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1000 Points In New Born Care – Part 2

1000 Points In New Born Care

1. Newborn babies after feeds should be kept on the shoulder and patted on the back. This is called as burping. That is the swallowed air along with milk will come out during burping. If it is not done babies may vomit little quantity of milk. Mothers will be anxious about this and complain that baby is vomiting a lot.
2. There is no hard and fast rule that newborn baby has to pass stools daily. Babies may pass motion on alternate days. Sometimes babies will pass motion every 2-3 days or 4-5 days. No need to worry about it.
3. Newborn babies will have normal digestion. No need for digestive tonic.
4. Application of coconut oil to the scalp can be done daily.
5. Massage of oil to the head for few minutes and following it giving head bath and subsequently exposure to the fragrant smoke of ‘Sambrani’ is to be forbidden. If you do like that, that smoke itself may be allergic to the baby and because of that baby may start to have cold, running nose, sneezing and cough.
6. Adults at the house who are having smoking habit should not smoke in front of the new born babies.
7. New born babies should be put on clean cotton soft dress.
8. Diapers should be changed as soon as the baby passes urine or motion. Baby should not be allowed to be with the soiled napkin for a longer period.
9. Nails of the new born baby has to be cut carefully periodically. If it is not done so, babies may damage their skin by their sharp nails.
10. New born babies normally will sleep for 16 to 18 hours. Don’t worry about it.