Parents simply want the best for their child-and naturally try to provide their newborns healthy in life as the foundation of long-term welfare and development.
A campaign of this World Health Day on 7 April emphasizes the significant importance of maternal and neonatal health under the title “Healthy Beginning, Hopper Futures”.
Pip Davis, founder of The Midwife Pip Podcast, says: “Giving children the best start in life is the foundation for their future health, development and good.”
“There is no best way, every family will get the best work for them and we are all personal. But small, easy, can add everyday actions and create a big difference.”
Catherine Walker, Service Development Manager at NCT, Charity for Birth, Pregnancy and Early Paternity, “Every positive interaction” helps a child to promote oxytocin and positive routes in the brain, which in turn helps them to establish them for a healthy adult life “.
Experts here say that parents can help their children to start the best for life:
1. Harvest colostrum
Colostrum is the first milk produced by new mothers after the birth of its child, but it can be expressed for about 37 weeks, the registered midwife Leslie Bland says.
“It is a highly concentrated individual drug in the form of pre-milk that is packed with antibodies that protect your child from infection and help develop their immune system,” she said.
She says that colostrum helps mature the child’s digestive system, provides some protection from allergies and disease, and helps the child to encourage its first poo -meconium to pass – which can help reduce the risk of jaundice.
She says, “Colostrum harvesting for 37 weeks of pregnancy means that you have a stores of ‘Liquid Gold’ to give the baby immediately after birth.”
This is especially important for some infants, in which diabetic mums or mams, who have taken beta blockers, are low or high birth weight children for their gestational age, premature children who are twins or triples, or children with other health conditions.
2. Answer appropriately
The NHS Start for Life Campaign states that in their early years a child’s experiences shape their rapidly developing brain, and help to create significant nerve connections. For this reason, it is important that parents appropriately respond to them, and the walker explains: “Your child indicates what they need to cry or use their body.
“Their carefuls need to respond properly – for example, if they take a yawning, perhaps their child is telling them that they are tired, so perhaps some pleasing and relaxation time will help them.”
3. Skin contact with skin
Bland says that immediate skin-to-screen with your newborn will be encouraged by your midwife.
“Skin benefits from the skin are countless,” she insists. “It helps them and your breathing, heart rate and temperature regulate, it helps in bonding and helps you to calm both.
“It can promote breastfeeding, and can kickstart its immune system by starting its incredible ‘living shield’, ie. Microbiom – beneficial bacteria, viruses and fungi trillions that populate our skin and intestine to protect against disease and infection.”
4. Install routine
It is important to determine the routine for infants so that they can know what to do, and when.
Davis says: “Establishing a soft routine for sleep, feeding and playing can help infants feel safe and understand the world around them.”
5. Take care of their skin after birth
Your baby’s skin is unsafe-a full-healthy baby’s skin is about 30 percent thinner than an adult, Bland tells.
“It requires additional-specific care, so avoid bathing as long as possible-to allow them to absorb their natural oils at least 48 hours, because washing it can give their skin dry,” she said.
She says that it is also important to use only baby-specific skincare products in infants under three months of age or essential oils.
6. Talk and sing to them
Walker says that every time you talk to your child, sing them, look into their eyes, or respond to sadness with warmth, love and assurance, you meet their needs.
“Children learn very quickly what they hear and many children learn their language voice at the age of six months.
“Talking about your day and reading your child vigorously can all help develop their language skills.”
7. Touch them
NHS Start for Life states that moments that help a child help to create healthy brain connections include touching, stroke, rock, fed, fed, cuddled and relaxed.
Walker says: “There are many ways to touch your child with simple cuddles, or tickling and child’s massage.”
8. Get out
It is good for them to take the child out every day, and Davis says:
“Fresh air and natural light support a child’s sleep pattern, mood and overall development. Even a little walk in a pram can be beneficial, seeing the way the sun is reflected through trees and leaves.”
9. Look at yourself too!
It is easy for parents that when they are busy with a newborn, forget to take care of themselves, but it is important for mummies-and should not forget about their self-care in a way.
“A happy, supported careler is important for a child’s development,” emphasizes Davis. “To seek help when needed, connect with other parents, and take time to self-care all contribute to a nutrition environment.”
