A Guide To Your New Family's First Weeks - Meriter Health Services

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The Crying Baby...........................................................................................................................................47-49 • Why and When Do Babies Cry • The Unusually Fussy Baby • The Baby With Colic • Tips to Help Settle a Fussy Baby • The Five “S’s” of Settling • Parent’s Response • Shaken Baby Syndrome Infant Safety......................................................................................................................................................50-51 • Safety for Your 0-2 Month Old • Preparing Your Pet for the Baby • Finding Childcare • Car Seats Infant Sleep........................................................................................................................................................52-53 • Sleeping • Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) • Infant Sleep and Awake States Playing/Development.................................................................................................................................. 54 • Importance of Tummy Time • Touch • Motion • Hearing • Vision • Smell Sibling Relationships................................................................................................................................55-56 • In the Hospital • At Home • Helping Your Child Adjust to the Baby • Siblings and Safety Issues • Common Adjustment Feelings and Behaviors Feelings After Birth...................................................................................................................................57-59 • Baby Blues • Postpartum Depression • Postpartum Psychosis • Treatment and Resources • Feeling Safe • Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Postnatal Exercises and Body Mechanics................................................. 60-62 • Strengthening Your Pelvic Floor Muscles • Babies Can Get Heavy! • Strengthening Exercises • Physical Therapy Options “Remember to take care of yourself.” RN, NICU 4
Postpartum Medication Log and Information...............................................................63-64 Newborn Feeding Record..................................................................................................................65-69 How Is Breastfeeding Going.............................................................................................................. 70 Mother and Baby Teaching Checklist.......................................................................................... 71 Index.........................................................................................................................................................................72-74 Notes........................................................................................................................................................................75-76 Parenting Classes.................................................................................................................. Inside Back Cover Editors: Women’s Health Patient Education Committee Jan Deitte, RN Julie Rice, RN Kathy Gerhardt, RN Sharon Wiedenfeld, CNS Lori Hughes, RN Mary Buechner Kathleen Koedam, RN, IBCLC Beth Craig Esther Nam, RN 4/5 North, 6 North and NICU Unit Councils Lactation Department Cover photo by Serendipity Photo Studio “Cherish the present, the future is near and the challenges of today will not linger long. This time is precious beyond measure and will slip away without honor if your attention dwells elsewhere.” Susan, Community Health Education Center 5
Page 1 and 2: A Guide To Your New Family’s Firs
Page 3 and 4: If You’re Expecting.... We look f
Page 5: Nutrition and Feeding: Formula Feed
Page 9 and 10: Turn to this book and your doctor,
Page 11 and 12: • Your nurse will check on you ro
Page 13 and 14: Head The bones of your baby’s hea
Page 15 and 16: Mother Care The first weeks after g
Page 17 and 18: Postpartum Medication Information B
Page 19 and 20: Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids are varicos
Page 21 and 22: Recovery From Cesarean Birth Becaus
Page 23 and 24: Nutrition and Feeding: Breastfeedin
Page 25 and 26: Helping Your Baby Latch to the Brea
Page 27 and 28: How Your Milk Changes Your body mak
Page 29 and 30: latching correctly, the easier and
Page 31 and 32: Expressing and Storing Breast Milk
Page 33 and 34: Lifestyle Issues Nutrition for Moth
Page 35 and 36: Nutrition and Feeding: Formula Feed
Page 37 and 38: During the first days of life, a ba
Page 39 and 40: Common Skin Conditions and Cord Car
Page 41 and 42: Caring for the Foreskin and Decidin
Page 43 and 44: the first few days of life, but can
Page 45 and 46: Tub Bath When the cord has fallen o
Page 47 and 48: Recognizing Illness Illness in a ne
Page 49 and 50: Why And When Do Babies Cry Crying i
Page 51 and 52: What Do I Do If I Feel Like I Am Lo
Page 53 and 54: Finding Childcare (The City of Madi
Page 55 and 56: To prevent flat head molding due to
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Sibling Relationships Most families
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Baby Blues The most common, least s
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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scal
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• Car seats should only be carrie
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Postpartum Medication Log To assist
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How Is Breastfeeding Going Answer t
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First Weeks Index 2010 Activity....
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Rooming In.........................
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Notes Use this section to take note
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