How should parents judge whether a newborn baby is healthy? In fact, as long as parents observe these four aspects, it is not difficult to know whether the newborn baby is healthy!
1, birth weight and weight growth rate
Although the healthy weight range of newborn babies is 5-8 kg, relatively speaking, only 5 kg babies are a little too light, and 8 kg babies will be too heavy, which is not conducive to the baby's development, so the best weight range is actually 6-7 kg. If the baby's birth weight is within this range, it means that the baby is developing well. In addition to birth weight, the development speed of newborn babies can not be ignored. Generally speaking, as long as the newborn baby eats breast milk normally after birth, the weight will continue to increase, and the increase will be very obvious. If parents want to know the baby's health, they can also measure and record the baby's weight regularly. If the baby's weight growth rate slows down during the comparison, it means that the baby may have encountered nutritional problems and needs to be improved in time.
2. Skin condition
When the baby is born, the skin will appear reddish purple and the smoothness is very low. When you touch it with your hands, you will obviously feel the existence of fetal hair, even wrinkled. The newborn baby's skin will be like this, mainly because it has been soaked in amniotic fluid before birth, just like we usually take a bath. The longer you wash it, the more obvious the wrinkles on your fingers and stomach will be. Parents don't have to worry about this. If the baby is in a healthy state, the skin condition will gradually improve, the fetal hair will gradually fall off, and the skin tissue will become compact, smooth and white. At that time, the baby's face value will be significantly improved by one grade.
Step 3 cry
The baby does not have strong physical control ability in the early stage, and his cognition of emotions is not very deep, so he can only tell his parents by crying when he encounters emotional changes or needs. In fact, the baby's crying has a certain change. If parents are careful enough, they can judge whether the baby is healthy or not according to the baby's crying. Generally speaking, when the baby is healthy, the crying sound should be loud, which will show that the baby is energetic and breathing smoothly during the crying process. On the contrary, when the baby has physical development problems or suffers from certain diseases, the crying sound will also change, becoming weak and unable to breathe. If it is not improved for a long time, the baby will even suffer from brain hypoxia due to poor breathing, which will seriously affect the baby's intelligence in the future. Parents are advised to pay attention to the baby's breathing and crying when taking care of the newborn baby. If you have trouble breathing, crying or not crying at all, you should seek medical attention.
4, stool situation
The defecation of newborn babies is actually an important condition to judge their health. When a baby is born, most substances such as amniotic fluid, intestinal mucosa and bile swallowed before birth remain in the intestine. The baby eats normally after birth, and the gastrointestinal function is enabled. These substances will be gradually discharged with intestinal peristalsis, so the baby will defecate several times after birth, mostly black and green. In this case, parents should not be nervous. This is a common physiological phenomenon during the baby's development. As long as you insist on breastfeeding, the baby's intestinal environment will be purified and the stool color will gradually turn yellow.
Novice parents still have a lot to learn about taking care of newborn babies. Only by constantly enriching your parenting knowledge can you maintain your baby's health.