The Chinese use a lunar calendar, which is different from the Western Gregorian calendar. For this reason, you're going to have to calculate the mother's age according to the lunar calendar, not the Gregorian calendar. First of all, add one year to however old you are right now. You're 32 years old right now? According to the Chinese calendar, you're at least 33 (possibly 34). This is because the Chinese count the first nine months spent in the womb towards the baby's age, unlike in the West. So when a baby is born, it's already 1 year old according to the lunar calendar. If you were born after February 22, take your Gregorian age, add 1 (from the roughly year you spent in your mother's womb), and you're done. If you're 17 and you were born on July 11, you're 18 according to the lunar calendar. If you were born before February 22, find out if your birthday comes before or after the Chinese New Year during the year you were born. If you were born before the Chinese New Year, add an additional year to your Gregorian age. For example, you were born on January 7, 1990; the Chinese New Year during 1990 happened on January 27, meaning you were born before the New Year, according to the lunar calendar. This makes you two years older, in lunar years, than you are according to the Gregorian calendar. If you're having trouble converting your Gregorian age to your lunar age, search for an online converter or click here. If the baby has not yet been conceived, determine the month that you would like the baby to be conceived, or just work backward: use the calendar and desired gender to determine when you should conceive. The easiest way to convert the actual month or the desired month of conception to the lunar calendar is to use an online converter. Type in "Gregorian to lunar calendar conversion," or use the one supplied here Start from your lunar age at the time of conception and move right until you find the lunar month when the child conceived. This will give you either a G (girl) or B (Boy).

Summary: Find out the mother's lunar age at the time of conception. Determine the lunar month during which the baby was conceived. Using the graph below, find the place where your lunar age and the child's conception month intersect.

When your kitten is sick, the best approach is to offer smaller portions, but more often. Thus, offering a mouthful every one to two hours is ideal, as long as you are not waking the kitten up for feedings. Note that very young kittens should be woken up for frequent feedings. Sometimes sick kittens do not feel like eating their regular food and have to be given something different just to make them more interested in eating. By changing the brand or flavor, you might be able to get your kitten interested enough to taste some of the food. When your kitten is sick even getting a little amount of food in him can make a difference. Here are a few foods that are easier for kittens to eat: Gravy-based cat food Packaged chicken-flavored baby food Boiled chicken Unseasoned, cooked rice Convalescent diets are specially designed to meet the needs of a sick animal that is not eating well. They are extremely nutrient dense, so a 1 kg (2.2 lb) kitten might receive his daily calorie needs from just under a third of a tin. The two most widely available diets are Hills AD (suitable for cats and dogs), and Royal Canin Feline Convalescent Diet. These highly palatable diets include: Protein, which provides building blocks for repair of body tissues and strengthens the immune system. Fats and carbohydrates, which provide metabolic energy for the kitten to run his organs and fight infection. Zinc and potassium, which aid wound healing. Vitamins E and C, plus Taurine, which have antioxidant properties to help the body detox, and also fortify the immune system If your kitten has a congested nose, he will stop eating for two reasons--he can't smell the food and it is difficult to eat with a clogged up nose. Try heating the food a little bit (not more than 30 seconds in the microwave) and then serve it. Heating will enhance the aroma of the food and most likely lure the kitten into eating some of it. Warm food also tastes better. Cleaning a kitten's congested nose with nasal drops can also help in encouraging him to eat. A sick kitten needs his medicine, but never make the mistake of hiding his medicine in his food. Kittens can detect medicine both through taste and smell and will not eat food with medicine in it. Hiding the medicine will only ensure that your kitten will not come near the food next time, whether there is medicine in it or not. Keep medicine separate and force feed it at regular intervals. It will be an unpleasant task and the kitten will not like it, but this is something you have to do. It is very important to make sure that your kitten is getting enough water and is staying hydrated. Dehydration in kittens can be a very serious problem and when they are sick it becomes even more serious. If your kitten refuses to drink water, try adding some water to her food. Not only will it make the food more palatable, it will also hydrate her at the same time. The first thing to check when your kitten refuses to drink water is whether his water dish is clean or not. Kittens do not like to drink water from an unclean surface. Put a small amount of food on your finger and bring it to the kitten's mouth. Try not to force your finger into the kitten's mouth as it will irritate him. Let him lick the food at his own pace and be patient. If finger feeding does not work, give syringe feeding a try. You'll need a clean syringe with the needle removed, filled with a liquid food. Hold the kitten gently and insert the syringe in his mouth at an angle. Do not insert it straight into his mouth as doing so will make the food go straight to the back of his throat and could cause your kitten to choke. Bend it to the right or left side and squeeze a small amount of food onto the back of the tongue. The kitten will swallow the food that is on the back of the tongue. Repeat the process several times until you think he has had enough to eat, varying the position of the syringe to avoid rubbing the mouth too much in one spot. Try using a milk replacer powder for cats if you don't have a liquid food prescribed by a vet. Do not use ordinary milk. The food should be at room temperature, or preferably slightly warmer but not hot.

Summary: Offer small amounts at frequent intervals. Change your kitten's food brand. Ask your veterinarian about a convalescent diet. Try heating the food. Do not hide medicine in your kitten's food. Make sure your kitten stays hydrated. Try finger feeding your kitten. Try feeding your kitten via syringe.

To prepare garden compost without unsightly bins or piles, use a shovel to dig a trench in your garden approximately 12 inches (approximately 30 cm) deep. The compost will add nutrients and moisture to your soil, improving the quality of your plants. Choose an area that will get sunlight but not interfere with the rest of your garden. Trenches can be placed between plants, along shrub borders, or virtually anywhere else in the garden. Add approximately four to six inches (approximately 10-15 cm)of kitchen scraps to the bottom of the trench. Avoid adding bread products, meat, bones, dairy, rice, oils, or weeds. Opt to include fruit and vegetable scraps, and other ingredients such as: Egg shells, which will add calcium to the soil and deter snails and slugs with their sharp edges. Coffee grounds, which are rich in nitrogen and attract worms. Once you've added your composting materials, use a shovel to fill in the trench with soil. The composting process will occur without any additional work from you. It should take a period of a month to a year, depending on the volume and specific compost materials. Composting trenches should be moved to different locations in your garden every year. This will allow you to fertilize the entirety of your garden while continuing to grow new plants or flowers. Plan to have designated walking areas, plant areas, and trench areas that you can navigate around comfortably.
Summary: Dig a trench. Fill it with kitchen scraps. Cover the compost materials with soil. Move the trenches around each year.