Basic course baby care


Finally at home! In the arm carefully holding her son together, the heart filled with love and head full of questions. Can I use this small town really right child care and care for them? What should I do you prefer? Knowing the baby care then suddenly disappeared and the advice of many relatives and friends whir you in mind. Do not worry, a baby is not so difficult. After a few days, the first uncertainty overcome. Its handles are routine and even found time to care for children and schmusen to laugh. In subsequent chapters tell how her baby without effort and maintain a relaxed and happy child wonderfully fragrant.



Material or Wegwerfwindel
An activity that lets you in the coming weeks will be much, is the recapitulation. A baby is in the early weeks of life on average six times a day Pipi. They are also a lot of time in the daily changing table, with his back because it is necessarily correspond with their body size. Whether you are for material or diapers decide depends on your attitude, your time and not least of its budget. Cloth diapers and changing systems can also rent and clean. Therefore, it is not necessary equal a lot of money to invest, but may involve all variations in peace and treat aptitude test of everyday life.

Babies, as the heat
If the Windelpaket thick and it is time for a change, you wrap all necessary utensils (water bowl with warm water, rags, towels, diaper again, possibly changing clothes). In winter, is a radiant heater, the space nice and warm. Remove the napkin and clean the genitals with a damp cloth. For girls the vagina to clean Po, children do not retract the foreskin. The fresh air is irritating to urinary urge boys. Insert your child a diaper in step to get in front of a fountain to wet.
The best clear water
After a big business to clean the remains of babies and wash Po wetland, also briefly. "The best way is clear water," says the midwife Berlin Simone Exner. "Children up to three months should not interfere with Feuchttüchern cleaned. Firstly, cold towels, perhaps even nursing babies and secondly respond today increasingly ingredients care products." Humidity and Öltücher can, for example, the allergy trigger a preservative benzalkonium chloride content or substance PEG, the skin more permeable and sensitive to pollutants. "At the heart of our family, including babies, the active ingredient in the plant marigold sensitive direction," said Simone Exner.

... Or in a "sensitive" Damp cloth

Although not necessarily at home, so the pads for parents about the baby, but give a huge relief. Therefore, the most reluctant to abandon completely. Fortunately, more and more manufacturers enter the new consciousness, that substances that cause skin allergies in infants do not want. Thus, the ÖKOTEST, a magazine test in its latest issue July 2007 so-called wet-sensitive test to the manufacturer's specifications to all that babies can irritate the skin, resign - preservatives, alcohol, perfume. And the good news for parents is: 12 of the 15 branded products tested were in fact completely trouble-free ingredients.

Good dry
Now, the baby still for a while in the air and leg pedal enjoy freedom. Before creating the new diaper, the same wind range dried well. If your child is very winding and aversion pedal, is perhaps a cellphone during the course winding distractions. Very important: Let your child never alone at the table is the change!

Some parents create a Diaper bucket, which include diapers geruchssicher. Because in five to ten used diapers a day, the trash bucket quickly to its borders.
The water relaxes
From bathroom is one of the greatest joys for most babies and visibly improving their welfare. You relax in the cool waters properly, wohlig tired and enjoy the following units even more attention.

For the first few months you should use a baby bath (at first, also, the sink), then your child may be under constant supervision in the vast bathtub. In the area must be at least 22 degrees prevail, so that their offspring not cooled A water temperature of 35 to 37 degrees is comfortable for the child. Affordable water thermometer showed the temperature accurately and avoid burns. Since the previous administration of Bath additives advises midwife Marion Kublick more: "newborns need no additives, this will only irritate the delicate skin. I use a little olive oil and milk, for very dry skin helps sometimes almonds."

Not all are water rats
Keep your baby Po horizontal and neck, tilt slightly and slowly to the surface and give him time to adjust to the new wet feeling used. If your child enjoys the water, you can start cleaning. Then, in the small recap and a towel dry. Pay particular attention to the navel, armpits and folds in the thigh here often collects moisture. Many children also enjoy it, gefönt to dry. The hot air and the constant ringing of the device to calm the children and make them dream.

If your child is not one of the "water rats" and are constantly cry during the bathing is also sufficient washing daily with the washcloth. Once a week is enough to bathe medically complete. Children of this age are not dirty. If your baby loves swimming and your skin and allow turn, can use a short swim in the daily ritual of the involvement of sleep.
Wash gently
Whether by changing table, sink or bathtub - at least once a week should be around his son's body wash. It dragged the body of Petty and completely clean with a cloth and warm water. The extra hair does not need to be washed, wet only the head. Do not try "Milchschorf" from head to zero, formed after some time alone. The umbilical does not need special treatment. Cara, armpits and genitals should be something deeper and possibly a mild, neutral pH Addition to be washed. Then the child or hair dryers dry.

Palillos have heard of a baby's ears to locate, is a great risk of eardrum injury. In addition, the wax plays an important role and should not be eliminated. If desired, outside the ear with a cloth reinigen.Bei attention of the cord, please follow the instructions of their midwife or a pediatrician, as each heel another healing process. The most important thing here: dry and, if sterile take off. Some babies come with a Denticle in the world or very early tooth. As your baby, but in the first few months of not taking solid foods, just when you Denticle with a damp cloth to rub off.

And the nails?
They believe that the constant incredibly small finger of his youngest son, even with the nails of hands? Leave in the sample. In the first six weeks, cutting nails taboo, as the risk of injury and inflammation is too big. If the baby with their fingernails scratching his face, special aid mittens or a small more put on population density.

Even the hair, on account of the risk of injury in the first period has not yet be cut. If your Knirps really excessive hair, comb, right next.
Eincremen in wundem Po
Doctors and midwives are in agreement: Journal Eincremen a baby is not necessary. Though a baby's skin as soft and tender, regenerates and is protected by too many experiments cream and not irritated. Marion Kublick, who has 23 years working as a midwife, said: "An acquittal is with us once midwives cremt, cremt forever. Eincremen The wind of the Elbe is not necessary. Only if the sore Po, with wonders should be treated with ointment. "Good, not primarily on plant-based drugs should Wundschutzcreme vitamin E, lanolin and zinc oxide.

Sun and cold protection
If your child is not under atopic dermatitis or other skin problems suffered enough in the summer of a baby suntan lotion with a sun protection factor of 30 in winter and a climate protection fat against the cold. Make sure the product is free of preservatives, colourings and flavourings.

Pampering of caressing
Physical contact is one of the basic needs of small towns. A brief massage is a good way, her son a few, apart from caressing. The gentle movements and the seeming well being of his son are also balm for his soul. Take a little cream or oil on the extent and spread with a slight clockwise pressure on the body of his son. Save in the face. Watch your child. Is it in the movements of its active or relaxed? Listen to your stomach and develop with your baby is a soothing, harmonious massage ritual.