Importance of Sleep for Babies

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For a new parent, the "normal" sleep issue of your baby is important. Especially given the exhaustion often felt by a parent because of nocturnal feedings and interrupted rest. Infant sleep problems can affect the health of mothers.

During the first year of your baby's life, it's quite understandable to wonder the importance of sleep for babies. Newborns are born without their day and night rhythm being established, and questions about sleep, the amount of sleep your baby needs, and strategies or techniques to help your baby sleep often dominate the thoughts of new parents. Newborns often need 16 hours of sleep, but the pace of sleep changes in the first 12 months of life.

What is the importance of sleep for babies for your newborn and throughout the first year of your baby's life? Parents often ask:

How much should my baby sleep?

What is the normal rest cycle for my baby?

How much should my baby sleep during the day and at night?

When will my baby sleep all night?

What are the secrets of a good sleeper

Snooze News: 7 Ways Sleep Loss Is Tied To Overeating

No, it's not the latest "fashionable" diet. Scientific research has been done on the effects of sleep and how it can affect your weight.

The researchers said that the amount of sleep - or the quality of your sleep - can actually affect a hormonal response directly related to your appetite.

Doctors talk about two specific hormones that can affect appetite: leptin and ghrelin. Their names may seem a bit odd, but if you treat them correctly, they may just be your two new best friends, because studies have shown that they can be influenced by the amount of sleep a person has.

When you are not sleeping enough, leptin levels plummet, and even if you eat well, you’re feeling of satisfaction is almost imperceptible - or totally absent.

Working diabolically with leptin in your private sleep body, your ghrelin levels increase and stimulate your appetite. So you want to eat - and you can actually sit and eat a full meal - but you never feel full.


Talk about Snooze News: 7 Ways Sleep Loss Is Tied To Overeating

Reduce caffeine consumption. If you always have a latte at your fingertips, caffeine can keep you from resting. Change to decaffeinated after 4 pm

Get enough exercise each day. If you are sitting at a desk or hanging on the couch, your body will not get tired enough to want to sleep, and a loss of sleep may result.

Do not do hard cardio too close to bedtime. You will be too stalled to fall asleep. Instead, if you want to train at night, do some relaxing stretching exercises.

Remove the electronics from your bedroom. Laptops, cell phones, and tablets often have glow buttons that can keep us from getting the total darkness we need for quality sleep. Banish your gadgets in another room or at least in a dark drawer.

Try to fall asleep and get up in the morning at the same hours each day. Consistency eases sleep and reduces sleep loss

Do not exceed the schedule. If you lose sleep because you have too many, look at what can be reduced to make sure you get your Zs.

Limit nap during the day to no more than 30 minutes a day

A test showed that women who changed their sleep habits lost five to fifteen pounds over a ten-week period without changing their eating or exercise habits!

Pets In Our Favorite Sleeping Positions

There is something to watch your pet sleep that is comforting and sometimes even comical. Do you know that many of your pet sleep behaviors are similar to ours, and others are inherent?

The average pets sleep 12 to 13 hours a day. It may not seem like this, but puppies sleep even longer! It's almost half of their life! Pets In Our Favorite Sleeping Positions are able to catch a few winks whenever they can. This form of nap is similar to stage 1 sleep, where they sleep, but barely.

Sleep is an essential part of the health, the physical and emotional well-being of your pets life.

Pets kept indoors, sleep longer and deeper than kept outdoors and working dogs. Dogs kept outdoors, and working dogs try to take an extra nap here or there, but rarely relax enough to achieve a healthy, deep, and restful sleep.

Emperor Set Experience in Busy Tomas Morato @ Yaki Kai

 

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Hoddai Examiner, a Japanese Restaurant located in Quezon City, opened another restaurant at Dr Lozcano St in Tomas Morato featuring a Yakiniku Buffet and Grill called Yaki Kai.

A hole in the wall restuarant the Yaki Kai Menu offers the visitors who crave the best grilling experience and at P699 per person you get to enjoy a set of mixed pork, beef and shrimp on the grill served with lettuce, kimchi, potatoes, cheese, veggies, sauces and more plus you get to feast on the buffet area while seeing thd chefs prepare the dishes for you.

In our experience of Yaki Kai the serving of the emperor set is a feast serving so I suggest that if you order this on your visit, make sure you have an empty stomach or atleast bring 2 or 3 friends with you.

Other than the Emporor set. Yaki Kai also offers 2 other sets for their guests. The Master set at P399 and premium set at P499 and yes! Buffet table access is inclusive of the 3.

Address is located at 122 Sct Dr Lozcano St Quezon City. The nearest landmark is Alfredos Steak. Just across on the opposite side of the road and go straight.



Contributed by Chesca Abando

Below is the official press release from the event:

Yakikai Brings a Whole New Fusion Cuisine Experience in Tomas Morato

As more and more Filipinos enjoy different cuisines in the metro, a new kind of fusion cuisine has just opened up in Tomas Morato, Quezon City - Yakikai Buffet Restaurant.

