My Baby First Cold
My first newborn was having cold. I feel so miserable and upset because she is feeling uncomfortable and the infection is worsening day after day. I really don’t know what to do to help her. The feeling is even worst as it is me who was suffering from cold. But, my advice will be do not get panic all mothers where you wake up one day and discover your baby is suffering from cold. Consult your doctor will be the safest way for your getting cold’s baby.
As times goes by, I keep my study and research in taking care of my baby and gain a lot of knowledge from it. Actually, you can assist to reduce your newborn discomfort and avoid the infection to worsening by guarantee she is getting adequate rest, sleep and liquids (water or milk).
Plenty of water should be given to your baby when she is suffering from cold. You can also grant her some fresh juices when she is more than six months old. Milk can also assist the infection from getting worse.
During their sleeping time when they are catching in cold, keep your baby’s head elevated. Sleeping in slight incline help the cold by relieving the postnasal drip. Build your baby head elevation by putting something beneath his mattress. Head elevation helps him for better breath. Try to avoid him laying flat on the bed. As laying flat on the mattress will pose difficulty for them to breath and baby will feel discomfort.
Mother can always sooth their baby cold by using the steam in the bathroom. Turn the shower in the bathroom which will steam up the bathroom, let your baby sitting with you for about fifteen minutes. The steam produce by the hot shower will help to relieve his cold by relieving the nasal congestion.
Place a mist humidifier or vaporizer in your baby’s room to enhance the humidity or moisture in the room where it will help your baby’s breath to improve.
If your baby has terrible nasal congestion you can help to suck out the mucus from his nostrils. Get a rubber suction bulb to draw out the mucus. If you find difficult to suck out the mucus as it is thicken in the nostrils, use saline nose drops to soften the mucus first. Then only extract the mucus from the nostrils when it is soften.
Lastly, giving your love to your newborn will improve her cold faster. Give your full attention, love, care and hugs to your newborn during her first cold. They can feel the love pouring by you and recover quickly.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Swaddling Baby
Baby swaddling is not so popular nowadays. But it is a famous practice in many countries, Middle East, Turkey, Afghanistan and Albania. Baby swaddling is not known among people of North America and Western Europe.
Recent study has shown that baby swaddling will help to reduce the possibility of colic baby. Baby swaddling help out with the problem of colic baby because during swaddling, your baby is being swaddle firmly in a blanker where they will feel secure and thus will help in colicky baby. Besides that during baby swaddling, newborn have the high tendency to concentrate, remaining relax and calm due to your efforts of resolving their need. Baby swaddling, will help to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Babies are hold in a stable and firm position while sleeping thus lowering the risk of sudden infant death. Baby swaddling should be practice among American and Western Europe especially at the age of three months as this is the age of high risk sudden infant death.
Baby swaddling give the sense of security to your newborn. They haven been staying for nine months in the uterus where it is restricted and warm, swaddling help to reproduce the feeling of warm and restricted as if in the uterus. Giving them the feeling help to secure and relax them. Thus increasing the sleeping period of the baby where they will feel more relaxing due o the prevention of sudden movement which will awake them. Swaddling can also help to increase the sleeping cycle of the baby. In addition to that, baby swaddling give baby the warm feeling where their body temperature is being regulated. Swaddling helps the baby and mother to get more rest, as baby sleep more and mother will be able to rest.
What you need to concern during baby swaddling is the overheating. It is suggest swaddling your baby with only diaper during summer time. Clothes and shirt can be excluded. Apart from that, you should also avoid to cover baby head during swaddling. As long as you are following the instruction of swaddling and apply the proper way to swaddle your baby, the temperature was not an issue to worry. Give special care to guarantee your baby circulation is proper and baby is comfortable with the swaddling process. Consult your doctor or nurse and seek for the correct method of baby swaddling.
Swaddling will help to increase your and baby sleeping time, why do not want to give it a try As it really benefits both the parents and children.
Recent study has shown that baby swaddling will help to reduce the possibility of colic baby. Baby swaddling help out with the problem of colic baby because during swaddling, your baby is being swaddle firmly in a blanker where they will feel secure and thus will help in colicky baby. Besides that during baby swaddling, newborn have the high tendency to concentrate, remaining relax and calm due to your efforts of resolving their need. Baby swaddling, will help to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Babies are hold in a stable and firm position while sleeping thus lowering the risk of sudden infant death. Baby swaddling should be practice among American and Western Europe especially at the age of three months as this is the age of high risk sudden infant death.
Baby swaddling give the sense of security to your newborn. They haven been staying for nine months in the uterus where it is restricted and warm, swaddling help to reproduce the feeling of warm and restricted as if in the uterus. Giving them the feeling help to secure and relax them. Thus increasing the sleeping period of the baby where they will feel more relaxing due o the prevention of sudden movement which will awake them. Swaddling can also help to increase the sleeping cycle of the baby. In addition to that, baby swaddling give baby the warm feeling where their body temperature is being regulated. Swaddling helps the baby and mother to get more rest, as baby sleep more and mother will be able to rest.
