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post partem support group

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phone and contact provided in email

partners can get it too

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ways to install car seats

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car seat investigation
3 options are free:
check wa DC website about transportation and baby seats
CHP in torrence on Hamilton, make an appointment
(couple weeks out for the appointments)
call torrence fire dept. Christopher Rhodes or terissa or Tony
They take appointments on Tue and Thur
each appointment is for one seat in one car

Paid:
323 491 6197
depending on the car and situation, he’s about 175-300

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introducing pets to kids

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if you have pets already, sometimes it’s tough

postpartum dads is a good site. will be in email

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hydro therapy

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cuts pain and discomfort for up to 50%

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Stuff to bring

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Flip flops for shower
in the tub room - bring two pairs of board shorts
same for showers, wear board shorts

for moving hair or touching wife, ask if I want to pull her hair back, always ask

bring some chapstick for her

bring her some hard candies
fruit juice hard candies from sprouts

partners brush teeth, if breath is bad and she’s going to be sensitive to smells

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snotty baby noises from him

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have ball su

MNOP
Mouth
then Nose

Get paper towel or toilet paper from bathroom

squeeze first
the insert to first knuckle of the pinky deep
sweep through the mouth gently releasing to suck up stuff
squeeze it out onto the paper towel

squeeze
insert into nose first nostril now
insert to the first knuckle of the pinky
slowly draw up the goo
squeeze out into paper towel

after about a month or less replace it because it will be bacterial filled inside the bulb syringe

nosefrido
has a filter you replace every time you use it.
inhale to clean the mouth the same way as the bulb syringe
blow it out into paper towel

rinse and repeat for each nostril

can sanitize tube and type in the washer

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need to ask for water thermostat to 104 deg F

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need this done so no scolding will happen

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3 ways to take baby temperature

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put thermostat silver tip in baby’s armpit
then bring arm across their chest (not b

get some aquiphor or Vaseline (same thing)
get lots of quetips, only use queutips to keep it from getting contaminated
only swap the tip of the queutip on the thermometer
hold thermometer at the ribbed part of thermometer
put baby on a firm flat surface, not on pillows. use changing table
lay baby on back, left up baby’s legs
insert to fingers flat with the themo

when done clean with rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball

Put baby on stomach of changing table (not cushin or bed)
holding at the ribbed portion of the thermometer where fingers are holding thermo like a cigarette
insert into baby’s bottom to see temp

when done clean with rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball

when a baby is 100.4 that’s an emergency
Peditriction will very likely meet you at hospital or emergency room

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baby may have long nails at birth

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sometimes nail clippers are too sensitive. so file them down. use short softer files while they sleep.

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Babies can’t see well how do they circumnavigate

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they use hands for feeling and touch to find out where moms food source is and where bodies are.

so they no longer recommend gloves for baby’s hands. just get their nails sorted

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Bathing

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Get water temp to no hotter than 104

get organized

make sure water depth isn’t so deep

WHO recommends waiting of 8 hours before bathing babies. They used to bath and swaddle them immediately and their blood sugar was off, heart rate was really high, baby was not doing well until this change.

Best to bath baby at home to keep our flora and bacterias with the baby

use Johnson and Johnson soap for infants

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white or red bumps on the reds of rounds of their cheeks

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this is the baby getting moms hormones through their skin and acclimating to live outside the wome

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Looks like baby dandriff

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if they have this it may be because they were in the amniotic fluid longer than 40 weeks

Use a rough part of the baby wash cloth very lightly to

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soft parts of the baby’s head

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the top and front, and one on the back of the skull. this is how they fold to get out the birth canal

the soft spots are very delicate for the first 18 months

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clean baby eyes

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cotton ball and warm water
one per eye
wipe inside to outside 3 times

clean cotton ball for next eye

do this daily

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Clean ears

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kerri has this info

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how often wash

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2-3 times per week

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immersion bath before umbilical cord has fallen off.

