Weight Loss Treatment

The weight of babies at birth is too light? No need to worry if you know how to treat and care for babies with low birth weight.

Normally, after birth the baby weighed immediately. Then, when the baby is said to have low birth weight? Of the scales, will be visible if the weight infants less than 2500 grams, because the normal newborn weight 2500 grams minimum. Well, in this condition, the baby needs more attention.

Importance of extra attention.
From the appearance, babies born with low weight are generally looked very small. In addition, new born baby’s skin is often wrinkled, and covered with fine hairs.

Some of the reasons that require infants with low birth weight (BBLR) get extra care and attention are:
- Condition babies with low birth weight is weak, and easily chilled (since the layer of fat under the skin is very thin).
- Babies with low birth weight usually quickly tired, and often choked while sucking milk. As a result, the baby drinks so lazy. In fact, his body takes a lot of milk to be normal weight.
- Babies with low birth weight are vulnerable to infectious germs.

-Babies with low birth weight easily experienced respiratory distress. That’s why, sometimes babies with low birth weight requires a ventilator.

Any special treatment.
During the hospital, the baby will be placed in an incubator to keep warm body temperature. Well, on arrival in your home can do the following measures.
1. Keep your baby warm body. Thus the expected weight of a normal soon, and more robust in the face outside the womb conditions. How:
o Place the warm water bottle near the baby while the baby was wrapped with a soft clean cloth and closed his hat to keep warm.
o Check the diapers regularly, and replace immediately if wet, so not too cold. Diaper checks should be done often, because babies with low birth weight even cry less wet, while the outer clothing may still look dry.
o Treat with kangaroo care method (father or mother holding a baby at any time with the baby’s skin with skin or mother’s father, then the two bodies covered with thick clothes and soft). The way this is done in order to heat the father or the mother’s body to flow into the baby’s body. Research shows, is an effective way not only to increase the baby’s weight, but also helps the baby growing up. Why? In addition to the baby warm, these activities provide a touch of affection that are helping restore the baby’s condition.
2. Provide breastfeeding immediately after birth. ASI provided a little bit, but as often as possible, according to the baby’s ability. If the baby can not suck, breast milk can be milked and given a little bit with a pipette or a small spoon.
3. scar Clean your baby’s cord carefully and regularly, to remain sterile.
4. Keep away from the sick babies, because babies contracted the disease easily. Even if her mother a cold, wear cloth masks when breastfeeding, the baby’s health to stay awake.

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