Tuesday, June 12, 2012

HOW TO FEED THE NEW BORN BABY

1)Baby's position should be vertical
2)never feed baby in lying position(beware of aspiration-milk into respiratory pathway)-may lead to suffocation.3)dont give prolonged feeding-finish it in 10 mts.4)BURPING IS ESSENTIAL AFTER ALL FEEDS.5)PLACE BABY IN HEAD RAISED POSITION.6)MILK REQUIREMENT;-approximately 100 ml per kg per day in 8-10 devided dose7))breast feeding can be started after 2 hrs of delivery 8)first 3 days' milk is important,as it contains CHOLOSTRUM-a product not availble commercially,&it contains life savingchemical substance necessay to fight against disease producing microbes specially against neonatal diarrhoea.9)feeding bottle sterilisation is an art &learn it from adoctor.

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