Most Important Tips For Parents
Today we will see 3 important facts related to baby care. All these 3 are commonly asked doubts by parents.
First Important Tips For Parents
First, babies will be brought to us after few days saying that the baby's legs seems to be bent and will be concerned about that. actually parents won't notice this for initial few days because they will be busy with other baby care issues.
Then they start to note this during bathing, massaging. That makes them to come for consultation Basically leg below knee joint, will be bit bowed in new born babies. This is completely normal The reason for this is, when baby is within mothers womb, legs will be positioned that way.
So since baby is in this position for several months, it may seem bit bent initially. It will improve as baby starts to stand and walk This is called 'Physiological bow legs' When can it be a problem? Even after 1 year when babies start to walk, if it is present or increases then you must show to your doctor. some babies will have their foot rotated inwards. And it will be tight so that you cant bring it to normal position This is called CTEV, which is also abnormal and needs immediate treatment. Will improve after treatment for sure.
Second Important Tips For Parents
Second interesting fact is related to baby's eye color The white of eye is called 'Sclera' The sclera can be yellow in color till up to 1 months, as discussed in detail in our jaundice Article So by 2 to 3 months when mother plays with the baby, she will start to notice that the sclera seems to be in blue color, instead of white. Immediately mothers start to search in internet as 'child eyes blue' Search results will give 'Your baby might have Ostergenesis imperfecta' Or some heart problems. An parents will be alarmed, and bring to us for immediate consultation.
Basically, even till 1 years of age this sclera can have bluish tinge Reason for this is the layer beneath sclera (choroid) is blue in color So since sclera is thin in babies, the underlying color is seen As the baby grows, sclera thickens and will reach its normal white color If blue color persists even after 1 year of age or if it is increasing then you must consult your doctor immediately.
Third Important Tips For Parents
Third interesting fact is regarding baby's hiccups By around 3 to 5 months, babies will try to interact with you by vocalizing. On doing this baby will start to have hiccups Or while playing, babies will laugh a lot then they will get hiccups. Laugh followed by hiccups not only happens to babies, children and even adults will get it after excessive laughing The exact mechanism has not been found till now, but the muscle which helps breathing is called "Diaphragm" during excessive laughter, the nerve (Phrenic nerve) to this muscle gets irritated which can result in hiccups.
Also while laughing, we may swallow excess air, which can press on the diaphragm and can cause hiccups. There are lots of theory. Since we are discussion about hiccups, I will let you know a technique to stop hiccups (In adults) if we hold our breath, carbon-dioxide (the air we let out) will accumulate in our body, This CO2 will give signal to brain to stop hiccups Another method is to breath in and out inside a cover so that the air you inhale back will be CO2 again, which will increase CO2 level in our body, which in turn acts on brain to stop hiccups. But PLEASE don't do it in children or babies even for fun. So these are the interesting but important information which I had to share with you all.
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