Newborn Sleep Patterns
Newborn Baby Rest and sleep
- For increasing working capacity and self activity of a child it is important to give some rest to his brain and neurological system. Sleep is a feature of health. If the baby is unable to sleep it must be understood that his body has some sort of problem or difficulty. Time of sleep- a healthy baby sleeps for 22 hours in a 24 hours log day . He stays awake only if he in hungry or needs to defecate. These sleeping hours gradually decrease as the baby grows in age.
Reasons for sleeplessness
1. Improper digestion of food
2. Wet clothing due to defecation
3. Heavy stomach due to excess of milk
4, Hunger or thirst
5. More cold or heat stroke
6. Tight clothing
7. Noisy environment
8. If the baby is sick suffering from fever, stomach ache or cough-cold.
Important points for deep sleep
- Clean room with fresh air
- Proper digestion of food
- Mental peace
- Good health
- Proper bed
How to make baby’s bed
- A good sleep is important for a baby and a good bed is important for a good sleep. For this it is necessary that baby’s bed is clean and soft. The shape of baby’s bed should be correct. Bed should not be wet in any way. A pillow should support baby’s head. The blanket covering the child should be soft and not heavy.
Neonate or Newborn baby- The foetus born from the mother’s body is known as a neonate. Lot of caution and patience is required to take care of the newborn. Dealing with the child should be tender. The child stays in the womb for 9 months where he gets suitable protection and temperature.
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Important Points of Maternal and Post-Natal Care :-
- The immediate care of a newborn child is done by the doctor, nurse or a trained midwife.
- After childbirth mother needs a lot of rest. Mother should take nutritious food along with avoiding laborious work.
- Lot of caution and patience is required to take care of the newborn.
- Breastfeeding by mother provides the nourishment to the baby. In some cases when mother cannot breastfeed, the baby has to depend on milk of cow, buffalo, goat or preserved bottle milk .
- Clean the bottle properly after formula is prepared.
- Before taking the baby for bath check the warmth of water and keep important articles such as bath tub, boric lotion, oil, towel, clothes, powder etc, ready.
- The baby needs some practice to defecate in a pot. Gradually he learns to do it by himself.
- For a good sleep, baby’s bed should be clean and soft.
Maternal and Post-Natal Care Questions-Answers
1. Who takes care of a newborn?
(a) Doctor
(b) Nurse
(c) Trained midwife
(d) all of these
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2. What is given to eat to a mother after normal delivery?
(a) Stodgy food
(b) fried food
(c) Spicy food
(d) kedgeree, porridge
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3. The milk other than mother’s milk which is given as nourishment to the baby is called —
(a) Colostrum
(b) formula
(c) Pasteurized food
(d) fat rich milk
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4. | Which bottle should be used keeping in mind its cleaning?
(a) small- mouth
(b) wide mouth
(c) Round mouth
(d) narrow mouth
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5. The temperature of water used for baby’s bath should be
(a) Too hot
(b) too cold
(c) Neither hot nor cold
(d) none of these
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