I need some baby tips care for my first baby ?
Christina asked:
After getting married a year ago now i am pregnant and waiting for my first baby.I am very exited for this so i need any info about baby tips care. Thanks
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October 20th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Tip # 1 :
Take care of yourself so you can take care of baby
Tip # 2:
Refer back to tip number 1.
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:55 am
Change diapers before every feeding. If the baby is sleeping, it’ll stimulate them awake to feed. Change them every 2-4 hours and I recommend balmex or desitin with almost every diaper change to prevent diaper rash. Just a little dab will do ya. Dress them in one layer more than you’d wear. Don’t keep them in drafts or out in the sun. Bathe them only about once a week, maybe twice. Babies don’t get that dirty. Try to get them on a schedule from the beginning. Sleep when the baby sleeps or else you’re going to be so sleep deprived you’ll be delirious. Temperatures in the rectum or under the armpit only. Try to not take the baby out and about (other than to the pediatrician for follow-up) for about a month – their little immune systems aren’t all that strong. Have people wash their hands before handling the baby – again with the immune systems. You can get the “what to expect the first year” book. It was my bible for the first year and detailed EVERYTHING i had happen.
October 24th, 2009 at 2:40 am
Let’s see, when I had my first baby I had never been around kids, so let’s see if I can remember all of the things that I forgot about. . .
Forget about a feeding schedule until baby is 6 weeks old. At 6 weeks, a schedule is a GODSEND!!! I fed every 3 hours, baby got used to it and knew when to expect to be fed. As a result, she never cried. I did this with baby 2 as well and he never cried either.
If you’re breastfeeding, if you eat a little chocolate (or something with caffeine in it) around lunch time, baby will get it in the evening feeding. This keeps baby up a while longer and gets baby to sleep longer during the night. I found this out by trial and error. Doctor said it didn’t hurt baby as long as I wasn’t eating ONLY caffeine (duh). Both babies slept through the night at 8-10 weeks.
Read EVERYTHING to baby. Newspapers, books, the encyclopedia, they will absorb EVERYTHING!
Talk to baby like you’re talking to your friends. This helps baby to understand the world around them better and makes them feel like they’re little people. I did this with baby 1 and she is articulate and smart. I did the ‘baby-cutesy-wootsey’ thing with baby 2 and he’s still talking baby talk.
And last of all, love that baby!!! Hugs and kisses and lots of squishes!!!
October 24th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Don’t eat any tuna fish while you are pregnant. If your baby show any signs of autism, don’t get her shots. Ok, that is the scary stuff. Here is the fun stuff…go to babycenter.com and sign up for their weekly email about where your baby is developmentally, while you are pregnant and after the baby is born. I loved receiving those tips. Take a childbirth prepared class and my favorite thing to do while pregnant was to take pregnancy yoga. Half of it was asking and answering baby questions anyway. You will know what to do when your baby comes. It is amazing to nurse, and difficult but worth the effort. When the baby is born, don’t have a bunch of visitors, and if you do have family come, make sure they help with dishes, laundry and stuff you won’t be able to do because you are so busy with the baby. My first year with my first born, daughter, was one of the most amazing of my life. One of the best things I did was make sure I had baby books and boxes all ready, I love that I have those now, 3 and 5 years later.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Mybe this help you.Congratz for your soon baby : )
October 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I must beg to differ… its better for your child to be exposed to the outside world instead of being cooped up in a house the first couple of months… just need to avoid the sun….
Enjoy every moment you have, treasure it. If you get frustrated walk away for a minute and go back to what you were doing. Trust me, it works… Good luck sweetie.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:38 am
I did a lot of reading of books and magazines. All that info made me feel more prepared. Here’s what was left out:
Have a plan to deal with the exhaustion. Find a friend, neighbor or family member you can depend on for those times when you’re dead on your feet. Look for a babysitter or drop-in daycare for those little breaks you need to schedule. (The best thing for me was finding my gym had child care so I could work out. When you’re ready.)
Look into breastfeeding. I’m not pushing but it made life so much better and easier.
I can recommend Parents magazine and “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” very highly. I will also say I found “Parenting” magazine to be all about selling products.
