The daily routine of a child at 1 month is a certain schedule according to which he is fed, laid to sleep, socialized, played, and are in the fresh air with him. Pediatricians have developed a different approach to this issue. Some doctors believe that the regimen of the day of the baby should be free, because the baby has its own biological clock. Others are proponents of a clear schedule. From their point of view, everything should be painted literally in minutes. How to organize the regimen of the day of the baby, even if the pediatricians are not unanimous in this matter?
Firstly, it is necessary to take into account the desires of the child; you should not turn a wonderful moment of education into a difficult struggle. And secondly, adhering to the routine, mom will facilitate the care of her baby and provide an opportunity for her own relaxation. But first things first.
The importance of the routine for the child and parents
After the baby is born from the mother’s womb, the process to the outside world should be facilitated. When repeating the same actions during each day at the strictly allotted time, the child will get used to it and begin to understand what follows. A carefully planned regimen of the day of the baby will allow the baby to determine the periods of wakefulness, sleep, walking, feeding. Psychologists say that a child who has developed a daily routine is less prone to whims and stress.
Parents can also plan their schedule more clearly. Just as adults live according to a certain schedule, which helps to solve all vital issues, so the regimen of the day of the baby is able to alleviate the fate of the latter.
Consider the main stages of the first days of the baby:
- sleep;
- food;
- active state;
- hygiene procedures;
- stay in the fresh air.
During the first month of a child’s life, sleep is allowed up to 18-20 hours. Infants should be fed on demand, approximately 6 to 8 times during the day and 1-2 at night. In a state of activity, the newborn is only 4-6 hours per day. During this period, parents can conduct hygiene procedures, chat and play with the child. During walks on the street, the child also mostly sleeps.
Morning time
The question of how to establish the regimen of the day of the baby, worries more than one generation. Each time with the birth of the long-awaited baby, the parents find themselves in a little perplexity. How to accustom your newborn child to the routine?
Let's start in the morning. Most often, it begins with mother and child from 6 o’clock. The daily routine of the baby should begin with hygiene procedures. After all, it is necessary to wash the baby. To do this, his face is wiped with a cotton pad moistened with warm water. The eyes are washed from the outer edge to the inner corner. Also wipe the ears without penetrating. If necessary, clean the nose using turunda. More details about this procedure will be described below.
At 6 hours 30 minutes - baby food. After half an hour, they put him to bed. The baby rests for 2-3 hours, after which a 30-minute wakeful period begins. At this time, you should definitely talk, play, sing songs with your child. So throughout the day feeding and sleep alternate.
However, how to adjust the regimen of the day of the baby, if the child does not follow the planned schedule at all? The main thing is not to panic. It should be understood that in the first (after birth) days the newborn lives according to its schedule, which should gradually be systematized. No need to wake up the baby in order not to miss the time of feeding. Do not rush to the other extreme - expect a term for feeding if the baby is hungry. Mom should be flexible, but try to follow a certain regime.
Washing a newborn
Every morning, when the child wakes up, they wash them. It is very important to carry out such procedures daily. The kid will quickly get used to them. This is one of the important stages that allow you to gradually introduce a carefully planned regimen of a child’s day in 1 month.
A place for care is better to choose a changing table, as it is convenient for placing the necessary appliances and items. The thermal indicator of washing water should initially correspond to 37 degrees. In order to harden, you should gradually lower the temperature to 25 degrees.
Cleansing usually begins with cleansing the eye. They need to be treated with a moistened cotton pad. With a smooth movement, they rub the eye from the outer to the inner corner. The child’s nose is rubbed outside, also using a damp cloth. The inner part of the spout is cleaned with a cotton flagellum, making rotational movements. For hygienic procedures, boiled water is used. It is convenient to clean the ears with such flagella, removing sulfur from the outside of the ear canal. It is not recommended to promote turunda inward. Since you are not removing sulfur, you are moving it deeper into the passage. Ears are cleaned a couple of times a week. The umbilical wound is treated twice a day with hydrogen peroxide (3% solution), then lubricated with brilliant green.
