It is necessary to raise premature babies under the constant supervision of doctors. Such children need tactile contact with the mother, a certain ambient temperature and bathing water. All possible complications in diseases should be tried to be prevented before they occur.
A premature baby is considered a child who was born before 37-38 weeks of pregnancy with a weight of less than 2.5 kg. Such children have a small stature and a disproportionate physique, hyperemic skin, fluff in the back, soft bones and non-fused cranial sutures. How to raise a premature baby?
The first days after the hospital
First of all, the parents of such a baby should be prepared for the fact that motor and mental skills will develop in him a little later than in ordinary children. A baby born seven months old will roll over, hold his head and sit down 1, 5-2 months later than his peers who were born on time. Premature babies need to provide constant tactile contact with their mother: they need to be ironed more often, worn on their hands, spread skin to skin on their stomachs, and the like. With regard to nutrition, every effort should be made to ensure that the baby feeds on breast milk, and not on artificial formula. Moreover, you need to feed a premature baby more often and in small portions.
In the room where the child is, it is necessary to regularly clean and exclude all contacts with relatives and friends for several months, because such children are most susceptible to infections, their immune system is still in the stage of formation. The temperature in the children's room should be maintained at a constant level of 23-25 ° С; for bathing, the ideal water temperature will be 37 ° С. However, it must be remembered that premature babies are constantly at risk of overcooling or overheating, so they need to be changed quickly, and clean clothes and diapers must be ironed with an iron beforehand, but do not overdo it.
Health care
All bottles and teats used must be sterilized. For premature babies, massage is very useful, which the mother can perform herself, after taking lessons from a specialist. Children who were on apparatus breathing for the first days of life are prone to bronchial spasms. Therefore, in case of ARVI disease, to prevent such consequences, it is necessary to start the treatment of spasm in advance. It is necessary to raise premature babies in the first two years of life under the constant supervision of a cardiologist, orthopedist and neurologist. Parents should be prepared for constant intestinal colic in the baby, therefore, a mother who is breastfeeding her baby should monitor her diet and exclude from the diet foods that provoke gas in the child's intestines.
In general, such babies should be under the supervision of all doctors and undergo all the necessary examinations. A young mother should pay attention to the slightest problems in the behavior and development of her child and immediately seek help from a specialist.
