BABY CARE

Babies need special care because they cannot say you their problem; they are soft and their immune system is not so good. They are prone to be infected by various disease agents. Usually Parents are worried of ill health of their baby but many times babies are healthy and our problem not to understand them is the cause of their unusual behavior. Some easy steps can make our child more happy.

Baby Of Age less Than Six Months:

There may be various reason of baby’s crying. If your baby is crying more at nights, make sure he is not hungry. They have little stomach and their energy demand is more that’s why their needs are not fulfilled by twice thrice or four-time feeding.
First of all, they need mother’s milk, it is extremely important for them (if no contraindication due any disease to mother like HIV). They must be fed at least 8 to 12 times in 24 hours. If you do not feed him, he will cry at nights because of empty stomach.

Tips:
Feed Him in every 2 hours if possible.
Give no water or other supplement to baby until six months (Milk contain plenty of water.)
Feed him only mother’s milk.
When Mother give birth to her child, it is necessary to feed first milk (the dense yellow milk called colostrum). It is full of antibodies, which keeps your child away from many diseases.
After feeding milk, he is held vertically, his head on your shoulder and gently blow his back for a belch. The belch prevents the chances of regurgitation of milk in windpipe (trachea).
If possible, do not give him artificial nipple for suckling and do not feed him from bottle. Bottle fed babies are more prone to allergies in latter life than breast fed babies.


Baby Of Age Between Six Months to two years:

Until six months, Baby is fed only mother’s milk now start other supplement also, and water too but do not stop breast-feeding. It is necessary to start giving other food like rice, legumes, fruits, fruits juice, egg and all type of food. He should be given food according to his demand, do not force to feed over. Let him play, sit and try to do activities.

At the time of birth, body store enough iron for six months and milk contain no or very little iron. After age of six months baby is prone to develop anemia if proper iron supplement from food is not given so it is very necessary to start baby food at the age of six months.

Tips:
He should give all type of food in appropriate proportion; He should be given iron-containing food.
Breast milk should not be stop at least 2 years and it can be fed till the age of five years, but three years are enough.
Let him play, sit, performing activities.
Small nodules on neck is not a matter of worry further if they are very large consult your physician.
If he got diarrhea, loose motion Oral Rehydration solutions should be given to avoid dehydration (Dehydration is very bad for babies). Any severity persists or increases consult your Physician.
The best way to ensure nutrition of your child is measuring height and weight of child. (The list given below)

Baby Of Age Between two to five years:

In this age group the common complaint of the parents is that their child often cry in nights, the most important cause of this is pain in their legs because they play, run, jump etc. but it doesn’t mean that you stop them in their activity. It is essential for their growth so let them play. You can massage their legs foots with good massage oil at nights.

Tips:
Take care of their nutrition; try that they can eat what you eat. Give him various type of food, not just one type of food.
Let him solve small problems like putting something in a box, holding pen etc. Don’t help them always let them use their mind. It is essential for their mental development.
Let him do everything what he wants to do except thing, which can harm him.