MULTIMEDIA Jeff Canoy and Nicole Villavecer, ABS-CBN News, Photographs and videos by Jerome dela Cruz; produced by Nico Regino and Toph Doncillo Posted at Jul 17 2018 05:10 PM “1 in every 3 Filipino children under 5 years old are stunted due to undernutrition. ABS-CBN’s RED ALERT team looks into the story of a 4-year old boy who suffers from abnormal growth and his grandmother’s day-to-day struggle to feed him and to keep him alive.” Once upon a time is how stories with princes usually begin. But unlike the ones often found in fairy tales, Prince Cantera’s life is far from it. There are no servants who attend to his every whim. No trumpets to toot. No castles nor banquets to hold lavish parties. No court jesters to entertain with comedy. In his home, laughter isn’t so much a distraction but a way of coping with circumstance. He has a name reserved only for royalty with a birthright of a certain reach. But Prince is neither daring nor dashing. … [Read more...] about News A Prince of skin and bones
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How to deal with the ‘picky eating’ phase of your toddler
Follow our CNA LIFESTYLE page on Facebook for more parenting stories and videosNEW YORK: It is normal for toddlers to go through a picky eating phase, but experts say parents can help them learn to handle new sensations and avoid a battle of wills.Hildy S Lipner, chief of paediatric speech pathology at Joseph M Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey, said that by the time she sees children with picky eating problems, they are usually between 18 months and three years old, and already have their patterns well established.While those patterns reflect children’s different temperaments, they may also go back to the way parents and children navigated that normally picky toddler phase.So at six months or so, which is when the American Academy of Paediatrics recommends introducing solid foods into a baby’s diet, parents should be aware that babies are already establishing habits. “The best time to transition kids as you go up the textural … [Read more...] about How to deal with the ‘picky eating’ phase of your toddler