A good burp during and after feedings can calm fussiness. Here are tips to help your baby burp.
Tips on Burping Baby
Always keep a burping towel or bib between your clothes and the baby’s mouth, this will help protect your clothes.
Keep a cloth or bib handy in case baby spits up.
A gentle pator rub on the baby’s back may...
DIAPER CHANGE
This is something you’ll be doing a lot! This section will guide you step by step on getting to grips with diaper change, and also advice you on protection against diaper rash and it’s causes.
Changing your baby’s diaper is a very important skill that you would want to learn straight away. It’s part of your daily routine...
Crawling is your baby's first routine of getting around efficiently on his own. In the standard crawl, he'll start by learning to balance on his hands and knees. Then he'll figure out how to move forward and backward by pushing off with his knees. This will help strengthening his muscles that will soon enable him to walk.
Understanding Colic: Treatment
Colic should go away by the time your baby is 4 months old. Until then, try these tips. These may soothe your colic baby and give you some relief too.
1.Feeding Tips
It’s a good idea to keep a check on your baby’s formula milk or what you eat if you’re breastfeeding. Generally it’s not...
BABY’S FIRST BATH!
The first few times you bath your baby it’s a good idea to have someone with you to give you a bit of support. It's also helpful if you've forgotten something you need for your baby. Until you get into a routine, you'll probably find this happening a lot!
Handling a wriggling, wet, slippery plus a small baby...
Breast milk or formula is the only food your newborn needs, and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months after birth. But by ages 4 months to 6 months, most babies are ready to begin eating solid foods as a complement to breast-feeding or formula-feeding.
Always consult your pediatrician before starting solid foods or...
Breastfeeding helps mama heal faster in the postpartum, helping her uterus return to pre-pregnancy size faster and lowering overall postpartum blood loss.
So mums, breastfeed your little ones and stay healthy, remember, A healthy mom – A happy mom!
HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU WASH YOUR BABY'S HAIR?
Washing your baby’s hair once or twice a week is fine, your baby’s hair produces very little oil, so you don’t need to wash his hair everyday.
If your baby has cradle cap (a greasy, yellowish, scaly rash that appears in patches on the scalps of young infants), you may want to wash...
DID U KNOW:
Breastfeeding reduces mama’s risk of ovarian and breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. The longer you breastfeed, the higher the benefit. Happy feeding!
Breastfeeding can help mums return to her pre-baby weight. It takes 1000 calories a day on average to produce breast milk. Women are advised to consume an extra 500 calories a day, and the body dips into reserves it built up in pregnancy to make the rest (it’s important to consume those extra calories or the body actually goes...