First Baby Born Tips

Help After Baby Delivery

Consider for getting help from many friends or family members to face this period, it can be really hectic and overwhelming. When in Hospital, get the expertise surrounding you. Many hospitals have providing specialists or lactation consultants that may help and support you get started in nursing or bottle-feeding.
Nurses are a great information to teach you how to hold, burp, change, and taking care of your baby.
In home help and support, you may to hire a baby nurse or a responsible neighborhood helper to assist you for a short period after delivery. Our doctor and the hospital could be a great resource for find useful information about in house help and support, they may be able to proide a referral to home health agencies.
In addition, relatives and friends can be also a great resource. They could be more than eager to assist, and even-though you might disagree on certain things, don't dismiss or ignore their experience. anyway if you don't feel up to having guests or you have other concerns, don't feel guilty for making any restrictions on visitors.

Handling a Newborn after delivery

Here are many basics to remember, as follows:

• Wash both your hands with soap or use a hand sanitizer before you touch and handling your newborn. Young babies still have not built up a good immune system yet or their immune is not strong enough yet, so they are susceptible to get infection. Ensure that everybody who will handles your baby also has clean or sterilized  hands.
• Please extra careful to support your baby's head and neck. Cradle head when you are carrying your baby and support head when you are carrying the baby upright or when you lay him or her down.
• Please extra careful not to shake your newborn baby, in any condition or situation whether in play or in frustration. Shaking it can cause bleeding in his or her brain and even death. If you want to wake your newborn baby, please don't do by shaking instead, just tickle your baby's feet or blow gently and smoothly on his or her cheek.
• Ensure your baby is fastened into the carrier, stroller, or car seat securely. Limit any activity that would be too rough or bouncy.
• Do always remember that your newborn is not ready for rough play, such as being jiggled on the knee or thrown in the air so please don't that kind activity.