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Vanessa Halt didn't know that everything was arranged ever since she was born. They didn' The book contains simple easy to understand words. Spanish — A short story about animals and sound. As in the story Priya hears a sound and went out to investigate what is making that sound. A short story that is perfect for young readers. This book has repetition and simple to understand words. This is a level …. Most of the time, yes. Every doctor has her own approach. You can ask your doctor what she feels comfortable doing.
Here are the options:. Injecting numbing medicine directly into the area nerve block. Applying topical numbing cream one hour before the procedure.
Giving the baby sugar water just prior to the procedure. How do I care for the area once the procedure is done? And one cautionary note: the yellowish stuff stuck to the penis is the scab, NOT pus. Do not try to brush or scrub it off! At all poopie diaper changes and whenever else the need arises, remove the dressing and gently clean the penis with gauze soaked in warm water. Once the penis is completely healed, you can use diaper wipes.
Put a big glob of petroleum jelly in the center of the gauze pad and place it over the penis. Fold the gauze in half over the penis so it looks like an envelope. Continue to apply a dressing until the skin of the penis is covered with new skin. Once the penis is completely healed usually seven to 14 days later , make sure you can always see the head glans of the penis distinctly from the shaft. It should look like a helmet with a rim. Avoid this, obviously! We realize this care sounds a bit daunting, if you are a first-time parent.
Check out Chapter 4, Hygiene, for more details on circumcision care after the initial healing is over. Red Flags: Circumcision Complications Excessive bleeding.
Pus draining from circumcision site. Fever of Extreme lethargy more than four hours after procedure. Yes, it hurts—but pain medication minimizes most of the discomfort.
Most babies will go to sleep afterwards as a stress response and wake up happy to see you. While there are some medical benefits to circumcision and the HIV research is certainly intriguing , the benefits are not clear enough for every medical group to advocate for the procedure.
One might argue that if everyone engaged in safe sexual behavior, there would be fewer sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. I think it is a very personal decision, without a right or wrong answer. Okay, now you are ready to take your baby home.
Without the luxury of the nursery nurses right down the hall, you are probably scared to death. Hopefully, this book will be helpful in answering all those questions you have. But remember, your pediatrician or family practitioner is only a phone call away. When will I need to use a car seat? Every time you take your baby with you in the car! This includes your trip home from the hospital. Laws vary from state to state beyond a year of age.
Kids under age 13 should be in the back seat of your vehicle. So what do you need to buy now? To save money, you can conceivably use only a convertible car seat from birth. In fact, the hospital staff will only let you take your baby home by car in a properly installed car seat and no, they will not install it for you!
You may need an engineering degree to figure out how your particular car seat works, especially if you bought a fancy Swedish one. Where to get help: The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration is the government entity that regulates car seat restraints. Check out their extremely helpful website at safercar. There, you can determine which car seat your baby needs, watch videos on proper installation, and even find a car seat inspector nearest your home. Car seat test: hospitals test premature and small babies in their car seats to be sure they can breathe properly while restrained.
Ask your healthcare provider about this simple test if your baby is born before 37 weeks or weighs under six pounds. Insider Secret Shopping for a car seat can be pretty overwhelming. They even have a special site on infant car seats infantcarseats. Most often, parents install the car seat too loosely, install it at an improper angle, or forget to lock the seat belt. Get help from experts if you need it.
Hoffman B. When can I take my baby outside? It is perfectly fine to go outside with your baby at any age. Dress him in the same layers you would wear. However, I recommend avoiding crowded restaurants, grocery stores, and airplanes in the wintertime until your baby is four weeks old if possible. This minimizes exposure to cold and flu viruses that are spread from respiratory droplets coughs and sneezes.
As adults, we breathe about 12 times per minute at an even rate. As we discussed earlier in this chapter, newborns breathe 30 to 40 times per minute and have episodes of periodic breathing. This means that your baby may breathe rapidly several times, p-a-u-s-e, then breathe again.
This pause can last several seconds less than ten seconds. This is normal, but is bound to freak you out. Nasal congestion is normal in the first several weeks of life. Use saline nose drops to flush the secretions. If your baby is panting, or breathing over 50 to 60 times per minute. Pneumonia is an infectious disease. It does not infect people who are cold; pneumonia infects people who have a cold. Here are two more old wives tales: Baby will catch pneumonia if he is out in cold weather.
Baby will get an ear infection if the wind blows in his ears. Wind blows into the outer ear canal. Ear infections are due to pus behind the eardrum, where the wind cannot reach anyway. My baby has a snotty nose. What can I do about it? All newborns have nasal congestion for four to six weeks after birth. Some congested babies are extraordinarily loud. They may snort, snore, cough, and sneeze. If the congestion interferes with feedings or sleep, use saline nose drops to clear the mucous.
