made Beauty Care Sunscreen Make a paste of a pinch of turmeric, one teaspoon of red sandalwood powder and gram flour powder. Use this paste as a soap will bathing. This will reduce tanning as well as add glow to skin.
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Natural Home Made Remedy for Bad BreathThere are some home remedies that may help. You'll find the solution in your kitchen.1) Take one teaspoon each of coriander. Cumin seeds, cardamom powder, and rock salt. Boil this mixture in water (one liter) till it reduces. Cool and use this to gargle at least three times a' day. 2) Chewing fennel seeds would also help to prevent bad breath.


Natural Home Made Beauty Care AstringentMix lemon and vinegar in equal quantity. Pour it in the bottle. Clean your face with it twice a day.

Natural Home Made Beauty Care Tips for Puffy Eyes1) Dip a cotton in salt water and keep this cotton on your eyes for 20 minutes. 2) Put rose water drops in your eyes everyday. 3) Do the eye exercise with the help of pencil.
Natural Home Made Beauty Care Tips for Neck cleansingGrind gram flour, barley, small grained pulse minutely. Mix it with milk, to make its paste. Scrub with this pack on neck and face while bathing. You will find a good texture with in few days.
Natural Home Made Beauty Care Tips for Dull SkinDull skin may be because of hereditary factors. The drier the skin is, the darker and duller it looks and more prone it is to itching and wrinkles.1) Make a paste of walnut shell powder, lemon and moisturizing papaya. Apply it on the whole body. After 10 minutes rub it like a scrubber. This will remove the dead skin of the face and body and your skin will glow. Lemon is rich in Vitamin E and therefore beneficial to the skin.2) The regular intake of pure aloe Vera juice (1/2 cup) in the morning on an empty stomach will help you a lot. 3) Take supplements of vitamin A and C which will help in reducing the goose- pimply appearance of the skin. 4) Apply oil before a bath and a Vaseline based body lotion after. 5) Apply rosewater. Rose water stimulates the skin, increasing the flow of blood to the skin and making you look radiant. 6) Skin may also look dull if it is oily. Just a good wash takes off the oil any you will feel fresh.Vitamin C will brighten the skin.7) If you smoke, than leave it. Smoking starves your skin of oxygen, so essential nutrients and vitamin's can't get to the surface, which is why it looks so dull. Try taking a multivitamin supplement. 8) Go in for collagen boosting facial once a month. 9) Use a moisturizer that contains powerful anti oxidants.10) Mix rose and lavender essential oils. It will protect and revitalize stressed out skin.11) Peel off the apple. Mix two spoon sour milk cream in it. Apply this paste on your face properly. Wash the face after 20 minutes with lukewarm water.12) Yoghurt is one of the poplar fermented dairy product. It is considered best for digestive system. Milk and yoghurt has calcium which is necessary for health. It provides coolness during hot weather and loo. It cleans the skin and removes the bad effect of sunlight. Some special types of bacteria present in yoghurt makes the skin soft and silky.13) Turmeric is the best body scrub. It makes the skin soft, beautiful and glowing.14) By eating the sprouts of neem, blood is purified. It removes the poisonous elements of lever and skin.15) Mash the soft lemon leaves mix a pinch of turmeric in it. Apply it on face. When dried wash face it will make the skin soft and bring glow on face.16) Mash khadipata / mix lime juice, glycerin and milk in it. Apply it on face. Wash after 20 minutes it will bring grow on face.17) Eat cucumber everyday in the morning. It will bring glow on the face. 18) Mix gram flour, turmeric and yoghurt. Make its paste, apply it on the face and neck.19) Mix edible oil and sea salt. Make its paste and rub it on the whole body. Now bath. It will make the skin attractive, soft and beautiful. 20) Mix sugar powder in edible oil. It will make the skin beautiful. 21) Mix white mustard, madder, turmeric, ghee, red ochre in equal quantity. Make its paste with goat milk. Apply it on the face. It will increase the beauty of skin. 22) Eat 5 gram roasted fenugreek powder with one cup boiled milk, thrice a day. It will increase the beauty of the skin. 23) Roast small grained pulse in ghee. Dip it in milk for 2 hours. Now grind it. Make its paste. Apply this paste on face. 24) Massage your face with ice cubes made from tomato juice. It provides coolness to the skin. Tightens the skin and brings glow on face. Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Dull hairOiliness of the scalp, makes the hair limp and lifeless. Take supplements of Vitamin A, one of two capsules a day of 25,000 1U for two months. This dries the oil, shrinks the pores, benefits the eyes and stops hair fall. Eat well and make sure that your diet is high in protein. Also get plenty of anti oxidants in your diet in the form of fresh, green foods.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Open pores1) Apply rose water, it controls and balances the sebum production, making it useful for both dry and oily skin. It can balance and restore the skin's acidic balance and help tighten pores.2) Give steam to face. Than mix 8-10 drops of lime juice in multani mitti and apply it on face.3) Apply yoghurt on face. 4) Citrus fruits or tomato is best for people who have open pores. Apply them on face.5) Mix tomato pulp, multani mitti, sandal powder and a pinch of turmeric. Apply it on face. 6) Cucumber is the best medicine for the open pores. Mix rose water, cucumber juice and lemon juice. It is the best natural homemade remedy from open pores. 7) Apply the sheel of tomato on face for 10-15 minutes. It will close the open pores.8) Mix tomato and lemon juice. Apply it on face. It will close the open pores.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for AcneThe anti bacterial properties of rose water help fight acne. The use of rose water is recommended by natural healers for treating all sorts of skin related problems.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Dark Circles Treatment1) Try out the dark circle treatment simultaneously by adding almond oil to the paste you made for the face. Add 1/2 tsp of cucumber juice to it. Dip a cotton wool in the mixture and place it one each eye, covering the lower area. Lie down for five minutes. Wash your face with cold water.2) Apply rose water near the eyes. Its gentleness, cooling nature and astringent properties make rose water great for nurturing the sensitive skin surrounding the eyes. Take care to dilute it properly before using, because under eye area is very delicate. 3) To lighten the dark circles use a cream called Glyco-6 or one that contains natural skin lightening agents. Take supplements of folic acid, antioxidants and plenty of vitamin C.4) Apply mint leaves after mashing it, around the eyes.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Dark SkinFor lightening the darker areas of the body, use a mixture of 10% azaelic acid mixed with a mixture of Kojic acid and Vitamin C.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Soft Skin:Mix tomato juice, lemon juice and glycerin in equal quantity. Apply it on hands. It will make the hands soft.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Dry Skin:1) Spray cool rose water on your face at night to moisture your skin and revitalize your spirits.2) Mix the extracts of apricot and peach. Apply it on face for few minutes. Rub it on the face like a scrubber. This is a good scrubber. Apricot exfoliates the skin and peach extract is good for skin conditioning. This paste is rich in alpha and beta hydroxyl acids and vitamins.3) Cucumber mixed with oats and almonds kept in the fridge can be applied to give a cooling effect. 4) Banana pack is good for dry skin. Mix one spoon milk powder, one spoon multani mitti and sandal powder in raw milk. Apply it on face. Wash your face after some time. It will provide moisture to the skin.5) Almond pack is best for dry skin. Dip few almonds in water for some time. Mash them. Mix raw milk and sandal powder in it. Apply it on face. 6) Mix two spoon fresh cream, almond oil and rose water. Apply it on face for 1/2 an hour.7) Take two spoon gram flour, one spoon raw milk and one spoon rose water. Make its paste. Apply it on the face.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Normal Skin:1) Mix sandal powder, multani mitti and calamine powder in cucumber juice. Make its paste and apply it on face. 2) Dip almond in milk for the whole night. Mix orange juice in it. Apply it on face for 20-25 minutes. 3) Mix one small spoon rose water, and one small spoon sandal powder in two table spoon yoghurt. Apply it on the face for 30 minutes. Wash your face. Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Cracked lipsAngular stomatitis: If the corners of the lips develop severe cracks that when try to smile than this is the symptom of angular stomatitis. It is due to a deficiency of Vitamin B. Take supplements of Vitamin B complex, vitamin C and anti oxidants. Eat food rich in B-complex such as nuts, pulses, cereals, milk and milk products. Use a deep moisturizing Vaseline based cream and apply it on the cracked surface twice a day. Eat a balanced diet and a Vaseline lip guard on dry lips.