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Today's Tip for New Moms: What to Do When Baby Has Colic

Since every baby is different, you may have to experiment with your little sweetheart to see what works best for him. Soothing baby and changing some things to see if they help lessen colic is a goal for any mother who sees her baby suffering with tummy distress. Sometimes just reassuring him helps.

Let’s look at some of the causes of colic.

Check your baby’s bottle.

If baby is bottle-fed, he may be swallowing a lot of air. There is a big difference in baby bottles, and it is important to find one with a proper nipple. If the hole in the nipple is too small, he may be gulping in air out of sheer frustration. If the hole is too large, the milk may come too fast and taking in air could happen in that case, too.

There are bottles that are especially designed to minimize air intake by baby. Some have liners which keep bubbles from forming in the milk. They collapse as baby drinks, so less air gets into Baby’s tummy. Some are curved for better positioning.

Keep Baby in an Upright Position

If Baby is in a more upright position, he is less scrunched up. That means that the milk can more freely flow into his tummy and there will be less air trapped along the way.

Try to Feed Baby before He Is Starving

When Baby is too hungry, he gets frantic and out of control. He tries to eat too quickly and gulps in air along with his food. This can bring about colic because of his desperate need for food. If you turn down the lights and put on some calming music and speak softly to him, this may help soothe him and quiet him so he eats more slowly.

We will be spending several posts on the subject of colic because it is such a common incidence among young babies. More on this in the next post.
Have a great day!

Blessings,

Ginny

Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
KJV

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My Best Baby Bargains: Tips for Moms

Today's Tip for New Moms: She May Just Be Tired

Sometimes baby is fussy and crying and you do not know what is wrong. You have checked her diaper--it's clean and dry. She just ate. She burped like a truck driver! She has been up for awhile, so maybe she is just tired and needs to sleep.

Some babies are so interested in observing their surroundings and taking it all in, that they fight sleep like it was their worst enemy. They do not want to miss a thing and so they struggle so hard to stay awake. What might help is to take away some of the stimuli that they are so engrossed in. Darken the room. Sit in the rocking chair with her and speak gently to her while rocking. You might even sing to her softly to help calm her down. If being overly tired is the problem, and there is no physical distress causing the crying, Baby should settle down and get a refreshing nap and wake up with the "crankies" a past memory.

This time with just you and Baby is a wonderful time of bonding and just enjoying the opportunity to hold her close and snuggle with this little gift from God. These days will be gone forever sooner than you think. The security of being held by one who loves her so much is one of the foundational needs that all babies crave and need to have in order to develop into secure children, and later on, well rounded, confident adults. It is a great time for you and for Baby. I know that you have pressing issues that need to be addressed, but prioritize the tasks at hand and know that she is more important than dishes and laundry and dinner. They will get done. They really will.

Have a great day!

Blessings,

Ginny

Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
KJV

I hope you have enjoyed today’s tip for new moms. Tips for new moms is a blog for helping educate new moms about Baby's first year. Visit My Best Baby Bargains for discounts on all things for Baby, and great deals on things Mom and Dad want, too.

Disclosure: I receive compensation from the companies whose products I post on this blog. I will only post items I consider to be high quality. The opinions expressed here are my own.

My Best Baby Bargains: Tips for Moms

Today's Tip for New Moms: How Do I Know When Diapers Need to Be Changed?

This comes with experience. Some babies will let you know right away if they are wet or if they have a dirty diaper. They will give out a certain cry that you will come to recognize, and that will be your cue as you and Baby get to know each other.

However, some babies tolerate wet and dirty diapers and do not seem to mind. This is the kind of baby you will just have to check often. Now, most of the time if Baby has a dirty diaper, you will know by the unmistakable smell. But I have put my finger in a diaper to check for wetness, and have been unpleasantly surprised by what my finger found. Ha ha!

One thing to understand is that it is not good for Baby's sensitive skin to be in contact with feces or urine for prolonged periods of time. They are highly irritating to the skin, and you can end up (no pun intended) with a nasty case of diaper rash if Baby is not kept clean and dry. This is not to make you feel like a bad mother if that happens. I would say that one time or another, 99.99% of all of us have had to deal with some measure of diaper rash. It happens. One mother said she uses Sudocrem daily and has never had a problem with diaper rash.



I cannot say from experience that it is true, because back when I was raising babies, I don't know that the product was around.

At any rate, a clean bottom (be sure to wipe from front to back for little girls to avoid bacterial vaginal infections) and an antiseptic, soothing cream or ointment will help keep diaper rash at bay.

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I hope you have enjoyed today's Tip for New Moms. We post on a regular basis tips for moms and hope they are helpful.

Have a great day!

Blessings,

Ginny

Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
KJV

Tips for new moms is a blog for helping educate new moms about Baby's first year.

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My Best Baby Bargains: Tip of the Day

Today’s tip for new moms is the first in a series to help you have some basic understanding of why your baby cries and how you can soothe baby and fix what is causing the crying. We will be talking about this for more than one day, so if you don’t see your issue addressed, come back and we will talk some more about how to recognize different kinds of cries and how to understand what Baby is trying to tell you.

The number one issue we all think about when Baby cries is that she is hungry.

There are signs that Baby will do to let you know that she is getting hungry, so that you don’t have to wait until she is beside herself with hunger. What are the signs? Your newborn may be fussy, may smack her lips, or she may root. Rooting is a reflex that newborn babies have in which they turn their face toward your hand when their cheek is stroked. She may also put her hands into her mouth and try to suck on them. These are signs that she is hungry and it is time to feed her. This is classic newborn behavior, and you will soon begin to pick up on Baby’s signals to you as time goes by. This is one of the most important tips for moms, especially new ones, that will come in handy.

I hope you have enjoyed today’s tip for new moms. Come back often to see more tips for new moms.

Blessings,

Ginny

Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
KJV

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Good Morning to all of you. Ginny here. I am here to give you another tip for new moms. Today, I will cover one aspect of breastfeeding. There are a lot of subjects to talk about, but today I would like to talk about preparing to breastfeed.

If you have ever talked to other moms who have breastfed their babies, I am sure the subject comes up that the first few times you will feed your baby, IT WILL REALLY HURT! No kidding. It will be painful until you build up callouses in the nipple area so that your skin is used to baby's feeding.

But there are ways to prepare yourself for what is coming.

How to Prepare for Breastfeeding

When I was first pregnant, it was advised that mothers to be rough up their breasts with a damp wash cloth to get the nipples used to what would be coming when baby arrives.

However, roughing up the nipple area with a towel or a wet washcloth is not recommended any more. What medical professionals did not know back then was that there are protective substances produced by the breast during pregnancy, and also after Baby is born. To do what was recommended years ago would remove those protective substances, and that is not what we want. What is recommended now is to try gently massaging the breasts; it will help you become more accustomed to handling your breasts, and may be useful in the future for times when you need to express your milk.

One very valuable resource for new moms who are looking forward to breastfeeding is La Lech League International. You can find lots of help and local chapters where you are if you need advice. THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING, available from LLL groups or at the end of this post.

I hope this tip for new moms has been helpful to you. I'll be back again with more tips for new moms on my next post.

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Blessings,

Ginny

Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
KJV