The weather is hot and humid, what should I pay attention to in baby care?

It's hot in summer, so newborn care has different precautions from other seasons in all aspects. So how can we do a good job in neonatal summer care? Let me give you some advice today.

Tips for neonatal care in summer

1, insist on breastfeeding

After the baby is born, insist on breastfeeding. In addition, breast milk has enough water, so long as it is fed regularly, children will not be short of water. Don't feed sugar water, sugar water will affect children's appetite.

Step 2 dress appropriately

It's hot, so you can't put too many clothes on the children. Otherwise, poor heat dissipation will lead to an increase in body temperature or white transparent herpes on the chest and back, commonly known as "white prickly heat". Just wear thin underwear for the children, not socks. Don't let the baby naked, in case the baby's delicate skin is damaged.

3. Comfortable temperature

When the baby leaves the mother, the temperature and humidity also change. Be sure to give children a comfortable living environment, keep the room ventilated and don't close the doors and windows. In air-conditioned families, the temperature of the baby's room can be controlled at 22℃, and if it is premature, the room temperature should be raised to 24-26℃. The optimum indoor humidity should be 55-70%.

4, pay attention to body temperature changes

The newborn's brain is still in the development stage, the thermoregulation center is underdeveloped, there is no perspiration function, and the skin regulation function is insufficient. The baby's body temperature often rises with the outdoor temperature, sometimes as high as 40℃. At this time, children should be breastfed regularly to increase water intake (babies who feed other milk substitutes should not feed milk substitutes often). When the body temperature is too high, you can feed some boiled water in moderation and lower your body temperature through multiple urination.

Step 5 get enough sleep

Newborn babies sleep most of the day, and a good sleep is a necessary condition to ensure the normal development of children's physique and nerves. Therefore, it is necessary to create a good sleeping environment. Let the child sleep in the coolest place in the room, but be careful not to let the child blow his hair directly or blow the electric fan. When it is not too hot, cover it with a pillow towel. If it's too hot, wear thin pants to sleep. Also hang small mosquito nets to avoid mosquito attacks; Often change the sleeping position for children to prevent a certain part of the baby's body from getting prickly heat because it is stuck in bed for a long time without ventilation. More importantly, developing a good sleeping posture will be beneficial to children's future growth and development.

Step 6 pay attention to skin care

Newborns have soft skin and poor defense function, so they should take a bath with warm water every day. To prevent diaper dermatitis, it is best not to cover the buttocks with diapers, but to spread a quilt on the mat and put diapers under the buttocks instead of using plastic sheets.

7, prevent dehydration overheating

This is a disease that newborns are prone to in summer. The newborn's thermoregulatory center is not well developed and cannot dissipate heat through the skin. If the ambient temperature is too high, the water supply is insufficient, and the child is wrapped too tightly, dehydration and fever will occur, and even neonatal convulsions will occur.

8, pay attention to prevent other common diseases of newborns.

Neonatal ophthalmia, herpes zoster, prickly heat, skin fold erosion, hip redness, perianal abscess, diarrhea, etc. are all diseases that are easy to occur in newborns in summer, so we should pay attention to them. If the child has more gums, drop eye drops; Take a bath with warm water after sweating; Skin wrinkles can be smeared with tannic acid ointment; Apply tannic acid ointment or erythromycin ointment in time when finding that the buttocks are red, observe the buttocks frequently and find perianal infection early; Don't let your abdomen catch cold, pay attention to feeding hygiene and prevent diarrhea.