The appearance of the new member in the family is associated with many emotions, excitement and sometimes with fears, especially if we become parents for the first time.
The reason for this is the uncertainty we feel, the power of responsibility we assume as parents and at the same time the desire to give the best to our baby. In fact, our fears are completely unfounded.
Let’s not forget that our child carries our genetic „material“ and his sense of comfort approaches ours. It is very important to be calm in the first weeks after birth in order to learn to recognize the signals that the baby is giving us – so we will provide him with what he needs.
Often in the first months we receive a lot of different and sometimes contradictory advice.
How to decide which advice to take? – well, it’s simple. Imagine the advice you’ve been given, how it will affect you if you apply it to yourself – and instantly you’ll feel whether it’s good and suitable or not – for
your baby.
For example, if we expect our baby to eat at a precise interval – a precise amount, we should think about whether we would be as happy if we had to consume a precise amount at a precise time.
We certainly won’t like it.
Sometimes we sleep longer, sometimes we just ate more and won’t be hungry at the appointed time, so modes are a subjective concept and the only important thing for our baby is to get what he wants according to his needs and desires. The same rule applies to the conditions under which we raise our baby and the maintenance of his personal hygiene.
For example, how would we feel if we had to sleep with a hat or with limited movements, or how would we feel if we didn’t know we were in the bathroom and someone poured water on our back, we would immediately react by tensing our body. Therefore, we must approach in every action to our baby as we want and approach ourselves. It is very important to mention the attention we must pay to inform ourselves in detail about the reception, storage, method of use, period of use of every single thing that we had to give to the baby.
Most often, in the first months, these are drops for colic, probiotics, vitamins and medications that facilitate bowel movements.
Accurate and specific information would certainly help us feel at ease and at the same time save us from some rather unpleasant situations arising from underestimating the importance of this action. Thus we come to the conclusion that calm, secure and informed parents certainly create conditions for their children to grow up healthy, calm and happy.