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Examples of northeastern in a Sentence the northeastern corner of the state. First Known Use of northeastern before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2.

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Many waterskiers have relocated from the Northeast to the South. BUT: We maintain a slalom course in the south of France. OR: Go north on I and then west on Route Capitalize such words as Northerner, Southerner, and Midwesterner. Eastern bankers, but the eastern half of Colorado Southern hospitality, but southern temperatures Western civilization, but westerly winds the Northern vote, but a northern winter The Northern states did not vote as they were expected.

Political activities. The drought has ended in the northern states. My sales territory takes in most of the southeastern states. Chicago style is best for writers who want to adhere to traditional publishing standards and academic writers in non-scientific fields.

It is also a great option for general business writing. Like adjectives, the decision to capitalize or lowercase geographic populations in the United States will depend on your style guide. In general, Midwesterners are friendly and down to earth. During the Civil War, Northerners and Southerners battled in twenty-three states.

The Chicago Manual of Style Chicago style suggests lowercasing terms like midwesterner , northerner , southerner , and westerner , except when referencing the Civil War, in which case Northerner and Southerner should be capitalized: 6. In general, midwesterners are friendly and down to earth. Are you captivated by capitalization?

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Instead, the study finds that ISON's fizzle is best explained by the comet's size. Comet size is correlated to brightness, but other factors can affect brightness as well.

In ISON's case, scientists believe the comet was making its first trip around the Sun, which means that it was still packed with highly volatile matter that had not yet burned off.

This matter could make the comet appear brighter for its size than a comet that had already traveled once past the Sun. But even if the comet was bright because of its size, the scientists believe it's likely that the comet broke into pieces before entering the Sun's corona. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Science News. But instead of a brilliant cosmic display, there was … nothing.

Journal Reference : Paul Bryans, W. For months at a time, uninterrupted, someone or some spacecraft had eyes on the comet as it fell from beyond the orbit of Jupiter to the doorstep of the sun itself. Nothing was missed. The two astronomers hope that the wealth of data will eventually allow them and their colleagues to unravel the mystery of exactly what happened to Comet ISON. Author: Dr. Tony Phillips Production editor: Dr. When the comet is away from the Sun, the nucleus is all there is, and the comet is too small and too faint to be seen.

As it approaches the Sun, the nucleus becomes warmer and ices inside evaporate, carrying also the dust that was embedded within. The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a swarm of frozen ice and rocks orbiting the Sun at a distance of about one light-year. The cloud may contain up to a trillion comets, with a total mass of more than the mass of Jupiter. Because at some point another cometary body in this cloud passed near ISON, it caused it to change its path, plunging the comet toward our inner solar system.

This is a group of observatories specialized in finding asteroids and space debris, with facilities in ten countries. In the wee morning hours of that day, Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok were recording images in the constellations Gemini and Cancer.

This is a scale used by astronomers to measure the brightness of objects in the sky the lower the number, the brighter the object. On closest approach, the comet will pass within 39 million miles 63 million kilometers from Earth on December 26, This is percent of the Earth-Sun distance. ISON poses no threat to our planet, and even if the comet breaks up into fragments, these will continue along the same safe trajectory as the original comet.

Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the celestial show. Comet ISON does not come remotely close to us! ISON is a sungrazing comet, meaning that its orbit will bring it very close to the Sun. It will reach perihelion on November 28, , at a distance of only 1.

If Comet ISON survives this close encounter with the Sun, it could emerge glowing as brightly as the Moon and easily visible near the Sun in broad daylight. At that time, it may be visible to rovers and orbiting spacecraft, becoming the first comet in human history to be observed from more than one planet. We will keep you updated. Many people who have never seen a comet commonly assume that a comet streaks across the sky at great speed, in the direction opposite to its tail.

In fact, when you observe a comet in the sky, there is no rapid motion at all. Comet ISON will appear to stay in the same place among the stars, having only the motion across our sky caused by the rotation of the Earth.

It does move among the stars, of course, but its motion can be seen only over a few days. For example, in mid, ISON will travel at around 50, miles per hour 80, km per hour. At perihelion on November 28, in contrast, it will move at a whopping , miles per hour , km per hour.

