In the first days of the baby's birth, many question marks arise in the minds of parents. Below is some information that may help families in the first days:
● The baby needs to be breastfed frequently. No additional food, including water, should be given.
● It takes 7-14 days for the umbilical cord to fall off, do not worry. The baby's diaper needs to be tied under the umbilical cord. This prevents the umbilical cord from being contaminated by the baby's urine and feces and being affected by moisture. If there is bleeding or yellowish discharge after the umbilical cord falls off, a doctor should be consulted.
● The baby may cry frequently and irregularly in the first days. Breastfeeding as he cries helps him calm down.
● It is normal for a well-fed baby to urinate and defecate frequently (soiling an average of 4-8 diapers a day). Frequently checking and changing the diaper will prevent diaper rash.
● Sleep disturbances are normal in the first days. After a short while, the mother and the baby will get used to each other and the mother will begin to understand the baby's clues and respond correctly.
● The baby should not be swaddled. You should wear pajamas or overalls to keep warm. It can be wrapped with a blanket, but it should not be too tight.
● A newborn baby may have vascular moles called roses on his eyelids and neck, which usually disappear towards the age of 1. Gray-blue areas (Mongolian spots) may be seen on the hips and back. It disappears within two years and is not a sign of disease. There may be a water-filled rash that looks like a pin head on the face and body. It is the result of blockage of sweat ducts and should not be considered as a disease.
● Babies' skin structure is very sensitive. There may be problems such as diaper rash, rash and rash. Therefore, daily bathing is very important. and relaxes the baby. Baby lotion or oil after bathing is useful in maintaining the moisture balance of the skin.
● Babies can swallow a lot of air while sucking, especially in the first months. This may cause gas in the baby. Most of the gas in the intestine is formed by air swallowed through the mouth. During breastfeeding, placing a significant portion of the surrounding brown tissue into the baby's mouth along with the tip of the mother's breast can reduce the amount of air swallowed. B. In bottle feeding, the bottle should be held at a 45-degree angle to the baby's head and it should be observed that the part close to the pacifier is completely filled with formula. The air swallowed by the baby must be removed after each breastfeeding.
Growth and development
Initially, your baby is seen as a creature that needs to be fed constantly, soils its diaper, cries and sleeps intermittently. During the first month, your baby may have irregular, indistinct and meaningless movements. Your baby is sensitive and his reactions are exaggerated. After the first weeks, as time progresses, regularity and harmony in movements are gradually observed. The finding that best demonstrates this situation is that he puts his hand to his mouth comfortably and successfully. Again, in the following period, the baby pays attention to the parent's speech and begins to follow them.
In the first month evaluation of the baby, weight monitoring is the most important issue that families focus on. The baby's birth weight also includes some excess fluid in his body. Although this excess fluid may be at different rates in many babies (1-10%), it is eliminated from the body within the first 5 days. For this reason, babies may lose weight during this period. In the following days, the baby, who eats properly and gains weight, reaches his birth weight at approximately 7-10 days old. During this period, babies gain weight rapidly between 3-6 weeks. This means taking 25-30 grams per day. His height grows 3-4 centimeters in the first month. In the first month, boys generally grow taller (1 centimeter) and gain slightly more weight (250-300 grams) than girls.
Head circumference measurement and monitoring is important because it reflects brain development. The first month is the period when head circumference grows fastest. During this period, head circumference grows by approximately 2.5 centimeters. The head circumference of baby boys is slightly larger than that of girls. In the first week, babies keep their hands and feet close to themselves due to the way they were in the womb. When you want to pull and straighten his hand and foot, you encounter significant resistance.
Similarly, the feet are also slightly turned inward. However, this situation resolves itself in the following weeks.
In normally born babies, the skull bones may slide on top of each other, albeit slightly, while the baby passes through the birth canal. This situation will resolve itself over time. is. Bruising or swelling on the skull, swelling on the eyelids, or some small areas of bleeding in the eye do not constitute a problem unless there are other serious findings accompanying it and will resolve over time.
Acne may occur in newborn babies. This condition is related to the hormones passed from the mother and passes in 3-4 weeks. Babies' hands and feet may be more purple and colder than the rest of their bodies. This is related to the sensitive vascular structure of babies. This situation is corrected by moving the hands and feet. Unlike adults, newborn babies do not sweat when their body temperature increases and do not shiver when it decreases. However, babies are also sensitive to temperature changes. For this reason, you should be very careful when changing the baby's clothes, and the clothing characteristics should be taken into account according to the air temperature. After the baby's belly is attached at birth, it begins to dry out. During this period, the vessels in the umbilical cord wrinkle and turn black. The belly falls off at 2 or 3 weeks of age. Significant redness or bad odor around the navel indicates possible infection in that area. You should definitely report this situation to your doctor.
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