The following is a very useful video on bathing a baby girl. Same should apply on bathing a baby boy. It shows you the steps on how to bath a baby, and lots of bathing baby tips.
Video Content:
How often do I need to bath my baby? Do I have to bath my baby everyday?
How important is the water temperature?
How do I test the water temperature?
What is the ideal water temperature for baby?
What do I need to prepare before bathing a baby?
Steps of bathing a baby.
How to hold my baby during bathing?
Hope you find the above video helpful. More bathing baby tips in the future on AnythingMaternity.com!
Do you know how to swaddle a baby? When to stop swaddling your baby?
On this post, I am going to talk about the swaddling techniques or how to swaddle your baby. It’s very simple. I will show you the step by step instructions and also the how to swaddle baby video.
Why swaddle a baby?
Swaddling creates a slight pressure around your baby’s body that gives most newborns a sense of security because it mirrors the pressure they would have felt in uterus. It can also reduce the incidence of the startle reflex, which can upset babies and increase the frequency of waking and crying which help babies sleep longer through the night. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a syndrome marked by the symptoms of sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year.
New research shows that swaddling can help reduce the risk of SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by promoting better sleep when infants are on their backs but make sure do not swaddle a baby in warm room because overheating is a SIDS risk factor.
Do you have question about swaddling your baby for how long or when to stop?
Research shows that swaddling is only effective for the first few weeks after birth. After one to two months, swaddling, which inhibits movement, can restrict your baby’s motor development. You can choose to change it to baby sleeping bag so that your baby’s arms and hands are free to move around.
How to swaddle your baby? Just wrap it!
While it can look complicated, once you get the hang of it, swaddling a baby is incredibly simple. You should use a small cotton sheet or special swaddling sheet/ swaddling blanket to swaddle your baby; blankets or synthetic wraps should be avoided as they can cause overheating.
Lay the swaddling sheet down on a flat surface and fold the right corner down approximately 6 inches so that the sheet takes an almost triangular shape.
Place your baby diagonally across the sheet so that their neck rests on the edge of the folded corner.
Gently place your baby’s right arm flat against their body. Take the left side of the blanket and brings it across your baby’s chest. Ensure that your baby’s arm is securely under the wrap. Tuck the edge of the wrap under your baby to firmly fix the wrap.
Take the bottom corner and place it up over your baby’s feet so that it points upwards along the legs.
Take the right corner of the sheet, wrap it across the left hand side of your baby’s body and tuck it round underneath. Your baby should now be swaddled securely with only their head and neck exposed. To ensure that your baby’s swaddling is not too tight, check that you can slip your fingers down the top of the sheet.
While you should not need to use additional sheets and blankets when your baby is wrapped in swaddling, you will need to adjust their clothing according to the temperature of the room in which they will be sleeping.
If you still aren’t very sure on how to swaddling a baby, please take a look at the following “How to swaddle a baby” video.
From my post 2 days ago, you now know what is HypnoBirthing®. Do you want to know more or interested to find out other childbirth hypnosis classes in Malaysia?
Let me introduce you to Dr. Selina Chew, PhD. She is a Certified Hypnotherapist and First Certified HypnoBirthing® Childbirth Educator in Malaysia. She has been featured on numerous magazines and on TV3 regarding the use of hypnosis for childbirth.
A TV interview on HypnoBirthing with Selina Chew, as featured on TV3, Malaysia.
She is going to conduct a BirthConfidence™ Workshop:
Date:15 March 2009 (Sunday) Time: 9.30 pm – 5.00 pm Venue: Bukit Rahman Putra, Sg. Buloh, Selangor
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could have a comfortable, confident childbirth instead of feeling anxious, tense or fearful? With BirthConfidence™ Workshop, you can learn the techniques to achieve this!
BirthConfidence™ Workshop is a practical workshop for expectant mothers to have a better and more positive birth experience using hypnosis, visualizations and affirmations. Expectant mothers will learn techniques to manage labour pains with hypnosis. Husbands will also learn techniques to get their wives into hypnosis and to assist their wives to remain in a deep state of relaxation throughout labour.
Attend this workshop and be CONFIDENTLY PREPARED for CHILDBIRTH!
Here are 7 phenomenal ways you’ll benefit:
1. Avoid the intense pain of childbirth.
2. Reduce / eliminate painkilling drugs.
3. Remove fears and anxieties around giving birth.
4. Eliminate fatigue and hyperventilation.
5. Less likelihood of medical intervention.
6. Less likelihood of postpartum depression.
7. More rapid postnatal recovery.
Now, you too can learn the secrets to a more calm, confident and comfortable childbirth!
Special rate for expectant moms:
- RM597 per mom (Normal fee: RM980)
- RM537 each (for 2 or more moms signing up together / Baiboo member)
- Husbands attend at RM20 only!
What you will receive:
- Certificate of Attendance
- BirthConfidence Kit with notes and support materials
For more info on this BirthConfidence™ Workshop, please visit:
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