Silvia's education blog

With the beginning of autumn begins again, unfortunately, the time for colds. From the outset, were with our son Tim his ears a vulnerability, and often we had to struggle with middle ear infections. Therefore, we have learned to respond directly to the first signs and not to wait erstmal.

It is important above all that the nose is not clogged because otherwise collect secretions and inflammatory create or strengthen jokes ears can.

Otherwise, has reinforced to us the so-called onion bag very much. Onion and vapors are namely as analgesic and anti-inflammatory.

• 1 onion chop
• heat (for example, without fat in the pan packed / packed in aluminum foil in the oven / on the grill in aluminum foil slice toaster)
• distributed in a cotton cloth (eg, handkerchief) and tie (Wollband or rubber band)
• I propose a final burst to the pouch so that the onion juice comes from the diced onion
• the warm onion bag on or behind the ear basket
• For example, the pouch with a woolen scarf or a fix (Tim liked it better if we do not have one heated Körnerkissen. He then geleget on his pillow, and then his ear along with the sack simply draufgelegt. - It pays to have a to lay a towel on the pillow!)
• at least a half-hour soak
• Meanwhile, and following recommended course, rest

The onion bag you can hang a quiet way, then in the room, then the vapors are released and continue thus facilitate breathing.

If you have at night simply no energy left to record a sack, you can touch on an onion, drizzle some Trof onion juice on some cotton and bring them gently into the ear canal. This has also helped us.

The homeopathic written down by our pediatrician anthroposophical ear drops have helped in conjunction with the heat well and are also handy when a sudden ear pain during the night. The drug is of the firm Wala, would Levisticum ear drops and contains the following active ingredients: Levisticum officinale e radice W 5% () -> lovage. It will be instilled at body just 3-4 drops into the ear canal. I'm also still brought some cotton into the ear canal. This prevents spillage and warms a bit. In addition, Tim has also always felt the heated Körnerkissen as soothing.

Get well and healthy winter!

Silvia

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18. November 2009 | Tags: anthroposophic medicine, homeopathy, ear infection, ear pain | Category: Health | Write a comment on this article

Ben Translator

"My children need help in the household." Time and again I hear this sentence, which is usually announced by proud mothers. What bothers me personally about this sentence is the word "shall". Why is she so proud to force others to something that they do not want to seem? Lend a hand in the household is of course desirable and necessary, but if it would happen largely voluntary, it would be much better, right?

Small children love to help with anything, what do you do during the day in her presence. My 1.5-year-old godson, for example, runs quite often with a rag through the apartment and makes everything clean and my 4-year-old nephew loves to clean the windows. Drying, re-sort in cabinets sweeping, cutting, stirring the pot, watering flowers ... Small children will love all of these duties, they are meticulously and comply with dedication to the cause.

And right now, it is important to encourage it. What they need is a sense of achievement. This means that you press to praise the children and sometimes even both eyes when the results seen for themselves are far from optimal. In any case, you should now point to correct the deficiencies or unsettled issue, then optimize. While it may work but sometimes betray tricks that the whole process even better.

If we now shows patience, benefited you later. Initially, for example, cooking with Tim has lasted almost twice as long now (now Tim is 12 years), he cooks with a passion rather than out of duty alone, often have lunch or we cook together. Since then, he has discovered his love for the scraps and cutting with high-quality knives, he also makes sure that they are always perfectly polished.

Even among many other things he is now a real help. Overall, we have concluded that we prefer to do most work with fun rather than to split them as duties.

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10. October 2009 | Tags: cleanup, education, pedagogy, role model | Category: general education, personality development, Other | Write a comment on this article

Ben Translator

NeuenVorlesebuch) When searching for one for Tim (then 1.5 years old, I am on the following rowohlt Paperback pushed out of the publishing house: "Bobo Dormouse: Picture Stories for very little." It was recommended to me from the mothers and toddlers group which already had older children. Then they were gone all super excited, I moved straight into the city and bought it. I myself would have never chosen this book without this tip on the way home and was still fairly skeptical. It was a normal paperback, was only weakly colored pictures, at first glance really is no blockbuster. But no one can be deceived ....

This book is really absolutely the best read-aloud book that has fallen into my hands. Tim was enthusiastic from the beginning. We have him read the stories of the Seven Bobo certainly over a hundred times. Night after night. And as excited as Tim had other children, which I read over the years from this book or that I have given this book. And the nice thing, I like guys and girls alike.

Kids love exactly what makes this book seem at first glance it unspektaklär. The more than 200 pictures are kept very simple. In general, there are 4 pictures on a double page, each of which will be described with one or two clear, simple sentences. And the stories are all taken from the infant life the 2-4 year olds. Overall, the book has 7 stories: Bobo's home, while shopping, the zoo, on the playground, Bobo is sick in the garden with pool and Bobo's birthday. All things that the children themselves have already experienced. The length of each story is also ideal for very young children. Particularly well illustrated Tim liked the way the index. This is what we always had to strike first, so he then could choose a story. As Bobo falls asleep on the way, the end of each story, the stories are particularly suitable as bedtime stories.

Mittlerweilen there are several follow-volumes, which touched but not in my opinion, the quality of the first volume. All books are available mitlerweile Bobo as a hardcover edition. I myself give away only the hardcover edition of the first Bobo Dormouse book because the book is thicker through the pages and hard cover much more stable. In addition, the images of the bound edition are colorful.

Quite a lot of fun while reading!

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10. October 2009 | Tags: picture books, reading to learn, reading | Category: general education, promotion, Other | Write a comment on this article

Ben Translator

Anyone who believes that we as parents can not control whether our children to develop allergies, you are wrong. The only question is: how do we counteract possible allergies? Many of my friends think hygiene is particularly important in the context. In extreme cases, some mothers even wipe all the floors daily. The pacifiers of infants is continually boiled, clothing and bedding is constantly washed. The older children are encouraged to wash their hands frequently, do not take anything into their mouths to eat with a fork, even chips and eat food in any case falling down too.

I have to thank God from the beginning, seen everything a bit easier, I'm with the wisdom of life "dirt cleans the stomach." Grew up. My mother regularly told the story of a woman from her home village, which was given after a series of daughters finally the so ardently desired son. On these they concentrated their whole attention was constantly worried about his health and always cleaned everything with disinfectant. Then the boy fell ill with a viral infection and died. Ever since my mother was convinced that dirt strengthens the immune system. From today's perspective, I am my mother's very grateful for this healthy attitude, because their view has proved correct and it has been found even that contact with dirt helps to prevent potential allergies.

In fact, most experts now accept that due to the increase in allergies is an increasing cleanliness and hygiene.

A study conducted in Leipzig, for example, has shown that increased hay fever, skin allergies and asthma, while the environment clean in the new federal states from year to year. Scientists believe that the immune system of children is simply unchallenged. The lack of dirt, parasites and other external stimuli, so that throws the immune system to combat otherwise unnoticed stimuli (eg, pollen, animal hair).

Actually quite handy: you can now on his children again with the best of my knowledge and belief in the dirt digging and let yourself win a lot of free time by eliminating excessive purges.

Well, how about a knight's meal times at home.

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13. September 2009 | Tags: allergies, skin problems, hygiene | Category: Health, Miscellaneous | Comments (1)