Proper cleaning and sterilization of baby feeding utensils and breast pump parts is essential to protect your baby from infections. Here's everything you need to know about keeping your baby's feeding utensils safe and clean.
Every parent should know how to check their baby's temperature. Here's why:
"Does my baby have a fever?" Kids develop fever from time to time. You should know when to visit a doctor. And for this, you need to check and note your baby's temperature – it also helps the doctor to identify your baby's illness.
Newborn babies are very sensitive to cold. You need to check your baby's temperature regularly to make sure your baby is well protected from cold.
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Comfortable clothing is vital to your baby's health because babies cannot tolerate heat or cold like us. Here's why proper clothing is essential for your baby:
Kangaroo Care is very simple and a promising way to give unique benefits to your baby. And the best part is: Anyone can do it!
Whether you are a mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, a nurse or a healthcare worker and want to learn the true potential of Kangaroo Care, this article is for you.
Kangaroo Mother Care is holding the baby directly in skin-to-skin contact on the chest with no clothes in between. When a mother gives Kangaroo Care, she can also give exclusive breastfeeding and ensures zero separation from the baby. Together with Kangaroo Care, exclusive breastfeeding provides lifelong protection for the baby.
Congratulations on the new arrival in your family. New parents spend so much time taking care of the pregnancy they often feel unprepared for the baby. Here's what doctors advise for the best health of your baby.
Parents always want the best for their baby. And doctors advise breast milk as the best and complete food for a baby. But some parents may have reasons to choose other options – formula, cow milk or even goat's milk. Which one is better?
Here is an unbiased, in-depth, scientific comparison of breast milk with formula milk and cow milk to help you choose the best milk for your baby.
In India, 35 lakh babies are born premature every year. Many of them die within a month because of complications of prematurity. Simple, cost-effective interventions such as skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding can save most of these babies.
Breast milk is not only the best food but also a necessary medicine for preterm babies. It saves them from serious infections and malnutrition. Doctors know this, and they use this power of breast milk in their treatment. If a baby is sick or premature and cannot breastfeed, doctors feed expressed mother's milk by a tube or paladai. But sometimes, mother's milk is not available or insufficient. In such a case, the best option is donor human milk processed by a human milk bank.
When direct breastfeeding is not possible, a mother can express breast milk and feed her baby with a spoon or cup. We use a paladai, also called suthi spoon.
Paladai is a small stainless steel cup with a spout that makes it easier to feed expressed breast milk without causing nipple confusion.
Here's why parents may need to spoon feed their baby.
Although breastfeeding comes natural for the baby, many first-time mothers need help latch their babies to breast. This help often comes from relatives who have experience in breastfeeding. And that's great! Because all experienced mothers know that proper latching is the key to successful breastfeeding.
Getting a good breastfeeding latch can take some practice. There are many breastfeeding positions you can use. And once you get a good latch, breastfeeding is comfortable and enjoyable.
Storing breast milk properly ensures your baby gets safe mother's milk even when you can't breastfeed directly. Here's when you'll need to store breast milk:
Learn how to express breast milk using hand expression or breast pump.
As a mother, learning how to express breast milk can help you a lot. Here's why: