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Section 8 - 3

Section 8 - 3. Handling and Feeding Infants. Handling a Baby. Always support the neck. Be very careful when lifting or putting down. Shaken Baby Syndrome When someone severely shakes the baby, usually in an effort to make the baby stop crying.

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Section 8 - 3

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  1. Section 8 - 3 Handling and Feeding Infants

  2. Handling a Baby • Always support the neck. • Be very careful when lifting or putting down. • Shaken Baby Syndrome • When someone severely shakes the baby, usually in an effort to make the baby stop crying. • Can lead to brain damage, mental retardation, blindness, deafness, death.

  3. Feeding • Babies are difficult to schedule • No cows milk during the first yr. • Hard for the baby to digest, and has minerals the kidneys cannot process • Formula is OK as it has been modified for baby • Breastfed is best

  4. Preparing a bottle • Hold baby semi-upright • Keeps the nipple full of milk which prevents air from getting into baby • May warm the bottle • Make sure to test the temperature • DON’T USE THE MICROWAVE – heat unevenly • DON’T leave baby with bottle “propped” • Can cause tooth decay • Baby needs contact

  5. Burping • Burp a baby to help get rid of air • Baby may not burp each time • Baby will burp more on it’s own as it gets older

  6. Solid Food • Weaning • Shifting the baby from bottle to cup, usually somewhere between 9mth and 18mths • Solid Foods • Start around 6mths, when baby can sit up on it’s own. • Introduce new foods one at a time • Be prepared: baby will try to push food out with tongue. It’s messy  • Use soft foods and small spoons

  7. Bathing Baby • Cannot submerge baby until belly button has healed.Use a spongebath • Can use a baby tub or put them in the sink when they can sit up. • Gentle “no tears” soap/shampoo, washcloth • Crade Cap • A skin condition where scalp develops yellow crusty scales (dry skin) • Apply lotion and use a gentle brush

  8. Diapering • Disposable or cloth? Your choice • Diaper rash • Patches of rough irritated skin, can have open sores and bleed. • Sometimes can be an allergy to a diaper • Treat a mild case with diaper cream (zinc oxide) and expose to the air • If it get’s worse talk to a doctor

  9. Sleep • Newborn may sleep 12 – 20 hours a day • Older babies have at least 1 nap a day • SIDS • Sudden infant death syndrom • Cause is unknown • Putting baby on back can help prevent • Don’t put baby in bed with you • Crying it out? Good or bad?

  10. Dressing Baby • Dress baby in one more layer then you would wear. • Sleepers: a one-piece stretchy garment with feet • Onesie – lighter one piece body suit. • Socks/booties • Babies grow fast – don’t overbuy • Clothes should be loose, easy to clean

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