Pregnancy: Burping your baby

Burping is very importance to prevent baby from get colic. Colic happens when there is air in the baby stomach. Air can come inside during the feeding process. The air will cause uncomfortable feeling to baby and some of the baby will stop drink even though they are not full enough. Besides, if we not burp our baby after the feeds, and straight away lay down the baby, baby will throughout some of the milk. There are some steps to burp the baby:

1) On the shoulder Hold the baby on your chest in facing back position.

Make sure baby chick is on your shoulder. Rub genteelly your baby back until they burp. You can practise this position while standing or sitting. Make sure you put a small towel on your shoulder before hold the baby to prevent from the baby throw out.

2) Lie face downward put your baby lie face downward on your lap.

Make sure baby stomach is pressing by is one of your leg. Hold your baby chest using one of your hands and another hand genteelly rubs the baby back. Make sure your baby head is higher than the baby body.

3) Sit and facing front sit your baby on your lap.

Hold baby chest with your forearm. Keep the baby comfortable. Leaning forward your baby, genteelly rub the back. Some baby can easily burp and some are not. Please don't easily give-up and try as best as you can. Enjoy reading.

Pregnancy: Massage your baby??

Massage are very important to help your baby feel comfortable. You can massage your baby before, during or after the bath.

There are 6 areas need your attention while massaging your baby.

1. Head and face
2. Chest
3. Arms and hands
4. Tummy
5. Back and neck
6. Leg and feet

Next articles will show some of the massage skills 

that has been practice. 

Pregnancy: How to bath the baby?

There are many ways to bath the newborn. Here are the basic outline:

1. Prepare the bath 

2. Test the temperature (36-38°C)

3. Undress your baby 

4. Gently clean your newborn’s eyelids, wiping from inner eye to outer eye, ear, mouth using the moisten warm cotton wool ball. 

5. Use different piece of cotton wool ball for each eye.

6. Clean the baby hair by gently splash some water once or twice a week.

7. Clean the baby face, neck and body using soft wash cloth.

8. Clean the genital and bottom using same wash cloth.

*Before take out the baby from the bath tub, clean the baby with clean water. 

Pregnancy: Why baby cry?

Lactose is a substances that can be found in cow's milk. Allergy to lactose can occur because of premature intestine in babies. Premature Intestinal condition causing incomplete  digestion of carbohydrates. This causes abdominal bloating with excessive wind. Babies who are not properly burping after feeding or infant exposed to maternal cigarette smoke or exposure to cigarette smoke during pregnancy can cause babies at high risk of bloating.

In addition, depressed mothers may affect the method of infant feeding and care of babies and immaturity nerve causing it to be more sensitive to environmental factors and lead to infant colic.

Below are some of the practise to burping our babies:

To find more please refer to this video... Happy share....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8yvnhWdyAs