Many people say that taking care of newborns requires too much knowledge reserve, because newborns will have a lot of phenomena that do not know whether they are normal or abnormal, saying that it is normal, and feeling strange, saying that it is not normal, but there is nothing to distinguish.
How about taking stock?
It was like being wrapped in a layer of powder at birth
Many people see newborns as like this:
Or something like this:
Although it still looks a little ugly, the skin is still clean.
But in fact, many babies are born like this:
Or something like this, it's like being wrapped in a layer of powder.
Why is that?
In fact, the white layer of the baby's body is not flour, nor is it only after the baby is born, but the baby already has it when it is in the womb, which we call fetal fat.
Fetal fat occurs in the fetus about five months of pregnancy, which is mainly secreted by the sebaceous glands of the fetus.
The existence of anything is reasonable, and the existence of the fetus is a protective role for the baby.
When the baby is still in the womb, the whole body is soaked in amniotic fluid, and the fetal fat can protect the skin of the fetus from amniotic fluid.
Until the baby is born, it is still protecting the baby. Newborns' skin is very delicate, and fetal fat protects your baby's skin from being easily injured. And the neonatal thermoregulation center is not perfect enough, afraid of cold and afraid of heat, fetal fat can also help newborns play a role in heat preservation, to avoid body temperature emission too fast.
So I really can't look down on this layer of white fetal fat!
Some new parents are more curious, such a layer of white things, so that the baby looks uglier, when can it be removed?
In fact, the fetal fat is very easy to remove, parents do not have to worry, and do not need to deal with it themselves, so as not to hurt the baby's skin.
Because whether it is when the baby is cleaning, helping the baby get dressed or bathing, the fetal fat will fall off a part, and as for the ones that have not fallen off, the baby will absorb it on its own.
After two or three days, Mom and Dad can see a clean baby.
Breastfeeding at birth
If you don't have personally experienced it, you really can't imagine how the newborn baby can be so "smart"!
There is no need to teach anything, as long as the baby is close to the chest, the baby will forage for food on his own and can feed on his own.
The whole process is like a flowing stream, as if it has been practiced a thousand times a hundred times.
In fact, this is related to the newborn's original reflex, also called the newborn's temporary reflex, which is the skill that the baby will be born with.
Just as the baby will go to forage near the mother's chest, when the mother puts her finger on the baby's lips, the baby will think that there is milk to eat, which is called the milk-seeking reflex, also known as the foraging reflex;
When the baby can contact the R head, he will automatically go to the connection, and then eat the milk without a teacher, when the baby is hungry, even if it is his own fingers or clothes, he still sucks, this is called sucking reflex;
There is also the stepping reflex, that is, when the baby is picked up, when the baby's foot touches something, it will reflexively step on the foot;
In addition, there is a grip reflex, that is, the neonatal cerebral cortex is not mature enough, resulting in the imbalance of the strength of the baby's hand extensor and flexor muscles, and for the time being, the flexor muscle wins, so the newborn baby always shows a state of clenched fists.
These conditions usually disappear around three or four months. And the baby has also learned to actively eat, so there is no longer a need foraging reflex or sucking reflex.
Magically "know" Mom
It is said that blood is thicker than water, and mother and child are connected, and these words have been the greatest certification in newborns and mothers.
Because you're going to see that even a newborn baby can recognize the mother without error.
Is this really because of telepathy?
There may be some such ingredients, but we also know that there will be many qualities in the mother that the baby can recognize.
include:
Mom's milk smell.
The baby's nose develops from the second month of pregnancy, and it already has a sense of smell in the womb, which can be used to a large extent at birth. The newborn's sense of smell is very sensitive, the milk smell on the mother's body is unique to the baby, and the baby can distinguish which is his mother through the sense of smell.
Mom's heartbeat.
The fetus stays in the womb for ten months, it can be said that the mother's heartbeat rate is very familiar, as long as the mother holds the baby on the body, the baby feels the familiar frequency, and can immediately recognize the mother.
So you didn't find out? When the baby is crying, as long as the mother holds him in her arms, the baby can stop crying immediately, and when the baby is not safe, hold the baby to the left of the mother, and it is immediately a different state.
Mom's voice.
The baby's hearing also begins to develop from the fetal stage, and after the third trimester, even the voice outside the uterus can be heard, and the voice of the parents can be recognized. After birth, this skill will not disappear, and the baby can also distinguish the mother's voice through his own hearing.
Pretty incredible, right?
I laugh when I'm born, and I laugh when I'm not there
We often see newborns laughing "secretly", sometimes laughing when they are asleep, and it seems that they have a very sweet dream.
But in fact, the newborn is completely unaware of itself when laughing, and laughter is only one of the actions for the baby, and there is no emotion for the time being.
The reason is only because the newborn's nervous system is not fully developed and cannot control the muscle nerves.
But it doesn't matter, generally after more than twenty days of birth, as long as the parents tease the baby, the baby will already smile spontaneously at this time, and it is no longer a mechanical smirk.
Body temperature is relatively high
Newborns have a relatively high basal body temperature!
I remember when the second treasure was two or three months old, because the lazy mother had a fever herself, she was worried that the baby would also have a fever, so she often helped the baby take the temperature in those days, and the baby's body temperature was often between 37 and 37.5 degrees. Because I didn't understand it, I was a little worried, so when I went to the doctor, I asked the doctor by the way.
Doctors say that because the central system of thermoregulation of newborns is not perfect enough, the overall basal body temperature is slightly higher than that of adults, and in general, the body temperature of babies under one year old does not exceed 37.5 degrees.
This is why the baby's body temperature is higher than that of us adults, if you don't know it before, you have to remember it next time.
After eating milk, the weight will also decrease
It is said that the baby in the confinement is the fastest growing, how can the weight still drop?
Yes, you read that right, babies lose weight in the first few days of life, generally by 5% to 7%, and not more than 8%.
This is because the baby has physiological edema when it is just born, and there is a long accumulation of fetal stool, after birth through defecation and urination, plus other ways, the baby's body water will be lost, so the weight will be reduced.
But generally in the baby after 7 to 10 days after birth can return to normal weight, and as long as the amount of milk is sufficient, the baby will gain weight at an alarming rate, and it is not a problem to grow thirty or fifty grams a day.
Your baby will peel off the skin
Newborns also experience a large-scale peeling behavior about one to two weeks after birth.
This is because the outermost layer of the stratum corneum of the baby's skin is not perfectly developed and can easily fall off. Peeling occurs when the baby moves from a uterus filled with amniotic fluid to another dry environment.
Pieces of skin will fall off your baby's hands, feet, and even body.
But newborn peeling is a normal phenomenon, generally maintained for half a month to a month or so to recover, parents do not have to worry too much.
But keep in mind:
Never use your hands to rub the skin that is about to fall;
Don't tear those skins to avoid damaging your baby's skin;
Pay attention to the strength of the baby when bathing, do not rub hard, and the water temperature is not too hot to avoid the baby's skin being drier;
After bathing your baby, remember to apply moisturizer to moisturize your skin.
When you understand these things, and then look at what happens to the baby, do you feel that it is not so difficult to take care of the baby?
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