The first month of a child’s life is the most important. During this period, the child adapts to life in new conditions, learns to breathe, eat, and feel separately from his mother. That is why it is important to create optimal conditions for the newborn to facilitate a difficult period of adaptation. Equally important is the correct organization of the regimen of a child’s day in 1 month of life, food, bathing, walking. A properly organized daily routine of a newborn baby in the first month of life has an impact on his well-being and further development. With the debugged mode, the child behaves calmly, is active and pleases with a good mood. He is not capricious, gets enough sleep, is happy to be in contact with his parents. Young mothers, in turn, are not nervous because of “loss in time and space”, but enjoy the joy of motherhood.
Approximate daily regimen of 1 month
The main tasks of the baby in the first month are to sleep, eat, establish contact with parents through agukany and first smiles (See articles on when a child begins agukat and when it starts smile consciously) The established daily routine will allow the newborn to know in advance what awaits him, and prepare for this. In addition, a baby who lives according to a certain regime of day and nutrition, gets used to biological rhythms faster and does not confuse daytime and nighttime.
Observations of psychologists show that children, whose daily routine was followed by all the rules, grow up more disciplined, collected and self-confident.
Let us dwell in more detail on the main points of the regimen of the day of the child in the first month.
Sleep
In the first 2 weeks of life, the baby is sleeping almost all the time (about 18-20 hours a day), waking up just to eat. At 3-4 weeks, the period when the baby is not sleeping becomes longer. During wakefulness, the child not only eats, but also begins to learn the world around him: for a long time he examines bright, large objects that attract attention, react to the mother’s voice, listen to the surrounding sounds.
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Nutrition
A few years ago, young mothers listened to the advice of doctors who recommended feeding the newborn strictly according to the schedule. With this approach, feeding is done every 3 hours. Some experts still adhere to this rule.
However, feeding your baby on demand is considered the best option. This is especially true for the first months of the baby's life, when nutrition is his main need.
We read a detailed article: on-demand or routine feeding (pros and cons)
According to statistics, most newborns need 6-8 feedings per day. But it is worth noting that the amount of milk intake (whether breast milk or artificial milk mixture) depends on individual needs, as well as the volume consumed at one time. Normally, babies should drink 50 to 90 ml of milk at 1 month after birth or infant formula. Many mothers follow this rule in feeding: they offer a breast or a bottle until the baby is full.
See the article: how much milk or mixture should a newborn eat
It should be borne in mind that a newborn, who is breast-fed, can consume less milk than babies who are breast-fed. This is due to the saturation of milk mixtures with various fatty acids and trace elements. Thus, the “artificial" small enough mixture to satisfy the feeling of hunger. Accordingly, the intervals between feedings should be slightly longer so that the baby’s gastrointestinal tract has time to digest and assimilate the milk mixture.
An important point in organizing a diet is to prevent overfeeding. Since in such cases digestion problems, colic, frequent regurgitation, and constipation may occur.
Bathing
In 1 month of his life, the baby gets acquainted with another important procedure - bathing. The bathing regimen should also be organized starting from the first days of life. Bathing your baby is better in the evening - just before feeding and sleeping.
A newborn should be bathed in a bath reserved for this purpose only. Moms must definitely monitor the temperature of the bathing water (the optimal temperature is considered 36-37 degrees) To do this, you can use a special thermometer. After some time, parents will learn how to determine the temperature of the water for bathing the baby according to their own feelings.
Pediatricians recommend adding decoctions of herbs (celandine, chamomile, string) to the water.
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Walks
Walking for the baby of the first month plays an important role. Firstly, it is useful for a newborn to breathe fresh air. Secondly, in the spring-summer period, doctors advise briefly exposing the child’s face in the sun, which contributes to the production of vitamin D in the body and prevents rickets (on hot days, exposing the child to direct sunlight is not possible to avoid burns!) Thirdly, children sleep better in the fresh air.
Nevertheless, you should adhere to some rules before you go for a walk with the baby:
- According to the advice of children's doctors, you can start walking when the baby is 10 days old (this applies to healthy children born on time);
- Walking time in winter is about 10 minutes (air temperature should not be lower than -10 degrees), in summer - 20 minutes (air temperature - no more than 25-30 degrees).
Massage and gymnastics
In those moments when the newborn is awake, mom needs to find time for massage and gymnastics.
Massage should be understood as gentle and gentle stroking on the back, arms and legs of the child, as well as circular movements clockwise in the abdomen (for the prevention of colic and constipation).
