As the parent of a newborn, you may start to wonder when your baby will start sleeping through the night. This may be the result of your own sleep deprivation and desperation to finally get some sleep at night, or you may start to feel pressure from those around you who say that baby should [...]
When a nursing mother feels that her baby still needs to feed but cannot seem to suckle enough, or is unable to drink all by himself, she can apply what is commonly called breast compression.
Breast compression is beneficial for both mother and baby for a number of reasons, like:
1. It stimulates natural let down [...]
Babies today are born into a world where they will be bombarded with chemicals which they are ill equipped to deal with. In fact, the process starts before birth, with the mother’s diet likely to be laced with a chemical concoction the human immune system is not fully designed to handle. Add to that the [...]
Most new parents feel exciting when having a new baby. They are more anxious and get nervous everytime their baby cries. But there is nothing to be worried as the crying of baby is just a basic instinctive communication. Generally, the main reason that most babies cry is to try to express a variety of [...]
Babies are a precious creation - you must handle him/her with utmost care. Your baby lacks muscle control, so you have to take extra precautions while holding, bathing, feeding, and dressing the baby. Lift the baby slowly and don’t rush when you carry her/him. Newborns are completely dependent on you.
If this is your first baby [...]
1. Health program for the mother
The program must be comprehensive enough as to ensure that the mother will stay healthy all throughout the period of her pregnancy until she gets to nurse the baby. After all, it takes a healthy mother to feed a healthy baby. An effective health program for the mother consists [...]
1. Health program for the mother
The program must be comprehensive enough as to ensure that the mother will stay healthy all throughout the period of her pregnancy until she gets to nurse the baby. After all, it takes a healthy mother to feed a healthy baby. An effective health program for the mother consists [...]
1. Keep your baby clean and neat, always.
2. Cut his nails regularly, properly and carefully.
3. Remove wet diapers at once.
4. Hygiene and cleanliness of genital the area should be maintained. Always keep genital parts dry. These body parts are prone to infection, especially when wet.
5. Clean the scalp regularly and properly to prevent [...]
A bottle-fed baby needs, each day, two and a half ounces of milk mixture for every pound of his own weight. In practice, he may need a little more than this. Your baby’s appetite may serve as an indicator of the amount of milk he needs. The breast-fed baby will simply take larger feeds as [...]
1. Keep your baby clean and neat, always.
2. Cut his nails regularly, properly and carefully.
3. Remove wet diapers at once.
4. Hygiene and cleanliness of genital the area should be maintained. Always keep genital parts dry. These body parts are prone to infection, especially when wet.
5. Clean the scalp regularly and properly to prevent [...]