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It is quiet in your house and you are or confusional event. The body
getting ready to fall asleep when all
of a sudden, your little one screams.
is basically stuck for a short time,
exhibiting characteristics of both
10 years
You jump out of bed, race to her
room to find her thrashing in the
sleeping and waking.
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elude you a while longer. The next child may roll around a bit, moan,
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day, you mention this episode to
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state. to sleep. Either way, he will not be If your child is used to you patting the opposite of what our instinct
aware of what happened. his back while falling asleep, he may tells us to do. We want to run in to
Night terrors and confusional events think he needs this to fall asleep. To soothe and reassure our child. The
usually occur a couple hours after So what causes these events, and avoid associations, be sure that kids problem is that the child is not fully
falling asleep, when children are what can we do to help eliminate have their own set of self-soothing awake during the event, and we run
coming out of a sleep deep stage. them? The body experiences night skills that dont require intervention the risk of completely waking them
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IV Non-REM (the deepest stage of sleep stage to another in a smooth 4. Upsets in a normal schedule can more drastic night terrors, you may
sleep). You have probably noticed fashion. This can be caused by many cause night terrors. It is common need to interfere if your child is
this if you have taken a sleeping child things to see these events during changes going to hurt themselves or break
out of a car and transferred her to to usual routines, such as starting something. If your child is calmly
bed without waking her up. People 1. Being overtired! This is most likely school, birthdays, holidays, or sleep walking, you can usually
in this sleep stage have slow, steady the case for children who have them vacations. Establishing a slightly quietly walk them back to bed or
breathing, may sweat, and are very periodically. Getting behind on earlier bedtime during stimulating even ask them to return to bed. The
hard to wake. After about 60-90 sleep keeps the drive to sleep very events can ward off problems. next day, it is best not to mention
minutes, children transition into a strong and unwilling to yield to the these events to your child, as they
lighter stage and may even wake up drive to wake. Children are very 5. Genetics do play a part in night wont remember.
for a minute. Then they will once susceptible to becoming overtired. terrors. If you grew up with night
more descend into stage IV sleep. Usually by adjusting your childs terrors, sleep walking or talking, Sleep terrors are definitely more
bedtime, even moving it earlier by there is a good chance that your terrorizing for parents than children.
Confusional events usually occur 30 minutes, you can help to keep child will. Most confusional events and night
when a child is coming out of one of them in a well-rested state. terrors will pass on their own. If they
these deep stages of sleep. During 6. Lastly, children without a set become regular or violent, consult
transitional periods, the drive to 2. Illness and medication can also schedule and proper wind down with your childs pediatrician. Even if
wake and drive to sleep meets cause confusional events. It is very routine are more likely to have events are mild, it can be reassuring
head on. Usually, children can common to see these events in confusional events or night terrors. to discuss them with a trusted
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The verb frolic came from an older
word, schenigelei, a word referring
adjective meaning joyous or full
to the peddlers craft. And an even
about words
of mirth, also spelled frolic, which
smaller group of much-maligned
comes from a Proto-Indo-European
etymologists suggest the word may
word meaning to hop.
have come from the Irish word for
CHILL, DUDE! start from scratch came from the fox, sionnach. Hmm. Also in the 1580s, the noun
world of sport. In a race, a starting horseplay was born, meaning
Over the course of the years, theres
line was scratched into the soil. A Another word referring to a rogues overly rough play. The term doesnt
been a lot of chilling going on.
competitor starting the race with deeds or actions is knavery, a noun actually refer to creatures of the
The word chill came from the Old no handicap started on that line, that appeared in the 1580s based equine variety, but refers instead
English word ciele, which meant from scratch. on the much older word knave.
to a secondary meaning of horse,
cold, coolness, frost, or to freeze. Knaves root, from Old English, is
Another scratch we started with the noun cnafa, originally meaning strong or coarse. Horseplay gave
Cieles source was the Proto-Indo- birth to a related term in 1793,
is gerbh-, a Proto-Indo-European a boy or male servant. By 1200,
European word gel-, which gave horsing (to play excessive jokes on),
root meaning to claw or scratch. though, knave/cnafa picked up the
birth to heaps of modern English and another, horsing around (to
words. Back in the day, gerbh- was employed negative connotation, rogue or join in boisterous play), in 1928.
