After many mothers give birth successfully, they may notice two operations of the nurse's sister, the first is to complete the fingerprint collection of the mother at the first time after childbirth, and the second is to collect the "footprints" after the baby is born.
Many mothers may be confused about this, why collect the baby's footprints? Is there anything special about this?
I remember when I gave birth to the baby, I also encountered such a situation, curiosity bursting, and later specifically asked the nurse for the reason for leaving footprints, it turned out that the hospital did this, there are many "doorways" behind it.
Why do hospitals leave "footprints" on newborns?
1. Act as your baby's "ID card"
Experienced mothers know that the appearance of babies when they are just born is actually very similar, they are wrinkled "little ones", it is difficult to distinguish from the facial features alone, if there is an accident, the baby is held wrong, it is difficult to distinguish the baby in time.
By leaving footprints for the baby, as a "ID card" of the baby, you can avoid such a problem to a large extent, one can prevent the baby from being held wrong, and the other is that even if the baby is really held wrong, parents can also find their baby through this unique "ID card".
Of course, now the hospital will immediately put on a wristband representing the identity information for the baby after the baby is born, unless someone maliciously destroys, the probability of the baby being held wrong is still very low.
2. Important documents for hospital filing
After the baby is born, the hospital needs to archive, fill in various information, including case books, birth certificates, etc., and at this time the baby does not have any basic information that can effectively prove the identity, and the footprints as a "temporary ID card" can play a role in verifying information, so the baby's footprints are also one of the important credentials left by the hospital.
3. Keep a souvenir for parents
If you pay attention to observation, you may find that many celebrity parents will show the baby's "footprints" when sharing the good news of the baby's smooth birth, such as Zhao Liying, Liu Reuying, Zhu Yawen, etc., who have been the first to show the baby's footprints.
In fact, for parents, the birth of the baby, as one of the top two life events, is indeed necessary to keep as a souvenir, and printing the baby's footprints is undoubtedly a very ritualistic and especially worthy of future memories.
Just like Feng Shaofeng and Zhao Liying, when the baby was born, they also specially customized a delicate and beautiful "mud board" to preserve the footprints for the baby for a long time, which is of great commemorative significance.
What else is there to know about "leaving footprints"?
1. Why do I leave footprints and not handprints?
Although fingerprints have been formed when newborns are born, the skin is too delicate, the concave and convex lines are not obvious enough, and it is difficult to leave a clear fingerprint by rubbing.
And after the baby is born, the small hand habitually clenched, it is difficult to control, if the force is too strong, it is easy to cause harm to the baby, when the pianist Lang Lang and his wife Gina were in the sunbathing, because the baby's small palm was forced to open, in a state of congestion, encountered a number of netizens complained, and Chen He, Xue Zhiqian and other stars have had similar encounters.
Compared with fingerprints, it is more convenient to leave footprints for the baby, the nurse will put the newborn in the supine position or the side lying position, the paper lightly pressed on the sole of the baby's foot, you can easily obtain the footprint, and the wrinkles are obvious, unique.
2. Why didn't I keep my baby when I gave birth?
Although many hospitals have regulations on leaving footprints for babies, on the one hand, some hospitals do not make mandatory requirements, on the other hand, they may not be completed in front of the mother, so some mothers may find that they did not leave footprints when they gave birth to a baby, or did not leave a footprint when they gave birth to a child, but left when they gave birth to a second child.
In this case, we can ask the medical staff to confirm whether the hospital has such a regulation, or when discharging the baby's case, check whether there is paper with the baby's footprint printed on it.
If the medical staff said no, and the parents wanted to keep it as a souvenir, then they could prepare related items, including non-toxic printing clay, A4 paper, or like Feng Shaofeng, prepare a delicate "mud board", which is more ritualistic.
3. Why is the baby's right footprint left?
In fact, when leaving footprints, there is no mandatory requirement for the baby's left and right feet, but because most medical staff are "right-handed", when leaving footprints for the baby, it is more convenient to leave the right footprints, so the baby's right footprints are often left.
But such a statement is not absolute, some hospitals will leave the baby's footprints, and some medical staff will be accustomed to leaving the baby's left footprints, all of which are not a big problem, and the effect is the same.
Crooked Mom Conclusion:
As the first mark left by the baby in this world, "footprints" have a very special commemorative significance, if the hospital does not have relevant regulations, we parents can prepare relevant items to leave the first pair of footprints for the baby, leaving the first trace of the baby in this world.
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