Improving the Quality of Baby Sleep

If you often wake up at night because the baby is sleeping less soundly, it is necessary to do several steps to improve the quality of infant sleep, including:

1. Give your bed or sleeping space comfortable
The bed is clean, comfortable, not too hot or cold and not too noisy will provide peace in infants. Babies can easily fall asleep when bedtime baby arrives.

2. Meet the needs of the baby before sleep
Give food or drink to your baby, do not let your babies are hungry when heading to bed. Wear comfortable clothes, good clothes worn will help the baby be more relaxed and not easily awakened from sleep. How to euthanize baby hygiene is also important considering the baby's body, other than that check whether your baby has urinated or defecated before bed, exchange and clean diapers for the baby feels comfortable enough to go to bed.

3. Stel music for accompaniment sleep
Music is an excellent medium to deliver the baby to sleep. Classical or soft music in addition to providing stimulation on brain tissue also provides a soothing effect on babies. Creating a relaxed baby will help improve the quality of infant sleep. Babies who fall asleep relaxed in sleep soundly and not easily startled when awake.

4. Get used to sleeping with a regular
As a parent, you must set a good example to children. Get used to sleep not too late and at a fixed hour. At about eight or nine hours a night, is a good time to start baby's bedtime. Do not get used to the baby stayed up late or sleep late, this will cause the baby to tire easily and easy emotion.

5. Give a kiss
It may seem trivial in the way of euthanize baby. Giving the baby a kiss before bed will provide comfort and affection. Babies who feel comfortable will be easy to sleep.

Premature Birth

Premature birth is a state where the baby is born before even 9 months 2 weeks, usually at the age of 37-41 weeks. Premature babies do not mean a miscarriage, because the baby is still alive.

Usually babies born prematurely due to an error of hormones in the mother due to mental stress, chronic disease, infection, rupture of amniotic sac (amniotic fluid) or it could be because of the weakness of the cervix, the use of cigarettes and alcohol, but can also occur because the mother's wishes.

The risk of premature infants is increasing the number of possible medical problems experienced by the baby, especially respiratory, cardiovascular, central nervous system and immunity. Babies born preterm have a risk of organ development is less than perfect, anemia, respiratory infections, heart problems and unable to drink properly due to lack of drinking from the baby's reflexes.

Premature infants are usually treated in an incubator and watched closely by a doctor, but babies who weigh over 2 kg can be taken home by his parents. How to care for premature babies is quite difficult, where the baby should be fed in small amounts but often. When the baby was having a good drink reflex, the baby can directly feed directly on the mother.

If not, could use a spoon. Always keep the baby's condition in order to stay warm and away from damp areas. Always use sterile equipment and wash hands before handling / feeding the baby because the baby's immunity is still very vulnerable.

Water birth

Water birth is a new breakthrough in the delivery process in the medical world today. An action persalinandengan using water media, adjusted for the size of body temperature that is about thirty-seven degrees Celcius. An unusual thing in the medical world about this birth process.

Benefits of giving birth in water lies in the ability to reduce process water media the pain of childbirth compared with normal. Comfort obtained by the mother nor may the baby and can reduce the risk of infant suffered head injuries, and infants are not easily poisoned the amniotic fluid. Some patients who have tried this method of water birth feel quite comfortable, the body undergoes relaxation, and not feel too sick.

However, for a water birth delivery method, you must provide a big enough budget, water-birth method is quite expensive. In addition, the delivery process is only applicable for normal delivery, delivery for pregnancies that have a particular problem fixed using the method or way of Caesar.