when people wrote or drew by rascal. The word knavery was born
Given what liquids do when they In the 1590s, the verb caper was
scratching on clay tablets. Eventually, of that connotation.
cool down, its not much of a born. It originally meant a playful
this gave birth to the Greek word An 1841 word that originally meant
stretch to see how a word meaning leap or jump. By 1600, one could
graphein, to write. We see graphein trickery is hanky-panky. Though its
to freeze could be the parent of gel, cut capers, or dance in a frolicsome
today in tons of words: graph, not quite nailed down, its likely
gelatin and Jello. Gelatin, meaning a manner. Caper added the meaning
photograph, biography, graffiti, and hanky-panky evolved from hoky-
clear, jelly-like substance, appeared prank in 1840 and the meaning
on and on. After a century or three, poky, which evolved from hocus-
in 1713 after spending a couple of crime in 1926. It appears caper
we graduated from scratching pocus. And a century after hanky-
centuries in France as glatine. came to English from the Italian
things into clay and wrote or drew panky was first put to paper, about
Gel, an abbreviated form of gelatin word capriolare, to jump in the air.
using the graphite in pencils. 1939, hanky-panky picked up the
showed up in English in 1899, Another way to say prank or caper
meaning a semi-solid substance. Artful scratching (originally upon meaning sexual dalliance.
is the American-born noun, dido. It
Jellys parent-word also spent time those clay tablets) gave us the word Knavery, shenanigans and hanky- generally appears in the idiom to
in France (as gelee) before moving carve. And gerbh- was also applied panky can also be referred to with cut didoes.
across the channel to, well, jell intoto the walking motion of some the somewhat less loaded word
the word we know. In 1900, Genesee crustaceans, giving us crawdad, In 1709, the verb romp, meaning
antics, which came to English
Pure Food Company started selling crab, and crayfish. Their method to play, sport, or frolic appeared.
in 1520 and meant grotesque or
a product called Jello. of locomotion, to claw ones way, By 1734, the noun romp showed
comical gesture. Its root is the word
became the word crawl. And the up, meaning piece of lively play.
A Latin step-child of gel- also antico, which originally referred to
word scrawl, to write untidily, may In 1909, romp transformed to a
made its way into France, then to ancient, unearthed Roman murals,
have also come from that idea of word meaning small childrens
England in 1650 as glacial. And by seen to be strange and bizarre, thus
scratching provided by gerbh-. overalls rompers. Those readers
1744, the noun glacier was born. labeled antico, a word that has since
of a particular age will recall the
What happened to gel- on its way Even telegram, monogram and morphed to mean antique. The
childrens TV show, Romper Room,
through German and Old English? It hologram can be traced back to 1809 verb skylark means to frolic or
which first aired in 1953.
became both cool and cold. this idea of scratching and the root play. Skylarking was originally used
gerbh-. And because folks creating to refer to the antics of exuberant
Because water expands upon sailors playing in the rigging.
rules and such had to scratch them Thanks to sources: Etymonline, Merriam-Webster,
freezing, gel- is the parent-word Wordnik, Collins Dictionary, and the OED.
out in writing, we have grammar. The idiom monkey business was
for gelb-, to swell, and because a
Even more unlikely, because born in 1883 to refer to questionable
cow swells prior to giving birth,
magical spells had to be written shenanigans. Monkey business
gelb- is the parent-word of calf. If
out, even the word glamour comes may reflect the word monkeys
you, like me, consider yourself a
from this root. history, as monkey came through
junior etymologist, heres some
180-degree irony. The term calving SHENANIGANS Old French from the Arabic word
of a glacier came from the above maimun, which meant both monkey
word-child meaning to swell, while We English speakers have lots of and auspicious; the sighting of an
that sense of the word came from ways to suggest someone is up to no ape was perceived to be unlucky
the previous one meaning cold. good. A nefarious (or in some cases almost as unlucky as being the
fun-loving) individual might engage victim of monkey business.
START FROM SCRATCH in shenanigans. This word showed
TOMFOOLERY
The idiom start from scratch first up in 1855 in California. My ear CS Perryess writes for teens, narrates audio
appeared in 1918. Though we use tells me shenanigans is likely a slur The following words may chronicle books, and ponders the wonder of words in a
foggy little town on Californias central coast.
the idiom today to refer to food against the Irish (like so many other shenanigans of a kinder and goofier Find more at http://csperryess.blogspot.com,
preparation or a rags-to-riches life, words), but most etymologists nature. Tomfoolery, meaning foolish or reach him at csperryess@gmail.com.
