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How To Properly Care for Your Baby After Vaccinations

Sep 25, 2018 by Baby Help Leave a Comment

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Nobody likes getting shots when they go to the doctor. But as a parent, it can be even more difficult when it’s time for your baby to receive them. Sometimes a baby after vaccinations may have a mild reaction and might have trouble sleeping as a result.

You can help decrease your baby’s discomfort by making sure he’s comfortable and well-rested when visiting the doctor’s office.

Using home treatments can help relieve some of the more common minor reactions to vaccinations.

Let’s review the best ways to make your little one feel comfortable after receiving their shots.

Caring For Your Baby After Vaccinations

1. Administer pain relief medication

If your child develops a slight fever, try giving him acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Motrin) with your doctor’s approval. This can help reduce a fever and alleviate any pain felt in the location of the shot. The injection site might also become red and swollen.

Remember to never give aspirin to your baby because of the risk of Reye’s Syndrome.

2. Apply a cold compress

A cool compress or ice pack applied to the site for approximately 10 to 20 minutes can also provide relief. Baby’s bath time should consist of lukewarm water, never hot or too cold.

A mild skin rash might develop 7 to 14 days following the injection, particularly with the chickenpox or measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Though this type of rash can last for several days, it usually disappears on its own without treatment.

3. Snuggle together more

You might find your baby is more fretful and restless and refuse to eat following a vaccination. If you can keep the commotion down at home, and cuddle and hold your child when he needs it, it will help him feel more comfortable and relaxed when it comes to bedtime.

Who doesn’t love more baby cuddles?

4. Keep baby hydrated

Make sure plenty of liquids are given to a baby after vaccinations. Keeping the house and the room baby sleeps in at a comfortable temperature will also help, as he’s more likely to be fussy and restless if he’s too warm.

Remember if your baby does become a bit restless or fussy during the day and night, the discomfort is only temporary. Your little one is most likely to get right back on track with the regular sleeping and eating schedule soon!

Can you provide any other remedies for a baby after vaccinations?

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Potty Training Babies

Nov 16, 2015 by Baby Help Leave a Comment

Some people wait until their child is 2 or 3 to start the lavatory training process. This is the time that many parents see success with their children, in terms of potty training. It is possible to start potty training at a younger age, however. potty training babies is a simple way to get the process started.

Those who are thinking about toliet training infants should know that they will not be successful right away. When you bathroom train a baby, you are simply getting them used to the idea. You are slowly introducing them to the idea behind potty training and using the bathroom. This will make it easier for you to potty train your child when they get a little older.

Removing Pressure

The first step to toliet training a baby is to realize that you cannot put any pressure or force on the situation. While you may be able to force the issue with an older child, this is not the case with infants. You need to be relaxed and realize that this may not work. There should be no negative reinforcement whatsoever. You need to understand that your child is too young to fully grasp the situation. They will not come out of this process fully potty trained.

Understanding your Baby

The important part of potty training a baby is to fully understand your child. You need to be able to fully understand when they are going to relieve themselves. This includes both urinating and passing a bowel movement. If you cannot pick up on your childÕs cues, you will not be able to work with them. If they do not make any signs or signals when they are about to pass movements, you will need to be especailly alert to the orders generated by the child.

How to Do It

Potty training with babies is simple. You need to understand when your child is going to pass a bowel movement. You bring them to the bathroom, and hold them over the toilet. You then talk to them and encourage them to pass their movement. While they may not understand what you are saying, this talk will make them feel comfortable, and will allow them to relax.

Some parents choose to hold their child over a sink as opposed to holding the baby over the toilet. To some parents, this is slightly safer and easier. It is important for you to be comfortable with the process as well. Children will feed off of your mood and relaxation.

An alternative approach to the above suggestions would be a small potty chair, that the infant will feel comfortable sitting on. You as the parent will find this method much easier to cope with than the other two methods mentioned above.

Some parents are not comfortable with potty training their young child. This technique is not for everyone. It is a safe method that may be able to help your child with potty training. Consider your own thoughts on the subject, as well as your baby. If you feel that this is something that you and your child can handle, give it a try.

All All About Home Safety and Your Baby

Nov 15, 2015 by Baby Help Leave a Comment

When you first have a newborn baby, you are very protective of it. You are always afraid of something happening to it. Well when you are at home you should not be afraid of anything happening to it because you are there and it should be safe. Keeping your baby safe at home is very important. First, prevent people from coming to your home that are going to smoke, or do any type of drugs, this is your first line of defense for your baby.

To be safe, when you are at home by yourself lock all the doors, this is vital if you live in a big city. Other than other people, to keep your baby from getting injured at home the best thing to do is a buy safety thing for all over the house. Prevention of problems will include the ability of the baby to walk away, or get to the swimming pool. Prevent problems in the home by locking doors, windows, cupboards and garages with locks that a baby or toddler can’t open.

You probably would not want to have animals like a dog or a cat around your baby until it gets older. A pet can maul a baby, or a toddler when the pet is not accustomed to being around children all the time. Avoid having a cat near the baby, so the cat doesn’t cuddle up on the face of the baby, which will then smoother the baby without your realizing what is happening.

