Once men did not seek to deal with children they support the family and their participation in the education of the younger generation was minimal. But times change, and today is considered to be the man and the baby - this is not fiction, but a reality: this pair could interact. But is it really?

The ideal father

Ideal fathers to take time off from parenting their children. Perfect Father will help your baby to be born, will cut the umbilical cord and put the newborn on his stomach to his wife. The ideal father would have time to make money by day and rocking the baby at night. The ideal father cope with crumbs and dressing with all the necessary hygiene procedures, will entertain the child and put him to bed. In short, the perfect father perfectly cope with the child while the mother would be happy about their business.

This idyllic picture is only one drawback: these fathers are extremely rare. Of course, there are men, but they did not so much as it seems, judging by the books, the press and television series. Most males to children, especially small, are treated with some caution. These fathers are afraid to take the child in his arms, do not know what to do with it, and panic when the baby cries.

Usually women willingly take all efforts to care for the baby themselves, trusting yet grandmothers and nannies. But always it can happen that the father would have to be alone with their offspring. It is not necessary to be afraid of: a competent adult is quite capable of taking care of a small child. Of course, the man who does not have the relevant experience, can easily get lost. It is therefore desirable to provide for all in advance: write detailed instructions to her husband, in what situation do to get whatever he may need to care for the baby, and at the first opportunity to conduct a master class and give a man be trained.

Required skills

What you need to know and the man, who will remain with the babies one by one? You must be able perepelenat and change the baby, change his diaper, feed, entertain, put to bed. If you have to stay together in a more or less long term, should also learn how to bathe the baby and carry out all the necessary hygiene procedures.

Wearing your baby is carried out each time you change the diaper, and every time the child soiled with something - for example, if he srygnet after feeding or zapolzet somewhere where creep should not have. To cope with the quick change is quite simple - modern sliders unitard and have convenient zipper. A bit more difficult it may be to change the baby diaper - baby can strongly jerk feet heavily interfering parent. Therefore it is better practice to do so in advance, in the presence of more experienced people, for example, the mother of the child.

Menu grudnichka depends on its age. Of course, if the child is breast-fed Breastfeeding: notes The father is unlikely to take part in feeding. However, if the refrigerator has expressed milk for the baby, then any man by virtue of his warm up and give the baby. It is important to remember that the milk is not heated in the microwave oven (the liquid can be warmed unevenly). The temperature of the food should be checked, causing a drop of milk on the skin of the wrist - the liquid should not be hot. If breastmilk is no need to feed the baby formula - preparation instructions are always written on the packaging of baby food Baby food - what to feed the baby? . After feeding the mixture should hold the baby upright, placing his napkin under his chin: pipsqueak can belch a little eaten.

After six months, children usually give Lure The lure: a spoon first adult food . About what kind of extra food gets a baby, his father, it is desirable to know in advance.

Fed and dry the baby might want to communicate. Babies are very sympathetic to the short rhythmic rhymes and nursery rhymes. Do not be afraid to look solid enough, telling them: it will allow to establish contact with the child. Also, the aid will come toys - how to use, easy to understand even the most distraught father.

Bedtime

Baby bedding - a difficult task. In the first six months of crumbs cute sleep almost round the clock, and then there comes a rather difficult time. Some children suffer from abdominal cramps, while others confuse day and night, and some even can not sleep for some reason. And the longer the child sleeps, the more he is overexcited, and the harder it can be to fall asleep. Therefore, the best time to catch the signals that the baby is ready to go to sleep if he rubs his eyes and yawns, should rather put it to bed and remove from sight all in any way interesting items.

If sleep daze can not even worth it to shake hands and sing a lullaby. This ancient method always effective: a baby with his immature vestibular apparatus swayed, and he falls asleep. After that, it is desirable to turn off the lights and leave quietly, so as not to disturb the light sleeper grudnichka.

Safety concerns

The main thing - keep in mind the child's safety. Children who are not able to roll from his back to his stomach, somehow miraculously able to slide with horizontal surfaces and this means that the child can not for a moment disregard or on the changing table or on the couch. A child can only lie unattended in his own bed with high sides or on a rug on the floor - however, in the latter case, the baby still needs eyes and the eyes.

If the child already knows how to crawl, with its route should be to remove all potentially dangerous items. In addition, care should be taken to the tables and other furniture are not hanging wires or tablecloths - pulling them, the child may topple over all that is on the table.

Maria Bykov

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