From the Japanese words Yaki that means to grill and Kai which means together, This Japanese fusion restaurant has got you covered with your cravings all year around with your friends and family.

This Japanese concept along with a Korean flair with its variety of flavors that will satisfy your hunger just like kings and queens at court.

They have three sets available for your cravings: Master Set (399php) Premium Set (499php) and the Emperor set (599php) but since they are on their soft opening, you can enjoy these sets for only 299php, 399php and 499php.

The Master Set

The Master Set is composed of six variety of pork and poultry along with the buffet of Japanese and Korean dishes you can pick from. The six flavors are: Chicken Teriyaki, Spicy Chicken Teriyaki, Samgyupsal, Spicy Samgyupsal, Galbi Sauce Pork, and the Peppered Shoulder Pork.

The Premium Set

The Premium set is an upgraded version since there is an additional meat selection from beef and shrimp along with a cheese dip. The additional varieties are: Sliced Beef, Beef Tare Yakiniku, Spicy Beef and Fresh Shrimp.

Emperor Set

Dine like an Emperor with this set with your friends and family as this set not just contains poultry, beef, pork, shrimp but also fish in its dish lineup that will surely fill your stomachs like a true king and queen.

Along with the meat selection provided above here are the added meat and dishes for the Emperor set:

Beef Steak
Jjampong Nabe
Salmon Sashimi
Ebi Tempura

The Buffet is included on all sets so if you have a craving for some California Maki or would like to have your favorite Korean side dishes they are readily available and also at your control to get how many you would like.

Yakikai is currently open from 4PM to 2AM and they are located at 122 Sct. Dr. Lazcano St. Sacred Heart, Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City.

Contact #
+63 9271383980
+63 9298235452

How to Make a Weighted Blanket

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There are so many baby gift ideas you can create at home. One of the most practical is a blanket gift. Such a gift is actually quite simple to make. Just be creative when creating gift baskets to make it memorable. But how to make a weighted blanket? Here are some helpful tips to follow:

Choose a container. Traditional gift baskets typically use wicker baskets, but you can still use other options such as a laundry basket, toy box, bucket, baby bath, or even a cart. Be creative, think of a useful container that the mother can use after emptying it.

Make a budget. Blanket items are adorable, and it's very easy to get carried away by choosing these attractive and cute items. With this, you will first need to establish a budget to avoid excessive spending.

Select blankets. When choosing blankets, consider the location and weather conditions. You should try to get blankets for each season. Get light blankets for the sunny season and thick blankets for the cold season.

Mattress Buying Guide

Your bed is the most important furniture in your home. The average person needs 6 to 8 hours of sleep per night. If you have an uncomfortable mattress, this time can lead to restless nights, uncomfortable back problems, and fatigue throughout the day.

Choosing the right euro top mattress for the job can be an overwhelming task. How do you know what to buy? Using this guide, you will discover the different features of the mattress to help you find the right mattress so you can sleep all night long.

A top mattress for every occasion

The comfort options when choosing your mattress are endless. Do you prefer a firm and supportive sleep surface? Or do you like to feel like you're sleeping on a cloud? Spring Air offers many mattress tops adapted to your comfort level:

Firm Support Mattress - A firm support mattress provides tighter springs and better surface support than other mattresses. This combination gives the mattress an ideal sleeping surface, ideal for people with back pain.

Plush Mattress - A plush mattress uses multiple layers of foam and fabric to give the mattress a soft, pleasant sleep surface. Plush mattresses also provide better edge support to help prevent rolling.

Pillow Top Mattress - A pillow top mattress uses layers of foam or fabric to help hold the body in place and prevent spilling. The soft materials woven in the upper part of the mattress give the cushioned top mattresses superior comfort.

Euro Top mattresses - Euro Top mattresses are designed with an additional top layer sewn on the top of the mattress and filled with memory foam or plush fabric. This means that you get a comfortable sleeping surface that prevents anyone from rolling on edge.

People are turning to the latex mattress to replace uncomfortable spring mattresses and memory foam. The latex mattress has become more affordable than ever before and has made many people realize the benefits of latex. This growing awareness has added to the popularity (well deserved).

One of the most important benefits of any solid-core mattress is the relief of pressure points. Unlike a coil spring mattress or spring mattress, a latex core mattress has strong support layers. A spring mattress presses against you and creates pressure points and hot spots where you are the heaviest and where your body needs the mattress to give the most. A latex mattress, however, is the most compliant where you need it.

The shape of your body (like the famous memory foam mattresses), latex will support your body throughout your shape and conform in a unique way to each sleeper. This gives a latex mattress an incomparable sensation. Many chronic insomniacs find restful sleep after transitioning to a latex mattress.

Although latex foam offers a similar feel, many people have had to switch to latex because they cannot stand the smell of their memory foam mattresses. The final advantage that latex offers Visco foam lies in the surface sensation of the bed. The latex has a slightly higher internal density and a firmer feeling than that of the shape memory foam.