You can make it or buy it. It is impossible to overdose and can be used any time your baby has thick mucus or congestion. Shoot several drops in each nostril before feedings. The saline will either make your baby sneeze or loosen the mucous enough for the baby to swallow it. Many new parents especially parents of premature babies have a mortal fear of germs. And we can understand that. If your baby catches a bug and develops a fever of Yes, even if it is just a cold.
Can your newborn go for a stroll around the neighborhood? Can a few family members and friends come over to your house and hold the newborn? But, ask them to wash hands first and not visit if they are sick.
Can you hold your newborn if you are sick? If your spouse can take over the baby chores, go for it. Yes, you can and should continue breastfeeding. Can your newborn be around other children? Yes, as long as they are not sick. One family I know tried this. The parents were shocked and called Saline drops are a more effective and less traumatic way to deal with baby snot.
Whether you breast or bottle-feed, your newborn will be very sleepy for the first few days. The result? He may fall asleep during a feeding, sometimes after only a few minutes. Encourage your baby to stay awake by rubbing his head, playing with his feet, or unwrapping him and placing him away from your warm body. How often does a newborn eat? A breast-fed baby usually eats every two to three hours at least eight times in 24 hours. A formula-fed baby eats about two to three ounces every three to four hours six to eight times in 24 hours.
Either way, your baby should wake up spontaneously and eat frequently. In the first two weeks of life, do not let your newborn go more than FOUR hours without eating. You need to wake him up to feed him if this occurs. Note: after two weeks of age, if your baby wants to sleep longer at night and is gaining weight appropriately—let him!
This is all your baby needs right now. Spitting up some milk is normal. It can look fresh or curdled. Both are normal. Vomiting up large volumes at every feeding is not normal. Your baby is consistently vomiting large volumes of milk i. If you have never held a newborn, keep reading.
Newborns have poor control of their neck muscles, and thus, cannot hold their relatively large heads up. If possible, hold your newborn with two hands, one supporting the body, and one supporting the head. Can I put my newborn on a feeding schedule? You need to let go of being in charge for a little while.
Newborns are learning how life works outside the womb. Now your newborn feels hungry and will tell you about it when her body needs energy. She will eat better when she is hungry than when you decide it is time for her to eat. That is why experts advise feeding on demand. Newborns need to eat about eight to 12 times in a hour day. Most babies manage to eat at least eight feedings a day—without any prodding from their parents.
But trying to control the feeding behavior of a newborn will backfire. Trust us, let it go for now. And sleep when you can. See the end of this section for a handy guide to keep track of feedings. In the first 24 hours of life, he may pee urinate and poop stool only once. When he really begins to take food in, things should start to come out.
This is a good way to tell if your infant is eating enough, particularly if you are nursing. Your hospital may give you a diary to keep track of intake and output. Or, buy an app on your smartphone to tally those feedings and diapers. Urine: By the fourth day of life, your baby should pee at least four times a day. By one week of age, six to 12 wet diapers a day is normal. They will change to a dark green color on Day of life , and then a yellow, seedy, watery texture if breastfed or a lighter green and pasty texture if formula fed on Day of life Once your baby starts to eat, his poop will change colors and texture.
Breastfed babies often have yellow, watery, seedy poop. Seeing this color and texture of poop reassures you that your baby is eating mature breast milk. Formula fed babies often have green, pasty strained-peas poop. Any shade of yellow, green, or brown is normal. Stool frequency can vary from once every feeding to once a week. The frequency is not an indication of constipation—the texture is.
However, in the first two weeks, frequency of stool is a reassuring sign that your baby is getting enough to eat. All babies not just yours! Your baby sleeps 17 to 20 hours a day, but rarely more than four to five hours at a time. He may be very hard to console initially and force you to walk with him or rock him to sleep. Do what it takes to get him to sleep. Just be sure to wrap the legs loosely so your baby can move his hips around.
You, Daddy-o, will be doing most of the diaper changes at the hospital—especially if your partner had a C-section. But as we discussed earlier, those first poops will not be pretty meconium, that black, tar-like stuff.
Now, the hospital will probably give you gauze pads and water for this task. Our advice: bring in your own baby wipes. Pay attention to the lactation consultant LC. You will be the lactation consultant at home, so take notes! Sleep when you can. Well-wishers are calling and visiting you throughout the day. You will then be up all night with the little rugrat. So, take advantage of daylight hours to catch a nap and encourage your spouse to do the same.
Turn off all electronic devices for the duration of the nap! Smile, nod and be supportive. Your partner will be on a hormonal roller coaster after delivery. That will equate to laughter one moment and tears another. Be on the lookout for something above and beyond normal emotions. See the discussion on baby blues and postpartum depression on the next page.
