Based on my practical experience in nursing babies in those years, this paper talks about the nursing points of newborns in the first six months. There are also many lessons and regrets I learned in those years, all of which are written for novice mothers to avoid the pit.
For newborns, the best gift is mother's breast milk, and mother's colostrum is more like gold. Every drop of colostrum is precious. In the past, the elderly thought that colostrum was yellow, sticky and unhealthy, which was a wrong idea.
Colostrum is rich in immunoglobulin, which can cover the baby's intestinal surface, prevent all kinds of bacteria from invading and improve the baby's resistance; In addition, the content of protein is high, which can protect the intestinal mucosa from producing antibodies and prevent various intestinal diseases.
Breast milk is the best energy source for newborn babies.
The nutrition of breast milk is most suitable for newborns and easy to digest and absorb. In addition to protein, vitamins and inorganic salts, breast milk also contains rich immune substances to protect the baby's health.
A well-known obstetrician once said that a milk powder manufacturer invited her to do a program at a high price, saying that milk powder is as good as breast milk. She refused because she said there was nothing better than breast milk, which went against her conscience.
Therefore, after the baby is born, the key point is to open milk as soon as possible, so that the baby can suck more and promote milk secretion.
Because many mothers have little milk at first, children are prone to crying, and it is easy to give up halfway or feed milk powder directly. Suggestion: If you can breastfeed yourself, you must give your child more breast milk.
It is because of my inexperience that the old man worried that the child was hungry, gave the child a bottle too early and cut the nipple too big, which led the child to only like drinking the bottle and not breast-feeding, and always regretted not feeding the child more breast milk.
In the first few months after birth, babies use diapers the most and urinate frequently. If you don't change diapers in time, it is easy to have diaper rash, and the baby will feel itchy and uncomfortable, and will cry endlessly.
The solution is:
Let me remind you that many treasure moms use talcum powder. I used it for my son when he was a child, but it didn't work very well. Moreover, it is not very good for female babies, and it is easy to penetrate. Novice moms need to be tested.
Babies don't eat as little as they did at first, and they get hungry easily. You can extend the breastfeeding time appropriately so that your mother won't be too hard at night.
Points to note:
After the baby is full before going to bed, the breastfeeding time can be adjusted to 6 hours to give the baby a stable and comfortable sleeping environment. Sometimes the baby suddenly cries, maybe it's not hungry. Mother can first gently soothe the baby and pat his back to see if the baby has stool. If it has stool, it should be changed in time to make the child sleep more comfortably.
If the baby can sleep all night, the mother will be very comfortable, and getting up in the middle of the night to nurse is the most harmful to Ma Bao's health.
Don't sleep, don't eat milk to coax children.
Many treasure mothers like to let their children drink milk to sleep in order to save trouble. This habit seems convenient for treasure moms, but there are hidden dangers. If the mothers are too tired to sleep, they may block the baby's nose and mouth, which is very dangerous.
In addition, don't breast-feed your baby when you cry, because a 3-month-old baby will be awake for a long time. Maybe he is bored or wants someone to play with him, and then he will cry. If the child is allowed to breastfeed as soon as he cries, it will make the baby breastfeed too much, form an obese constitution and become a dependent baby. A treasure mother once cried especially. What should I do if my child needs to be fed 40-50 times a day? What do we do? In fact, we usually overuse breastfeeding to appease the baby.
The baby may have a physical aversion to milk this month, which is okay. Ma Bao need not be too anxious.
From the baby's 4th month, the frequency of breast-feeding will be basically fixed, 5 times a day, once every 4 hours, and some babies need to eat night milk for 6 times.
Training your baby to have a good night's sleep is most beneficial to your baby's health.
Arrange the baby's sleep habits during the day reasonably, so that sometimes there will be noon and the nap time should be advanced. Try not to let the baby fall asleep from 6 pm to bedtime, lest he fall asleep backwards and become a midnight essence;
Don't let the baby eat too much. If the baby eats too much, it is easy to form food accumulation and cause gastrointestinal discomfort, and the baby will stay up all night.
Don't get your baby too excited before going to bed. Before going to bed 1 hour, it is best to calm down and play some soothing music for the baby, so that when you hear this music, you will know that you are going to sleep and form a sleep reflex, which is also very helpful for the development of rest habits in the future.
It is not advisable to add complementary food five months before the baby is born, because the gastrointestinal function is not perfect and it is easy to cause allergic reactions. With the baby's growth and the activity of digestive enzymes, the baby's digestive function is gradually improved, and saliva secretion is also increased, and the baby will begin to become interested in adult food.
The Dietary Guide for Infants and Preschool Children in the Dietary Guide for China Residents points out that starting from six months, infants need to supplement some non-dairy foods, including liquid foods such as fruit juice and vegetable juice, paste foods such as rice noodles, fruit puree and vegetable puree, and rotten noodles, rice porridge and millet porridge.
Because the baby has just come into contact with complementary food, novice mothers should be careful not to let the baby have loose bowels or constipation.
Several principles should be paid attention to when adding complementary food:
From less to more principle
At first, give the baby a small amount of complementary food, and then continue to add it, such as adding egg yolk. From 1/8, there is no obvious change in a week, and it can be increased to 1/4, and then slowly observe until you can eat whole eggs.
From one principle to multiple principles
Be sure to follow the habit of adding only one complementary food at a time. If several complementary foods are added at a time, once the child has symptoms such as allergies, it is impossible to distinguish which food causes the child to be allergic, which is not conducive to the child's gastrointestinal rest;
From thin to thick, from thin to thick principle.
Initially, it is necessary to start with liquid foods, such as fruit juice and rice flour, and gradually move to solid foods such as porridge, rotten noodles, vegetable puree, fruit puree and soft rice, and then slowly add chopped vegetables.
The first six months of a baby's life is also a period when children's work and rest habits and eating habits are developed. If treasure moms want to take good care of their children in the future, they need to follow scientific feeding and form regular work and rest habits, so that their babies can grow up healthily and not get sick!