CLEANING BABY’S MOUTH

  It’s important babies have their mouth cleaned right from the newborn stage. You don’t have to wait until their teeth start coming in. As soon as you get home after delivery you can start cleaning your baby’s mouth. The mouth of babies need to be germs-free and areas to focus on include the gum, tongue and the inner cheeks Cleaning the mouth helps them get familiar with their mouth being cleaned  right from an early age so it doesn’t come to them as a shock when they become older.  It is also helpful in preventing germs from thriving and this will prevent cavity formation and other common infections How to clean baby’s mouth; For babies with no teeth, a soft...

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Baby Stool

When it comes to stooling, it varies from babies to babies depending on the age, type of feeds, medications and other factors that will be discussed in this article After delivery, baby’s first stool will be dark, thick and sticky, this stool is called meconium and it should be passed within the first 24 hours after delivery and less commonly within the first 48 hours. From the second day of life, baby stool will become lighter in colour and less sticky. The stool will start appearing watery, seed-like and yellowish-green in colour. As baby grows, the texture, the number of times they stool in a day and the colour will keep changing. Some babies can stool as often as after every feed while it may take some...

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