Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

I had a friend who had a hunger problem. The way my friend coped with that problem is that she tried to drink as much milk as possible because it sometimes kept her full for a while. She also made sure she ate an orange or a grapefruit every day to help her appetite. She also ate soup because soup and bread filled her up very fast.

Sub Saharan Africa has water stress. Water stress refers to economic, social, or environmental problems caused by unmet water needs. Lack of supply is often caused by contamination, drought, or a disruption in distribution. The water that they do get is so contaminated that it is impossible for them to drink. The only thing that will help them is to treat the water. By researching, the water is already being treated. They are doing much as possible. They need more water storage capacity. 

www.cfr.org/africa/water-stress-sub-saharan-africa/p11240

SIDS

"Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a syndrome marked by the symptoms of sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is often used in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, while crib death is sometimes used in North America. Typically the infant is found dead after having been put to bed, and exhibits no signs of having suffered.

This topic is very meaningful to me because I have young children. I have a baby that is 3 months and I was curious about what caused SIDS. My baby does sleep on his stomach but I watches him the best I can. Most SIDS is caused by children sleeping on their stomach. In the future I will try to get my baby to sleep more on his back. That kind of scares me also because I am afraid of him choking.

The influence of social and biologic factors on sudden infant death was studied in a large Chinese population. Data from all birth certificates in Taiwan from 1988 to 1992 were merged with death certificate data for post neonatal deaths from sudden infant death syndrome and suffocation. Age difference of parents of more than 10 years was associated with a relative risk (RR) of 1.8 (multivariate adjusted, 95% confidence interval (Cl) 1.3–2.3).

Personal Birthing Experience

        I remember two months ago when I gave birth to my third living son. The labor were so fast that they did not have time to give me any medicine for pain. I was at home and when I got up to use the rest room around 3 one morning my water broke. I had to wait for my mom to arrive to take me to the emergency room and I was in pain all the way there. The emergency room is about 45 minutes from my house. And my mom live about 30 minutes from my house. Soon as I arrived it was time for me to push. I was at 9 centimeters. The bad part about it is that I was going in labor 5 weeks early. I chose this one because it is amazing how I delivered 5 weeks early and my baby were more healthier than my other two babies that I delivered 3 weeks early. To me birth have a big impact on child development because some children that are pre term have problems later in life.
        Over 60% of preterm births occur in Africa and south Asia, but preterm birth is truly a global problem; countries with the highest numbers include Brazil, India, Nigeria and the United States of America. Of the 11 countries with preterm birth rates over 15%, all but two are in sub-Saharan Africa. In the poorest countries, on average, 12% of babies are born too soon compared with 9% in higher-income countries. Within countries, poorer families are at higher risk. I learned that Africa and South Asia births are majority pre term.