Most comets are no more than 10 miles 16 km across, so ISON is just the typical size for a comet. What matters most is how much dust and gas the comet produces and how close it approaches to the Sun. Perfect examples are Comet Lovejoy, which was just feet meters across, or Comet Hyakutake, 2.

Astronomers always had a tough time when it comes to predicting comet behavior. However, when Comet Kohoutek approached the Sun it partially disintegrated, and fell far short of expectations. Comet ISON certainly has the potential to reach significant brightness.

If Comet ISON does not completely disintegrate at perihelion, it should put on a fine naked eye display. Throughout late September and all of October it should be visible with small telescopes or binoculars, and by November 1 the comet may become marginally visible with the unaided eye.

This is a brightness similar to that of Arcturus and Vega, the brightest stars in the northern celestial hemisphere. On November 28, when closest to the Sun, the comet could reach magnitude , one hundred times brighter than Venus at its brightest! However, now it will display an impressive tail, stretching across much of the sky.

Mid-December will be the crescendo of the apparition, as the comet will be visible both in the evening and morning twilight. ISON should remain a naked eye sight until late January Let us hope for a good show! Many suggested that the two comets have a common origin and are perhaps fragments of a much larger object, which disintegrated at some point in the distant past.

However, this remains just speculation. Even though both comets have almost identical inclinations angles with respect to the ecliptic and small perihelion distances, their orbital eccentricities amounts by which the orbits around the Sun deviate from a perfect circle are fundamentally different.

The Great Comet of has an elliptical orbit, and comes close to the Sun every 10, years. Deep Impact had snapped close-up pictures of two comets before — Tempel 1 and Hartley 2 — but the astronomers were fascinated by how much activity was taking place on ISON despite its great distance from the sun. As of Jan. Over the years SOHO has discovered thousands of sun-grazing comets. This confounded astronomers who had previously declared the comet dead.

More tracking of the comet in the days afterward revealed a rapid fading, however, and by Dec. The strange brightening likely was due to an orbital dynamics phenomenon , said Geraint Jones of University College London at the time.

As the comet approached the sun, its fragment cloud was pulled out considerably, with the pieces closest to the sun moving faster than those far behind. After the comet dimmed, it then brightened up briefly when the pieces clumped together again after passing the sun.

Astronomers noted that ISON likely fell apart due to its small size; its nucleus was between feet and 3, feet to 10, meters , according to observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.






















She opposed Republican efforts to overturn the election results. But Cheney and Trump sometimes see eye to eye—notably, on the matter of resuming torture of military detainees. The bulk of Republicans in Congress support overturning the election result and even outright sedition—and those are just their most recent offenses.

The twenty-first-century legacy of the GOP also includes voter suppression, gerrymandering, racist incitement, rejection of democratic electoral processes, a fondness for forever wars, and total disregard for the devastation wreaked by the pandemic.

The Trump era has been hell. But so would Cheneyism redux be. You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser and improve your visit to our site. Jacob Silverman SilvermanJacob. Want more politics, health care, and media updates? While attending classes, he worked as a power lineman in a working-class town. Although Yale had not suited Cheney, he decided to pursue college once more.

He enrolled at the University of Wyoming, where he received a B. During his time as a student, Cheney applied for and received five draft deferments and thus avoided being drafted in the Vietnam War, stating that he "had other priorities in the '60s than military service.

With two degrees under his belt, Cheney started his political career in He worked as a part-time legislative intern to the Wyoming Senate legislature, which had a Republican majority. Cheney and his wife, both of whom had been raised in Democratic households, began professionally associating as Republicans.

After Cheney won a national writing contest for student political scientists, he was offered a position as an aide to Wisconsin governor Warren Knowles. Lynne received her doctorate in English, but Cheney had not yet finished his dissertation when he received a fellowship to work in Washington, D. Cheney later indicated that he wanted to go into politics because of his dissatisfaction with ivory tower academia: "I was always struck, because [there were] a lot of complaints about the administration, the management of the university, oftentimes about the students — sort of critical of everybody out there, because the place was chaotic at that time.

