The schedule for the baby is the regime according to which he will live after discharge from the hospital. Still Academician I.K. Pavlov proved that the regime is the guarantee of normal human physiology. However, compliance with the accuracy to the minute should not be the basis for caring for the baby. It is much more important to be able to determine what the child needs at one time or another, building up the routine of his day according to an approximate plan.
According to modern pediatricians, the daily routine of the newborn should not be tied to the concept of strict regime - it is enough to build a daily rhythm of life. This means that every day for the baby will be repeated a certain sequence of actions, the execution time of which is determined not by the abstract regime, but by the desires, needs and abilities of the baby and mother. It will be easier for both mother and baby. It's not at all terrible if a child falls asleep half an hour later or walks earlier than usual. The main thing is not to disturb the rhythm.
The first days of a newborn home
The state of the newborn lasts until the end of the first month of life. During this period, as physiologists believe, the child must sleep up to 4 times a day. Awakening him must be calm. From the very first days of life, mom should fix the crumbs habit of waking up with a good mood. After each feeding and changing clothes, you need to find time for quiet wakefulness of the child, which can consist in lying in a crib or on a rocking chair, and not just on the hands of the mother.
Laying the child should occur after he is awake 40-60 minutes, no more. The newborn has enough of this time to get tired and want to sleep again. Usually, such crumbs need help with falling asleep, which can consist of breast sucking or nipples, rocking in the cradle . Young mothers should not accustom the child to rocking on their hands, as this habit can gain a foothold, and after three months the baby can not fall asleep without motion sickness, which will turn the mother into a slave. Each of the 4 day periods of a newborn's sleep should last approximately one and a half hours. If the child slept less than 30 minutes, then such a dream did not go to his benefit, and the next period of sleep should be increased, and the period of wakefulness is shortened.
So, the approximate order of the day of the baby of the first month of life should consist of the following blocks:
- awakening;
- food;
- wakefulness;
- massage;
- stacking;
- sleep.
Feeding mode of a newborn
Feeding newborns is necessary when they feel hungry and let their mother know about it with their cry. Previously, doctors required that children be fed no more often than every 4 hours, but now a free (or flexible) feeding regime is allowed. It is important to be able to determine after what period of time the crumb usually feels hungry, and feed at precisely such intervals. If he starts to whine, do not immediately run up to him and give a breast or a bottle with a mixture. Let the little one try to sleep.
To feed the child is necessary only when he is ready to eat enough to saturate, and not a small portion to just fall asleep next to his mother. It turns out that the main thing is not to accustom the baby to small portions and too short intervals of food intake, since this will negatively affect his sleep, as well as gain in weight.
Newborn baby mode - bathing
Many believe that bathing a newborn every day is harmful. This is another remnant of the Soviet past. It is clear to anyone that bathing soothes the crumbs, relaxes, cleanses the skin, helps to carry out normal heat exchange. That's why you can bathe a child every day, if there is such an opportunity. There will be no harm from this.