Finally, learn how to smile and nod and then do your own thing. You’ll have ideas and instincts that others won’t agree with. Don’t fight them, just be confident. It goes a long way. Best of luck.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 am
Oh there is so much I could say! Do earnestly educate yourself about and consider breastfeeding. It is so natural, healthy, low cost, and ready at all times. Cloth diaper if you can. Sleeping when the baby sleeps is great and I reccomend it with your first one (after that its hard with other little ones that need attention as well lol). Take all advice you get with a grain of salt, follow your mothering instincts. Educate yourself about every vaccination (if you so choose to get them, and they ARE a choice, not LAW) and if you decide to get them ask that they be given singly, instead of 3-5 at a time. Don’t bother with Desitin or A & D ointment. If you need something for rash brown some white flour (all purpose not self rising) in an un-oiled cast iron pan till it is golden. Sprinkle this on rashes and they are noticeably improved at the next changing. Some severe rashes can be gone by the next day. It may not smell wonderful but it works, and you can’t put the commercial stuff on bleeding rashes because it burns and baby will SCREAM! You can’t spoil babies, so hold them lots. They will be better for it.Look with a critical eye at anything you put on your baby. If you want something to put on their skin, go as natural as possible. Perfumes chemicals and alcohol in baby products might tickle your nose but think about how those chemicals are getting sucked into their system through the skin (trans-dermaly). Go with something fragrance free from the start and also cut back on your detergent . Pre-wash all of your babies clothes. If you do want to use Dreft thats great and gentle, but it can cause rashes just the same as the other brands because of the fragrance. Try to go with something fragrance free, even if it is just for babies wash. Dreft also has a great pre-treating spray for those poopy stains. Please Please don’t introduce solids too soon. Babies dont NEED cereal at 4 months old! Their systems will get tore up. They are designed to drink breast milk until their eye teeth come in which signals that their body has begun to make bile, something nessisary for solid food digestion. Anything sooner than that is courting colic.If your baby is gassy and you are breast feeding cut out dairy. It is probably the number one source of colic. Catnip and fennel in a glycerin base will help wonderfully and better than any over the counter or prescription medicine that you can get. Don’t jump on the Zantac bandwagon when your baby gets “reflux” or “GIRD”.Don’t buy all the cute outfits you see for newborns. They really are a waste of money. Maybe only one or two for pictures and Dedication or Christening. Other than than buy things that are easy on and easy off. You and the baby will be so much better (and happier) for it. Keep your newborn away from sick children and adults. Don’t let anyone touch them for the first few days preferably a week (but you know Grandparents won’t stand for that), and if they do, make sure they have washed their hands VERY well. Get nasty about it if you have to, you don’t want to be in the hospital at 2 weeks old with a baby who can’t breath from RSV, because someone refused. It happened to us because someone was careless about watching their sick little girl around our newborn…. I could go on and on….
November 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
enjoy every moment with him/her cause they grow fast.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Wow… there are a lot of great tips on here. I have to say I love ‘dontfencemein’s answer though the best. I am usually really wordy too but I dont have much to say because she pretty much said all I would have!!
Mischelle, RN had some really good points too… I had to giggle though -in a nice reminiscent way- you can tell she is a real nurse because of her first sentence, I remember with my first son the nurses all said the same thing about trying to wake the baby for its feedings and I thought… like hell… I aint waking a sleeping baby, that is a blessing, lol… of coarse until he is 6 months old and you are engorged at 8 pm, lol. My how things change, lol. Also with the bathing thing, with my first son I would of coarse bathe every night as part of our bed time routine and he ended up with horrible dry skin. Our doc said to only bathe once or twice a week or unless needed (overly poopy diaper, etc). As soon as I cut back, his cradle cap went away and his exema. I really caught hell from people who thought it was ‘gross’ not to bathe their kid every night, but I am on baby #3 and have no skin probs with my kids.
And kudos to Angela B for talking to her baby like an actual person. My neice was concerned that her daughter wasn’t talking and when she did it was nonsense. They moved into town and I started spending time with them and just recently told her exactly what you said. She talks to her daughter in baby talk – dadoo for water – num num for food… etc… this child just turned two. She was baffled that my kids spoke well early on and now at 7 and 10 use pretty decent vocabulary (lol… my 7 yr old just told me the other day that he ‘quite prefers’ soda over water, mom’ however cute btw didn’t get him the soda, lol). I never put much thought into it, I was just older when I had my first kid and it always really irritated me when I heard moms talking all cutsie with their kids so I just never did it.
Kids learn what you provide them with. If you want them to speak like they have two touching brain cells then that is how you have to speak to them, lol
Anyway… Everything I could think of saying has already been said, I just think it is nice sometimes to get on and support some of the answerers. About the only thing I can think of that I hadn’t seen in your answers yet would apply more as your child grows up and I live by this or I would go nuts because I am a major control freak, lol…. Pick your battles, not every battle HAS to be won. Take a deep breath and think things through before demanding your child do or dont do a certain thing. For ex: My son at 3 wanted to start caring for our dog, feeding him that is. All I could think about was the mess it would make and I would always tell him no… until my hubby said ‘you need to start asking yourself ‘why not’ and letting him do some of these things so he can learn’ He was so right. My son only spilled the food a couple times and he has been the one feeding the pup for 6 yrs now. Of coarse I hovered and reminded a lot or we would have had a starved pup, lol. But.. that is it.. when I really question ‘why not’ now, I just think of the bigger battles coming down the pike and how important it will be to win those, ie dating, driving, college, lol!!
You got some great tips on here! Great question!!!
Good Luck… have fun with your new one.