New parent newsletter
Alicia Reyes Rodriguez
Newborn appearance
Newborns
- Wrinkly skin
- Yellowing eyes
- Vernix caseosa
- Small Hands
- Small heads
Bonding with your infant
- Feeding
- Physical contact
- Playing with child
- Reading
- Music
Guild lines for toys
- Must be colorful
- Shorter than 12 inches
- Rattles
- Has rounded edges
- Has tightly contacted parts
Pros and cons of breast and bottle feeding
Pros
- Connection
- Immunity
- Mom bonding
- Cheaper
- Not time consuming
- Can't be everywhere
- No bonding for other people
- Not enough time
First foods for baby
3 months
- Cereal
- Mashed hard cooked eggs
- Pureed fruits and veggies
- Puréed meats
- Bread and pasta
A healthy child
- Cries
- Can sleep most of the night
- Eats regularly
- Loving
- Giggling
SIDS prevention and crib safety
- Sleep on back
- Don't put blankets or pillows in crib
- Tight fitting mattress