And then a joyful event happened. You are standing on the doorstep of your house, clutching in your arms a little ball of happiness so dear to you, wrapped in a blanket with ruffles. Nine difficult months of waiting, painful labor pains and childbirth, joyful noisy discharge from the maternity hospital were left behind . Thoughts and advice received from both medical staff and grandmothers and aunts gradually begin to fit into your head. At first, young parents are afraid to approach their newborn baby, fearing to harm him, to hurt. That is why the question arises before them:
"how to
process the navel of a newborn." Under the supervision of a doctor, this fairly simple procedure did not raise questions, but left alone, parents begin to panic. How to care for the navel of a newborn to prevent infection and accelerate healing?
Processing a newborn's navel
Approaches to the question of how to process the navel of a newborn are constantly changing. More recently, neonatologists - doctors who observe children for up to a month, were advised to treat the wound with alcohol-containing solutions (brilliant green or iodine). Today, medicine recommends: before you process the navel of a newborn, you need to organize your baby air baths. This is useful not only for the umbilical wound, but also for the whole organism. Frequent air baths will help to avoid diaper rash and sweating. Navel processing is best done in the evening before bedtime. Previously, the baby must be bathed. In the water, add decoctions of herbs such as chamomile or calendula. After swimming, proceed to the treatment. To do this, you can use a solution of potassium permanganate or brilliant green. Before you process your belly button
newborn with these means, rinse the wound with hydrogen peroxide. Next, with a cotton swab, cauterize the baby's navel with a dark solution of potassium permanganate or brilliant green. Pay special attention to places where the umbilical cord is just starting to fall off: it is very important that the solution gets under the drying umbilical cord, and in no case should you tear it off yourself. You doubt how to process the navel of a newborn, what to choose - potassium permanganate or brilliant green? Ask your
foster sister or community pediatrician this question. They will help you make the right choice.
General recommendations for newborn care
Caring for a newborn is quite simple, each mother intuitively feels what her baby needs at one time or another. However, a number of general recommendations will help young parents get comfortable with a new family member:
- Diapers. Try to minimize your baby’s stay in the diaper. Of course, at night and during a walk, a diaper is absolutely indispensable, but in the afternoon, a child will feel better without it. Indeed, for the normal development of the reproductive system, it is impossible to overheat the genitals of children (especially for boys), and the body temperature in a dry diaper is half a degree-degree higher than body temperature. After the baby pees, the temperature rises another degree.
- Skin care is simple. It is enough to ensure that there are no diaper rash and small cracks in the folds. If such a nuisance does happen, do not be discouraged. Treat damaged skin areas with a special diaper rash ointment (it will be recommended to you in the hospital).
- To care for the ears, nose and eyes, use special baby cotton buds, sterile cotton swabs, turundochki. Rinse everything with warm boiled water.