Drinks and Pregnancy - What you should know

For some mother to be pregnancy can be a very delighting and stressful time especially for does who enjoy have a drink with a friends and parties.


New research published in the Journal Of Epidemiology And Community Health concluded that children of mothers who drank one or two units of alcohol a week during pregnancy have suffered no ill-effects by the time they are 5 years old. They also do not have a behavioural difficulties and neither are they behind in their intellectual development.


The study looked at 11,500 children who were born between September 2000 and January 2002, mother were questioned about their drinking habits while pregnant. Through It they found that children whose mothers had been regular drinkers - having seven or more units a week, or six at one sitting ( one unit being half a glass of wine or third of a pint of beer ) were more likely to have behavioural and emotional problems than those whose mothers abstained during the pregnancy.


However, there was no evidence to suggest that the children of light drinkers, whose mothers had no more than the odd glass of wine a week, had been in any way harmed.
In fact, the children of women who had a couple of units of alcohol per week were 30% less likely to have behavioural problems and and had higher scores in mental developments tests than those of women who hadn't had any alcohol at all.


The government stands on the side of caution by advising pregnant women should stay away from alcohol.
The executive Director of of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-UK, Susan Fleisher adds; We support and reiterate the Department of Health guidance, which is to avoid alcohol when pregnant or trying to conceive.


The Dr. Yvonne Kelly of University College London's department of epidemiology and public health, is the author of the report and argues that the findings should help to give women credible information to help them decide whether to drink alcohol during pregnancy.

What to buy for baby 2 years old as a present?

A 2 year old babies are very mobile and enjoy playing outside in playgrounds and also indoors in soft playgrounds but when it is time to choose a toy as a present, strong colours and size is what matter the most.
Doll characters from your child favourite TV program will do well, if you allow your child to enjoy any.
They love pretending to do house work so, things such as mini car-stroller, Lego 2+, mega blocks, mini vacuum cleaning, mini cooker, shopping trolley, mini washing machine can be a very good idea. Normally they are for 3+ but apart from the small pieces, most children love it whilst others show an interest in dolls.
I have selected some presents which could please children when they are 2 years old and also their parents.
You can check them out below.

How to prepare a fresh and cheap orange juice?

Orange juice has a lots of benefits for everyone; adults, children and babies 6 months plus. 

However, I'm talk about that old fashion orange juice that give us a lots  of work to do it and not about that easy 1 litre carton available everywhere nowadays.

Consuming a freshly squeezed orange juice give you many benefits as a health body. 

Orange juice contains flavonoids that will be very useful in controlling blood pressure level and bad cholesterol what makes it amazing for people suffering from hypertension . 

Also, you will get the best of vitamin c that is important to boost the system of immune and prevent the sell damage. It is a good antixidant, thats mean, it can be used to reduce the harmful effects of free radicals within your body cells. It is good for repairing the broken sells of our body. It contains minerals like magnesium as well as potassium, helps to prevent from fatal disease for instance stroke and heart attack as well as prevent against cancer.

Why should we prepare it instead buy?

Because the orange juice package contains many various chemicals as it will help the orange juice to stay good for a long period of time. Making yourself a orange juice will ensure that you and your family will get the best of it.

However, I had notice that people prefer to buy it because it is convenient for some reasons like:

If you have a family of 3 and have a juice machine you don't want to put all of that stuff out and make that huge mess to make only you and your baby or child a  glass of juice every day, once dad is not around.

If you family is too big and you find It will be expensive buy so many orange always.

If you are by yourself etc.

Each one of us find an excuse to justify the fact of not do squeeze an orange, lemon or lime and instead, just buy a ready made one. For all of these excuse and as I always say "the market nowadays are full of products that are design to make our life simple" it is just the case of look for them. 

I myself had solved my orange, lime and lemon problem in a very simple and inexpensive way. I find what I consider the best lemon, orange and lime squeeze that fits my reality and I will present it under the page for you although it is not my intention to do the market of it here but instead, give you that incentive to leave some of our old know-how and look what people are making that can make your life better in a way you can have more quality time for yourself and your family.

Here we have some of the products is on the market that can make easy to squeeze. Some are old fashion models, other are kite new design. My favourite is the gray and lemon one (Joseph Joseph) because it is strong to squeeze, catch the seeds and after used very, very easy to wash.