Newborn

Is it worth the expense to send my child to preschool? Meeting your newborn for the first time ever will become a memory you’ll never forget as a mother. Becoming a parent, especially for the first time can be exciting and overwhelming with new experiences and setting a schedule for your newborn and yourself. Your baby will reach exciting milestones in the first year of their life, such as grasping objects, raising their head, starting solids and taking their first baby steps. Once your child…

For example, in the Irish American community about 1 in every 50 people are carriers of this disorder. However, in the general population of America, the chances of inheriting this disorder are very slim. According to…. Only a mere 1 in 320,000 newborns are infected and 1 in 300 are carriers. (in text…

For the purpose of this paper I interviewed a family friend, a female who is currently 45 years old. She has had some serious experiences with postpartum depression that impacted not only her life but also the life of her son. When she was 35, she got pregnant. It was a big event because she and her husband had been trying to get pregnant over the previous decade without success. She described how extremely happy she was during her pregnancy and how she anticipated the birth of her son and their…

Almost everyone has heard the term NICU. It is a common term heard throughout a hospital, but what does it mean? NICU means neonatal intensive care unit. It is like the intensive care unit, but for neonatal newborns. Neonatal refers to the first twenty-eight days of a child’s life. Therefore, the NICU is an intensive care unit for very young babies who have health problems. These babies have severe life threatening health conditions and need intensive care to become healthy. One of the most…

Newborns that were not vaccinated are at risk, you might think because you child is doing perfectly fine without the vaccine nothing might happen but any diseases can occur at any age. The vaccine helps out because it is there so your child can be protected…

draining even when it is your profession. One profession that works with sick infants is neonatal nurses. A neonatal nurse “…works with newborn infants born with a variety of problems ranging from prematurity, birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations, and surgical problems. The neonatal period is defined as the first month of life; however, these newborns are often sick for months” ("What Is Neonatal Nursing?”). They can provide care in various places such as the hospital, the…

Description: Phenylketonuria, also known as PKU, is a genetic disorder caused by the mutation of the PAH gene. The PAH gene is responsible for creating the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase. This enzyme breaks down the amino acid phenylalanine into tyrosine for the body. This mutation causes the PAH gene to not break down the phenylalanine and because so, dangerous and toxic levels of phenylalanine can build up in the blood, brain, and other organs and tissues. Without being able to digest…

I asked my mom about it once again. She had a really sad expression on her face when I asked her about. She decided that it was time to tell the truth. The reason why the newborn came to our home was because his real mother didn't want him. “..He is part of our family from now on.” was my mother’s response. Although we aren't from the same blood we still are family. Our family hadn’t decided on what to name our new family…

As many can agree, the awkward adolescent years filled with memories of braces and acne are years eagerly forgotten by many individuals. However, in the poem, "Heaven," author Carrie Fountain recounts her own adolescents years that were often spent with her friend at the local shopping mall. The poem dramatizes both the physical and emotional struggles faced by many teenagers. This theme of struggling adolescents is portrayed through Fountain's use of poetic form and structure, tone, and…

soldiers and end the long lasting Trojan War, and risk his life daily going up against multiple kinds of so called monsters and Gods, but he left his wife Penelope and was very unfaithful to her during his multiple voyages. Not to mention he left his newborn son Telemachus not to return for twenty or more years.…