In the hospital the child looked after by professionals, and even if the mother is with her child, she can always count on the support and advice of nurses. Therefore, after leaving many young mothers are worried whether they can provide a decent care of the newborn at home. Fortunately, in communion with the newborn is no big deal.

Not so scary

Modern young mother experiencing great stress: reason to assume that motherhood - a real feat, complex and not all available labor. Meanwhile, women gave birth to children for centuries in the most inappropriate for this, from the standpoint of modern man, conditions, and copes with the task. Childbirth - a completely natural process, and newborn care under the force of any mother. The main thing - to believe in themselves.

Every new mother should remember that her constant anxiety could adversely affect the well-being of the child, so it is important not only to care for the baby, but also to protect his mother from stress. It is desirable that at least a part of the work on the house took on the father or other relatives of the child.

What you need baby

Every mother understands what a child needs to be fed. The days when doctors advocated feeding schedule, are long gone. Modern pediatricians recommend that in the first month to feed the baby on demand, whenever he wants. This method of feeding improves lactation and facilitates the adaptation period for the baby. Over time, from feeding on demand should be the transition to free feeding. In free-feeding feeding are conducted with an interval of two hours or more, depending on the wishes of the child. Such a diet is the most convenient for both mother and child.

For the sake of the child's health, it is desirable to breastfeed at least the first month of life. If this is not possible for some reason, a pediatrician for the baby picks up individually adapted formulas, which are more suited to the kid than cow's milk. When feeding your baby Feeding your baby - optimal breastfeeding   mixtures is important to carefully follow all the recommendations of a pediatrician, measuring out a fixed number of baby food.

For the child, cleanliness is very important. The children's room needed daily wet cleaning. It is desirable that in this room there was no items that collect dust - carpets, stuffed toys, furry bedspreads and rugs. The need to contain and clean most of the newborn: this will help the daily washing and bathing.

The skin of infants is very delicate, it is easy to appear irritation and diaper rash. For the prevention of these phenomena is necessary to protect the newborn from overheating, regulate the humidity in the room, bathe the baby regularly and carefully handle damaged skin. Very useful for infants and air baths, when a child is a time with no clothes. Of course, these procedures should be carried out at room temperature, away from drafts.

Take care about the absence of drafts should bathing baby. Bathe your child can begin after the umbilical wound healed completely. The normal temperature for the first swimming - thirty-seven degrees, to further lower the temperature should be every two to three days to one degree to the baby tempered. The duration of swimming is also gradually increased from a few minutes for the first time to a quarter of an hour to the end of the first month of life.

Maria Bykov

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