When you need to start bathing a newborn baby and how best to swaddle it, the neurologist suggested

On the air of the talk show "PRO HEALTH" on the YouTube channel "WATCH AND LIVE" doctor, pediatric neurologist of the 18th city children's clinic of Minsk Anna Gorskaya told where it is better to bathe a newborn and how he should sleep. It's from sb.by. Where better to bathe the baby? It is better to bathe the child in a bath. The most important thing is not to do this in the first 24 hours after birth. In the future, regardless of whether the umbilical residue has fallen off, the child can be bathed. From about 3-4 months, I recommend starting infant swimming, which is a very good incentive for the further physical development of the baby.

Video: How should a baby sleep? The most important thing is that in the crib of the child before they reach the year there were no extra items. Don't even use a pillow. It is better to put the child in a cocoon and in no case do not lay near you. Because there is such a thing as sudden infant death syndrome, and an adult in a dream does not control his movements, so no matter how carefully the mother slept, she in any case can press, awkwardly turn and thereby harm her own child. In addition, an adult and a child have their own microflora. And it is better if the parents will sleep in their bed, and the child – in his place, – said the doctor. When should you breastfeed your baby – on demand or by the hour? There are two fundamental schools, and the most important thing is to find a balance between feeding for every rustle, screaming and hard feeding by the hour. It is not normal for a child to sleep all night. In a month or two, when they go to the pediatrician, it turns out that the child does not gain weight, and critically. And it will also not be the norm if at 6-7 months the baby asks for breasts every 20-30 minutes, and the number of feedings increases to 20-30 times a day. It is necessary to maintain a balance between the amount of food, explained Anna Gorskaya. How to properly swaddle a small child? The need for swaddling is due to the spontaneous Moro reflex. Swaddling issues most often arise in the early period of a child's life - from about the time of birth to 3-4 months, when the baby may have this spontaneous reflex. This is a reflex of fear, when a child in a dream can wake himself. Definitely do not resort to hard swaddling with a column, as it was 20–30 years ago, and do not resort to wide swaddling - when the legs are widely separated to the sides. Because this is in relation to hip dysplasia, orthopedic pathology. But free swaddling, swaddling in a cocoon is a good method that helps the baby not to injure himself in a dream, not to scratch his face and not to wake himself during sleep, concluded the neurologist.

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