First month, day after day.
Upon returning from the hospital (especially if the child is the first one), every mother feels uncomfortable and timid, feeling some fear and doubts about whether she can cope with all the worries and problems that are immediately imposed on her. First of all, calm down and think about the fact that all parents are learning to take care of their child for the first time, and everyone is coping with it quite successfully. The first month is a month of addiction, "looking after" you to the child, the child to you. Do not rush to make any conclusions at once, observe the baby, and at the end of the first month you will have a certain system of communication, the regime will be adjusted, which will greatly facilitate your child's care in the future.
Try to love this tiny, helpless creature, which is entirely dependent on you, talk to your baby during changing clothes and hygienic procedures. He or she will get used to your voice and will recognize it very soon. And when in response to your words you will see a charming smile on your baby's face, you will feel like the happiest person in the world.
Parents are concerned about the questions concerning the competence of the newborn: what does he see? Does he hear? Does he feel it?
Let's dwell on what of the five basic senses are developed in a newborn and to what extent.
Smell. It is not by chance that I decided to start with him. The fact is that the sense of smell develops very early in the child and plays a big role in recognizing the mother, in the emergence of mutual affection. Already on the third day of life, the baby is able to distinguish his mother from all others by the smell. If your child is fed up and dressed in clean linen, but does not fall asleep in any way, try to put a handkerchief soaked in mother's milk in the crib next to his head - in half of the cases it calms the baby, and he falls asleep strong and healthy.
Hearing. Nowadays it is proved that in the womb the child reacts differently to calm and fast music, to loud sounds, recognizes the voice of the father and mother. Born into the world, he already has a developed hearing, and you can easily see this by watching the newborn child: loud sounds make him shudder. If you talk to him, he will turn his head in the direction where the voice comes from. Gentle melodic music can silence him or her for a while and make him or her listen to the sounds.
Vision. While studying at the institute during the classes on obstetrics, we, students, were repeatedly told that at the maternity hospital of a newborn child should be met with a smile, as he opens his eyes with the first breath and remembers the moment of his birth for the rest of his life. It is possible to argue about how well the newborn sees, but he distinguishes between light and darkness: in bright light he closes his eyes, and in darkness he opens them. He starts to distinguish colors much later, but from an early age, bright, red, brilliant attracts his attention. At the age of 3 weeks, he may not be able to keep his eyes on the moving toy for long. At the age of 6 weeks, he distinguishes between flat and volumetric, and by the age of 10 weeks - convex from concave. At 3 months, he sees almost the same way as an adult (it is believed that at this age, he recognizes his mother not only by the smell or voice, but also by the shape of the face, begins to distinguish the faces of people and sometimes cries to meet someone else). In 4-5 months the child distinguishes between the basic colors.
Taste plays an important role from the very first days, because it is the sweet taste of my mother's milk that causes a happy smile, and if my mother has abused garlic, onions or other spices, the changed taste of milk may not like the baby so much that even a strong sense of hunger will not make him eat. Very quickly a newborn baby starts to distinguish between sugar concentrations. Try to offer him just boiled water and 5% glucose solution - you'll see that he likes it better.
Touch. The newborn is very sensitive to touch, some of them soothe him, others, on the contrary, excite him, and parents notice it very quickly. The baby sucks, he is hungry; if you caress him gently, he will stop sucking, if you continue to caress him, the pause in feeding will last, because he is happy with such a manifestation of love and attention, which he cares more about satisfying the feeling of hunger. And how much fun it feels to most babies to swim! The healing effect of the massage, both soothing and toning, is also based on a developed sense of touch.
So, a newborn child is not just a "digestive device" - it is quite an independent person, able to see, hear, feel, and on how early you understand it, feel, depend on your relationship throughout life. Learn to love your baby, to understand him, to bring joy to his care, and very soon he will answer you with reciprocity. It is within the first month that you will be able to build your relationship in such a way as to give each other happy moments.
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