There were days when the National Guard was out with its tear gas trying to control the protesters. These folks were unhappy with what was happening, but in all the time I'd been in Wisconsin not one of these folks had ever stood up and been counted on either side of the debate.

They were totally disengaged. While serving as Steiger's aide, Cheney wrote an administrative memo discussing how then-Congressman Donald Rumsfeld should handle his confirmation hearings to become the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Steiger showed the memo to Rumsfeld, who promptly hired Cheney.

This was the beginning of a powerful Washington relationship that informed every subsequent Republican administration into the s. When Ford lost to Jimmy Carter in the election, Cheney moved back to Wyoming to run for the state's sole seat in the House of Representatives.

His high-stress political life was beginning to take a toll, though: Cheney suffered his first heart attack during the campaign, at only 37 years of age. Successful nonetheless, Cheney became a powerful Republican congressman. He won re-election five times, serving as chairman of the House Republican Conference and becoming House Minority Whip in December Before the st Congress could convene, Cheney was unexpectedly selected to be the secretary of defense for incoming President George H.

As defense secretary, Cheney dealt with the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the downsizing of defense spending. He earned the respect of the military with his careful handling of Operation Desert Storm.

When Bill Clinton was elected to the presidency in , Cheney left the government and joined the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Though he contemplated running for president in , he instead opted in to become CEO of energy services company Halliburton, which required him to move to Dallas. In Texas Governor George W.

Bush asked Cheney to head up the search for his vice presidential nominee. Bush eventually asked Cheney himself to serve as his vice president. Cheney then resigned as CEO of Halliburton and focused on the campaign. Until then, the NSA had generally been barred from carrying out surveillance inside the United States. It could spy on suspected foreign agents inside the country, but only by obtaining a warrant from a special court; without a warrant, it could conduct its activities only overseas.

Stellar Wind gave the NSA legal authority to monitor communications in the United States if one party to the conversation was overseas and one of the participants was believed to have some connection to al-Qaeda.

These loose standards opened the way for the agency to begin collecting massive amounts of data. Previously, the NSA had to identify particular individuals to target; with the new data, it could discover individuals it had not previously known and subject them to surveillance. The program operated like a drift net.

The Terrorist Surveillance Program would engender years of intense controversy. The order establishing the program required that it be reauthorized by Bush roughly every 45 days.

At one point in early , Justice Department lawyers, along with FBI Director Robert Mueller and Assistant Attorney General James Comey, objected to one part of the secret program and threatened to resign on the grounds that Bush had no constitutional authority to authorize such surveillance without congressional approval. The following year, The New York Times revealed the existence of the program, prompting Cheney to say that the newspaper should be prosecuted for publishing classified information.

Read: Humanizing Dick Cheney. Nervous intelligence officials insisted that the administration should at least tell a few congressional leaders what it was doing, and the administration agreed to conduct regular briefings at the White House for the leaders of the congressional intelligence committees. It was, to say the least, an unusual hands-on role for a vice president of the United States. One of the congressional reforms of the s had been the passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of , the law that restricted NSA operations inside the United States.

The new Terrorist Surveillance Program dramatically weakened that law, but Congress was not asked to approve that weakening. By November, as the war in Afghanistan was reaching its peak, the Bush administration faced a new series of questions.

The issue was what to do with them: Where should they be held, how should they be treated, should they be put on trial? Unlike the earlier controversy over surveillance, several government agencies and Cabinet officials were involved in the detention questions, which fell under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice trials , the Defense Department holding the prisoners , the State Department dealing with the international community , and the NSC, which was supposed to coordinate all these bureaucracies.

Still, the vice president, who had no direct constitutional or statutory responsibility for these issues, managed to exert his will. In the earliest of these disputes, the administration had to decide on the legal process for handling the new detainees. Should al-Qaeda members be considered prisoners of war or international criminals? Should they stand trial in U. Should they instead be tried in some other kind of court?

