The mode of the newborn's day in the first month: feeding and sleeping

The main tasks of a baby in the first month after birth are to eat well, sleep a lot and please parents with their first smiles. On average, children at this age sleep 18-20 hours a day.Newborn Day RegimenA newborn's daily routine consists of 2/3 sleep Photo: Getty If your baby sleeps well during the day but refuses to sleep at night, the following tips will help:

  • Let the child understand that it was morning, with the help of hygienic procedures. Wipe his face with a wet fleece, clean your nose, ears.
  • At night feeding, use a night light, do not turn on the bright light.
  • In the evening, make sure that the house is quiet, speak in muffled voices.
  • Before night sleep, turn on the baby quiet lullaby music.

Previously, doctors advised feeding children strictly according toschedule every 3 hours. Now this method is considered outdated, and pediatricians suggest feeding newborns on demand. On average, a child in the first month of life asks to eat 6-8 times. But you should not feed him until he refuses the breast or bottle. Overfeeding is a direct path to colic and other digestive problems. At one time, a month-old baby should eat about 90 ml of breast milk or formula.

Newborn Day Regimen: bathing, walking

Two more things that should be includeddaily routine of a breastfed baby - bathing and walks. You need to bathe your baby every day before going to bed, but before the last evening feeding. Add a decoction of chamomile, celandine or string to the bathing water. This is good for baby's skin and improves the baby's sleep. In good weather, you need to walk with your baby every day. If the baby was born healthy and full-term, walks should begin on the 10th day of life. In winter, you can walk down to -10 ° C. Winter walks should be about 10 minutes. In the summer, you can walk with a month-old baby for 20 minutes, provided that the air temperature is no more than + 30 ° C. It is difficult for a newborn baby to get used to a certain regimen in the first month of life, but parents should make every effort to help him. If a normal regimen is instilled at this age, there will be no problems with the regimen in the future. Also interesting:

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