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care TonerYou can use rose water or curd water as a toner. For a home- made remedy, you can boil 50 gm of 'neem' leaves and 50 gm of 'amla' leaves in two liters of water. Reduce this solution to half a liter. Let it cool and then store in the refrigerator. You can apply this mixture before going to bad every night.Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Healthy and lustrous hairIf you want healthy and lustrous hair, it is advisable to use oil every day. This maintain strength and lustre. It is also quite nourishing to apply a small amount of oil to your hair after shower.Natural Homemade Tips for Tooth whiteningThe texture of teeth and gums vary from person to person. I would suggest using mustard to reduce yellowness of teeth.Grind the bark of neem with clove. Use it as a paste. It protects the tooth from cavity and makes the gums strong. It keeps the breathing fresh.Natural Homemade Beauty Care Face Cleanser1) Deep cleanse your face to give it a fair chance to breathe. Use a lipid, or soap- free cleanser to remove the grime that clogs the pores, yet helps retain the skin's natural radiance.2) Mix one spoon cucumber juice, one spoon milk and 1/4 spoon lemon juice. Apply it on face for 15 minutes. It open all the closed pores of the skin, which is necessary for the cleansing of the face. Natural Homemade Beauty Care Face Pigmentation Pack: 1) Shoo away the tan. mix 2 tsp oatmeal powder, 2 tsp almond powder and 2 tsp orange juice. Apply it to the face and leave on. After 10 minutes wash your face.2) Mix papaya pulp, sandal powder and multani mitti. Apply it on face. It will remove the pigmentation from face.3) Mix cucumber juice, lemon juice and turmeric. Apply it on face and neck. 4) Mix cucumber juice, milk and rose water. Apply it on face and neck. Natural Homemade Remedy for Foot FetishHeal the heel. Soak feet in a tub of water to which lemon juice, two drops tea tree oil and two drops neem oil have been added. Massage the area with 2 tsp spoon coconut oil and 1 tsp turmeric. This also helps soothe and heal your cracked heels.Natural Homemade Remedy for Yellow Stain on Nails1) Get rid of the yellow stains on your nails. These usually occur due to overuse of nail varnish, especially darker colors. Remove varnish and rub lime on nails. Dim in warm water to which two drops each of lavender and tea tree oil are added. Now sock both hand in warm soapy water. Rub hand with a homemade scrub or any other scrub products to exfoliate skin, follow up with a massage with olive oil and cocoa butter cream. Push cuticles back gently with a towel or cuticles pusher 'stick' and shape the nails.2) Apply iodine on nails with the help of cotton. It will make the nails strong. Hair flairMassage your hair with the cushion of your fingers at the pressure points, from the nape of the head to the back to the ear. Move upwards from the back of the cranium to the temple. Press your fingers in for 30 seconds and continue passing your fingers through your hair for another 30 seconds. This increases the blood circulation and releases the tension. Untangle your hair with the wide toothed comb. Place a few Velcro rollers at the top of your head and around the face, than mist with hair spray. This is very easy to do and really gives you the biggest bang for your time. Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy for Rheumatism:Treat your feet to warm rose water bath. They will thank you for it. After all roses have been known to cure rheumatism.
Hormonal problemsMake an aroma therapy massage oil with rose essence. Studies show that this is particularly beneficial for women with hormonal problems.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy for Color ContrastIt happens more among fair skin people. If the skin of the face is fair but the base of the neck is dark. This usually happens if the person is obese. Use scrubs of a paste like milk cream, lime juice and sugar and scrub the dark areas twice a week. You can also bleach the dark parts once a month. If the person is suffering from color contrast than ask him to lose weight, if he is obese. At night use creams containing natural lightening agents like vitamin C and Kojic acid or those containing glycolic acid.