What you need to concern during baby swaddling is the overheating. It is suggest swaddling your baby with only diaper during summer time. Clothes and shirt can be excluded. Apart from that, you should also avoid to cover baby head during swaddling. As long as you are following the instruction of swaddling and apply the proper way to swaddle your baby, the temperature was not an issue to worry. Give special care to guarantee your baby circulation is proper and baby is comfortable with the swaddling process. Consult your doctor or nurse and seek for the correct method of baby swaddling.
Swaddling will help to increase your and baby sleeping time, why do not want to give it a try As it really benefits both the parents and children.
Weight During Pregnancy
Weight gain during pregnancy is a normal as you are eating for you and the baby inside to thrive. It is a natural and essential phenomenon to gain weight for all pregnant women. But this is not an opportunity for you to over eat as an excuse of eating for two peoples. There are a lot of women gain excessive weights during pregnancy and facing difficulty to lose it after delivery.
How to maintain the proper and ideal weight during your pregnancy period? You might need to understand the relations between weight and your pregnancy before planning anything.
First of all, you are gaining weight during pregnancy because the weight of the embryo in your uterus is growing and developing. And this is essential and healthy during pregnancy. In average, all women will gain 25-35 pounds from their normal weight before pregnancy.
In order to determine the best weight range you should have, you need to know whether in what weight range you are at based on your age and height before pregnancy. If you are in the category of healthy weight range during pre-pregnancy, the maximum weight you can gain is thirty five pounds. Whereas for those people who fall under underweight category before pregnancy, you can gain a bit more compare to normal pregnant women but the maximum extra pounds to gain is not more than five pounds. For women who are obese before pregnant, you can only gain the maximum of extra twenty five pounds during pregnancy period. So make sure to watch your weight during pregnancy.
Do not try to lose weight during pregnancy period. As most of the cases where pregnant women who tend to deprive from healthy diet, will end up in having problems to both the mother and baby. Eat accordingly to avoid nutrition deprived to your baby and risks of getting heart attacks. You will not want your child to have all the health issue disease. So eat accordingly with proper diet.
Many of the women will get an excuse from pregnancy where they can eat whatever they want. You should keep to your regular eating habits. You will gain weight during pregnancy time, this is for sure. During the second trimester, an increase of one or two pounds in a week time will be normal. But do not let the weight exceed five pounds during the first trimester period. Weight yourself once in a week in the early morning after toilet. Watch your weight confirm it is within the extra number of your allowable weight gain range.
Pregnant women get hungry easily. Increase your consumption of whole grains, beans, nuts, vegetables and fruits. This will help to maintain your weight. Try to consume high fiber food if you feel hungry easily. During pregnancy, what you consume will be deliver to your child. So, your eating habits and diets will either positively affect your child or adversely. Avoid all the junk foods or food which is high calories in the fear of becoming obese.
How to maintain the proper and ideal weight during your pregnancy period? You might need to understand the relations between weight and your pregnancy before planning anything.
First of all, you are gaining weight during pregnancy because the weight of the embryo in your uterus is growing and developing. And this is essential and healthy during pregnancy. In average, all women will gain 25-35 pounds from their normal weight before pregnancy.
In order to determine the best weight range you should have, you need to know whether in what weight range you are at based on your age and height before pregnancy. If you are in the category of healthy weight range during pre-pregnancy, the maximum weight you can gain is thirty five pounds. Whereas for those people who fall under underweight category before pregnancy, you can gain a bit more compare to normal pregnant women but the maximum extra pounds to gain is not more than five pounds. For women who are obese before pregnant, you can only gain the maximum of extra twenty five pounds during pregnancy period. So make sure to watch your weight during pregnancy.
Do not try to lose weight during pregnancy period. As most of the cases where pregnant women who tend to deprive from healthy diet, will end up in having problems to both the mother and baby. Eat accordingly to avoid nutrition deprived to your baby and risks of getting heart attacks. You will not want your child to have all the health issue disease. So eat accordingly with proper diet.
Many of the women will get an excuse from pregnancy where they can eat whatever they want. You should keep to your regular eating habits. You will gain weight during pregnancy time, this is for sure. During the second trimester, an increase of one or two pounds in a week time will be normal. But do not let the weight exceed five pounds during the first trimester period. Weight yourself once in a week in the early morning after toilet. Watch your weight confirm it is within the extra number of your allowable weight gain range.
Pregnant women get hungry easily. Increase your consumption of whole grains, beans, nuts, vegetables and fruits. This will help to maintain your weight. Try to consume high fiber food if you feel hungry easily. During pregnancy, what you consume will be deliver to your child. So, your eating habits and diets will either positively affect your child or adversely. Avoid all the junk foods or food which is high calories in the fear of becoming obese.
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