Baby's first check-what is checked

Baby 42 days, to take him to the hospital for health check! it's baby was born for the first time since the last check-up checkup! is on baby's growth and start to be detected, so that meant a great baby!, mother carefully prepared patient care, let the baby weathered life first Checkup!

Getting ready for a physical examination

No.1 determine good medical hospital

General medical examination for the first time a baby is in the production of hospital or the area of maternal and child health centres, medical examination after each to community hospitals.

So the mother is discharged to the doctor consultation good 42 days specific parts of the physical examination, so as to avoid future trouble.

No.2 telephone booking

In matters relating to the baby go through medical examination before you query determines the medical hospital specific working hours.

Because of the health centre is not to go to work every day. You can call and ask, they generally in what time period to baby examination. Then they said at the time, but also to avoid the rush to the hospital. In fact, the first medical examination and not necessarily to baby 42 days, and sometimes special circumstances can be postponed for a few days.

No.3 bring documents

Take your baby for the first time, you need to take physical examination of the documents are: household registration book, the baby's birth certificate, the parents ' identity cards, baby's medical records to the present.

Some places also need to take vaccination records, etc. MOM's best ready to record the more usual baby health at home, baby younger records should be more detailed. For example, your baby's stomach, bowel movements, there is no doctor diarrhoeal, etc., easy to answer when asked.

The good mood baby No.4

Comparison of the hot in the summer, the baby blues are not very good.

Mama don't choose baby irritability or hungry, avoid the baby to the hospital because irritable and not very good with the doctor. General morning cooler, baby spirit better, you can select the time period.

Tips：

1. examination of the previous night, mother had better give the baby a warm bath and put on clean clothing or underwear.

Physical examination clothes best loose something that is easy to take off, put on, sets and it is best not to wear, will bring trouble to doctors, you can wear their belts, vest.

2. prior ready you need to ask your doctor.

Through physical examination, the doctor will give your baby a general evaluation. At this time, my mother never miss the opportunity to ask professionals related to parental issues. For example: "baby development is normal?" " In the usual parental process I should pay attention to what issues? " Etc., and record.

Check-in progress

Interrogation

The doctor will ask to the baby's mother some basic information about your baby, MOM just objective answer.

For example, the mother's health during pregnancy, in childbirth, baby birth of general health status, your baby's feeding (breast feeding or formula feeding), etc.

Required inspection item

Height

Measurement with the doctor, prostrate, let the baby's legs straight, do not curl up.

Measurement before putting the baby shoes, socks, and diapers. Reference standard: male baby: 58.5 ± 2.4cm, female baby: 57.1 ± 2.3cm.

Tip: baby height and skeletal development, it is affected by a number of factors, such as genetics, nutrition, disease and activities such as exercise, therefore, be sure to ensure a comprehensive and balanced nutrition for the baby to sleep, and maintain a certain activity every day.

Weight

This time the baby is relatively small, you cannot use the standard body points that measurement.

Doctors generally use specialized measuring the baby's weight gauge measurements, the shape is similar to the pallet, the baby is placed in the tray. Reference standard: male baby: 5.62 ± 0.63kg, female baby: 5.12 ± 0.60kg.

Tip: not only concerned about your baby's weight is reached reference standards, should also pay attention to the baby weight gain speed.

A baby's birth weight lighter, but its growth rate has reached the normal levels, despite the measure of weight has not reached the reference standard, parents do not have to worry about the baby's growth and development is normal. And some baby birth weight was heavy, although this time the check-up reference standards, but growth is slow, parents need to look for the following reasons, take appropriate measures.

Head circumference

The doctor will have photographed babies two eyebrows arch, occipital convex measurement around the first week, i.e. the head circumference.

Reference standard: male: 38.6 ± 1.2cm, female: 38.0 ± 1.2cm.

Tip: not like some people think, big baby certainly brain developed, than other babies.

The baby's head circumference is too quickly or too slowly, is not normal. For example, baby birth than normal head circumference, and head circumference growth rate is very slow or even stop growth, you have to wonder if there is a cerebral dysplasia or head deformities.

Bra

The doctor will have photographed babies two nipples and two scapular lower edge around the chest, measuring the baby's chest.

The doctor will use the stethoscope in baby's chest to hear about it.

Tip: doctors aim mainly to the development of the evaluation of the baby in the chest.

Baby bra size and physical exercise and nutrition. Therefore, a new mother would often give baby doing passive exercises, exercises his muscles and bones, such as chest-expanding movement can promote baby breast muscle developed, led the development of the thorax and lungs. Usually the mother or the baby through the tight to clothes, baby growth faster, clothes before you know it is small, the mother should be timely to buy the right size of baby clothes.

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ial reminder: preterm birth of your baby, on the basis of its birth the measurement data appropriate for gestational age is less than the full-term baby born, later as months old zeng long will slowly catch up with preterm birth. P>

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Blood

Baby arm veins are not hard to find, and more tender.

Thus doctor baby blood usually finger blood collection, but after all, is still very small babies, blood is inevitable or frightened.

Purpose

1. a blood test.

The most important thing is to see if the baby is anemia.

Anemia is common in children with iron deficiency anemia. If you are breastfeeding, MOM can eat some iron many things, such as the fungus, date, or at the doctor's Guide to baby drink iron preparations. Formula fed babies, moms best pick better iron content of milk.

2. measurement of trace elements.

See the baby is calcium deficiency.

Baby's skeletal development every day, shortly need calcium content is also very much, simply from breast milk or milk powder gets sometimes is not enough. Mother may, under the direction of the doctor, at the right time to begin to baby take cod-liver oil and calcium, easily soluble in water of calcium absorption effect is good, it is necessary to pay attention to selection. Baby after the full moon to the Sun can be picked out to promote the absorption of calcium.

Blood after care

1. my mother with a cotton swab in the baby the acupuncture treatment Department press 3-5 minutes to stop the bleeding, do not rub, so as to avoid the subcutaneous hematoma.

2. blood after strenuous exercise to avoid baby, mother to baby more fed syrup, and watch your baby has no other discomfort.

3. the mother should be in the 24 hours to maintain baby blood arm of sanitation, should not give the baby a bath.

4. If local congestion occurs, generally will absorb,

if congestion more available raw potato chips with congestion sites or 24 hours after use of warm towel wet dressing.

(Editors: Lin zhe)