Powell had appointed one of his aides, Pierre Prosper, to oversee an interagency task force addressing this question. He assigned Addington to draft an order under which the detainees would have none of the rights or legal protections allowed in civilian courts or regular military courts. Instead, they could be held indefinitely without trial, with their fates to be decided by secret military commissions similar to those established in World War II to try Nazi saboteurs.

Some officials, including John Bellinger, a lawyer for the NSC, tried to argue that this precedent no longer applied because it had been invalidated by a series of subsequent laws and treaties. Rice told Bush that if this happened again, she might resign. Eight of the detainees captured in Afghanistan were British citizens; the British government protested for years that these military commissions set up by the United States did not meet the standards of international law. Thus a pattern was set that would be repeated on other occasions: Cheney would initiate new antiterrorism programs, and Powell would find himself trying to defend them when they incurred the wrath and opposition of other countries.

The next question was where to put the hundreds of foreign fighters who had been captured. Finally, a solution emerged, and from a familiar source. In such a place, the detainees would have no access to the courts or other constitutional protections. Cheney maintained later that it was the Defense Department that suggested the U. It was entirely under the control of the U. The Pentagon press office released photographs of prisoners in orange jumpsuits, some with their hands tied behind their backs, with barbed-wire and chain-link fences in the background.






















In Nepal Dasara is celebrated as Dashain. Dussehra also known as Maha Navami. The day celebrates good over evil. It is a gazetted holiday in India. There are many local celebrations in some areas in India that can last for up to 10 days. Local events include:. Although Dussehra falls on a single day each year, diverse celebrations actually take place on various days before and after it in different places across India.

This is important to know in case you want to experience the festivities. This Kaal is the duration of the time which begins from the tenth Muhurat after sunrise and ends before the twelfth Muhurat. Vijayadashmi is the tenth day on which people carry large clay statues of Goddess Durga to the river in a huge procession and bid her farewell with devotional songs and recitals. Here, this festival is majorly dedicated to the goddess of knowledge and learning, Goddess Saraswati.

People often initiate their education in cultural fields such as classical dance or music on this day and also pay respect to their teachers. In Tamil Nadu, 9 days of this festival are dedicated to three goddesses; the initial three days to Goddess Lakshmi, following three days to Goddess Saraswati and the final three days to Goddess Durga.

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Personalized Predictions. Talk to Astrologer Premium. Love and Marriage. Education and Career. Finance and Money. Month Panchang. Day Panchang. Ask a Muhurat. Gowri Panchangam. Shubha Hora. Rahu Kaal. Abhijit Muhurat. Navgraha Shanti Puja. Puja For Conceiving A Child. Puja For Evil Eye Removal. Puja For Health Problems. Puja For Land and Property. Puja For Marriage Concerns. Puja For Success In Career. Puja For Success In Exams. Puja To Overcome Financial Hurdles. They hid their weapons in a Shami tree and found them at the same place when they returned from exile.

They then worshipped the tree before going to a battle, which they won. This epic is also commemorated during Dussehra. Note: During a gazetted holiday, government offices and most businesses are closed so people have a day off work. While we diligently research and update our holiday dates, some of the information in the table above may be preliminary.

If you find an error, please let us know. Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for 8 days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar. Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days between the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.

Sign in. Is Dussehra a Public Holiday? Colorful Ravana head effigies. Local events include: Performances of the Ramlila a short version of the epic Ramayana in Northern India. A large festival and procession including the goddess Chamundeshwari on a throne mounted on elephants in the town of Mysore in the state of Karnataka. The blessing of household and work-related tools, such as books, computers, cooking pans and vehicles in the state of Karnataka.

The preparation of special foods, including luchi deep fried flat bread and alur dom deep fried spiced potato snacks , in Bengal. Public Life Government offices, post offices and banks are closed in India on Dussehra.






















Sometimes it will be difficult to accept — but that all depends on your reaction. You can either use criticism in a positive way to improve, or in a negative way that can lower your self-esteem and cause stress, anger or even aggression. To deal with criticism positively may require good self-esteem and some assertiveness skills, you may find our pages: Improving Self-Esteem and Assertiveness useful.