Waxing GraysWhen you remove hair from the hands and legs by waxing or with an epilator, you find that hair does not grow out of the skin but grows inside the skin. This gives the skin a grayish black tinge and it seems like having black spots all over the body.Make a scrub with wheat bran, gram powder and a pinch of turmeric. Mix it with fresh cream and use on your body. This will help to reduce the further growth of hair on your body and also reduce the grayish black tinge.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips to Thicken Eye lashesApply a smear of almond or olive oil on eye lashes to thicken them.
Expressive eyes'Trataka Kriya' and moving of your eye balls left, right, up down and in a circular way will certainly improve the condition of your eyes. But please consult a yoga teacher before you try the 'kriya'.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy for Stretch Marks1) Mix apricot, walnut and jojoba. Make its paste with the help of fresh cream. This is a good scrub. It boost the skin's natural ability to exfoliate. The jojoba is a thoughtful addition, because it not only moisturizes the skin but has also been known to reduce the appearance of stretch marks.2) Mix walnut shell powder, healing calendula and aloe Vera. Make a paste. This is a ayurvedic formulation. It will remove the marks on the skin.3) If you are thinking to have a child than apply the paste of milk and turmeric or turmeric and yoghurt on stomach and back before bathing. Keep it for 15 minutes. Wash it with clean water. If you want you can use this mixture after bathing also. It will make the skin soft and flexible. There will be no stretch marks after the birth of baby.
Natural Homemade Exfoliating Facial Scrub1) Mix apricot with fresh cream. It will deep clean your skin and leave it silky and smooth.2) Make a powder of the bark of sandal wood, arjun, neem, orange peel, walnut, almond powder. Mix them with rose water. Apply it for few minutes. After getting dry rub it like a scrubber. It will provide the coarse texture necessary for exfoliation.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Bushy EyebrowsYou will be surprised what paying a little attention to your eyebrows will do for your eyes. If your are looking unruly, here are our tips on how to keep them in check:1) Brush the brows upward with a toothbrush or brow comb.2) Follow your natural brow line, only plucking from under the brow. Remember too little is better than too much. 3) Brush remaining hair into place and set with Vaseline. You may need a little eye shadow to define the brows.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy for Pimple1) The morning spot: If you feel a spot erupting before bedtime, dab on a little tea tree oil. This will help to draw out the impurities and reduce the inflammation.2) Eat the new bud of neem. Apply it on the pimples. It will bring glow on the face and Remove the pimple. 3) Make a paste of 20 leaves of tulsi, neem and peppermint and one tablespoon curd. Apply it on pimples wash face after 15 minutes.4) Antiseptic pack is good for pimples. Fort this peppermint is best. Mix one spoon multani mitti, one spoon sandal powder, rose water and peppermint juice. Apply it on face.5) Mix multani litti, peppermint juice and tomato pulp. Apply this pack on face. It will remove pimples and scars of pimples from the face.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Oily Skin:1) Make a pack with grated cucumber and multani mitti and apply on the face. Leave this pack on the face for 15 minutes and wash off gently.2) If the skin is oily and you have the problem of open pores during adolescence age than mix rose water in grinded granules of rice. Apply this on face. After getting it dry, sprinkle water on face, to make the pack wet again. Massage in a circular movement on face with water. Now wash the face.3) Mix multanni mitti in dry shells of orange powder. Put sandal powder also in it. Make its paste with the help of cucumber juice. Apply it on the skin. Let it dry for few minutes. Wash your face.4) Mix multani mitti and kaolin powder in rose water. Apply it on face. 5) Mix 4 spoon cucumber juice, 2 spoon peppermint, 2 spoon lemon juice, 1/2 spoon rose water, 3 spoon sandal powder and one spoon raw milk. Make its paste. Apply it on the whole face for 30 minutes.6) Take 3 table spoon neem leaves, 2 small spoon peppermint juice and 1/2 spoon rose water. Make its paste. Apply it on the face for 15 minutes. 