Skip to main content

10 Helpful Guide For First Time Moms(2024)


The birth of a child is one of the most exciting experiences a mother can have. Some people believe that babies are a blessing.

I couldn't hold back my tears of delight when my first child arrived.

It was the happiest feeling a human being could possibly experience. Nothing is essential now.

However, if you haven't adequately prepared for your newborn, it might be disastrous.

Unlike me, I was not ready as a father how I should take care of my baby when we got home. I had no clue or plan.

Luckily, my mom wasn't leaving so far, so I had to become a student to my mom on how to take care of my son. Funny how that sounds weird saying it out loud.

Within the first 3 weeks, I became a master of taking care of my newborn son, learning from the best 'my mom.'

Here are a few tips I learned from my 3 weeks of intensive training.

1. Patting your baby's back to keep him calm;

To keep the baby calm when he is crying or wants to fall asleep, put him on your shoulder with one hand and use the other hand to pat his back gently and rhythmically.

This makes him feel comfortable and puts him to sleep quickly.

2. For the umbilical cord, always apply a cord care powder to the umbilical stump to dry it up and fall off within a few days. 

Use a pad to clean off any residue on the baby's belly button.


3. Swaddling the baby;


 

Babies have a strong reflex, making them throw their arms and legs aggressively, and they could end up injuring themselves when not swaddled.

The swaddling works effectively thus, to help keep them safe. You can get the swaddle at any supermarket to buy.

  4. Feeding the baby with a feeding bottle needs to be done with precision and great care.

When feeding with a feeding bottle, keep the bottle leveled horizontally, don't raise the back of the bottle because by doing so, you could end up choking the baby.


5. The soothing sound produced by white noise machines works like magic for babies. 

Babies love white noise; it helps them to sleep comfortably at night. 

You can buy a white noise machine for your baby and see how amazing it makes them sleep fast.

6. Change your baby's diaper regularly, at least every two hours.

When you see the yellow strip on your baby's diaper turn blue, you should know it is time to change it.

A wet diaper makes the baby feel uncomfortable and keeps crying until it is changed or replaced.

When changing the diaper, lay down the baby on his back.

Open a new diaper and gently slide it under the diaper on the baby.

 This is to prevent any leakage from the old diaper from spreading around.

7. To calm a crying baby when nothing seems to work out, take the baby outside. 

The change of environment works well to calm him down.

8. When taking the newborn baby out to bathe, use warm water only. 

Cover the baby with a warm baby towel and gently bathe them.

9. Always remember to bring the baby out of his little car seat when you arrive home. Dont just leave him still in the car seat when he is asleep. 

Gently removed him from the car seat and laid him in bed.

Your baby can suffocate while sleeping in the car sit for long, and we wouldn't want that to happen.

10. After you have finished feeding your baby, burping him is the next thing you should do.

Put the baby on your thighs in a sitting position. With one hand on his chest, gently pat his back.

You can put him on your shoulder when it is challenging to burp him in the sitting position, or you could lay him on your thighs and gently pat his back.

I learned some valuable tips, and I am happy to share them.

Leave your questions or suggestions in the comment box below.

   

NB;
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks."

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2023 Easy Way To Fix Floating Floor Gaps under $60

  In one way or the other, most of us have faced the problem of having gaps develop between planks on our floors. Thus if you have laminate or engineering floor, you will be familiar with this problem.    image from floorgapfixer.com It is a problem I face most often, and I will show you an easy step-by-step way you can fix this yourself for under $100! We face this problem mainly because laminate or engineered wood flooring has been designed to expand and contract during seasonal changes in weather conditions. The floors, according to the designs, have not been nailed to the subframe so this expansion and contraction is common.   I recently just found out that many face this problem too. Hence, this article to help solve this problem. It was terrible when I first discovered this problem; I had gaps like an inch long on my floor. I contacted a carpenter to come to fix it, and that cost me a lot. So when this started happening again, I took to the in...
Post a Comment
Read more

Consequences of lying to kids and teenagers

‘’ Katie, go and work on your homework!’’ Katie; – Mom, I’ve already done that. Okay. I headed straight to his bedroom and then came across his school books opened. I decided to check and see if he has done the work correctly, only to find out that he hadn’t touched it yet. I guess you’ve experienced a similar thing before, and you also know how disheartening that is. When I found out that he was lying about doing his homework, it really broke my heart. I was lost for words because this was the first time he lied straight in my face. I was in disbelief and shocked. I didn’t know what to do about the situation, so I sat on his bed to process what was going on and how best I could address it. I knew the best way to deal with the situation was to let him know the consequences of lying. That will let him understand his actions and the harmful effects it is likely to have on him if he continues with them. But since it was my first time being a parent, I had to research by as...
Post a Comment
Read more

6 Tips to raise successful kids

The world is full of opportunities, but only those well prepared for it can rip the benefits. That is why it is crucial to give your child the necessary  training he will require to become successful in the future. When we look at the lives of the most successful people in the world, almost all of them had a great upbringing from childhood which had a lot of impact on them becoming successful. In today's article, we will be looking at the importance of raising a successful child and all the tips you will need to do that. These tips are based on detailed research and consultation from parents who have raised successful kids. Quickly, let's start looking at why it is essential to raise successful kids. Why is it important to raise successful children? freepik.com There are so many reasons why it is important to raise successful kids, but we will be looking at just a few. 1.  Financial freedom; I believe this doesn't  need much explanation because it is self-explanatory alre...
Post a Comment
Read more