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It's trickier to keep babies safe in monsoons, but taking care of a few important things can make it alright: <ul><li>Make sure that your baby’s clothes are dry and warm. Clothes often remain cold and damp after a wash in monsoon. Clothes that remain damp can result in your baby catching a fever or cold. It is also best to opt for breathable cotton fabrics and avoid synthetics that may cause rashes.</li><li>Monsoons are always accompanied with several insects and germs like flies, fungus mosquitoes, etc. Hence the chances of babies falling ill also increase during monsoons. To keep your baby free of these, ensure that you and everyone else handling your baby should stay clean. Keep an eye out for nappy rash - change diapers regularly and apply a good diaper rash cream.</li><li>Disinfect your home and surroundings too regularly to keep germs away. Unclean surroundings can harbour many disease-causing insects and pests, as well as bacteria.</li><li>Monsoon brings with it malaria and dengue causing mosquitoes. To prevent your baby from catching these diseases, it is best to use bed nets or mesh windows. You can also use mosquito repellent creams for your baby after consulting with a doctor. There are also liquid, card and coil repellents available that are both, safe and effective against mosquitoes.</li><li>It is best not to take your baby out during monsoons, especially when it is raining. The humidity and the change in temperatures might lead to your baby catching flu. If you absolutely have to take your baby out, make sure that your baby is properly covered and completely dry throughout your outing. If you go out, avoid dirty areas with puddles and mud. Make sure that you are not taking your baby to crowded places as it’s easier to get infected with people around. When you take your child outdoors, keep wet wipes handy to ensure your baby stays clean all the time.</li><li>Some infants are allergic to specific pollen and allergens. Make sure your baby is kept away from these during the rains. If you notice any rash, redness or other symptoms, consult your doctor immediately and get it checked.</li><li>Check your house for dampness, leakage before monsoon arrives. Get them fixed if there is a problem. Check for fungus or moulds around the house. Secure the loose electric wiring, if any. Clean the drains and keep bathrooms hygienic</li><li>Always feed freshly prepared food to your baby in monsoon as food tends to spoil quickly in monsoon.</li><li>Since you can’t always find clean water when you’re outside, make sure you carry a small bottle of sanitiser and use it to clean your hands whenever handling the baby.</li><li>Many doctors recommend getting a flu booster shot when the monsoons are around. Make sure your baby gets all his/her shots before monsoon.</li><li>Since a baby is primary indoors in monsoon, (s)he doesn’t need a daily bath. Two to three times a week, and especially around humid times, can give your baby relief from the heat as well. If your child has been outside, definitely give him a nice warm water bath.</li></ul>

Taking the right precautionary steps before the arrival of any season, will keep your baby safe and healthy.

Monsoon Precautions for Babies

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The World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April. On this day, we celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy. Celebrate this World Heart Day with your entire family, including your tiny tot. Here are ideas which you and your kids might enjoy: 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank a Nurse or Midwife - Encourage Children's to take time to thank a nurse. They can handwrite a thank you note and send it to a nurse they know or mail it to a local hospital.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Take this day as an opportunity to develop the habit of yoga and Exercises in your child. You will find yoga in our app3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Promote Healthy Eating – Teach them how nutrition affects their health and how eating the proper foods can not only make them feel better but keep them healthy.4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fun with colour images – Do print images like ambulance, Doctor bear, Doctor examines the patient.5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Crossword puzzles and Answer Key - These crossword puzzles focus on healthy topics. These also provide a fun way for students to promote their cognitive, spelling and reading skills. Happy&nbsp;World Health Day! Also Explore <a href="@@SURFACE@@_Health concern" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Health concern articles</a>&nbsp;in our Bee App.

World Health Day&nbsp;is celebrated on 7th April every year.

World Health Day

World Emoji Day is observed on 17th of July every year. Emojis have now long been used by people to describe their emotions on a digital platform. Take this day as an opportunity to help your child understand their emotions. Here are a few activities which you can do with your child on this day: <ul><li>Paper plates as Emojis: Paint the paper plates as different emojis - happy, sad, confused, thinking, crying, laughing, annoyed, etc. Stick a popsicle stick at the back of the plates. You can now ask your child to raise the emoji plate corresponding to the feeling you describe. This is how it should go:</li></ul>"When (name of your child) feels sad, what does (s)he look like?" To this, your child should raise the paper plate that is painted with a sad emoji. Replace "sad" with the emotions your child is familiar with, this will help your child better express themselves.<ul><li>Emoji Bookmarks: Take a rectangular piece of thick craft paper and draw and paint emojis on them. This can be used as a bookmark by your child or you can let your child gift this to someone close to them.</li><li>Emoji Hair clips: Get sponge craft material to make emoji shaped hair clips. Make them with your child. Your child will love to wear them all the time.</li><li>Emoji Coasters: You can get the coaster bases and paint them with your child in their favourite emojis. Let them use them for their daily cup of milk/tea/coffee.</li><li>Show your kids a poster with different emojis. Help them understand that all emotions are healthy, even the negative ones. Teach them that it is okay to feel several emotions at one time.</li><li>Take this day as an opportunity and tell them that even you feel emotional at times. Share your emotions with them. When they see you expressing, they will express themselves too.</li></ul>

World Emoji Day is observed on 17th of July every year.