Diet
In this matter, the opinions of pediatricians are similar. In accordance with their recommendations, the infant's diet should be subject to the requirement of the newborn.
From doctors, mothers can hear that the baby should be kept at the mother’s chest 24 hours a day. Of course, one should not take literally these words. The baby needs to be put to sleep in its own crib and fed at will. This is especially important for those mothers who have a first child. After all, they had not previously encountered the need to plan a child’s day regimen of 1 month.
About three decades ago, babies were fed in accordance with the established schedule. No matter how the child behaves (crying, shouting), they expected the necessary time corresponding to the regimen. Some parents still use this rule.
On-demand feeding has its value, as the mother’s body is adapted to the needs of the baby. Milk is produced in the required quantity - as much as the child needs. This process begins immediately after the birth of the baby.
It is very important to put the baby on the tummy for a short time before starting feeding. Remember that air gets into the baby’s stomach when feeding along with milk. To release it, the newborn after eating should be held upright for burping. It will be at the same time prevention of colic.
Feeding baby for the first time
Mom in the maternity hospital needs to learn the correct attachment to the breast of a newborn. Here the midwife and other staff can help. The baby should be put on the barrel, facing him, touch his cheek with his finger. When he opens his mouth, insert the nipple as deep as possible into the mouth. The areola must be captured completely.
The baby’s nutrition for the first time is of great importance to the newborn. The faster a woman puts her baby to her chest, the sooner he will get colostrum valuable to him. And it has a very useful composition. It includes immunoglobulins, proteins, vitamins, enzymes necessary for the colonization of the intestine, bacteria and hormones. It is worth adding staphylococcal antitoxin to them. Colostrum is very high in calories, even if the baby received it in the smallest amount.
Morning for mom and baby usually starts at 6 in the morning, from the first feeding. Then during the day there are five more feedings: 10.00, 13.00, 16.30, 20.00. At 23 hours and 30 minutes, the baby is fed before bedtime.
Mom should be prepared for the fact that feeding can last from 30 minutes to an hour. For no reason, it should not be interrupted. For the child, this process is important, since it is not only saturated with food, but also calms down after the work done.
stroll
Do not forget about the fresh air. Children's doctors recommend taking the baby out for the first walk in the summer 7-10 days after discharge from the maternity hospital. When a child is born in a cold season, they take him out into the street 3-4 weeks after discharge. This question must be agreed with the pediatrician.
When you first go out, the question arises of what clothes should the baby be on for a walk? And what to bring with you? Gathering crumbs for a walk, you do not need to wrap it too much. The baby should not be hot, he should not sweat. It is not necessary to swaddle him tightly so as to constrain movement.
After all, such a condition will quickly tire the child. In addition, this will lead to a violation of normal air exchange. At the same time, try to dress the baby in accordance with the weather so that it is not cold outside.
Walking with a small child is better in a quiet and peaceful place, away from the noisy city highways and roads. If the baby feels great on a walk, the time spent in the fresh air can be stretched from 40 minutes to 2 hours.
As a rule, windy or rainy weather can be a little dangerous for walks. Very hot days are also uncomfortable. Despite this, the baby still needs to be taken to fresh air. But the stroller should be placed under a canopy.
The correct regimen for the day of the baby should include two walks. And now let's touch on the necessary things for the baby to go out. Each mother must take a sheet and a blanket, spare sliders and a blouse, a warm hat (in the cold season). A bottle with food (expressed breast milk) is useful on the street, especially if the baby did not want to eat on the eve of the walk.
Bathing baby
Pediatricians recommend having a baby air baths. They promote hardening and prevent diaper rash and prickly heat. If the time for sleep has not yet come, it is useful to let the baby lie down without clothes. This procedure can be repeated during dressing. In this case, do not forget to stroke your baby on the back, tummy, do a light massage. In the morning, you can add exercise. Such actions will be very pleasant for the child. You should be aware that these measures stimulate the development of the child.
While the navel is being tightened, boiled water is used for bathing, adding a solution of manganese (with a thermal regime of water up to 37 degrees). Soap is not necessary to use daily. They do not wash their heads more often than once every seven days. From time to time, it is recommended to use a decoction of various medicinal plants.
