Old Wives Tales
The collection of old wives tales below are based on my personal experience that I have tested over the years. However, I do not guarantee that they will or will not work for everybody.
Giving porridge to baby
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Do not give porridge to baby if he has a fever |
Reason
The fever will go up True or False? |
Answer: True
I did not believe this tale until I started my child care centre 8 years ago. If a child has a fever and I have managed to bring it down by sponging or giving paracetamol, I would give the child porridge for fear that he would be hungry. Within an hour the fever will be back and the temperature will go up even higher. Apparently, rice which is used to cook the porridge is very ‘heaty’ and eating it will increase the body temperature.
Nowadays, I substitute the porridge with bread, fruits or mashed potatoes until the fever has subsided for 48 hours.
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| Posted by false
9 January 2009, 08:23:13 AM
my baby has always fed my baby with porridge nd he has never being sick for once. |
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