The regime of the child of the first month of life. How much does a newborn sleep and eat?

This article is about the first month of the baby’s life and how to accustom him to the regime.

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With the advent of the baby, chaos may form in the family - parents can begin to experience a shortage of time not only on each other, but even on themselves. To avoid this, from the first days of the baby’s life, attention should be paid to his regime of the day, for the establishment of which it will take some time.

Newborn mode in the first month

In the first two weeks, the child sleeps about 20 hours a day and eats - these are his main responsibilities. As the child grows up, starting from 3-4 weeks, he begins to wakeful more and more time, study the world around him.

It is very important even before the birth of the child to decide on the issue of feeding the baby - according to the regime (every 3 hours) or on demand. It is necessary to deal with this issue in detail and choose the most optimal option for yourself.

In addition to feeding and sleep, the child's mode includes:

Hygienic procedures
Walks
Games
Rituals preceding all the above points

Important: the correctly established regime contributes to the physical and mental development of the baby. It is proved that children with the established mode have a good appetite, sleep well, less anxious, at the same time active and vigor.

It should also be remembered that the establishment of a child’s regime will help him to better navigate in the change of day and night. And this is important for newly -made parents - they will have the opportunity to relax, restore strength, devote time to themselves and another friend.

Feeding a child of the first month of life

To establish the regime of the newborn, it is necessary to decide how the baby will feed:

By the clock - every three hours
On demand

Consider them in more detail.

The watch feeding system has become relevant back in Soviet times. She was due to the fact that having given birth, a woman needed to go to work. Due to the fact that there was no way to adjust the work schedule for feeding the child, it was necessary to act the other way around.

Thus, the child ate once every three hours, at night there was a break of six hours. The feeding lasted no more than 20 minutes.

This feeding system has its advantages:

Easier to set the child's regime
Mom can easily plan her day, devoting time to herself and her husband
Getting used to the regime, the baby will become calmer, he will not bother his mother at night

There are also disadvantages:

At first, it will be difficult for a child to get used to such a graphics-the need for a newborn for feeding in the first month of life is usually once every 1.5-2 hours. Parents will have to make a lot of efforts in order to distract the baby
20 minutes are not always enough to eat the baby. The intensity of sucking can be different. This can lead to malnutrition, but as a result, the baby may not gain weight
Applying the baby to the chest every three hours and incomplete devastation of the breast can lead to lactostasis and magician
The reasons from the previous subparagraph can also lead to extinguishing lactation. With insufficient breast stimulation, there is less and less milk production. This is what the fact that Soviet women were breastfeed for children, usually up to six months
This feeding mode is difficult to transfer the child from a psychological point of view - a long absence of intimacy with his mother

Watch feeding was considered correct for a very long time. It should be noted that some experts still consider this feeding system the most optimal.

Feeding on demand.

Important: feeding the child at the request is considered natural feeding - historically established. This approach of feeding a child appeared with the first person.

The child feeding the child is simple - the child eats when he wants it. He receives his chest after the first scream or crying and enjoys it as much as he wants, without limiting time.

Cons of breastfeeding on demand:

Mom should always be next to the child. There is no way to leave, because A child at any moment may demand a breast
Due to the fact that the child is not limited in time, he can tie his mother to himself for a long time. It should be remembered that among babies there are often lovers to sleep on my mother's chest

A child can often wake up at night, demanding a chest
During breastfeeding, the mother gets so accustomed to this close connection with the baby that it is very difficult to stop breastfeeding. It should be noted that breastfeeding on demand usually lasts a long period of time, more often the year of the baby

And the advantages of feeding the child are as follows:

It is difficult to overestimate the benefits of breast milk, especially when the child receives it as much as he wants
Children are less likely to get sick, minimum problems with the gastrointestinal tract
Mom’s chest problems are minimized - there is a constant devastation of the chest
Lactation is quickly established, there is a constant milk production, so mom can breastfeed her baby for a long time
With frequent breast sucking, the baby can easily do without a dummy

Important: it is proved that the child on natural feeding is more calm.

As for children for artificial feeding, the main task of parents is to choose the right baby food, as well as its number. The necessary diet should be followed.

It takes more time to absorb the milk mixture than to absorb breast milk. Thus, it is necessary to feed the child once every three hours. The total number of feedings is about 8 times a day.

Important: manufacturers of children's food describe in detail on the packaging the method of preparing the mixture. Do not neglect this information.

The volume of the mixture in the first ten days of the baby’s life should be calculated by the formula:

The number of days lived to multiply by 10, ml

From the second week to the end of the first month, the volume of the mixture should be calculated as follows:

The weight of the child is divided into 5, ml
the resulting volume is divided into the number of feedings per day (approximately 6-7 times), ml

The drinking regime of the newborn

To give water to a newborn or not directly depends on the type of feeding the baby - breast or artificial, as well as on his state of health.

