Tips for a Good Birth

While the female body is prepared for motherhood, the truth is that lead to doubts and fears about childbirth. The moment of birth a child is emotionally charged; so below we give you some tips that will allow you to experience the birth of your child with confidence and joy:

1- The importance of being informed; from where to have data: the key is to trust the doctor and not be in doubt.

2- Have confidence in your doctor: delivery can be from vaginally or by cesarean section and in most cases the doctor will take key decisions in the hours before the birth of your child.
So for the delivery to go well, whether naturally or through surgery, the main thing is to trust that the determination made by your gynecologist is correct. Generally if you need cesarean, you know in advance, unless there is some complication in the last minute.
3. Knowing the type of contractions that you have at the time of delivery: uterus prepares for the moment of birth throughout the pregnancy, causing contractions that do not usually cause any pain. Towards the end of pregnancy are more frequent regular contractions that feel like hard belly in its entirety. Nor are often painful, what defines them is that they are rhythmic.

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.

Changing Baby's Diaper

Before doing anything you should clean your hands using alcohol gel. When you are ready to remove the dirty diaper think to leave baby's skin for a while outdoors, if possible would be fine to leave it without a diaper at least a few minutes.If you notice that there is some sort of eczema or skin irritation then you have to use sunscreen, if it last for long time you should consult a pediatrician.

You should prepare all the necessary products and carried them in a bag when leaving home, such as appropriate size diapers, dry towel and etc.

Parents and Sibling Fights

Fights between siblings are necessary steps to achieve social and emotional maturity; however parents should be aware when it are too aggressive and violent, and when occur for inadequate reason.
Parents should always watch carefully the fights among their children, they should actively participate in all altercation occur. Not to separate them, appease them or direct them continuously. It is important that they can solve their own problems without intermediaries. 

They should not ignore disputes and pretending that they did not hear, children should know that their parents care for them but also hope that parents have the maturity to not intervene.

If it is always the same child who start fighting, this indicates that this fight is a help call. Aggression is a wake up call. In principle, parents should consider whether the violence at home is just "kid stuff" or not; and do not forget that children are a mirror of their parents.
 
After that and instead of responding violently, you should talk with the violent child. Never give mixed messages, confusing, derogatory or authoritarian. You should not hit or challenge him, there must be a dialogue.

Through questions, reflections and anecdotes, parents should try to understand the child and help him. If in spite of tolerance and dialogue approach; the child's behavior does not change, then it is advisable to seek for professional guidance so that together, the family and the specialist will assist the child to overcome violence.