World Emoji Day

International Dance Day celebrates the free and unrestricted nature of dance, as well as the concepts of working together and celebrating cultural differences. The event takes place every year on 29 April. It was first introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), a UNESCO partner. Celebrate this International Dance Day with your entire family, including your tiny tot. Here are ideas which you and your kids might enjoy: 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Watch kids Movie based on dance theme and make some popcorn and enjoy the day with your children.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Do Zumba Dance Activity with your kids with age-appropriate music and moves. Zumba Dance activity that will keep kids moving and having fun!3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make the kids dance with the hula hoop and Play some kids song. The best hula dancer can claim the throne of the entertainer.4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Print different Dancing style Images and Enjoy the images by filling different colours. Happy International Dance Day !

International Dance Day is celebrated on 29th April every year.

International Dance Day

Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India. The day is celebrated in the form of parades and other military shows in the national capital New Delhi as well as in all headquarters. It is celebrated to pay homage and salute to the courageous and brave Indian soldiers who have been sacrificed their lives for protecting the country.&nbsp;Based on children and their interests, you can plan this day to have a lot of fun with your children and make this day a memorable one for them. Below is the list of fun ways to celebrate on Army Day. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sketch imaginative paintings based on the theme of National Integration and Colour the same.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Watch Indian Army based movies and share the Child importance of respect towards Indian Army.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tribute them by playing music, prayers and song based on Indian Army. Jai Hind !

Indian Army Day is celebrated on 15th January every year.

Indian Army Day

Every year, World Milk Day is celebrated on the 1st of June. This day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognize the significance of milk as a global food.The day is celebrated to bring attention to all the activities that are related to the milk industry. Celebrate this World Milk Day with your entire family, including your tiny tot. Here are a few family bonding activities which you and your kids might enjoy:1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donate free milk packets to poor children2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Share amazing Milk facts3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make milk paintings for a fun and easy activity that blends art and science using milk, detergent and food colouring.4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Take a tour of a dairy farm5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Turn an old milk bottle into a watering can6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make different flavour milkshake from milk7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Draw and colour different types of Milk dairy products Happy World Milk Day ! Also Explore <a href="@@SURFACE@@_Milk Fact" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Milk Facts</a>, <a href="@@SURFACE@@_Milk Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Milk Songs</a> , <a href="@@SURFACE@@_Milk Stories" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Milk Stories </a>, <a href="@@SURFACE@@_Milk related health concern" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Milk related health concern</a> in our Bee App.

World Milk Day is celebrated on 1st June every year.

World Milk Day

World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on January 10 to promote the Hindi language all around the world. Hindi is the better mode of communication among the people in our country and known as the 2nd most commonly spoken language of the world. 1.	Check out Hindi Tongue twisters on the app - Tongue twisters are very fun. It helps you to speak better and learn funny words.2.	Check out Hindi Story and Songs on the app&nbsp;3.	Hindi Kids films are a great way to learn the Hindi language. Watch kids movie once a week regularly so that children develop an interest in learning the language.4.	Rapid Fire – You can play the rapid-fire game wherein you ask questions and your children answer them immediately but in Hindi.5.	Name, Place, Animal, Thing Game in Hindi – You say a Hindi letter out loud, and the children have to think of a name, a place, an animal and a thing is starting with that letter.&nbsp;If your child is not as advanced in Hindi, you may choose just one category, for example, just names.6.	Treasure hunt with riddles in Hindi – For this game, you have to prepare cues that lead to a treasure, which could be anything, some chocolates, a dessert, or a toy. Every level will have a riddle or a question from our app in Hindi, and the kids will have to give the right answer (in Hindi only) to move to the next level. Also Explore Hindi Jokes , Hindi Movies , Hindi Tongue Twisters , Hindi Songs , Hindi Stories in our Bee App.

World Hindi Day&nbsp;is celebrated on 10th January every year.

World Hindi Day

World Energy Conservation Day is celebrated on 14th December globally to highlight the importance of energy consumption and its use in our day-to-day life, its scarcity and its impact on sustainability of global eco systems. Celebrate this World Energy Conservation Day with your entire family, including your tiny tot. Here are ideas which you and your kids might enjoy: 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make an activity chart for kids on how to save electricity i.e by Turning off light , turn off TV , limited use of water and wastage.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Energy Bingo – perfect for kids between 4-8, the bingo game has a selection of images such as showerheads and appliances, of which kids can tick off if they’re not on.3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Word Search – you can either create your own, or you can find word search in our App4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Encourage kids to draw and colour in pictures based on World Energy Conservation Day theme.5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plant a Tree Plant - Plant a tree or at least a flower plant with your child this Day and celebrate the day by taking a step towards saving our environment. Happy World Energy Conservation Day!

World Energy Conservation Day&nbsp;is celebrated on 14th December every year.

World Energy Conservation Day

It's just a few days to your child's birthday and you are wondering if everything will go according to your plan or not. Well, here are few things you can prepare beforehand so that on your child's special day you are not busy with organising and execution and are able to spend quality time with your child: <ul><li>If your calling your child's friends over, make all the calls at least 3 days prior and take the confirmations so you can make the arrangements accordingly.</li><li>If you are planning to get food from outside, call the catering people and make appropriate arrangements for the special day.</li><li>If you are going to plan an activity for children, get all the materials for the same and keep everything at one place so that you don't have to rush around for everything on the day of celebration.</li><li>Get a house help for the whole day to help you with the arrangements prior to the celebration and also to help you tidy up the place post the celebrations.</li><li>Make your child try on the clothes and footwear before their birthday so that if any changes are to be made, they can be done within time.</li><li>Wind up all your personal/professional work one day prior to your child's birthday so that you can give your undivided attention to your child.</li></ul> If you are confused as to what you can do to make your child's birthday fulfilling, take a look at our 'Birthday Celebration Ideas' article to get some ideas.

Don't fuss about the preparations on the day of the celebration of your child's birthday, instead, see what all you can manage prior to the celebration to make the day less stressful.

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