When you put your baby to sleep at night make sure that it falls asleep on it’s back because of crib death. Crib death is when a baby suffocates to death. Also, keep loose blankets out of the crib. The crib is a place for the baby to sleep, not to play. The crib should have bars that are close enough, so the baby can’t slip through, and the crib should have bars so that the head of the baby can’t slip through and get stuck. Avoid potential problems and situations where your baby could easily be hurt.

Once your baby starts to crawl, the best thing for you to get is a walker to let it learn how to walk. If you have steps in your home, the ‘thing to get’ is those child gates. They have them at most department stores if you don’t know where to purchase them. This will prevent your child from falling down the steps. You could even use them in doorways to rooms that you don’t want the child in without you. If you have animals, you could even use the gates to keep the animals away from the baby.

Once your child starts to walk you should keep things back away from the edge of the counters and the table. If you drink coffee, you should definitely keep that away so it is not reachable. You should not let any thing that is small laying around because if you do so this it will help so that your baby does not choke on anything. Just remember to lock all the doors when you are there by yourself. Any thing like this will help you keep your child safe at home.

Sleep Talking and Sleepwalking in Children

Oct 7, 2011 by Baby Help Leave a Comment

Sleepwalking and sleep talking are members of a group of sleep disorders called parasomnias. Though it’s not known just exactly why children walk and talk in their sleep neither are considered to be serious disorders, and are not result of any physical or psychological problem. Both occur during a child’s deep sleep, approximately one to three hours after falling asleep.

Sleep talking occurs more often than sleep walking in children, though they often do occur together. Parasomnias tend to run in families, and children may experience one, two, or all three types.
Of course, the main concern parents have for their sleepwalking child is their safety.

A sleepwalking child does not have the judgment capabilities he normally does during waking hours, which makes the likelihood of injury when sleepwalking great. It may be difficult for parents to protect their sleep-walking children, since they don’t make much noise, which makes it difficult for parents to tell when their children are sleepwalking. The best way to protect their children is to be prepared.

Parents should completely evaluate their child’s room for any potential hazards. Bunk beds or any bed that’s high off the floor is probably not a good idea for a sleepwalker. Toys, shoes, and any other objects on the floor should be picked up and put away prior to bedtime.

Bedroom doors should be shut and windows should be locked, which will help ensure the child stays in his room and does not wander around the house. Alarm systems for doors, windows and even the sleepwalker’s bed might also be considered by parents.

Sleepwalking usually stops by the child’s adolescence, and as long as safety precautions are taken, should not be a great cause of concern.

Sleep talking is much more common parasomnia. Children who talk in their sleep may speak very clearly and be easily understood, while others may mumble, make noises or be incoherent. If children are speaking loudly and seem upset, it might be a good idea for parents to go to their children and comfort them without waking them. If they’re simply talking, it’s best just to leave them alone. The episode will probably end within a short period of time.

Moving from the Bottle to the Sippy Cup

Oct 5, 2011 by Baby Help Leave a Comment

Most children, by the time they are about 9 months old, have the motor skills needed to drink from a cup. If you think your baby’s ready to make the move from bottle to sippy cup, try filling a sippy cup with water and let your child try and drink from it.

Don’t expect perfection with the first tries. He’ll probably drool, spit and dribble a bit, which will probably delight him! But within a few weeks and lots of practice, he’ll be willing to take all his drinks from the sippy cup. He’ll most likely be a sippy cup pro by the time he’s about 14 months old.

If you start the transition from bottle to sippy cup early, you’ll save yourself frustration the longer a baby stays on the bottle, the tougher it is to get him to kick it. If the bottle is a security object for your baby, choose one with a special favorite animal or character to help increase his willingness to try and use it.

“Bottle rot” is common concern for parents of children who drink from bottles. A child’s teeth are susceptible to decay if he’s always drinking a sugared drink from it formula, milk, or juice. Natural bacteria in his mouth feed on these sugars and attack the teeth for 20 minutes every time he takes a drink.

What that boils down to is this: if he’s taking sips from a bottle every few minutes for an hour, his teeth are exposed to the sugars for at least 80 minutes. Over time, that causes tooth decay, or ‘bottle rot.’ If he falls asleep, tooth-decay causing sugars can pool in his mouth for hours. Children are less likely to nurse drinks for long periods of time if they’re offered in sippy cups.

The best way to avoid bottle rot is to give your child his drink and have him finish it within about 20 minutes. Then use a toothbrush or washcloth to wipe his teeth clean. Never put a baby in his crib with a bottle or sippy cup.

Finally, consistently emphasize what a ‘big boy’ he is by drinking from the sippy cup instead of his bottle, and he’ll reach for his sippy cup more and more each day.

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How To Properly Care for Your Baby After Vaccinations

Caring For Your Baby After Vaccinations

1. Administer pain relief medication

2. Apply a cold compress

3. Snuggle together more

4. Keep baby hydrated

Can you provide any other remedies for a baby after vaccinations?

Potty Training Babies

All All About Home Safety and Your Baby

Sleep Talking and Sleepwalking in Children

Moving from the Bottle to the Sippy Cup

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