Infant bed

dull gold set upon a dresser caught my eye and I was enthralled with it. Gatsby was waling above us, I was on his bed when he started talking about a man in London who sends him shirts and outfits for each season. I want paying much attention until I felt something soft land on me. All of a sudden, shirts were raining down around me; Gatsby was tossing the shirts he had down onto the bed. It was wonderful. It was perfect, and I started to cry. I do not know why but I was sadder than I had ever…

Although the current feminist movement has revoked some stigma from public breastfeeding, mothers are still ridiculed for feeding their children. A mother will be walking through the local shopping mall with her infant son; the baby begins to cry and he must be fed. Her only options are to either modestly cover herself as she feeds him on a bench, or go to the public restroom and feed her child in a graffiti-covered stall congested with the scent of feces and stale urine. She opts to feed her…

Buying Infant Car Seats For Your Newborn, What You Need To Know You will buy a lot of things for your baby, endless amounts of toys, baby food, clothing, cribs, the list is endless. But one item you will want to pay special attention to is the car seat you buy for your baby. Your infant will use a car seat until around age 8, when they can move onto a regular seat belt. So picking a good car seat is crucial, but it is also not easy. There are lot of different types of car seats, different brands…

instructions from your child’s health care provider can: • Help control your child’s blood glucose levels and prevent low blood glucose (hypoglycemia). • Help prevent your child from developing complications from diabetes. HOW SHOULD I FEED MY INFANT? An infant with diabetes eats on a normal schedule. You may breastfeed or formula feed your baby. Your baby will be given insulin based on his or her blood glucose…

growth of uterus, and the production of prolactin. Prolactin is a hormone that stimulates the milk production as pregnancy progresses (Myles, 2012, p.88). As recommended by Health Canada, breastfeeding should be exclusive for the first 6 months for infants and maintained for at least 2 years to get optimal results for nutrition, immunologic protection, growth, and development (Health Canada, 2014). Breastfeeding…

Every one in 700 live births can occur in either a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate occur when tissues in the baby's face and mouth don't form properly. Either of these clefts can be diagnosed early on in the pregnancy. Cleft lip consists primarily of the lip, whether it is the right side, left side or in the middle. Cleft palate consists of the roof of the mouth. Both of these conditions can be managed with several surgeries in the first few months after birth but can…

women with depression are more likely to develop postpartum depression since they are unable to take certain medications during pregnancy. If I were pregnant, these would be my biggest concerns. A concern I have after the child is born is SIDS. Sudden infant death syndrome is very scary, because we don’t know for sure the cause of the syndrome. We just know that the…

Following a prenatal diet is very important for a woman that is planning to conceive or has already become pregnant. A woman does not only need to eat healthy while she is pregnant but also before she becomes pregnant, for example: a woman should not consume drugs or alcohol if she is planning to become pregnant to avoid risking the newborns health. What a woman consumes while she is pregnant can contribute to many illnesses like mental retardation, low birth weights, deaths, and many birth…

intervention they were able to show an increase in early skin-to-skin contact in healthy babies born by cesarean from 20% to 68% and the rate of infants that didn’t receive skin-to-skin contact went down from 40% to 9%. Healthy infants born by cesarean who received skin-to-skin in the OR had lower rates of formula supplementation in the hospital (33%), versus the infants who received skin-to-skin within 90 minutes after birth but not in the OR (42%) (Hung, 2011). Separation between mom and baby…

Watch Cesarean Baby Walk Out of Mother's Womb AMAZING! If you've ever had a baby, and even if you haven't, you know that it's a gift. A precious miracle of life that is full of hope and possibility. However, the traditional way a baby is brought into this world is a bit brutal. Watch as this brave mother chooses a different birthing method. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Content Warning: This video contains graphic images that some might find shocking or offensive. Not suitable for small children.…