As for breastfeeding, the opinions of specialists diverge:

Some believe that it is impossible to finish
Others believe that the newborn should offer water, but not insist. He himself will decide whether he needs water
Still others believe that it is imperative to give water to a newborn

World Health Organization believes that breast milk is food and drink, which consists of water by 90 percent. Therefore, do not finish the child up to six months.

However, there are cases when you should give a child a water:

If it is necessary to administer the medicine for the baby. It is better to dilute drugs in water, not milk
If the child refuses milk during illness
In the case of dehydration of the body of the baby. Dehydration signals can be a sunk fontanel and darkened urine color. More often such cases are observed in the summer in hot weather

Important: if in the room where the baby is hot and dry, apply it to the chest more often. Improte and moisturize the room.

If you decide to give your child a water, you should remember that you should not give more than 60 ml per day or more than 20 ml at a time. Otherwise, the newborn may have a feeling of satiety, thereby he will receive noise of nutrients with breast milk.

In order for the baby not to abandon his mother’s breast, the water should not be given from the bottle, but with the help:

Teaspoon
Syringe

It is very important to choose the right water for the newborn. Special children's water purchased in a pharmacy or purified bottled water is best suited.

As for the drinking regime of children on artificial feeding, all experts agree that such children must be finished with water. Drink should be offered between feedings.

Important: do not insist if the baby does not want to drink, perhaps he is enough for the water that you use to prepare the mixture.

Child's chair of the first month of life

In the first day or two, the child has a dark green, even black stools-meconium. Mekonius - the original chair - comes out everything that gathered in a small organism during the time in his mother’s tummy. Meconium has a degree consistency.

Usually, on the third or fourth day of the child’s life, his chair acquires a grayish-green color and a more liquid consistency. Such a chair is observed before the end of the first week of the life of the crumbs.

Then the child’s chair is restored. Ideally, it should have a gruel-shaped consistency and yellow-brown-orange color. White scrolls and an admixture of mucus are possible. Sour smell, not sharp.

The frequency of stools in newborns, which are breastfeeding can vary from four to twelve times a day, the main thing is that the baby gain weight. The chair frequency depends directly on the frequency of feeding.

Important: sometimes the baby on breastfeeding has a chair frequency once every two to three days. Experts claim that this is also normal - breast milk is well absorbed.

With artificial feeding, the chair frequency is less often than four times a day. The consistency is more dense. Color can be from light yellow to brown.

Important: in the first month of life, the child’s chair is an indicator of his health.

Be sure to follow any changes in the chair - for its color, smell, consistency. Pay attention to the behavior of the crumbs. If the color of the chair becomes greenish, a pungent smell, lumps, foam will appear, and the baby will be moody, be sure to seek help from a doctor.

Important: parents should not self -medicate. Sometimes the use of various decoctions, and even more so drugs can only harm your baby. The treatment should be prescribed by a specialist, after a comprehensive assessment of the baby’s health.

Bathing a child in the first month of life

Bathing of a newborn should be a daily ritual. This hygienic procedure also pursues developing goals - the muscles of the crumbs are strengthened. Daily bathing contributes to hardening the baby.

Do not bathe the baby on the first day after discharge from the hospital - let him get used to the new environment. Already on the second day, you need to bathe the baby
It is necessary to bathe the baby in a separate bath. It is not necessary to boil water, because Boiling pursues the goal of killing all microbes in the water. But, it should be remembered that as soon as the water begins to cool in it again, microorganisms begin to multiply. Therefore, it will be enough just add a weak solution of potassium permanganate to the baby's bath
It is advisable to breed potassium permanganate in a separate glass bowl. Then strain the solution after 5-6 layers of gauze. This will help to avoid the entry of insoluble crystals of potassium permanganate into the bath - and, as a result, avoid burns of the delicate skin of the child
Bathing the baby in a weak solution of potassium permanganate should be until the umbilical wound of the crumbs heals

In the future, for bathing a newborn, you can use decoctions of the following herbs:

Chamomile. Chamomile has an anti -inflammatory, calming effect
Bide. A series promotes skin regeneration, helps to relieve inflammation and destroy microbes
Oak bark. Oak bark will help to cope with diaper rash and sweating

Important: adding decoctions of herbs to the bath for bathing a baby can cause a strong allergic reaction in a newborn. It is advisable to exclude their use if any of the family members has an allergy tendency.

The water temperature for bathing a newborn should be 37 ° C. From the third week, you can start hardening the baby - once every two weeks, lower the temperature of the water by 0.5 ° C, gradually bringing it to 34 ° C.

