9 Vital Steps that Help in Development, of your Newborn Baby

When you get newborn baby in your hands, after delivery, that is very precious moment. But, with that start a big responsibility of taking care of your newborn baby right way. For example, you need to hold your baby right way to avoid any jerk to his head or neck. Breastfeed your baby on time. These are just few vital steps to follow that aid in development of your newborn baby. Like that there are around total 9 vital steps that help in development of your newborn baby. Let’s discuss each of them in detail.

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Newborn baby has his own requirements, which need to be filled timely. Otherwise, your newborn baby’s development will be delayed. With birth of newborn baby, your own schedule also get altered from that was before birth of baby. You need to adjust your eating, sleeping schedule according to baby. This need to be done, to avoid clashes of your sleeping or eating time, with breastfeed time of baby. This is because newborn baby can’t wait, when they are hungry, otherwise they start crying.

9 Vital steps to follow that help in development of your newborn baby-

1) Let baby sleep, keep environment noise free-

Newborn babies sleep for 16-18 hours in a day. Sleep helps in brain development of your newborn baby. Therefore, it should not be disturbed. Keep room of baby free from noise.

• No loud noise of TV or music player or loudspeaker should be there in room. It not only disturb baby’s sleep and awaken him, but it also affect his delicate ears. 
• Such loud noises can harm their eardrum, decreasing their hearing capacity.

2) Breastfeed your baby timely-

Newborn baby’s stomach is very small, which can’t hold and process extra milk. Therefore, it needs to be feed every 2 hours with appropriate quantity of breast milk, which is sufficient in amount and not less.

• Newborn baby needs to be feed on both breasts. If baby is feed only on single breast, then he will feel hunger after 1 hour, instead of 2 hours. After breastfeeding, baby needs to be burped to avoid reflux of milk, in mouth again from stomach.

3) Hold neck and head of baby carefully-

Newborn baby does not have developed head and neck control yet. He will develop it in coming months. So, until newborn baby develops that control, you have to hold his head and neck with care, while holding baby in arms.

• You also need to take care of this while putting newborn baby on bed or lifting from bed. Support head and neck of baby with hand, while holding him upright. 
• Support head and neck of baby, with one arm bend at elbow and other arm supporting his rest of body. This is done when holding baby horizontally. 

4) Do right skin care of baby’s skin-

Newborn baby’s skin is very delicate. Therefore, do not touch with unhygienic hands, as immunity of skin is very low.

• As baby skin is very delicate, therefore, do not apply any strong creams or soap, not meant for babies. Apply only coconut oil on newborn baby’s skin for massage. 

5) Keep room of baby infection free-

As immunity of newborn baby is very low, that is why they can’t fight infection. To decrease risk of infection, keep room of newborn baby hygienically clean.

6) Keep clothes of baby hygienically clean-

As the room of newborn baby need to be hygienically clean, similarly, do clothes of baby. This need to be done, to avoid risk of infection and rashes on baby skin.

7) Make baby wear clothes according to environment-

Make baby wear clothes according to weather. In summers, make baby wear breathable cotton fabric.

• In winter, make baby wear knitted cotton warm baby clothes, to avoid skin rashes.

8) Sanitize your hands before holding baby-

To avoid any chance of transferring infection to baby, always sanitize your hands with sanitizer, before holding baby.

• If you don’t have sanitizer, then at least wash your hands with soap, before holding baby. Make others, who pick baby to follow this norm.

9) Take care of your health and hygiene-

Do take care of your health, diet and sleep, along with taking care of newborn baby’s health.

• This is because if you will be in good health and eat right diet, only then you will be able to take care of your baby and also be able to breastfeed her. 
• Timely sleep, when baby sleep because newborn baby gives very less time to sleep.

So, that was all regarding 9 vital steps that you need to follow, for proper development of your newborn baby.