There are two types of criticism - constructive and destructive — learning to recognise the difference between the two can help you deal with any criticism you may receive. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. When challenged by another person, it is common to react in a negative manner. Consider how negative reactions make you look — and more importantly how they make you feel.

The way in which you choose to handle criticism has a knock-on effect in various aspects of your life, therefore it is better to identify ways in which you can benefit from criticism and use it to your advantage to be a stronger and more able person.

The difference between constructive criticism and destructive criticism is the way in which comments are delivered. Although both forms are challenging your ideas, character or ability, when someone is giving destructive criticism it can hurt your pride and have negative effects on your self-esteem and confidence.

Destructive criticism is often just thoughtlessness by another person, but it can also be deliberately malicious and hurtful. Constructive criticism , on the other hand, is designed to point out your mistakes, but also show you where and how improvements can be made. Constructive criticism should be viewed as useful feedback that can help you improve yourself rather than put you down.

When criticism is constructive it is usually easier to accept, even if it still hurts a little. In either scenario always try to remember that you can use criticism to your advantage.

But with blogging and the online space? Oh lord. The kind of comments you get online has no boundaries. They can basically be anything, from your looks to your personal life to your family. Just two weeks ago, I wrote about enrolling in a dating agency which was sponsored by the agency itself.

A while back, I had a photoshoot with SimplyHer a local magazine as part of a coaching feature that I did for them. I shared the photos on my blog. A month ago, someone spammed my articles with various pointless comments.

And the list goes on. The first situation would be when you constantly get criticisms without a breather. Besides it being a serious energy suck, constant criticism can divert you from the things that really matter.

The blog comments that I shared earlier in the article are examples of that. Put these people in their place by asserting your rights. Cut out chronic critics from your life if you have to. Benson that I absolutely love:. You and the entire team will then be ready to dive deeper into the next iteration.

To create breakthroughs, it is necessary to leverage the contrasts that come from critique instead of escaping them. In her research on the power of dissent, Charlan Nemeth shows that debate and criticism do not inhibit ideas; rather, they stimulate them. Progress requires clashing and fusing — not compromising or postponing — different perspectives. Francesca Gino rightfully maintains that criticism works only when it leads to enhancing and improving an idea.

A key element in this process is respectful listening and acknowledgment of the talent and abilities of colleagues. Here are a few simple guidelines. Perhaps there is an even more powerful idea hidden behind our two perspectives. The secret of criticism in innovation lies in the joint behavior of the participants. Those offering criticism must frame their points as positive, helpful suggestions. Those who are being criticized must use critiques to learn and improve their ideas.

When conducted with curiosity and respect, criticism becomes the most advanced form of creativity.






















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You can check this by using the date difference calculator to measure the number of days from today to Feb 28, Need to calculate days from a specific date? Use the Days From Date calculator. It is the 59th day of the year, and in the 9th week of the year assuming each week starts on a Monday , or the 1st quarter of the year. There are 28 days in this month. In some cases, you might want to skip weekends and count only the weekdays.

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The Finals: Giannis drops 42 on Suns in Game 2. East finals: Giannis goes for 33 in Game 3. In their own words: Bucks savor championship. Looking back at every Finals MVP since Looking back at every NBA champion since Champagne shower: Bucks celebrate in locker room. Bucks end 50 year championship drought.

Giannis pours in 50 in clincher to win Finals MVP. Best of Bucks comeback wins this postseason trailing by at least 10 points. Holiday: 'I threw it only where Giannis could get it'. Also, Will Spurs play-in Europe next year? Tottenham Hotspur qualified for Europe! Instead, Tottenham have limped into the Europa Conference League, a new third-tier European competition that will debut in the season. Are the Spurs in the play-in tournament?

Lakers will be broadcast live on ESPN. So if the FA Cup winners finish in the top five, that means sixth place becomes another Europa League spot, and seventh place becomes the Europa Conference League spot.

