Category Newborn

Before basing yourself on what grandmothers tell you about raising children, it is important that you know the new rabbits that psychologists and pediatricians give about raising babies. And it is that, perhaps due to ignorance, fatigue or false beliefs, parents make some mistakes when caring for and raising the baby.

Pregnancy is one of the times when a woman has to take the most exquisite care to guarantee the health and well-being of the baby that grows inside her womb. So much so, that there are many drugs not recommended during pregnancy, foods to avoid or hygiene measures to take, but what happens when drugs or opiates were already consumed before pregnancy?

As long as the baby remains inside the mother's womb, everything seems to be under control. When the moment of delivery approaches, the mother only thinks about what that moment will be like and, of course, what will happen to the baby in the first minutes after delivery. Find out how the baby is adapting to his new environment.

We have all had unexpected and sometimes untimely hiccups, but it is an involuntary, intermittent spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, causing abnormal inspiration and abrupt closure of the glottis. When it happens to us, it bothers us, but it happens to our baby.

Many of the times parents think & 39; that will not happen to me & 39;, but the reality is that the number of babies who die from suffocation increases every day and most of the time it could have been avoided; For this reason, it is important to know what are the most common causes of a child dying by suffocation in order to take adequate precautions in order to avoid fatal consequences and what are the main situations of risk of suffocation in nursing babies.

When we talk about childbirth and the important changes it entails, we almost always focus on the sensations and events that take place in the mother's body, but we often forget that childbirth is a matter of two, that when a woman gives birth , a baby is born, and that for this second protagonist the changes are even greater.

After the delivery and spending a few days in the hospital, where the baby and the mother were able to count on all the medical support and care, it is time to go home, and this time carrying a baby in her arms. that parents, especially new ones, have to face doubts, fears and concerns regarding the care of the baby and the new family reality.

More and more objects are coming out to make motherhood easier. In this case, I am going to talk to you about something for your baby when the mouth starts to bother him, and even a few months before. This is my experience as a mother using silicone thimbles to clean baby's gums.

From Asia, through Europe to Africa. There are countless traditions and customs regarding the care and protection of babies that curiously can be similar in different regions of the world. Do you know any of them? Here are the most popular traditions that aim to protect the baby from the bad death.

Being born on Friday the 13th is not a sign of bad luck or a bad omen, but even so, some mothers look at the calendar fearful so that their delivery does not take place on this date. Here we explain the different legends around the boys and girls born on Friday the 13th and the different origins of this superstition that makes many people have a phobia of this day.

If your son or daughter was born on Tuesday the 13th, don't worry! It is one more day like any other on the calendar. The bad reputation that precedes this date has no scientific basis and there is no reason to think that the fate and future of the child will bring bad luck. In fact, there are people who think just the opposite and use 13 as an amulet and even bet on that number in games of chance, not to mention traditions and cultures in which 13 is sacred (for the Mayans, the number thirteen had a special and sacred meaning since it represented the thirteen lunar phases).

Reflexes are nothing more than the voluntary and automatic response that our body has when it is stimulated in a certain way. I explain all this to you because when it is born, a baby has reflexes that are normal. Some persist for life (being normal), while others disappear according to age (which is also normal) and the extrusion reflex is one of them.

Right after taking the grapes, in the first minutes of the New Year, the phone began to ring. Parents, siblings, cousins ​​and friends called non-stop to congratulate us on the New Year and wish us luck for the next twelve months. When the phone gave us a break and we went back to the table, my little boy asked me: can I call Miguel?

The moment when parents hold their child in their arms is indescribable: it is the beginning of a wonderful adventure! Also from a stage full of doubts and uncertainties. With us we have a baby with whom we have an unbreakable bond, but about whom we know nothing. Knowing these 22 gestures of a newborn will make you connect more with him.