Learnings of a new mom!

If your child is having trouble sleeping, few points to take sure:

• If your infant is a heavy wetter, or its winter, put them on a diaper during day time as well.
• After each feed, if they are falling asleep, let them sleep. Don't burp. Burp only if they are uncomfortable or awake. Keep them on your shoulders for 10 mins and make them sleep. 
• If you see they are not sleeping by their own, make sure you put them to sleep by holding them for naps, soothing them, gentle swaddling them in your arms. 
• Hold the baby for all naps. Let her sleep in your lap. Or while you're holding and rocking her.

Sleep cues of the baby:

• Bicycling their legs or pushing them out straight
• Arching back
• Waving arms around as though pushing you away with their hands and fingers wide open
• Hiccuping not related to feeding
• Sneezing
• Tongue thrusting  - this is poking tongue in and out 
• Gaze aversion or staring into space, at, tv, lights etc

Late signs of sleeping: 

• Rubbing eyes or rubbing their face into you
• Pulling their hair, your hair, their ears, their blankets, or clothes etc
• Yawning 

Too late sign of sleeping:

• Crying

Colic/Gassy baby

• Remember to give it half an hour before the infant's crying time
• Try colic aid.
• Decolic infant drops- Doctor suggested that it can be given 4-5 times a day. It did not work in my case.
• Ajwain Water - Tulsi leaves (2/3), water half cup, ajwain a pinch, jaggery. Boil everything and reduce it to a spoonful. Avoid giving it before 4 months.
• Homemade gripe water
• Neopeptine once a day
• Tummy time - helps to release gas
• Tummy massage 
• Fold the baby's ankles towards stomach such that thighs put pressure on the stomach. Push it up and down few times, it really relieves infant's tummy.
• My doctor gave Protectic baby drops (Probiotic). Really helpful for tummy relief.

For loose motion:

• Enterogermina

For fever:

• Sumol drops - 5 drops only if the fever is above 100

For nose block:

• Nasoclear
• Solspre - Insert into nose and press the nozzle. Immediately wipe the node with a cloth and take out the mucus. 
• Ear bud - wet the bud in nasoclear and clean the nose.

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