The First 48 Hours
This is the number of nights moms and new babies generally stay in the hospital after a normal vaginal delivery at UCSF
2 midnights
These are 3 of the benefits of breast feeding
Decreased risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer. Decrease risk of type II diabetes, heart disease.
Increased bonding, warmth
Low cost, availability
For baby: decreased ear infections, diarrhea, pna, wheezing, bronchiolitis, decreased SIDS risk
A typical newborn does this for 16-17 hours a day
SLEEP!
Umbilical cord
My baby is yellow! This term refers to the development of yellow skin or yellowing of the whites of eyes in babies.
Jaundice or hyperbilirubinemia
The frequency at which newborn babies feed in their first weeks of life.
Every 1-3 hours
This is the position a baby should always be put in to sleep
Back
This is the name of the soft spot on babies' heads when they are born.
Fontanelle
This is the name of the first, scant milk that comes in after a mother has given birth.
Colostrum
Typically, all newborn babies lose weight in their first days of life, but most regain or surpass their birth weight by this age.
10-14 days
Most babies will see a pediatrician this soon after leaving the hospital
1-2 days
Pediatricians check baby’s hips for this reason.
To screen for developmental dysplasia of the hips
In the first few hours of life, this ointment is applied to babies' eyes and they are given this Vitamin.
Erythromycin, vitamin K
This is the name for the very black, sticky stool that babies have when they are first born
Meconium
This temperature is considered a fever in a baby
100.4 = 38
My baby was born with a bluish-gray mark on his lower back that the pediatrician says is not a bruise. This may be called...
Slate grey patch / Mongolian spot