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Congratulations on the birth of your baby! Caring for an infant can be scary and overwhelming at times, but you and your baby will get to know each other in no time. Becoming a parent is a big change and can take some time to adjust to. Make sure that you accept help from friends and family in the early weeks.

Newborn babies move between six states throughout the day. Your baby could be in deep sleep, light sleep, a drowsy state, awake alert, fussy alert, or crying stage. It is important to recognize these stages so that you can adapt to your babies needs and develop a better understanding of what soothes him the best.

Babies like to look at human faces the most. They can not see very far and can not distinguish colors very well. Besides the human face, babies like brightly colored patterns, mirrors and objects that are red, black or white. Babies will stare at things but can not grab ahold of anything quite yet. It is comforting for your baby when you hold her close, rock her and speak gently to her. It is important to handle your baby carefully and always support their underdeveloped neck.

You may be tempted to put your baby to bed with you, but this is dangerous. Babies should sleep on their backs in their own crib. Young babies can begin to develop some type of a schedule. All stuffed animals, bedding and pillows should be removed to reduce the risk of suffocation. You can put your baby on her belly for tummy time several times a day. This will help to develop muscle strength.

When traveling, always use a properly installed infant restraint seat. To ensure the safety of your baby, have their carseat checked by a licensed car seat installer. Because car accidents reduce the quality of a car seat, never buy used car seats and replace yours if it is in an accident.

Babies cry for lots of reasons. When a baby is crying, that his means of communication. He is experiencing a need that is not being met. Babies cry because they are hungry, wet, tired, hot/cold, experiencing pain, overstimulated, and many other reasons. Soon you will be able to decode your babies cries. Sometimes babies can not be comforted and it seems that the crying will never end. When you have tried everything and nothing seems to work, put her in her crub and close the door. Come back in a few minutes to check on her. Whatever you do, don't take any frustration out on your baby.

Your newborn will be ready to eat every two to three hours on average. Formula fed babies may go longer in between feedings. Remember to burp your baby after each feeding to reduce gas and fussiness. Breast feeding can be trying for the first few weeks. It takes patience, support and dedication, but you can do it. If you are encountering problems, ask for help. Call your doctor, the baby's doctor or a lactation consultant.

Developmental Milestones Newborn


Physical

• It may look as if your newborn baby is scrunched up with his arms and legs not fully extended. Your baby is used to being inside the womb, and this is normal. If he appears bowlegged, don't worry. It's part of the stretching-out process and will most likely fase away by the time he's five or six months old.
• Your baby may lift his head briefly when he's lying on his stomach by the end of this month. Give your baby plenty of tummy time to help him develop his muscles. He may also be able to turn it from side to side. Jerky movements give way to more smooth ones as his nervous system and muscle control mature. Your baby's primitive reflexes, such as sucking and chewing on his hands, remain dominant.
• Baby's vision is still fuzzy and he can not see very far. Your baby likes to look at your face. Keep it close by and talk to him when you are holding him.

Intellectual

• Right now food is the most important thing in your newborn's life. Sleep comes in at a close second. Most newborn babies will feed every two to three hours around the clock. Sleeping patterns are equally intermittent. Most newborns sleep for a total of 16 to 17 hours in a 24-hour period, but that's usually broken up into eight to ten naps. By the end of the month your baby may have developed something of a feeding and sleeping pattern, but you may not notice any real pattern for months. It is hard to put a newborn on a strict schedule. Sleeping helps your baby regain energy and it also helps brain development.
• Right now your baby doesn't have much of a personality. Crying is the only way that your baby knows how to express himself. He spends his time moving in and out of several different states of sleepiness, quiet alertness, and active alertness.
• Your face is the most interesting thing to your baby right now. He also likes high-contast objects. Show him black and white toys at playtime.
• Learning begins immediately, so take all opportunities to teach him about the world around him. Use his quiet and alert times to play and talk with your baby.
• Your baby can recognize faces and may try to imitate gestures. Give your baby the chance to imitate you. Stick your tongue out and give him a chance to repeat it. Then, do it again. Even if he does not do it, he is watching you!
• Mobiles with high contrast patterns and picture books with strong line drawings will capture your baby's attention. When your baby starts fussing, its time to stop and move on to something else.
• Babies like their own reflection. Place unbreakable mirrors at cribside or on the floor for them to focus on.

Emotional

• This month your baby becomes quiet and calm when you speak to him gently and hold him upright. He may even make an 'ah' sound when he hears your voice and sees your face. Most babies love to be held, caressed, kissed, stroked, massaged, and carried. Touch is an important means of communicating with your baby.
• Your baby can show you their feelings. She may yawn, arch her back, turn her face, fuss or cry if she is overstimulated. She will coo if she is enjoying something. Pay close attention to what your baby is `telling` you.

