Infant bed

There is no greater injustice than starting on the wrong foot. I am most saddened when babies are introduced to the world and, before their lives begin, have predetermined conditions that will shape them for the rest of their lives. Starting life behind one’s peers is fundamentally unjust, whether due to a mental or physical disorder. At birth, babies affected by genetic defects are set back; basic tasks that other humans take for granted, such as walking and talking, are difficult or…

at a lower birth weight than an average baby. Typically, the baby is born about one-hundred and fifty to two-hundred grams less. These babies, affected by cigarettes and their smoke, have up to three times the risk of SIDS, which stands for sudden infant death syndrome. After birth, smoking can affect the milk production of a mother, and the chemicals will perpetuate to pass on to the baby through breastfeeding. Later in life, a child affected by chemicals found in cigarette smoke may be more…

this program is to take precautionary steps in ensuring that pregnant women infected with the Zika virus are being adequately, successfully treated. Moreover, this healthcare system has already treated five pregnant women with Zika as well as four infants due to the fact that this program utilized blood testing, fetal MRI exams, ultrasounds, which inform the mothers, who are in the early trimester,…

Wallace, K (2014). Why are we still so squeamish about breastfeeding? Retrieved from: http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/29/living/breastfeeding-attitudes-parents/ In this article Kelly Wallace discusses why it seems the sight of a mother publically breastfeeding still makes so many people squeamish and uncomfortable. She interviews several mothers, bloggers, and discusses many news articles that have been written in 2014 about the attention public breastfeeding has gained. She also discusses the many…

In 1991 the World Health Organization and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) launched a global program to support breastfeeding. In an effort to promote and implement this initiative, several different tools ware created. Such as programs that included field testing, education for the maternity staff, external assessment and self appraisal tools. Since the creation of this program, hundreds of countries around the world have implemented the program and proven that…

Why am I having this test? An apt test is performed on newborn babies who have blood in their stomach or intestines (gastrointestinal tract, or GI tract). The test determines if the blood belongs to the mother (maternal blood) or the baby (fetal blood). It can help determine if your baby has a GI tract disease or if he or she swallowed blood during birth or breastfeeding. What is being tested? An apt test checks blood in a newborn's stool (feces), amniotic fluid, or vomit for markers that show…

Introduction: Upper limb ischemia presenting in the neonatal period is exceedingly rare1. Limb ischemia occurring in utero has three main causes: thrombosis, embolism, and in utero compression2. Neonatal arterial thrombosis and embolism are serious conditions that often result in high morbidity and mortality.3,4 Approximately 90% of neonatal arterial thromboembolic (TE) events are linked to iatragenic causes, including catheterization.4,5 TE events occurring in utero are especially rare, and can…

There are pros and cons for the use of media during toddlerhood. The period of time referred to as toddlerhood begins at 12 months, continuing until the child is 3 years old. Media comes in a variety of forms yet the media our children are exposed to is mostly technology based. I personally feel the cons our weigh the pros on the use of technology based media during toddlerhood, especially the first half. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children 2 years and younger…

2000 was the day Emily was born,she was a healthy 7 pound baby after she was born the next day she went home with her parents. She doesn’t remember her first year of life but this is what her parents told me. She slept in a crib next to her parents bed, because her parents wanted her by them so they can have easy access of her. Mostly because she cried a lot when she was a baby especially overnight and her parents had to wake up every night to tend to her need. She cried a lot overnight and…

Using the hypothesis test with two samples for independent mean to see the relationship of LBW and pre-term labor. Pre-term labor is stressful time for the mother and baby as they will need to seek further medical treatment due to high risk pregnancy. Mean will show that the mean for LBW will be higher than the mean of women with premature labor. Illustrating that relationship between LBW and preterm labor. a sole variable linked to newborns with low birth weight. Using the two-sampled…