Gymnastics of the newborn consists in performing the simplest movements: neat bending of the legs and arms. You can also insert the thumb in the palm of the baby and, after he grasps, gently lift it. Newborns, as a rule, are very fond of such an exercise and begin to "pull themselves up" themselves.
Moms should know that massage and gymnastics preferably 30 minutes before feeding. Before a night's sleep, exercise and massage are not recommended.
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Communication with the baby
Mommies must necessarily include in the mode of the day of a month old baby communication and games with him. No need to think that a baby at this age does not need it. For him, it is as important as food and sleep.It was at this time that the child, according to psychologists, formed a basic confidence in the world.
The more affectionate a mother is with her baby, the more attention and care she devotes to him, the more confident and harmonious the baby will develop.
Communication and games with the baby should take place in a calm environment when he is full and awake. Mom can gently talk with the baby, read him nursery rhymes and nursery rhymes, sing songs. Suitable for games rattles. Let the baby learn to hold them, and mom should praise and support him.
Recommendations to parents on setting a daily routine
- If the baby can oversleep before dinner, and “set the heat” at night - this is the first signal that the daily regimen needs to be changed. Of course, there is no need to deliberately wake a child in the morning or put him to bed when he does not want to. But you can still adjust the sleep mode a little. And the best way is walking. Everyone knows that babies sleep very well during walks. Therefore, feel free to go for a walk at the time at which, in your opinion, the newborn should sleep. Gradually, this will help you establish a child’s sleep pattern, especially daytime.
- To make it clear to the baby about morning, after waking up, you can gently wipe his face with a cotton pad moistened with warm water. Other hygienic procedures (to clean the nose and ears, to lubricate diaper rash with a baby cream), regularly repeated at the same time, will also notify the baby about the beginning of a new day.
- To avoid night wakefulness, try not to turn on the bright light for night feeding. Limit yourself to the muffled night light. Talk in a low tone. After feeding, calmly shake the baby so that he falls asleep.
- In the evening, turn off the overhead light, turn on the lamp. This will guide the baby in that the time for sleep is approaching. For this purpose, musical carousels (See the article on mobile crib) The child will quickly learn the relationship between such a “change of scenery" and sleep.
- If the baby does not want to fall asleep, try putting him in the crib and turning on a quiet calm melody. The child will listen to the sounds of nature, under which he can quickly fall asleep. Mom can also sit next to the crib and hum the lullaby to the newborn. Similar actions, systematically performed every day, after a while will achieve the desired effect: the baby will fall asleep faster and in a timely manner.
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During the first month of life, it is not easy for a newborn to get used to the new routine. But parents still need to gradually accustom the child to a certain regime of the day. A little time will pass - and the child will wake up and fall asleep at a specific time. This will benefit him, as he will predict what will happen next and accordingly respond to it. Parents will be able to rationally allocate their own time.
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My son loved massage, every morning they started with charging. With regard to sleep, everything worked out somehow, but sometimes there were failures. The street was very saving, even if something bothered, it always slept on the street.
I spent the first month of my life with a child in a hospital, and there I had to feed every three hours. Those. wake up and feed and it was very annoying. Also, when weighing, the child must necessarily be in + by weight, otherwise they can take away the child. Oh, those rules that nobody needs.
I fought with my mother-in-law over water, she insisted that the child needs to drink water in addition to the mixture. I rested as best I could, surrendered only in the 4th month ... but still sometimes cling to each other. Tell me, is it possible, and most importantly, is it necessary to finish the child with some water?
As the father of two children, I believe that each child is individual. From the first days of her life, her daughter loved to eat a lot, stay awake, love to swim, she started screaming as soon as she took her out of the bathtub. And the son is the exact opposite: eat five minutes and sleep. He wakes up, pees, smiles, walks, while he is a little naughty, and again eat and sleep. Bathing for two minutes and all. So to each his own approach and his own methods. Basically, the article is correct and interesting. And the videos are instructive, for young parents as help at the initial stage.
Tatyana, a child on artificial feeding must be dosed with water, otherwise there will be constipation. Only on breastfeeding the child does not need water
We eat Materna “Extra Care” from birth, started from one, then went over 2 and now they have grown to 3. The mixture is very good, does not cause allergic reactions from the first months, we eat it for a long time and we have no problems with the tummy or rashes did not have. The child is gaining weight steadily and correctly, and thanks to the mixture he receives all the vitamins necessary for good growth and development. Although my baby grew up without mother’s milk, our immunity is good even a runny nose bypasses us. The mixture is really ordered online baby1care.com
As for adding celandine to the bathing water, I would doubt it, because celandine is a poisonous herb. But chamomile, a series of leaves and branches of blackcurrant, as an additive to bathing water, can be trusted.