Age Appropriate Toys:

• Rattles
• Play gyms
• Unbreakable mirrors
• Mobiles
• Soft toys
• Musical toys
• Toys with lights
• Swings
• Bouncy seats

Comments:

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alleyoop23 - 25 minutes ago
Poizen~ good on you for holding out that long! The first bit of breastmilk is really the most important anyway, and it is more beneficial to have a happy mama.

alleyoop23 - 27 minutes ago
I have not read Happiest Baby on the Block, but they made a bunch of youtube videos that I have watched that are great! Just another resource you can look into :) There is one I remember that I have used on my son, it is the 3 S's. Swaddle, Side and Shhh. Swaddle baby real snug, hold him on his side and go Shh Shh to him while gently bouncing him up and down. Worked like magic!

shopngirl@gmail.com - 2.6 hours ago
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Poizineyevee (blue) - 3.3 hours ago
My baby boy will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. He has been such a joy. I breasfed him until yesterday. He wouldn't latch on properly and was causing me so much discomfort. I really wished that i could have continued but i guess it wasnt in the cards for me. Thankfully he takes the bottle like a champ.

MichelleMc(pink!) - 14.4 hours ago
csewell, I'm not, but have you read the book 'The Happiest Baby on the Block'? It discusses colic and how to calm your baby. Apparently (according to the book) in some cultures, colic is nonexistent because of the way those cultures care for their babies. Some of the tips it gives are swaddling, white noise, baby wanting to suck, comforting baby by jiggling/swinging him/her, letting baby lie on his/her side or stomach until they have calmed, and trying to imitate the conditions of the womb. Might be worth a look. I can try to look up more specifics in the book if you want (or you might just want to get your own copy). Best of luck to you; I can't imagine what you're going through. ((hugs))

MichelleMc(pink!) - 14.6 hours ago
Thanks, alleyoop. I agree; it really helps to hear from other moms about this.

alleyoop23 - 18.3 hours ago
Michelle~ My son is 6 days old today, and I have been more of a wreck the last few days than I was at any point in my pregnancy. I am trying to chalk it up to all the hormones leveling out. Thank you for bringing it up, and to everyone that has shared.It is very encouraging to hear other moms talk about their struggles. Gives me hope that I am not a total nutcase and that it will get better. aka2012bean~ So sorry to hear about your troubles! Thank goodness it all turned out alright. =)

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csewell0301 - Wednesday, 15 Feb
any ladies dealing with a colicky baby?

MichelleMc(pink!) - Wednesday, 15 Feb
Thank you so much, redding. :)

aka 2012bean - Tuesday, 14 Feb
Get ladies are we all hiding out on here now or waiting for the last few to come on over. Well today was the worse day ever, Neve had a fit we had air ambulance the works on our door step within 10 mins currently sat up in children's ward at 215 am while she's under obs will write a blog soon, she's totally fine now but they want to make sure she doesn't do it again.

redding2009 - Tuesday, 14 Feb
MichelleMcpink: I am from the 3 month page, but I just wanted to tell you that what you are experiencing is completely normal! I had the same thing when my little girl was born...emotional, upset, and feeling sad over certain things like the fact our family had gone from just me and my husband to now a family of three. It was a HUGE adjustment and I often wondered if something was wrong with me or even if I had postpartum depression. I remember the first few days home I would just cry and cry everytime my lo would because I felt so sad that I could no longer protect her the way I did when I carried her for 9 months. I was super overwhelmed. I think it is a combination of hormonal changes, sleep deprivation, the experience of having given birth, and all the emotional adjustments that come with having a new baby. The first two weeks were the worst for me..but, it really did get better! Now, my daughter is almost 4 months old and things are so different! Life feels normal and the initial adjustment phase, and all the emotions that come with it, is over. Now, I can't imagine life without our baby; I feel like I'm back to my normal self and I can really enjoy my lo. I wish you the best of luck & hang in there!

MichelleMc(pink!) - Tuesday, 14 Feb
Thank you, charchar - it's good to hear it will even out some. :)

charcharsuperstar - Tuesday, 14 Feb
Michelle, YES , yes and YES! I am a mommy of 3, ( one angel) and each time, I experience the same thing. I just call it the mommy thing. I can no longer watch the news or read articles where children are hurt.. I think it's something instinctual/primal/spiritual that happens. My friend who had her baby about 9 months ago put it like this, she said for the first time in her life, she looked at the homeless man under the freeway overpass begging for change , and realized that he, too once was a baby and probably had a mommy who loved him. Its just a change, but i think it lends to more compassion around the world. know that you are not alone, and YES , especially in these first few weeks, your body is going through such big changes , going back to pre-pregnancy status, and it will even out somewhat!

MichelleMc(pink!) - Monday, 13 Feb
alliemomof3, thank you so much for your post - it is really helpful to hear that others may also go through this, that it doesn't mean something is wrong with me, and that it will get better. Thank you for your kind words of encouragement. :)

alliemomof3 - Monday, 13 Feb
Michelle... I am over from the one month page as my lo is 7 weeks old today. Yes, I experienced something similar the first two weeks after giving birth to all three of my children, each time. For me, the hormones are regulating themselves after being pregnant for nine months and the process of that happening always leaves me feeling very emotional as well-- never in a negative way, but just as you described, overwhelmed with emotions and weepy. i also think that just the life changing experience of giving birth and having a new baby is emotional on its own. After about the first ten days or so for me, I seem to level off and feel so much better more like my normal self. The past five weeks have been great for me and although I am certainly so in love with my new daughter and my family, it is not the massive extreme waves of emotion of the first few weeks. If it becomes unmanageable or you are worried about it, I would recommend talking to your doctor but otherwise it may just be what most new moms go through due to hormones! Congrats on your new lo!