7) Take two spoon barley, one spoon tomato juice and one spoon rose water. Make its paste. Apply it on the face for 15 minutes.8) Take two spoon gram flour, one spoon yoghurt, one spoon lemon juice. Make its paste and apply it on the face. Rub it with hands to remove the paste. It will remove the dead skin and cells. Now wash your face.9) Dip 4-5 almonds in water for few hours. Now grind it with lemon juice. Apply it on the face for 30minutes. Wash your face with water.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips1) Yoghurt Bath:- It is done in some Indian families. Before bath massage from yoghurt is done on the whole body of child. It brings good sleep, makes the skin attractive and soft.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy for Chicken PoxMix rose water in dry shells of orange powder. Apply it on face. It will remove the scars of chicken pox.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy for Wrinkles1) First, check out if you are really ageing prematurely or not. Stand in front of the mirror and bend your arm over your head, so your hand touches the opposite ear and your inner arm is next to your cheek. Now compare the color and texture of the skin on your inner arm with your face. The greater the difference the more damaged the skin is( you inner arm won't have nearly as much exposure to the sun as the skin of your face). Irregular splotches on the cheekbone and jaw are the signs of premature ageing due to sun exposure. We will get lines when we make facial expressions, but if you see any wrinkles when you are not making expression, it is a sign that you are ageing too fast. It is not too late to take care of your skin. You can prevent it from getting worse. Always cleanse and moisturize, make sure your moisturizer has SPF, and keep out of the sun.2) At the age of 35 wrinkles are formed near the eyes, that is why regular exercise of eyes should be done. Keep your head straight and rotate your eyes in clockwise and anti clockwise direction.3) Give relax to your eyes by keeping your palms on your eyes.4) Before sleeping at night, massage your eyes with almond or olive oil in clockwise and anti clockwise direction. Wipe off the extra oil.5) If eyes are swollen than apply the cucumber juice on eyes.6) Cut orange shells in minute pieces. Dip them in water for 24 hours. Wash the face with this water. It will remove the wrinkles and spots from the face. 7) Mix lemon juice and castor oil. Apply it on face. Wash the face with water after 45 minutes. If castor oil is not available you can use olive oil also. 8) Take any one kind of pulse. Mash it in a mixer. Mix a little olive oil or almond oil in it. Mix half spoon multani mitti and rose water in it. Make its paste and apply it on face. 9) Mix lemon juice and fresh cream. Apply it on wrinkle area. 10) Mix wheat flour in fresh cream. Apply this paste on face. 11) Dry the shells of orange. Make its powder after getting dry. Mix multani mitti or gram flour in it. Dip them in water for 10-15 minutes. Apply it on face after some time. Wash the face after 1/2 hour with water. 12) Mash banana. Mix baby milk powder and rose water in it. Apply it on face for 20 minutes. Now wash your face. This pack can be used once in a week.
Natural Home Made Deodorant*1/2 cup baking soda, cornstarch and few drops of aromatic oil. Mix them.*Clean the armpit with hazel or white vinegar.*Apple Cider Vinegar removes the bad smell of underarms. It reduces the PH of skin. The places where the level of PH is less, there bacteria's are not formed.*Mix few drops of essential oil like rosemary in little water. Apply it where needed.*Wear rose oil as perfume and you will feel calm and unruffled the entire day.*After a long day, light up a candle infused with the fragrance of roses or add a few drops to a diffuser of a relaxing feminine aroma.*Sprinkle a few drops of rose oil on your pillow and you will enjoy a night of restful sleep.*Spray cool rose water on your face at night to moisturize your skin and revitalize your spirits.
Natural Homemade Remedy for Blemishes and scars1) Dried orange peels mixed with curd also help reduce blemishes and scars. Wash off this mixture with cold water after 15 minutes.2) Take two spoon barley powder, 1/4 spoon dry peppermint powder, 1/4 spoon peppermint leaves. Mix them with hot water. Make its paste. Apply it on face. Wash with lukewarm water. 3) Apply the juice of peppermint leaves, tulsi and fenugreek on face. Keep it for 5-6 hours. 4) Massage the area with the pimple spot with olive oil. It will remove the scar.
Natural Homemade Medicine for Diarrhea According to German Health Authorities the treatment for diarrhea is turmeric tea.