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With both circumcised and uncircumcised penises, no cotton swabs, astringents, or any special bath products are needed — simple soap and warm water every time you bathe your baby will do the trick.

No special washing precautions are needed for newly circumcised babies, other than to be gentle, as your baby may have some mild discomfort after the circumcision. If your son has a bandage on his incision, you might need to apply a new one whenever you change his diaper for a day or two after the procedure put petroleum jelly on the bandage so it won't stick to his skin. Doctors often also recommend putting a dab of petroleum jelly on the baby's penis or on the front of the diaper to alleviate any potential discomfort caused by friction against the diaper.

How you take care of your baby's penis may also vary depending on the type of circumcision procedure the doctor performs. Be sure to discuss what after-care will be needed. If your baby boy wasn't circumcised, be sure to never forcibly pull back the foreskin to clean beneath it.

Instead, gently tense it against the tip of the penis and wash off any smegma the whitish "beads" of dead skin cells mixed with the body's natural oil. Over time, the foreskin will retract on its own so that it can be pulled away from the glans toward the abdomen. This happens at different times for different boys, but most can retract their foreskins by the time they're 5 years old.

There's little doubt about the origin of the expression "still wet behind the ears," used to describe someone new or inexperienced. Newborns are covered with various fluids at delivery, including amniotic fluid and often some blood the mother's, not the baby's. Nurses or other personnel attending the birth will promptly begin drying the infant to avoid a drop in the baby's body temperature that will occur if moisture on the skin evaporates rapidly.

Newborns are also coated with a thick, pasty, white material called vernix caseosa made up of the fetus' shed skin cells and skin gland secretions , most of which will be washed off during the baby's first bath. The hue and color patterns of a newborn's skin may be startling to some parents. Mottling of the skin, a lacy pattern of small reddish and pale areas, is common because of the normal instability of the blood circulation at the skin's surface.

For similar reasons, acrocyanosis , or blueness of the skin of the hands and feet and the area surrounding the lips, is often present, especially if the infant is in a cool environment. When bearing down to cry or having a bowel movement, an infant's skin temporarily may appear beet-red or bluish-purple.

Red marks, scratches, bruises, and petechiae tiny specks of blood that have leaked from small blood vessels in the skin are all common on the face and other body parts. They're caused by the trauma of squeezing through the birth canal. These will heal and disappear during the first week or two of life. Fine, soft hair, called lanugo , may be on a newborn's face, shoulders, and back.

Most of this hair is usually shed in the uterus before the baby is delivered; for this reason, lanugo is more often seen on babies born prematurely. In any case, this hair will disappear in a few weeks. The top layer of a newborn's skin will flake off during the first week or two. This is normal and doesn't require any special skin care. Peeling skin may be present at birth in some infants, particularly those who are born past their due date.

Not all babies come with a birthmark. However, pink or red areas, sometimes called salmon patches , are common and generally disappear within the first year. Most frequently found on the back of the neck or on the bridge of the nose, eyelids, or brow hence the fanciful nicknames "stork bite" and "angel kiss" , they can occur anywhere on the skin, especially in light-skinned infants.

Mongolian spots , flat patches of slate-blue or blue-green color that resemble ink stains on the back, buttocks, or elsewhere on the skin, are found in more than half of black, Native American, and Asian infants and less often in white babies.

These spots are of no significance and almost always fade or disappear within a few years. Strawberry or capillary hemangiomas are raised red marks caused by collections of widened blood vessels in the skin.

These may appear pale at birth, then become red and enlarge during the first months of life. Then, they usually shrink and disappear without treatment within the first 6 years.

Port-wine stains , which are large, flat, reddish-purple birthmarks, won't disappear on their own. As a child gets older, cosmetic appearance concerns may require the attention of a dermatologist. Cafe-au-lait spots , so called because of their "coffee with milk" light-brown color, are present on the skin of some infants. These may deepen in color or may first appear as the child grows older.

They're usually of no concern unless they're large or there are six or more spots on the body, which may indicate the presence of certain medical conditions. Common brown or black moles, known as pigmented nevi , also can be present at birth or appear or get darker as a child gets older.