Having bought the baby, process the umbilical wound. This procedure should be done until complete healing. After bathing, apply a powder and baby cream to maintain dry skin and protect against various irritations.
Tempering a child
In order for the child to be healthy, it is necessary to regularly conduct hardening. Air baths are carried out at room temperature from 23 degrees. The baby is placed on a changing table, stripped and allowed to move legs and arms. Start from 1-2 minutes and gradually increase the procedure time to 5-10 minutes. Consistently begin to lower the air temperature in the room to 17-18 degrees. Air procedures are carried out starting from the first month of the baby's life.
Hardening is also facilitated by systematic outdoor walks. As previously noted, the baby must breathe fresh air. Therefore, plan your baby’s day regimen at 1 month so that the baby walks as much as possible.
In summer, the duration of the first walk is up to 17 minutes at a temperature above +20 degrees. The walk time is recommended to be increased by 5 minutes daily. In winter, the first walk is approximately 12 minutes. The temperature on the street should not be lower than –3 degrees. Every second day, the duration of your stay on the street is increased by 5 minutes. After a month, the child's walks should last 45 minutes twice a day in the summer, in winter their duration should be about half an hour.
Parents should be aware of the great benefits of outdoor sleep for a young child. Little hint. Upon returning from a walk, you need to check whether the legs and nose are warm. If they are warm, then your child was dressed correctly.
Baby sleep
Most of the day is devoted to sleeping time. In the first month, it is very important to accustom the child to the correct schedule of periods of wakefulness and rest. The baby at this time is awake only 4-6 hours a day.
To accustom the baby to the regimen, one should heed the advice given by Dr. Komarovsky. Sleeping a baby will not turn into a headache for parents if the latter begin to fulfill certain rules of preparation for rest:
- Carefully observe the sleep mode.
- In the afternoon, Sonya should be woken up if the child is resting more than the allotted time. Only then will he have a great night.
- Walk a lot during the day.
- Ventilate the room regularly.
- Do not skip evening swimming, which contributes to a better sleep.
- Use only high-quality diapers.
- Equip the crib with a comfortable mattress.
Monthly Nutrition
Toddlers are growing fast. The nutritional standards of infants should also change rapidly.
The main recommendations for the diet:
- 1 month. Exclusively breastfeeding. The baby can be near the chest for about an hour.
- 2 month . Also only breast milk. Full feeding occurs, as a rule, after 40 minutes - 3.5 hours. The norm is 3-5 times a night and from 5 to 7 during the day.
- 3 month . In the afternoon, the baby is fed (breast milk) 6-8 times. And at night - 2-4. There may be a long break in feeding - up to five hours. But this happens quite rarely.
- 4 month . Feeding remains breastfeeding. However, at this age, the introduction of complementary foods is possible. This aspect should be discussed initially with the pediatrician.
- 5 month. The baby may be interested in adult food. He is allowed to give “on test” (lick) any product. If the child has shown an interest in food, then the time for the first lure has come.
- 6 month . Against the background of breastfeeding, the child is introduced into the diet complementary foods.
- 7 month . Breast feeding is combined with complementary foods. The kid happily sucks a slice of an apple, cookie or bagel.
- 8 month . At this age, the child eats from 4 to 6 times a day. And at night, feeding is reduced to 2 times.
- 9 month . One of the feedings can be supplemented with "adult" food.
- 10 month . Throughout the day, the child constantly chews something, with pleasure tastes food from the table of adults.
- 11 month. The time when the baby can have two full feeding.
- 12 month . Breast feeding with lures up to 2 times a day. The kid is happy to try another meal.
This monthly infant nutrition is recommended by pediatricians. However, do not forget that every baby grows and develops exclusively according to its laws and rules. If, having tasted "adult" food, he wrinkles and does not want to eat it, do not worry. It's just that the time of feeding has not yet come.
Conclusion
Mother’s love and tenderness will inspire confidence and pleasure in the baby. A certain regimen of a child’s day at 1 month will allow him to adapt faster. Remember, the routine will have a beneficial effect on the development of the child's body. It will allow parents and other family members to create the most comfortable conditions.