The feeling of motherliness is the best feeling on earth. But the moment you are released from the nursing home with your baby, the actual anxieties and tensions in you start coming out, especially if you are a first-time mom. This is because in the nursing home the doctors and nurses were there for taking care of your baby without any failure. But, being inexperienced, what if you do some mistakes while taking care of your baby at home? What if those small mistakes done unintentionally by you result in some serious consequence for your baby? After all who wants to take any risk on their baby? Don’t worry. We understand your concern for your baby. We are demonstrating before you some mistakes parents make with newborns so that you can learn from them and avoid doing them in the case of your baby. Just follow on:
1. Sleeping Mistake for Newborn Babies:
Parents always want their babies to sleep in comfort. Some parents decorate their baby’s’ cribs with soft pillows, cushions, colorful soft toys, and many more at night hoping that their babies will sleep in comfort for a long time. Are you somehow planning these kinds of things for your baby? Then immediately dismiss your planning. The stuff you want to place beside your baby may come in contact with your baby’s little mouth or nose, and he/she may face breathing difficulty, even without your knowledge as you would be sleeping at night time. Moreover, never do the mistake of making your baby sleep on his/her stomach or side as it may lead to suffocation of your baby. Pediatricians recommend that babies should always be lied down on their backs until they become 6 months old.
2. Mistakes Regarding Feeding the Baby:
Feeding mistake is another type of mistake that falls on the list of the big mistakes parents make with newborns. Pediatricians advise the mothers of newborn babies to breastfeed their babies on demand. But, many mothers, misunderstands it and either underfeed their babies or overfeeds them. This is not at all good for their babies. So, if you are the mother of a newborn baby, always breastfeed your baby on demand or after every 2-3 hours. But, never feed your baby forcefully whenever your baby cries as every time your baby is crying, he/she may not be hungry. Also, if your baby is sleeping for more than 3 hours at a stretch don’t become lethargic to wake up your baby and feed him/her.
3. Skipping Your Baby’s Burping:
A newborn baby’s digestive system is not like an adult. Besides, while breastfeeding or feeding formula milk a lot of air enters inside the baby’s stomach and afterward troubles his/her stomach or may cause indigestion. So, it is always recommended to burp the babies before and after each feed, as burping helps the babies to release air stored in their stomachs and induce proper digestion in them. But, some parents, out of tiredness, impatience, or forgetfulness, sometimes skip out their baby’s’ burping which later becomes the reason for their baby’s’ stomach-related problems. So, always remember to burp your baby after each feed otherwise your baby will have to suffer the consequence of your mistake.
4. Taking Newborns Out of Their House Frequently or In Places Crowded with People:
Among the different mistakes parents make with newborns, this is one of the biggest mistakes made by parents, especially in this pandemic time. Newborns are too little to withstand the dust, allergies, or diseases roaming in the air outside their houses. Their immunity is yet to develop and so, it becomes very risky for the newborns if their parents take them out of their house now and then. Besides, parents should avoid crowded places as it doesn’t only make their babies scared but also make their babies susceptible to communicable diseases. So, if you are a parent who is just blessed with a baby, always try to keep him/her safe at your home.
5. Panicking Over the Baby’s Vomiting and So Feeding Your Baby Less Than Usual:
Are you a new parent who is very much upset with your newborn baby’s vomiting and calling the doctor now and then for it? Don’t panic. You are not alone. Many parents of newborns do this mistake. In fact, there is nothing to worry about your newborn baby’s vomiting at all. It is very normal for babies to vomit out some milk from their mouth as soon as they burp or after their feed. The milk that is vomited is the extra milk that your baby has overfed while you were feeding him/her. So, nothing to worry about your baby’s vomiting if he/she is healthy otherwise, his/her weight is gradually increasing and his/her pee count is normal. You must not stop feeding your baby or lessen the number of feed of your baby because of his/her vomiting.
Summing Up
As a new parent, some people make mistakes but they are never intentional. After all, everyone loves their babies and who would like to harm their baby intentionally? But, as new parents, they also must gather profound knowledge about handling their baby properly without doing any mistakes. We hope that after reading the whole article you will never repeat the above mistakes parents make with newborns. Happy Parenting!
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