Larger moles or those with an unusual appearance should be brought to a doctor's attention because some may require removal. Several harmless skin rashes and conditions may be present at birth or appear during the first few weeks.

Tiny, flat, yellow or white spots on the nose and chin, called milia , are caused by the collection of secretions in skin glands and will disappear within the first few weeks. Miliaria — small, raised, red bumps that often have a white or yellow "head" — is sometimes called infant acne because of its appearance. Although miliaria often occurs on the face and can appear on large areas of the body, it's a harmless condition that will go away within the first several weeks with normal skin care.

Despite the frightening sound of its medical name, erythema toxicum is a harmless newborn rash consisting of red blotches with pale or yellowish bumps at the center, which can resemble hives. This rash usually blossoms during the first day or two after birth and disappears within a week. Pustular melanosis , a rash present at birth, is characterized by dark brown bumps or blisters scattered over the neck, back, arms, legs, and palms, which disappear without treatment.

Also, it isn't unusual to see infants born with sucking blisters on the fingers, hands, or arms because the fetus can suck while still in the uterus. Newborn jaundice , a yellowish discoloration of the skin and white parts of the eyes, is a common condition that normally doesn't appear until the second or third day after birth and disappears within 1 to 2 weeks.

Jaundice is caused by the accumulation of bilirubin a waste product produced by the normal breakdown of red blood cells in the blood, skin, and other tissues due to the temporary inability of the newborn's immature liver to clear this substance from the body effectively.

Although some jaundice is normal, if an infant becomes jaundiced earlier than expected or the bilirubin level is higher than normal, the doctor will follow the baby very closely. The first days and weeks of a newborn's life are a time of great wonder and delight for most new parents. However, being responsible for this tiny creature can be scary, particularly if you're not familiar with how a newborn looks and behaves.

If you feel anxious or uncertain about any part of caring for your baby, don't hesitate to call your doctor, other health care professionals, or family or friends who have had experience caring for a newborn. Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal. Reviewed by: Steven Dowshen, MD. Larger text size Large text size Regular text size. What Should We Expect? Posture During the first several weeks, you'll notice that much of the time your baby will tend to keep his or her fists clenched, elbows bent, hips and knees flexed, and arms and legs held close to the front of his or her body.

Primitive Reflexes Infants are born with a number of instinctual responses to stimuli, such as light or touch, known as primitive reflexes , which gradually disappear as the baby matures.

These reflexes include the: sucking reflex , which triggers an infant to forcibly suck on any object put in the mouth grasp reflex , which causes a newborn to tightly close the fingers when pressure is applied to the inside of the infant's hand by a finger or other object Moro reflex, or startle response , which causes an infant to suddenly throw the arms out to the sides and then quickly bring them back toward the middle of the body whenever the baby has been startled by a loud noise, bright light, strong smell, sudden movement, or other stimulus Also, due to the immaturity of their developing nervous systems, newborns' arms, legs, and chins may tremble or shake, particularly when they're crying or agitated.

Sleeping and Breathing In the first weeks, infants usually spend most of their time sleeping. Face A newborn's face may look quite puffy due to fluid accumulation and the rough trip through the birth canal. Ears A newborn's ears, as well as other features, may be distorted by the position they were in while inside the uterus. But bow legs don't affect a child's ability to crawl, walk, or run. Sometimes, kids with bow legs may walk with the toes pointed inward called intoeing, or pigeon-toes or they may trip a lot and appear clumsy.

These problems generally resolve as the child grows. If the condition lasts into teenage years, it may cause discomfort in the ankles, knees, or hips. When babies are born with bow legs it's because some of the bones had to rotate twist slightly when they were growing in the womb to fit into the small space.

This is called physiologic bow legs. It's considered a normal part of a child's growth and development. As a child starts walking, the bowing might increase a bit and then get better. Children who start walking at a younger age have more noticeable bowing. In most kids, the outward curving of the legs corrects on its own by age 3 or 4. The legs might even look curved inward knock-knees.

