The birth of the first born child brings unexplainable joy in the hearts at the same time a ton of anxiety on the shoulders of the parents who have never experience yet having a child. Some scientific knowledge, particularly biology and psychology, on how to raise up a baby would certainly help.
A newly delivered baby will be covered in a gooey combination of blood and a whitish substance. The baby may look bluish and be covered with fine hair called ‘lanugo’. Lanugo will eventually disappear after a few weeks.
The first interest that the new parents wish to do with the newly born baby is to see and hold him or her. However, with this uneasy and nervous feeling, mostly, new parents have a hard time doing it, which on the contrary, many people would believe that this could affect the bonding relationship, behavior and health of the baby.
Newborn infants tend to sleep – a lot. In fact, most of the time, in their first few weeks, will be spent sleeping and eating. Their sleeping patterns will be erratic at first but eventually they will be able to adjust to the usual day-night sleeping patterns that most adults have.
Normally, new born baby’s breath very fast as you notice most of the time. It has average of 60 breaths per minute.
Don’t be surprised that there is a situation that babies stop breathing for 10 seconds. This is totally normal and should not be afraid of. In medical term, this is called”periodic breathing.”
In giving birth, what is crucial is the physical bond that ties the baby to her mother. Its scientific name is the umbilical cord. When the baby comes out, the doctor makes sure to cut and leave a stump. Do not let the baby touch the stump with dirty hands which could infect the baby. Don’t worry too much, after some time, the stump just dries and drops off.
These are just some initial information on the early parenting of an infant. Research more on the topic if you want to make sure your child is safe and healthy, while you control your worries on the issue.
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