Posts Tagged ‘Newborn Baby’

Weight Variation

The relationship between a baby’s weight and age are key to observe its development. It is a curious fact, namely that infants have a different development still having the same age, just as not all countries, children develop at the same speed, so one should not be compared with other babies.

On average, in general, newborns usually weigh between 2800-4200 grams, with a length of 48-56 cm. Do not worry if your baby begins to gain weight since the early days, the important thing is food and then, little by little they will gain weight Read the rest of this entry »

How Much Fluoride for Babies?

In the 50s, fluorine (gradually introduced in toothpastes, salt or some water sources) was considered the panacea against cavities and plaque. Today, over fluoride in all the sauces, the risk of overdose for Baby. Even if your ally is to prevent caries, this trace element, which is involved in building bones and healthy teeth, must be given in quantities tailored to the age of toddlers.

The right amount of fluoride

Before 6 months
Prescription of fluoride tablets or drops, is useless in babies under 6 months. He simply advised to check carefully the amount of fluoride in the water feeds. Read the rest of this entry »

Baby’s Tooth Care

He approaches his first birthday and at the mouth of your little one still does not arise any “pearl milk.” Discover if it is normal or hide a problem.

Around the sixth month of life, it is common for the lower gum of your little break and start to sprout the tip of a tooth. But whether it has done weeks ago if it takes a few months to occur, do not worry. The variability is very large eruption.

babys teethDiscard diseases

Only when the output of the first tooth is extended to 15 months, should be cause for medical consultation. This delay is called teething late and, although rare, is often the manifestation of a symptom of a disease. That is, there are conditions such as hypothyroidism, hypopituitarism or hypovitaminosis D who attend, among other problems, with a delayed tooth eruption. But generally, these children are often diagnosed as, for example, hypothyroidism is accompanied by obesity, short stature, swelling, psychomotor retardation … and hypovitaminosis D appears with other signs of bone and kidney.
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Caring of Baby’s Teeth

babys dentalPoor placement of your child’s teeth may be due to heredity, but also influence harmful habits such as nail-biting, thumb sucking or biting on foreign objects. And is that teeth are not as motionless as they seem.

Baby teeth usually begin to appear after 6 months of age, but do not worry if your baby if not, since each has its own rhythm and many small they can start out from 10 months of age.

Up to 8 or 9 years your child will have a denture made up of 20 primary teeth called primary teeth that eventually ends up being replaced by permanent teeth consisting of the 32 teeth included within the four different groups of teeth.babys dental

But let’s steps without further events. As mentioned, at most 10 months of age should receive the incisors, while there are always exceptional cases in which the incisors appear before 6 months or after 11 months, in fact, have even been cases that a newborn baby has been born with a tooth.

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The Newborn Baby

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The vision

The baby begins to learn a new world, full of light dazzled him at first. His vision is quite blurry, all I can clearly see is your face and high-contrast objects.

According to many studies newborns prefer to see human faces rather than objects. The distance you need to see is 30 cm. so your face was the first thing he saw in this world, which is the distance you have when you breastfeed. So it’s good to talk at this distance, to become familiar with you faster. Read the rest of this entry »

Newborn Baby Care

newborn baby

Once completed pregnancy and overcome the long-awaited birth, leave behind all worries, anxieties, uncertainties and anxieties of the same and start a new stage, that of caring for our newborn baby, no less exciting than previous ones. But we’re more relaxed, happy, and we can see and touch our baby and know it.

But there is some special care that the newborn must be very precise and attentive. He is a very small and delicate, and while not as fragile as it seems, will require our attention almost 24 hours a day. As the days go by you know interpret their moods, their cries, the groans. Over the day, interact with him and him you, and gradually establish codes of communication between the two.

Besides feeling discomfort in your own body after childbirth, you must provide the care that your little baby needs.