What to expect in the hospital
Nurses will check the baby’s breathing, heart rate, color, and muscle tone right after birth.
What is a newborn assessment/APGAR?
The typical number of feedings a newborn has in a 24-hour period.
What is 8–12?
What is proximity?
This factor refers to how close the pediatrician's office is to your home or community.
2 ways parents can help their children with preparing for new siblings
early conversations, enforcing special time after arrival of baby, allowing their participation in preparing for baby, letting them feel kicks and hear baby's heart rate, having clear and strong communication with children about what is occurring
This medication is placed in a newborn’s eyes shortly after birth to help prevent possible eye infections.
What is antibiotic eye ointment?
These are placed on both mom and baby immediately after delivery to prevent misidentification or abduction.
What are matching ID bands?
Newborns typically need to eat about this often.
What is every 2–3 hours?
What should the mother put into consideration when financially thinking about a pediatrician ?
Do they accept my insurance? Checking the facility to see if they take insurance is important
Expected emotional response from toddlers and preschoolers
Overwhelmed with life change, angry, sad, jealous feelings, mixed emotions from not being able to fully understand life changes.
Response of toddlers and preschoolers to having arrival of new sibling. Ex: pacifier sucking, going back on progress of toilet training. This is the child's way of ensuring parents are aware they still need attention and to be cared for as well
Age regression
This practice helps keep the baby warm, promotes bonding, and can help with breastfeeding.
What is skin-to-skin contact?
Increasing numbers of these each day show that a baby is getting enough milk.
What are wet diapers?
What is board certification?
Board certification indicates that the practicing physician is able to provide knowledgable information in their field of practice for their patient regarding their health.
Expected emotional response from grandparents
Sadness at getting older and children getting older, disbelief at new period in life, fear of not meeting grandparent expectations, excitement of new arrival to family
This term refers to the natural reflex in newborns that causes them to turn their head toward a touch on the cheek when they are looking for food.
What is the rooting reflex?
This injection is given to help prevent serious bleeding problems in newborns.
What is Vitamin K?
Nurses and lactation consultants can help mothers with this during breastfeeding.
What is a proper latch?
How is hospital affiliation important to the mother and child?
This is important as this allows your child to receive care. Your provider can have easier access to you and your child if inpatient.
What education can be given about safe handling of baby?
Supporting baby's head, washing hands before touching, always being gentle, having adult nearby to supervise and help as needed, staying seated to minimize dropping risk
This period refers to the time when family members adjust to life with a new baby and learn new roles within the family.
What is a transition period?
Most families stay this long in the hospital after a vaginal birth.
What is 1–2 days?
This is considered a late sign that a baby is hungry.
What is crying?
When is it best to seek a pediatrician as a pregnant mom?
2nd trimester, doing so allows your care team to build rapport and to prepare once you bring that baby home!
How can new grandparents balance between guidance and respect with the arrival of the newborn?
Offer advice of their parenting views while also asking how new parents want things to be done and how they can help. Understand how to offer advice gently in cases of disagreement, avoid redoing tasks even if they are seen as "wrong way of doing it." Don't be afraid to communicate feelings in polite ways.
Embrace role as mentor instead of second parent!!!
This healthcare provider specializes in caring for infants, children, and adolescents and will see your baby after you leave the hospital.
What is a pediatrician?