 The long-awaited baby was born, and parents squall conflicting information about how to care for a child. It seems that fulfill all the requirements just physically impossible, but it is not. Experienced mothers know that the care of the newborn in the first month of his life is of great importance, because at this time laid the foundations of his future health.
Responsible period
You can not assume that the child feels as soon as born, but no doubt that childbirth is for him a lot of stress because the conditions of existence of the baby are undergoing tremendous changes. Once pediatricians believed that the newborn is not able to even feel physical pain - modern doctors believe that a tiny child is familiar even emotional pain, for example, a sense of sadness and loneliness
Loneliness - this is not new, or why am I still alone?
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To help your child get through this difficult period, parents should try to meet all needs crumbs.
Most of the older generation say that a child should not be too much wear on the hands or to feed on demand, because such "mischief" can spoil the character of the child. But to raise the newborn - a thankless task. At this age, a child should be given as much love and care to satisfy all his needs and trying to reduce stress, which is experiencing little man.
How to care for a newborn
Requirements newborn slightly different from those of an adult, just for the baby they are important, and it can not meet them alone. A child needs food, warmth, protection and assistance to adapt to the outside world.
Feed the newborn should be every three to three and a half hours. In recent decades, it is becoming more popular feeding "on demand" and not on a schedule. The child eats as much as he wants and as often as you need it. Many pediatricians believe that this style of feeding provides the best development of the baby, the more popular before feeding "by the hour".
Thermal mechanisms in young children are poorly developed, so the newborn can easily freeze or overheat. The task of adults - do not allow either one or the other by controlling the temperature of the crumbs.
What is the protection of the baby?
A small child is very susceptible to a variety of microbes, which means that the child's contact with the microbes need to be minimized.
This implies not only the purity of the child and his crib, but the fact that a newborn baby should not carry or wear in crowded places, even the guests in the first month of life it is better not to call. Before contact with the child should wash their hands thoroughly and change clothes as much as possible in clean clothes. Of course, it is necessary to sterilize pacifiers, bottles and other items with which the child is in contact.
The treatment of the umbilical wound should be performed daily until the pediatrician considers that it is fully healed. Also, the daily toilet newborn includes swimming and caving, cleaning nose, ears and eyes. All these manipulations should be done very carefully, using a soft cloth or cotton swabs.
How to help your child adjust to the outside world?
In the life of a newborn great place it is hardening, and tempering it should be very soft and delicate.
For example, air bath or bathing, which is not only hygienic, but also the quenching procedure. Hurry to hardening should not - the child needs time to adapt to changing conditions. Therefore, the first bathing, and the first air bath, and the first walk lasts only a few minutes.
Maria Bykov
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