When a couple gets a third member in the form of their newborn baby, it is the most joyful moment of their life. They start waiting for the new come’s arrival since the day the wife gets pregnant. It is a long nine months wait to get this joyful moment, and after this long wait, when the new member in the form of the baby finally takes birth and comes to their life, naturally the excitement has no limits. This joy is almost similar to when a child gets a new toy and takes shear care of it. A newborn baby is not different than a new toy for the family. Though it is quite obvious for the mother and father to plan lots of things much before its arrival, the most important thing in their life now becomes only to take care of the newborn. The reason why a baby’s health care is so important or delicate issue for the parents is because of the following.
First and foremost thing to keep in mind is that the baby cannot speak so unlike a grownup, it cannot speak out what is happening to him or her. The only thing it does is to cry. Any type of problem he or she is having, like head is paining, feeling uneasiness in the stomach, feeling nauseous, as she cannot speak out, the only way it expresses through crying. So the most critical time for the parents, especially, the mother is when the baby does not stop crying. No doubt, the mother keeps on feeding the baby at the regular time intervals, (either breast-feed of bottle-feed), if the baby cries at an unusual time, it is a matter of worry to them. It is utmost difficult to find out the exact problem the baby is having. The common things which comes to one’s mind is its stomach is having gas, or nausea, or maybe having difficulty passing stool. When the baby starts crying, the first thing the mother will try to feed her. In case she is refusing to feed, it means he or she is having some other problem. In such case, the parents may console it in their arms and move around, take it in open air outside. Normal maneuver which parents perform are to hold the baby in the arm with head on their shoulders and to pat the baby gently. To move around a little bit so that if the baby is feeling suffocated, it can get some fresh air in the open.
A parent has the natural instinct to protect the baby and make it comfortable. This is a bond by the God and can be felt by the parents only.
