There is a set of myths about newborns who often complicate life to young mothers. Some of them are absurd, and some are very similar to the truth. But also that and others frighten parents who prepared for one, and see completely different.
It is urgent to think out new ways of interaction with the kid, it is necessary to change the behavior and outlooks on life in general to those who fell a victim of myths about newborns. It is much better to be prepared for what can expect you in advance.
To sozhalenyu, the child cannot tell yet what he wants. Let's not listen to those lovely neighbors who will tell that:
Newborn children always have to sleep
Well, first, they yet have to nothing to nobody, and secondly, all children different. There are fans to have a sleep 20 hours a day, but such well it is not enough. Each person since the birth has the temperament, and later and character. And these factors generally also define change of a dream and wakefulness. If your child is quiet and active, means to him enough to sleep less.
The newborn needs to be dressed warmly
For a long time doctors and the knowing mummies ""shout"" that overheating is worse than overcooling. But desire to wrap up the kid so strongly that young parents, and especially young grandmothers, hear nobody. Overheating leads to sweating, sweating to the fact that the child freezes in damp, and sometimes to frankly wet clothes and catches a cold. In this connection next time it is dressed even more warmly. Vicious circle. Which joins at first cold remedies, and then and antibiotics. So from the healthy child we receive chronically sick. On average, on the child has to be on 1 layer of clothes more, than on the adult. We determine cold to the kid or not by the neck back. If it cold - the child froze if damp and hot - the child is overheated.
Newborns always cry
No. The kid cannot always do something. Yes, he will sometimes cry and it is norm. The child can cry for 5 reasons: he wants to eat, he wants to drink, he wants to sleep, something hurts him or … just like that. But generally if nothing hurts him, it is full and dry it is quite capable to be in good mood. Especially, if it on hands at mom or dad who communicate with it.
The newborn sees nothing and does not hear
It is very strange that in mom's stomach the child hears everything and when he is born, it becomes deaf. Actually, the child just does not care about extraneous noises. They for him do not bear any semantic loading yet therefore it also does not react even to a vacuum cleaner sound. He got used to him during the pre-natal period. And here with sight all differently. In a stomach to look especially there is nothing, there the kid is with the closed eyes. After the birth eyes need to get used to a new situation and ""to learn to look"". At first the child distinguishes dark and light stains, then learns to distinguish colors. And outlines of objects become more accurate.
All newborns have an intertrigo and it is norm
There is nothing normal in an intertrigo. It is reaction of gentle children's skin to any irritant. For example, sweat and lack of airing of leather, improper cream, sharply smelling diaper. the reason needs to be found out and eliminated. If everything suits the child, then an intertrigo will not be.