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yes

19
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No longer clean around umbilical cords

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Just leave them alone

a little redness, you’re fine

if you have redness all around the cord and stomach, call ped

if you see puss, call ped

umbilicals are stinky though

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how long until umbilicals fall off?

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14 days

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holding baby for front / back

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hold catycorner, and hold onto a major limb.
head into the armpit
hold onto leg
for example

then to wash back:
flip baby over to face down by crossing to other arm
same as before, hold one limb and head towards arm pit

the baby wants warm towels so you use a warmer to go hard core

make sure you wash between the folds of their skin

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hold baby like above question

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always washing from the top to the bottom of the baby

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keep hair back when bathing and changing baby

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or they will cut off circulation and get purple hands and arms by holding onto the hair

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changing boy’s diapers

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keep mouth closed so they don’t pee in it accidentally

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circumsitions

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need to do it at beginning or urologists are usually 6 weeks out for appointments

water wipes

clean front to back

douse baby penis with vaseline
then plop the circular makeup pads

best for diaper rash, air it out, let air dry

if you need a rash cream
A&D cream
or
Triple paste, high zinc oxide (peds love it)

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diapering

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new born diapers have a cresent C in the front will be more expense than ones that go straight across the top

Boys tend to urinate up and girls urinate wide

tape always go in the back

the two sets of ruffle seals, they need to be facing out or you have poop blow outs

if you see the yellow line vertically, if that changes to blue or green, you can’t tell if it needs to be changed.

there are blue lines where the tape attaches, if you can’t go past the blue lines, it’s time to size up for your baby

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how can you tell if diaper is too tight

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should be able to take two fingers and pull away at the back of the leg hole. you should be able to see both bottom cheeks

28
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how do you know baby has enough food

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feeding on demand

after day 3 how many diapers? 3
day 2, 2 diapers
black until day 3, should be green

day 5 poop should be yellow seedy and doesn’t smell

if day 5 it’s still black in diaper, you need to see pediatrician

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infant bed

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infant beds should be the same height as our bed

babies should be put the sleep on their backs

keep nothing in there. no blankets, bumpers, toys, no mattress pad, pillows.
they need firm flat fitted sheets on the baby mattress.

if baby is hungry, you can feed from bed.

in 6 months the baby crawled over and fed themselves

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other investments

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warm wipes will keep baby sleepy

towel warmer for after bathing

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feeding

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if baby arm is swinging while padding, he doesn’t like burping

he will like rubbing his back instead of patting for burping

32
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baby’s are most wakeful at leg or arm ambulation

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every moment of their arms or legs wakes them up

33
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what should baby’s wear to bed

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onesies are base layer

some have scalaps on the top around shoulders are armpit

babies don’t like things pulled over their face, they get grumpy about that.

open whole thing up like a donut, then look at them through the whole so they don’t have eyes covered at all.

with the scalap arms. you can pull it down over shoulders and off at the bottom instead of over the top. that way if they have a poop blow out it doesn’t cover eyes while taking it off.

second layer
Halo sleep gym jam sleep sack

if you’re hot, baby’s hot
if you’re cold, baby’s cold
baby’s always have 1 more layer than we do

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flatheads on baby’s

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you can wear your baby so that you can carry the kid around with you and better for their head shape

35
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Sleep locations

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never leave them right infant of or under windows

nor in front of an ac vent

best to avoid SIDs by putting a slight breeze and or crack the window for the baby

36
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more on safe sleep practices.

swaddling

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few ways

skinny babies can flip while in swaddles

they will suffocate if this happens

tummy time helps avoid this from happening so they are strong enough to lift up.

open blanket
turn it into diamond shape

fold into middle so its point down triangle

one arm out
opposite side take that Side of

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tummy time

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on floor on covers while facing you head to head or Side by side

they do a pushup kind of and left head. strengthens neck muscles

the other way is tummy time with skin to skin contact with me on my back and them on my chest.

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babies will cry for about 2 hours

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Around dusk or midnight babies will do this, it’s tough.

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