The legs usually straighten by age 7 or 8. Bow legs in older children usually is because of Blount disease or another medical condition. Blount disease is more common in kids who:. Health care providers do an exam and ask about the child's medical history. Baby Products. Bookmark BookmarkTick BookmarkAdd save. My baby has bowed legs. Is it normal, and when will they straighten?

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Hard inquiries serve as a timeline of when you have applied for new credit and may stay on your credit report for two years, although they typically only affect your credit scores for one year.

Depending on your unique credit history, hard inquiries could indicate different things to different lenders. Recent hard inquiries on your credit report tell a lender that you are currently shopping for new credit. This may be meaningful to a potential lender when assessing your creditworthiness. The period of time may vary depending on the credit scoring model used, but it's typically from 14 to 45 days. This allows you to check different lenders and find out the best loan terms for you.

But people who have short credit histories or few accounts may see a bigger change. Particularly if you are taking out a mortgage, wait until after closing to apply for new credit. The leasing agent may check your credit. And then you may apply for financing for furniture.

Then you decide you want a card with travel rewards, so you apply for a couple of those. That could be four credit inquiries within a short period, and it could result in a lower score. Statistics cited by FICO show that people with six or more recent inquiries are eight times as likely to file for bankruptcy as those with none, and scoring formulas reflect that.

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Hush with a "Shush! Say it directly into her ear, over and over again. Try white noise: Any machine with a consistent rushing sound has a soothing effect; recordings of waves on the beach, rainfall, or the sound of a waterfall will work as well.

Some people think infants smile when they have gas; others know better. If you suspect your baby is crying from gas pain:. One-fifth of babies develop colic , which means they cry inconsolably for three hours or more a day for three weeks or more; it peaks at six weeks and usually resolves itself by three months.

Watch your diet: If you're nursing and regular soothing tips don't help, try eliminating:. Try the colic hold: Lay baby facedown on your forearm, cradle her close to your body, and rock her back and forth. Many moms wonder, "What's the deal with pacifiers? Should I use one, or will my baby develop a bad habit? Some children have strong sucking needs and are quickly soothed by a binky. Most babies give up the paci on their own around the seventh month. If yours doesn't, don't worry.

The AAP says it's unlikely to harm his development. All is not lost! Wait about 20 minutes until he is in deep sleep before putting him down.

If you put him down too soon, he is more likely to wake up, perhaps quite upset, because he wanted to be asleep. Carrying your baby in your arms or a sling meets most of the same needs as breastfeeding, and can be done by another adult. Dads or other close care-taking adults are often brilliant at this. A baby who is not hungry will still head towards a milky breast if they smell it close by. If you do want to, enlist the support of other people who can get to know and love your baby.

Do you have an older neighbour who misses their grandchildren? A teenager who is brilliant with babies? Even very young babies can have close relationships with several adults and older children at once, and another pair of arms can be helpful to both you and your baby at the end of a long day.

Try going outside — babies are often happier outdoors. Visiting a pub garden can work really well on summer evenings. Experiment with singing, dancing, music, massage, bathing, rocking, walking.

Try turning the lights and the noise down. Some babies are more sensitive to lights and noise than others. If you can do so safely, Safe sleep and the breastfed baby you might want to experiment with sharing a bed with your baby.

If you are worried about whether your baby will be safe in bed with you, you might want to try it in the daytime first, with another adult keeping an eye on both of you. Disclaimer: this health information is for educational purposes only. You, the reader, assume full responsibility for how you choose to use it. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.

For more information, see Website Privacy. Skip to navigation menu Skip to content. High Priority Alert. Close alert. Informational Alert. Crying Baby - Before 3 Months Old. Is this your child's symptom? A baby less than 3 months old is crying and you don't know why Crying is the only symptom The type of frequent crying called colic is included For crying with an illness or other symptom, go to that care guide Causes of Unexplained Crying Hungry Baby.

The most common reason babies cry is because they are hungry. They stop crying at the onset of feeding. By the end of the feeding, they are happy. Sleepy Baby. The second reason babies cry is they need sleep. Colic Relief Tips for Parents. Remedies for Spitty Babies. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server.

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