Before starting the child’s bathing, make sure that everything is ready - products for bathing a baby, a container with clean water, a soft towel or a diaper
When choosing a bathing tool, give preference to simpler, natural means that do not have dyes, fragrances, sulfates. Avoid the product that contains sodium lauryl sulfate - this is the most rigid chemical composition used in cosmetics, leading to strong allergies
A container with clean water is necessary in order to rinse the baby after bathing. The temperature of this water is a degree below the water contained in the bath
Bathing should be carried out between feedings, but not earlier than an hour after the last meal. In this case, the baby should not be too hungry, because Bathing should bring him pleasure. Because of the feeling of hunger, the baby can cry hard
It is necessary to lower the child into the water slowly. Starting with the legs, gradually immerse the whole body, while supporting the baby's head. At first, 5 minutes will be enough for swimming

Important: at first, the baby may be afraid to swim naked, for this you should use the method of bathing in the diaper.

Do not use for bathing a newborn washcloths. The baby’s skin is so delicate that you can apply microtrauma.

The baby should be washed with your hand, or a soft cloth. Pay special attention to natural folds on the skin of the baby, as well as the armpit. The head should be washed at the end of the bathing. Soap, shampoo, foam should be used no more than twice a week.

After swimming:

The baby's skin should be dry dry with a diaper or a soft towel
All folds on the skin are treated with drifting, baby cream or oil
Process the umbilical wound - first hydrogen peroxide, and then green.

Important: the child should be bathed at the same time. This will contribute to the speedy establishment of the baby's regime.

Child care in the first month of life

Read more about caring for a child in the first month of life in the article Rules for daily care for the newborn. Step -by -step hygienic care

Child's sleep in the first month of life

Sleep on a par with eating is an important indicator of the health of the baby. In the first two weeks of the child’s life, sleep should account for about 20 hours a day. As they grow older, starting from the third week, the dream will gradually decrease, and the watch of wakefulness increases.

The child is distinguished by three phases of sleep:

Deep sleep - breathing is even and calm
A shallow dream - uneven breathing, intermittent, are possible twitching of pens and legs
Nap - more often observed during feeding

Important: Healthy sleep is the key to the normal development of the child. Do not wake the baby to feed - a hungry child will not sleep.

For a strong sleep, a child must maintain a certain temperature regime in the room - from 18 to 22 ° C, a certain level of humidity, and ventilating regularly (at least three times a day).

In the first months of life, the baby should sleep on his side for the following reasons:

After eating, the child can burst, and lying on his back the baby may choke
After each feeding, you should change the barrel on which the baby will sleep - this will help the correct formation of the skull

In order for the child to lay steadily on the right or left side, along the baby’s back should be put a roller twisted from a soft diaper.

How to accustom a newborn to a regime?

Artificial feeding children need less time to establish a regime. This is due to the already originally established mode of feeding the crumbs with a mixture. And connection with this can clearly determine the time for games, conduct hygiene procedures, walks.

In the same way, the mode of children, which are on breast feeding and eat by the clock, is also established.

The things are more difficult with the kids who are on natural breastfeeding. It will take more than one week to accustom the child to a certain regime.

To establish the regime of a newborn to mom follows:

Make a notebook and write down your baby’s mode according to his biorhythms
During feeding, staying in private with the child. This will help to clearly decide on the duration of feeding the baby
Figure out the reasons for crying crumbs, try to satisfy his needs
Create comfortable conditions for sleeping a baby
Correctly alternate feeding with sleep
Do not force the child to bed and food
Bathing a child at the same time
Take walks at the same time
Closer to night sleep, muffle the light and create silence in the room. This will allow the baby to learn to recognize day and night faster

Important: you need to get closer to your baby, try to minimally be distracted by extraneous affairs - this will help you recognize the needs of the crumbs, and also learn to satisfy them in a timely manner.

How to change the baby's mode?

Sometimes it happens that the already established baby mode is not entirely convenient for parents. In this regard, parents think about how it can be changed.

First you should find out in which direction it is necessary to shift the mode, and only then proceed to action. It is best to start changing the mode in the daytime:

If you want to move the mode forward, then you should lay the baby to sleep 15 minutes later. So repeat until the baby gets used to this regime. If this time is not enough for you, then you should shift the baby’s laying time to sleep 15 minutes later
If you want to move the mode back, then the baby's awakening should be adjusted in the same way. This is due to the fact that the time of falling asleep crumbs is much more difficult to control

Important: by changing the baby’s regime, you should act gradually. Do not try to rush events. This will help the child avoid stress related to changing the regime.

To establish a newborn regime from parents, it will take only a little love and attention to the baby. Surround your child with care, listen to his needs and then you will succeed.