Breast milk helps the babys immune system

Many experts agree that the best thing you can feed the baby during the first months of life is breast milk. This training helps the baby's immune system, contains all the nutrients you need and is very unlikely to develop intolerance, as could happen with the formula.

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The early days of breastfeeding

For your baby adjust to the process of breastfeeding should charge at the position usually, attach the nipple near the open mouth until enough and then enter the nipple.

You know the baby is drinking properly when her lips are completely on the breast and sucking is almost soundless. You can also breastfeed leaning sideways on the bed beside lying. If you feel discomfort, you can help with pillows, making sure that the baby will be easy access to the nipple.

Benefits of breast milk for the baby

• It is so good that the baby does not need anything else. No water, no juice, etc..
• breast milk has all the vitamins, fats and proteins needed by the baby in exact amount.
• The baby is healthier and has more defenses, prevents diarrhea.
• Breast milk is the vaccine for all infectious diseases.
• It digests well and the baby is not constipated.
• This at the right temperature and not spoil.
• Breastfed babies have less constipation.
• The breastfed babies have fewer cavities and dental deformities.
• Protects from sudden infant death.
• Protects future disease such as asthma, allergy, obesity, diabetes, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, arteriosclerosis and myocardial infarction.
• Protect the child from infections (bronchitis, gastroenteritis, otitis, meningitis) because breast milk is rich in immunoglobulins (defenses that the mother passes to the baby).

When you resume your workday or is absent for a few hours, you can extract milk with a breast pump and store it. Sometimes you may not achieve the output of milk in the first attempts with the extractor. Therefore, it is advisable to begin pumping practice a little before his absence, to get used to the process.

The extract milk can be stored in the refrigerator, will stay good for 3 to 8 days. Usually, the process of feeding occurs naturally. Although early can sometimes cost a little baby instinct make things easier. If in doubt, it's best to consult your pediatrician.

How do the children sleep better

Newborn babies usually only cry when they are hungry or need a diaper change them, at first the child does not know how to distinguish between day and night, as his tiny stomach only allows you to be satisfied, just for 3 hours, so there is no choice but to feed when requested periodically along the clock in their first weeks of life.

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How do the children sleep better
Anyway even at this young age can teach your child that night is for sleeping and day to play, it should try that night outlets must be as unnoticed possible: do not turn on the light, or extend too diapering. Rather than tinker with your child, return to bed as soon as I have fed and changed.

You must keep a consistent schedule to go to sleep and wake up every day, seven days a week. The biological clock of your son has a great influence on their awakenings and drowsiness. When you set a specific time to go to sleep and to wake rope is like if you gave that watch to run correctly. Try putting it to sleep early. Children respond better when they go to bed early, and most sleep better and longer.

Develop a consistent routine and peaceful, as this creates feelings of safety in children. In addition, an organized routine helps you coordinate the situations that must occur before going to bed: bath, pajamas, tooth brushing, etc..

Create a pleasant environment will help your child sleep better, you should make sure that the ambient temperature is correct, and that the room is cozy.

If you sleep more than three or four hours, especially when this very late afternoon you wake and play around with it, so you have more accumulated sleep, and sleep better at night. Never hesitate to consult your pediatrician about the best way to start learning how to raise your child. Parenting is a task that is learned with our little beautiful experiences that give us every day.

The food distribution in children's diets

Feeding the child requires an adequate supply to meet its energy needs and growth. From the three years it began a period of great activity, not only because of the physical, but also a whole brain development and learning.

The preschool began a period of steady growth until puberty that requires special attention, because their energy expenditure is higher than the adult, as are losses of water and heat through the skin.

The childhood diet

Dietary energy intake in children

For a child of four years is recommended average energy intake of 90 kcal per kilogram per day, which will be reduced down to about 60 kcal per kilogram per day for a child of twelve.
It will take a minimum fluid intake of 100 ml per kilogram per day from four years to reduce gradually to 10 ml per kilogram per day for twelve years.
Feeding should be split at least four meals a day.

The food distribution in children's diets.

Between 50 and 60% corresponding to carbohydrate present in rice, pasta, flour, cereals, honey, cookies, etc ...
Between 25 and 35% of lipids present in vegetable oils, fatty fish, soya milk, etc..
Between 10 and 15% of both plant proteins (cereals and legumes), and animal (meat, fish, poultry, eggs and dairy products).

Milk is a good source of protein. In a normal body, is advised to drink half a liter a day.

Fats supply energy and essential fatty acids and vitamins essential for growth hiposolubles.

The importance of stem cells

Today, the parents of a newborn have a new medical option available to prevent and treat child future disease, storage of cord blood stem cells.

Because Stem Cells

The cells are stored in the umbilical cord at birth are similar to those in the bone marrow of the child, so that can mean a future treatment of diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, any infectious or hematological disease.

Recently there have been cases of babies with serious diseases like leukemia and cerebral palsy who have experienced improvements after being treated with stem cells, demonstrating the importance of gathering them at birth.

Once that is collected cord blood is what makes it faster to get to the lab, and should not spend more than 48 hours, since it begins to lose the quality of the stem cells, once you get to it, is separated , no good blood, stem cells, red blood cells, white, plasma etc. Cells are concentrated and then passed from freezing to 200 degrees Celsius in liquid nitrogen in tanks that have a high degree of biosafety and for these valuable cells are available, could be used along the entire life of our son remaining intact.

It is advisable to discuss with your doctor the option of storing stem cells at birth. This will indicate the procedure and health providers that offer this service in your local storage.

Likewise, if you practice any religion, you should seek advice from a counselor, as some religions are against the use of stem cells.

It is important to let parents know that the blood that is there is extremely valuable, for the rest of your child's life, and therefore emphasizes that properly known stem cell issue, with all the importance it has.

Some tips to treat mastitis

Mastitis is a breast infection caused by bacteria, causing inflammation, itching and pain, usually on one breast or a portion thereof, can cause fever and malaise. If you notice you have these symptoms tell your doctor so that the sooner you start treatment with antibiotics.

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Some tips to treat mastitis
Do not forget to remind here that is going to continue breastfeeding child to prescribe medication that does not affect breastfeeding, and do not stop taking the medication even if you feel better, do not stop breast feeding your child, and that this would only get worse mastitis and increase the pain it causes him.

Mastitis can be a sign that your defenses are down, rest in bed, asleep, refueling, also drain the sinuses to prevent spreading the infection to go in terms of feeding your child may be quiet, because mastitis will not affect the milk and therefore there is no reason to stop breastfeeding.

Mastitis will not do any harm to your baby, but can reduce the amount of milk produced in the affected breast. Remember that germs that caused the infection probably came from the mouth of your baby, so do not need to worry that you go for damage.

Should be very painful to the infected breast feeding, it is best to let the milk flow over a diaper or absorbent cloth while nursing on the other breast, and when the child has to eat the infected breast not hurt as much .

Some experts recommend that you position the baby with her chin to the affected area of ​​the breast, to facilitate pumping.

If the baby does not get empty the inflamed breast at each feeding, you empty it ends with a breast pump. And if you can tolerate the pain to breast milk extraerte test and give your baby a bottle. But do it as little as possible and only to relieve the infection.

When in doubt contact your specialist.