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Stimulation of a premature baby
Premature babies should not initially receive massages, but this is no problem as there is a very good technique called hand support that is appropriate for them.
The hand support is that you support your entire hand over the area of ??baby touch and feel comfortable that your baby will enjoy, this can be your back or chest (depending on position), arms or legs for example. That if this should be a soft and delicate touch, as is your baby.
There are other types of stimulation for the baby such as eg talking or singing and making eye contact, but you only encourage him in a while, mainly during the first days or weeks. It is good to use all forms of stimulation that you and your doctor says as beneficial.
When you stimulate them using your voice, it must be in a very gentle and kind, is very nice maybe you whisper a lullaby.
If you choose to stimulate visually, look at his eyes and through your own Express to all your love and your wishes to him. If you see that he expressed satisfaction that he is happy to contact you are setting continues, for example if you are making eye contact, talk, always maintaining full subtlety and observing their reactions because it is essential that he continue to feel at ease will remember that he who set limits and stick to it.
This is the best way forward without scaring or feel invaded.
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Disease In Premature Babies
The premature baby are the risks arising from a lack of maturity of some organs are therefore not work well or are exposed to external aggression.
The problems of this baby are focused on the difficulty of adapting to the environment extrauterine by their immaturity and low weight. The smaller and immature, the greater the risk of diseases of the baby.
The respiratory, nervous, digestive, renal, immune and vision may be involved. The respiratory system is one of the most affected. Respiratory distress syndrome occurs as a consequence of the lack of surfactant protein that is responsible for the pulmonary alveoli are elastic and remain inflated or expanded. Read the rest of this entry »
Premature babies more suffering from Autism Risk
Premature babies are more vulnerable to health problems compared with babies who just months. Studies show that premature babies have a greater risk of suffering from autism when he was growing up.
Thanks to medical advances, life expectancy was premature babies is higher. However, children born to less-month delay was often experienced growth and development. The smaller the gestational age and birth weight decrease, the higher the risk of growth disturbance.
In a study of 219 children born before 26 weeks of gestation, about 8 percent of children meet the criteria for autism spectrum disorders at the age of 11 years. Compare with the 153 children who were born just months everything was normal. Read the rest of this entry »
How do you feed your baby premature?
Food By Mouth
Before birth, during the last trimester of pregnancy, the fetus makes sucking motions and swallows amniotic fluid.
The premature baby can suck from the breast or bottle from as early as 26 weeks. Unless the baby has serious problems, it is desirable that your bowel receives food from the very first hours of life. This contributes to mature their digestive functions. You can also take milk through a cup (used in places where you can not put probes). Usually shots are given small volume (less milk), but more often. Read the rest of this entry »
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How to give breast milk to a premature baby
Babies 2,000 – 2,500 grams have the sucking reflex weaker, but they are able to nurse. This stimulates the breast of his mother and it produces more milk.
Premature babies also have a disease and need a device can receive the milk through a nasogastric tube (a plastic tube that is inserted through the nose and into the stomach). The mother must learn to express milk using a breast pump or hand milking and deliver at the hospital so that you can take your child. Unfortunately, so far there are few hospitals that facilitate this process.
Feeding The Premature Infant
The ideal feeding premature baby is its mother’s milk. The milk produced by the mother of a premature baby is the best food for your child.
Although pregnancy did not reach term, milk has characteristics that suit the special needs of the baby. In fact, the colostrums, which has many proteins and antibodies, it is necessary for the premature baby.
As days go by, the composition of milk continues to change to adapt to the baby. However, it is assumed that in some cases the baby may need more protein because its growth is very rapid. For this you can enrich breast milk with supplements (protein, minerals and vitamins). Read the rest of this entry »
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