Umbilical Cord: Care & Advice

Let's start by saying that the cord is the link between mother & baby and responsible for carrying food to the baby. The mother problems and fears begins once the child is born, the cord is cut and clamped by the obstetrician. It take from 9 to 20 days to fall.

Care is simple but you must look well to medical recommendations to prevent bleeding, infection and so on. Care is important to keep it dry, becouse it helps heal the navel cord and falls early.
When changing for the baby, we cleaned their hands thoroughly after clean the navel with sterile gauze, alcohol (or antiseptic recommended by the doctor).

Care of the navel when change the diaper and surrounding it with gauze, in order not to get wet of the baby urine or stool. Cleaning the navel, should be at least 3 times a day.

There are different opinions of the baby bath, some advise that is not made before the fall of this and others allow you bath.

It is important that the mother knows she must never try to pull the navel although the dry side, the umbilical must fall alone.

If all the care given above but navel do not fall in the time, it is important to go to the pediatrician.

After dropping the navel, be sure not to have any strong odor or to see the area very red, it is normal to have a hue red around, but not intense color.

Care of Nipples During Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is the best choice to feed our children but for some women the initial process is not as simple as they once imagined. Although it is a natural process, breastfeeding is learning for both mother and newborn.

The beginning of this path can lead to pain, discomfort and irritation, especially in the nipples. This is caused from your baby frequent suckling that sometimes hurts the area at first.

To avoid this problem or to alleviate pain here are some tips you can consider: 
- Air: Nipples are very sensitive and that is why it is recommended to aerate and strengthen delicate skin that covers them. Also to prevent the sensitivity in this area, aeration can be achieved through traditional aerators shields that should be placed between the breast and the bra, moreover you should use a bra that holds the breasts but do not tighten them.
 
- Lubrication: To preserve the natural gratitude that occurs during pregnancy is recommended to avoid soaps or products containing alcohol or glycerin, also the brushes and sponges as they tend to dry and cut the skin of the nipple.

- Water: We recommend cleaning the nipples with only water as the liquid is sufficient for daily hygiene.

- Sol: Sun exposure is a good way to fortify the nipples, begin with shots for five minutes up to twenty minutes.

Ideas to Decorate Baby's Room

Not sure how to decorate your baby's room? Here we will give you some ideas to keep in mind when decorating your baby's room:
1- Baby's room must have all required safety measures, so you could use a suitable soft carpet. Moreover, furniture should be chosen with a light or neutral color.

2- The Cradle is one of the furniture that you have to begin with to build the room. For this reasons it is important to know the sex of the baby, otherwise, you must choose a neutral color.

3- After you have primary, the baby's room can be changed according to various accessories such as diaper bags, baby musical mobiles, lamps and other decorations that you can include.
4- Leave the rest to your imagination and what your heart feel when decorating the room with love for your baby.
5- Other ideas for decorating baby's room is here:

Tips For Bathing Your Baby

Bath time is special time allows you to come closeness and bonding with your baby, so it is not a chore but a special moment to remember forever.

Below are some tips to bath your baby:

- Fill tub with water at a temperature between 32º and 38ºC, move water with your hand so that water in tub is not extremely cold nor very hot.- Place baby gently, holding his head with one arm. If your baby is restless, talk with him softly or sing to make him relax.
- Start the bath by cleaning the area around his eyes using moistened cotton towels.

- Continue the rest of his face with a cloth, around the mouth, behind the ear and below the neck.
- Wash his head with baby shampoo, must be neutral and slightly perfumed.

- Dip rest of his body with a special towel for this purpose.
- Upon completion bath, lift baby under his arms and put a dry towel on top of your shoulder so you can easily keep him warm.- Drying the baby and give him a cuddle.

- Finish with a relaxing massage to sleep.

Strabismus in Children

Strabismus means literally "look crooked", we say that a child has this problem when one or both eyes deviate from eye axis. And usually one eye turns in or out.

Strabismus has several causes:
- A problem related to eye muscle.
- It can be caused by a vision problem (eg. high farsightedness that make boy's eye twisting to see better).

How to detect: The two eyes are not aligned and may not move in tandem in the same direction (sometimes or never). Babies may have a false strabismus; pediatrician and ophthalmologist are responsible to correctly diagnose a squint.


Treatment: Eyeglasses can help correct the misalignment of the eyes, and in some cases can correct it completely. Other children will need surgery or lasers.