Tips to Caring Premature Baby at Home

Posted by kiki | March 17th, 2010 in Baby Care | 1 Comment »

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If your baby is born or born earlier than expected, it is important to know certain characteristics of these “babies hurry”.

Crying: It will console caressing, singing or showing any figure they like. The light, noise and movomientos should always be the minimum.

Dream: Her sleep periods are generally shorter than those born at term.

Food: They’re slower to eat as they have less strength to suck. They also require less milk, but more often than those born at term.

Mobilization of the bowel: Usually not mobilize every day, being important in the abdomen massaged.

Vomiting: usually have reflux. If this does not interfere in its development, will only take care of the baby’s position (semisitting).

Eyes: Strabismus and myopia are more common in premature babies, so it is important to conduct frequent checks.

Hearing: The Decrease of hearing, in different degrees, occurs more frequently in these children. It is important to carry out checks from the first few months listening to school.

Abdomen: His muscle tone is weaker and therefore more frequently given the appearance of umbilical hernias.Las corrected spontaneously, while requiring groin surgery.

Genitalia: It is common the absence of testes in the scrotum, which then fall.

Neurological Development to assess progress in psychomotor development (support of the head, standing, walking) should take into account his age would have been born at term.

Anyway, beyond love and affection of the family, it is important that a premature baby is controlled by a multidisciplinary team of specialists.

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    Tips to Caring Premature Baby at Home « Baby Health Advice…

    If your baby is born or born earlier than expected, it is important to know certain characteristics of these “babies hurry”.

    Crying: It will console caressing, singing or showing any figure they like. The light, noise and movomientos should always be…

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