MichelleMc(pink!) - Monday, 13 Feb
I am feeling very emotional since giving birth to my daughter 2 weeks ago. I don't feel depressed, so I don't believe I have PPD, but I have just been getting so weepy over every emotion. I get worried that I'm not giving my daughter everything she needs, I get overwhelmed with love for my husband (who has been taking amazing care of us), I think about the future and feel heartbroken that I won't be able to protect my baby from the hurts life brings, I look at her and think how precious she is to me. All of these things overcome me with emotion and I bawl. Can anyone relate to this at all?

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charmedby3 - Monday, 13 Feb
Caitlyn is already 3.5 weeks old! Where did the time go? We are doing really well, Caitlyn has been fussier in the evenings lately, but I finally got her to take a soother yesterday (she was refusing it before) and she was much better last night, so I'm hoping this continues. I'll weigh her again at baby talk tomorrow, but last week she was 7lbs 4oz. It seems so weird for me, my boys were bigger than that when they were born! (not much, 7.8 & 7.12) They were over 10 pounds by a month old, and she will probably be close to 8 pounds at a month. She's just a tiny little thing :) suzmBLUE, I hear you on the cloth diapers not fitting, I also CD, but mine won't fit until 10 pounds (although I have my doubts they'll even fit then, they look way too big, even snapped down to the smallest size!) We're not having trouble with leakage though, but I'd rather not have to buy disposables. I'm working on my last pack of Newborn size now (never bought any, my mom and MIL have given me a ton) and I have several packs of size 1, and I'm hoping she'll fit into the cloth diapers when I run out of the disposables that my family bought me. I think I have enough to last another 3 weeks or so, so she should be big enough by then. I did cloth with my DS2, and we loved it. In other news.... we're moving! Not until May, but we are moving into a townhouse about half an hour closer to my work, which will be great! It's in the same complex that my sister lives in, so that will be awesome too. She is pregnant, and her baby is due late May, so Caitlyn and her little one will grow up with such a close, special relationship. I'm really looking forward to it. I went to the Brick yesterday, and picked out a brand new bedroom set to go with my brand new bedroom, so exciting! My oldest son will get his own room (he currently shares with my toddler) and my toddler and Caitlyn will share a room. One day I'd like to have a place big enough for each kid to have their own room, but I can't afford that yet. Bryun and I are still separated, I have no intentions of letting him come back - EVER! And I am happy. I feel better about myself than I have in months, maybe even years. Yes, I'm tired, yes being a single mom of 3 is challenging, but I know I can do it, and I don't have a 30 year old alcoholic, who's stuck pretending to be a rebellious teenager bringing me down. I feel great!! Can't wait until my 6 week PP check up so I can start working out and get rid of my ugly belly. How is everyone else doing?

Kristynh *PINK* - Sunday, 12 Feb
congratulations to all you new Mums. Just letting you all know there is a facebook site that has just been set up at the request of other IAP Mamas for babies just born. It is called IAP Bubba's 2012. All of you are more than welcome to join. Enjoy your new bubs. Only 16 weeks until i get to hold my one. :) http://www.facebook.com/groups/386378278045488/

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suzmBLUE! - Sunday, 12 Feb
Hi ladies...my little guy is 11 days old and still pretty sweet. We had the infamous growth spurt cluster feeds, so the past few days he has been attached to my boob! But, Im at leat getting 6 or 7 hours of sleep over the full day and don't feel too bad. The most annoying thing to me is the leaky diapers. I used cloth with my dd and will with him, but he is too little for the ones I have. Another pound or so and we will be good. He has tiny little chicken legs, and with the Vaseline for his circumcision the disposables are giving me such problems...we're going through about 5 outfit changes a day!!!

plantlvr07 - Sunday, 12 Feb
Ah, no time to read thru comments right now (baby girl is stirring on the monitor...) but I am SO HAPPY that I can finally log into my profile and get back to talking to you all! My girl was born on 2-2-12, gonna have to do some major profile updates soon (since it all got wiped out) and I will post her birth story. Great to see that some of us are continuing on the site here!

charcharsuperstar - Sunday, 12 Feb
Hi mommies! Its funny this section is a lot quiter because we're all so busy ! Charmed, Ahlam, others, nice to see you ! My boy nurses & nurses & i ended up giving him 1/2 oz of formula. He still seems more awake at night. !

yummum2b - Saturday, 11 Feb
Well my baby girl is 12days old born at 36+4 weeks she was 5lb 11oz..She sleeps most of the time but wakes dead on 3hours for a bottle, I tried breastfeeding but wsasnt sucessful... I have a daughter who has jst turnt 10mths old and I cnt wait for them to get bigger and play wiv each other. X

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