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And a happy event happened.You are standing on the threshold of your house, clutching in the arms of such a dear to you a bundle of happiness, wrapped in a blanket with ruches. Nine difficult months of waiting, painful fights and childbirth, joyful noisy discharge from the maternity hospital were left behind. Thoughts and advice from both the medical staff and grandmothers and aunts are gradually beginning to fit in your head. At first, young parents are afraid to approach their newborn baby, fearing to harm him, to hurt him. That is why an acute question arises before them:

"how to handle the navel of a newborn."Under the supervision of a doctor, this rather simple procedure did not cause questions, but left alone, parents begin to panic. How to care for the navel of a newborn to prevent infection and speed healing?

Newborn navel treatment

Approaches to the question of how to process the navelnewborn, constantly changing. More recently, neonatologists - doctors who observe babies for up to a month, advised to treat the wound with alcohol-containing solutions (green paint or iodine). Today, medicine recommends: before treating the navel of a newborn, it is necessary to organize the baby air baths. It 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. Treatment of the navel is best done in the evening before bedtime. Pre baby needs to bathe. Add decoctions of herbs such as chamomile or calendula to the water. After bathing, proceed to treatment. For this you can use a solution of potassium permanganate or brilliant green. Before treating the navel

rinse the woundusing hydrogen peroxide. Next, use a cotton swab to squeeze the baby's navels with a dark solution of potassium permanganate or brilliant green. Pay special attention to places where the umbilical cord is just beginning to fall off: it is very important that the solution falls under the drying umbilical cord, and in no case can you tear it off yourself. Doubt than to process the navel of a newborn, what to choose - potassium permanganate or brilliant green? Address this question to the patronage sister or the local pediatrician. They will help make the right choice.

General recommendations for the care of the newborn

Newborn care is quite simple, eachthe 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:

1. Diapers.Try to minimize the time your child stays in the diaper. Of course, at night and on a walk a diaper is absolutely irreplaceable, but in the daytime the child will be better off without it. After all, for the normal development of the reproductive system, the genitals of children cannot be overheated (especially for boys), and the body temperature in a dry diaper is half a degree-degree above body temperature. After the baby pees, the temperature rises another degree.
2. Skin care is simple.It is enough to ensure that there is no diaper rash and small cracks in the folds. In case such a nuisance has happened, do not be discouraged. Treat the damaged skin with a special ointment for diaper rash (it will be recommended to you at the maternity hospital).
3. For the care of the ears, nose and eyes, use special children's cotton swabs, sterile cotton swabs, turndochki. Rinse all with warm boiled water.