Your baby is completely inconsolable for over three hours straight. For more information, check out Chapter 9, Sleep. Your newborn may have a few bruises from delivery that will fade with time.
He may also have a few rashes—also normal. Jaundice, is often normal, but is something that should be followed. The umbilical cord takes one to four weeks to fall off.
Until then, the stump is gooey. Here is a newsflash for you. I know, everyone has told you this during your entire pregnancy. But by now reality has hit you like a sledgehammer. Becoming a parent is the most amazing experience of your life—so why are you crying right now?!!
Your physical body feels like it was run over by a truck. Your hormone levels are off the charts. You understand why sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture in POW camps. You find it difficult to make rational decisions, or any decisions for that matter. No matter how wonderful it is to become a parent, it takes time for your body and mind to adjust to it.
Here are the clues that professional help is needed:. Frequent episodes of crying or weepiness. Lack of interest in the family or the baby.
Loss of appetite. Difficulty sleeping. This is a big clue since new moms sleep whenever they can! If a family member expresses concerns about you, be smart and let them get you some help! Redness of the skin around the umbilical cord, or pus draining from it.
You need to call your doctor immediately if your baby has a temperature greater than Ear thermometers tend to be unreliable and since a fever in an infant is so concerning, these are not recommended for use. Fever medications should not be used for infants under three months of age unless recommended by your doctor for example, when your baby is vaccinated. Do you have any suggestions to keep my sanity?
Some people get along with their parents and in-laws better than others. But even if you have a terrific relationship, a newborn makes things more stressful.
New moms are sleep deprived, healing from childbirth, and off- the-charts hormonally. Throw in a well-meaning grandmother who wants to share her sage advice—which often is interpreted as criticism—and it takes you over the edge.
So, before the fireworks start, think about how you and your mother or mother-in-law will spend time together. A few suggestions: Baby chores. If you are breastfeeding, put grandma in charge of everything else baby: diaper changes, rocking, bathing. It also helped me understand his ever-changing needs and rapid development and growth. A true life saver for my sanity! It's also easy to use and reference throughout the year. Jan 21, Vidya rated it it was amazing Shelves: kids.
Excellent reference guide to caring for a newborn written by docs. Bookmarked a ton of things and imagine I'll be looking back at this a lot. My parents ended up getting us the paperback version and it's a lifesaver to have to flip thru we originally had kindle version. Very good reference book that answers every possible question you can have about your baby. Written in a easy to understand way, and also provides resources or links for further research should you want to do that. Nov 09, Sonya rated it did not like it.
Could I give this no stars without it looking like I did not vote? Okay, I'll give it the one star but that's quite generous. Apr 22, Jennifer rated it it was ok. Pretty good but, there are better baby books. View 1 comment. Written largely by a pediatrician, this book gives useful information and advice on baby health, sleep, and nutrition through the first year of life. Designed as a reference text, the book is broken up into categories and has questions and answer formatting throughout for parents to turn to as needed.
While I originally intended to use this book as a resource and consult it as needed, after flipping through this book one day and finding it informative, I ultimately decided to read it straight th Written largely by a pediatrician, this book gives useful information and advice on baby health, sleep, and nutrition through the first year of life.
While I originally intended to use this book as a resource and consult it as needed, after flipping through this book one day and finding it informative, I ultimately decided to read it straight through and was glad that I did.
I particularly liked that, unlike other pregnancy and parenting books I have read, this book presents the multiple opinions on controversial topics and then gives the author's two cents. I wouldn't say its unbiased, but it makes it clear that there is more than one approach to some aspects of parenting. For example, the book outlines the various baby sleep theories, gives input on the authors' thoughts on the matter, but ultimately leaves it up to the parent to select what works best for them.
The book takes the same approach on advice for choosing a parenting style: "You and your partner will need to discuss these issues and come to terms that are agreeable to both" I found this book particularly helpful as a resource to how much milk and later solids my child should be eating at any given age through the first year.
Additionally, other tips, such as how to make your own pedialyte at home for a sick child, were appreciated, and might have been overlooked had I not read the book in full. As a first time parent, I found this book really helpful and thought it gave solid and clear cut advice. I'm now hoping to read the other text by the same authors that focuses on toddlers. Recommended by my veteran Mom friends and our pediatrician.
Have not read every page of this book But, this book is full of amazing evidence-based and practical advice that you really need. Worth having his book even though we live in a time you can google anything because when it comes to childcare the internet is a black hole of anxiety and judgement.
Dec 31, Isabel Giraldo rated it it was amazing. The whole thing is organized into FAQs parents ask pediatricians with short and easy answers that take only seconds to read at a time. This book was quick despite its length but thorough. It seemed up to date and very informative. The focus on questions and answers also left a lot of the smaller details on the wayside. This website uses cookies to provide you with the best possible experience and to optimize the website to best fit the needs of our visitors.
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