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No Juice
of whole fruits. The new policy
balances the role of a small Families should be educated
amount of 100% fruit juice in that human milk and/or infant
meeting these intake goals, while formula is sufficient to satisfy
for
limiting the exposure to juice fluid requirements for infants, and
and emphasizing the key roles of low-fat/nonfat milk and water are
water and milk in a healthy diet. It sufficient for older children.
Babies
recognizes that juice may provide
Consumption of unpasteurized
some vitamins such as vitamin
juice products should be strongly
C in orange juice and calcium and
discouraged.
vitamin D in some fortified juice
products but lacks the fiber Grapefruit juice should be avoided
and protein critical for the growth in those taking certain medications
of children. (see policy).
The policy clarifies that there is no When evaluating children with
role for juice during the first year malnutrition as well as chronic
by Steven A. Abrams, M.D., FAAP of life and that expensive juice diarrhea, excessive flatulence,
products designed specifically abdominal pain and bloating
A newly published American exclusively breastfed for the first for infants are not of value. When
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 6 months of life, and then receive pediatricians should determine the
juice is served to older toddlers, it amount of juice being consumed.
policy recommends that children complementary foods while is important that it not be sipped
should be consuming less juice breastfeeding continues for up to throughout the day or used In evaluating risk for dental caries,
than previously advised. The 2 years of age or beyond. to calm an upset child. Juice is discuss the relationship between
policy Fruit Juice in Infants, not useful for the management
Further AAP recommendations fruit juice and dental decay, and
Children and Adolescents: Current of diarrheal illnesses and may
emphasize the importance inquire about the amount and
Recommendations advises that predispose infants or young
of fresh fruit in childrens means of juice consumption.
fruit juice should not be provided children to the development of
to children younger than 1 year of diets. Fruit generally contains
hyponatremia. Routinely discuss the use of fruit
age unless there is a strong clinical additional fiber compared to
juice vs. fruit drinks, and educate
basis for it in the management of juices. Consistent with recent In summary, pediatricians should older children and parents about
constipation. AAP recommendations, water caution families that there is the differences.
and milk are preferred as primary minimal nutritional value to fruit
For older children, maximum daily fluid sources for children after juice, and it should be limited For more information on diet
intakes of 100% juice products weaning. to small amounts and generally and other pediatric topics, go to
should be 4 ounces for children www.aappublications.org.
ages 1-3 years, 4-6 ounces for Families of small children with avoided in infancy.
children ages 4-6 years and 8 dental caries should have a Fruit Juice in Infants, Dr. Abrams is a co-author of the policy
ounces for those 7 and older. discussion with their pediatrician Children and Adolescents statement and incoming chair of the AAP
about the childs fruit juice intake Recommendations
Committee on Nutrition.
AAP Current Dietary and its possible contribution to Reprinted with permission 2017 American
Academy of Pediatrics
Recommendations for Infants the caries. Juice should not be introduced
to infants before 1 year unless
Infants should be fed breast milk AAP recommends eliminating clinically indicated. Daily intake
exclusively for the first 6 months 100% fruit juice from the diets of should be limited to 4 ounces in
of life. Exclusive breastfeeding children with excessive weight toddlers ages 1-3 years, 4-6 ounces
means that the infant does not gain. In addition, the Academy for those 4-6 years. For those 7-18
receive any additional foods strongly recommends that whole years, limit juice intake to 8 ounces
(except vitamin D) or fluids unless fruit be provided and encouraged or 1 cup of the recommended 2-2 For Wildlife in Distress
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the infant is 1 year old, the AAP and Children. The policy also from bottles or easily transportable
recommends that the mother discourages consumption of covered cups that make it easy
continue breastfeeding while unpasteurized juice. to consume throughout the day,
gradually introducing solid foods nor should they be given juice at
into the infants diet. These recommendations, taken bedtime.
together, represent a policy goal
The World Health Organization of decreasing juice consumption, Children should be encouraged to
recommends that infants be especially in small children, while eat whole fruits and educated on
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