Natural Homemade Body ScrubIncreasing pollution, dirt, dry air and many problems related to it makes the skin dull and dry. Thus proper care is necessary to make the skin healthy. Dead cells are removed by scrubbing. It removes the dirt of face and face becomes fresh. Cleansing is also necessary for the skin. According to the skin specialist soap which has high level of pH, should not be used in scrubbing. Minute and crushed particles of almond and barley should be there. One thing that should be understood while doing scrubbing is that it should not be done rapidly. Scrubbing done with pressure has bad effects on skin.Scrubbing can be done with these products at home*Take crushed gram flour, powder milk and rose water. Make a paste. Rub it on the whole body before bathing. Wash after 20 minutes with water. Skin becomes soft through this paste.*To remove the wrinkles from face, make the paste of pulses (grinded), curd and pinch of turmeric and rub on the face. It removes the wrinkles from face.
Natural Homemade Dandruff Remedy1)Yoghurt is use to clean the hair. It also removes the dandruff from hair.2) Mix multani mitti and yoghurt. Keep it for 2 hours. Now apply this pack in hair. It will remove the dandruff.
Natural Homemade Medicine for Osteoporosis1) Makes the bones strong: Boil a piece of turmeric in 1/2 glass milk. As the color of milk changes to yellow take off from the gas flame. Make the milk lukewarm. This mixture relaxes from many physical problems. Especially the women should drink this milk everyday. It makes the bones strong and protects from the problem of osteoporosis.2) Osteoarthritis can be treated by rose hip treatment.
Natural Home Made Beauty Care Tip to Remove Harmful CholesterolSoya bean is a cream colored bean about the size of common pea. Mostly Soya beans are yellow, but rare varieties of black, brown and green color is also found.Soya bean has been the taste of vegetarians since a long time, it has been proved by the research that Soya bean helps to reduce the harmful cholesterol in our body. Most of the non vegetarians among us will not like to include Soya beans in our daily diet. It contains 43% protein which is higher than any other protein rich food found in fish and meat which has only 20% of protein. The proteins of Soya bean yields all essential amino acids except methionine and cystine.Few months before scientist of Kentucky University made a research on Soya bean. They came to the conclusion that Soy bean, if eaten four weeks regularly instead of meat, than 9% of harmful cholesterol in our body can be reduced. If Soya bean is eaten everyday than 20% risk of heart disease is reduced.In Italy, effect of protein found in Soya bean was tested on 1000 patients. It was found that by eating Soya bean these patients reduced 20-22% of there cholesterol. Researchers say that, patients who have 240 cholesterol in there body can take help from Soya bean to reduce the cholesterol without taking medicines. But if patients have more than 240 cholesterol than they should take medicines supplement to Soya bean.Soya bean contains 19.5% fats, 21% carbohydrates and provides 432kcal per 100 gram.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Tanning, lighten skin tone, lighter complexion:1) Mix one tea spoon milk powder, one tea spoon lemon juice and 1/2 tea spoon almond oil. Apply on the face and wash off after 10-15 minutes. This pack helps to bring shine on the skin and also removes the tan.2) Mix oatmeal with curd and tomato juice and apply on the face. Keep it on for 20 minutes and than wash it off with cold water. It helps to remove the tan and lightens the skin.3) Applying turmeric powder along with lime juice removes the tan. Lime juice is a natural bleach.4) Soak 4 Almonds overnight. Grind into a fine paste using milk. Apply on face and neck and leave it overnight. Wash with cold water in the morning. Do this daily for 15 days, followed by twice a week.5) A tea big spoon of gram flour mixed with 2 tea spoon of raw milk and 2-3 drops of lime juice works well for lightening the dark skin. Apply this mixture and leave it for 15 minutes before washing off. Repeat for 4 weeks and follow up with once a week.6) Apply a paste of fresh ground mint leaves and leave it for about 20 minutes. Wash off with cold water, continue for 15 days.7) Apply a mixture of grated tomato with 2-3 drops of lime juice on the face. Leave it for 20 minutes before washing off. Do this twice a day for 15-20 days, for best results.8) There are black spots on skin because of pigmentation. Turmeric has the power to improve the complexion and skin tone. Grind the cucumber excrete its juice and take some lemon juice and mix some turmeric powder in it. Apply it on face for 15 minutes. It will improve the complexion gradually.9) In case of skin diseases apply the neem oil and bath with neem water.10) Mix barley in water. Make its paste and apply on face. Wash after some time. 11) Mix lemon juice, yoghurt, multani mitti and gram flour. Apply this pate on face and neck. Wash your face after some time. 12) Apply orange pack on face. Mix orange juice, multani mitti and kaolin powder. Apply it on face.13) Mix two spoon milk in one spoon salt. Apply it on face. 14) Mix milk, yoghurt and chiraunji in equal quantity. Apply it on face for 20 minutes. 15) Mix gram flour, milk, turmeric and lemon juice. Apply it on face. 16) Mash cucumber and bottle gourd in equal quantity. Mix it with yoghurt or milk. Mix it and apply it on face. Wash it with water.
