I'm sure everyone has held a baby before, but did you do it correctly? I came to this realization tonight when I was holding my boyfriend's newborn nephew. As I watched the baby's mom hold him, I thought about how careful you have to be. Not everyone realizes this. Some people pick up a baby and figure he or she can hold his or her head up on their own. Not only that, but some people carry their baby around like a baby doll. A real life baby and a baby doll are two completely different things.
Babies are helpless little human beings and need tender loving care more than anything. If you have never held a baby before, just think about the future. Most of you are planning on having children someday and need to be ready. My boyfriend's brother-in-law is not well acquainted with the way of holding a baby. It made me realize how unprepared some parents might be. He propped the baby up on his stomach to sleep, which seemed a little risky. I wasn't sure how well he could breathe.
Babies are little people that look to their caregivers for support and love. The way you hold a baby doesn't seem very important, when in reality it is vital. When holding a baby, make sure that you always support their necks. Babies, especially newborns, don't have the strength to hold their heads up on their own and need help. Also, when handing the baby over to someone else, make sure that they have a firm grasp on the baby. You don't want the baby to end up on the floor or anywhere else they shouldn't be.
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After having a child of my own you learn a lot as you go. Babies do not come with manuals so you have to do the best you can. It helped me to have my mom with me the first month I brough my daughter home. You should prepare yourself as best you can during the pregnancy. As for letting other people hold your baby, just make sure you think they are able to handle it. If you think they can't, for example my nephew who was seven when my daughter was born, we made him sit down and we handed him my daughter and explained how he should hold her. This is a good topic but as for new parents they are just learning and as long as you hold the babies head as you said the parents will get more comfortable over time with handling their child.
ReplyDeleteI have nightmare about this, Bethany. Seriously...about dropping babies!
ReplyDeleteWhen my daughter was born, I was so worried that she was fragile and I would hurt her. I watched the staff at the hospital man handle her like she was unbreakable. When I first saw this I was concerned but figured they knew what they were doing. The difference between holding someones baby and your own is the fact that you are worried you will break their baby, but when you have your own you realize how resiliant they really are. They are not as fragile as you think and the amazing thing is that when you drop them they bounce so they can't be hurt. O.K. that last part was a joke, but seriously they are pretty tough little things.
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