Natural Home made Beauty Care Tips for SunburnRose hip oil is a pressed seed oil and is high in essential fatty acids such as Omega3. It has a dramatic effect on hair, body and skin. It also help in sun burn.
Natural Homemade Medicine For Injury1) Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of a ginger family. It is also known as kunyit or haldi in some Asian countries. It is obtained from dried, grounded, underground stem rhizome Drink the turmeric milk when injured. It will heal the injury soon. Eat a spoon of turmeric powder and drink milk. It is a best antiseptic.2) Fresh rose petals help in the healing of festering wounds and burns, they can also alleviate allergic itching. Gently place a cloth saturated with cooled rose water on the inflamed area for the immediate relief.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Gray Hair1) Green bark of apricot 10 gram, white alum 2 gram and cotton seed oil (250gram) take them and mix them. Now boil them together when the water is burned than litter the oil in a container. Apply this oil in hair. It will make the hair black, dense and shiny.2) Apply maha bhringraj oil, or sesame oil or coconut oil at night before sleeping. Massage it in hair with light hands. It will protect the hair from graying.3) Take fresh amla juice 500 gm and coconut oil (500gm). Mix them and heat them together when only the oil remains as a residue than filter it in a bottle. Apply this oil juice in a week and give steam to hair.Natural Homemade Hair Pack1) Mix curd. tomato, lemon and multani mitti make a hair pack. Apply it in hair for 20 minutes. Wash hair it will provide nutrition to hair. Hair will become dense and prevent premature graying.2) Chew few pieces of myrobalan after the lunch and dinner.3) Massage the sole of foot with ghee before sleeping do it regularly.4) Boil ammel in water. When the amla is warm. Mash it and take oil the seed from it. Mix sugar, cumin, black pepper and salt in it. Eat it with food. It provides nutrition to hair.5) Don't change the soap and oil again and again. It can damage the hair.6) Pour 2 spoon amla juice in 1 glass of water drink it. It will remove.7) During the cold season, make the paste of neem and apply it in hair. Keep the hair for one hour. It removes the dandruff from hair and stops the falling of hair.8) It keeps the nail and hair healthy. It has antiseptics.Natural Homemade CleanserBoil neem leaves. Keep it at home in a refrigerator. It is a best cleanser for oily skin. It will bring glow on face.Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips for Dull HairMix juice of fenugreek leaves, amla juice and coconut oil. Apply it in hair. It will provide nutrition to hair. Hair will shine.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy from Black Heads1) Clean your face twice or thrice with the skin toner.2) Take husks of wheat. Mix dry shells of orange and multani mitti in rose water. Apply this paste on face. After getting dry, rub it on face with little water. It will remove the black heads and clean the face.
Natural Homemade Remedy for Cracked HeelsMix glycerin, rose water and lemon juice in equal quantity. Apply it on legs. Wear sox and sleep at night.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips to Remove White Heads1) Mix cucumber and lemon juice. Apply it on face.2) Apply multani mitti face pack on face.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy from Prickly HeatMash neem leaves. Mix them with multani mitti. Make a past with water. Apply it on the areas having prickly heat. It is a good remedy.
Natural Homemade Beauty Care Remedy from Stench and sweat in legsIf there is stench and a lot of sweat in legs than apply the paste of multani mitti and rose water in legs. You will find relief.

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