A Newborn's First Days: Hospital Care, Bathing, and Health Checks

This video documents the first days of a newborn in a maternity ward, covering essential care steps like the first bath, pediatrician examinations, weight monitoring, and breastfeeding guidance. It highlights health checks, newborn reflexes, and practical advice for parents, emphasizing the importance of professional support during this initial period.

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In this video, we'll see what it was like to be a baby, how to give the first bath, we'll have an osteopathy session and a baby, a visit from the pediatrician. The purpose of the video is to show all the first steps on day 1, day 2 and day 3 before the baby goes home. Today, we are at the maternity ward of the private hospital in Anthony, part of the RamC health group. Jessie, so you're the mother? Yes. Is this your first one? No, my second one. Second. How did the delivery go? Alright So what day was she born? She was born on February 17th at exactly 5:03 PM.

Whoa! weeks in advance 3 weeks in advance hello Aline are you well in shape here is the nursery we welcome the mothers for the bath on J3 as we say we give them a hearing test okay with this device systematic on J3 act systematic that we have a small tip that we put at the level of the ear we put the tip in, don't make a face huh it sends a sound it sends ultrasounds. Is it harmful to the baby? No, it's not a problem. Clémence, so you're a pediatrician. Yes. What is the purpose of this hearing test? So, this is the screening that we do to all infants, that's for the first screening. So Aline, please. What are the sensors on the belly for?

When there is a problem, it could be a problem with maternal fever, we attach sensors for 48 hours, we monitor the heart and respiratory rate. So in this case, Mia is 3 days old, we can remove her sensors, she doesn't need them anymore. As a result, Mia is a little red on her back. What does that mean She has a rosy complexion. That's a sign of good health. No need to worry about that. Since I don't have children yet, I ask questions, I gather information, and that's how it all started So here, we can see the navel. That's it. There is still a part of the cord that may fall off after 10 days. All right. Naturally, like that. Naturally. So next step, we're going to do the weighing.

Okay, let's weigh in. And here we are at 2 kg 2.7 2.7. My colleague Aline has just weighed little Mia. So in fact we have a curve with the different days since her birth with her birth weight and we weigh her every day. So today 2.7 we will check 2.7 and we see that indeed the curve is rising. In other words, Mia has gained weight, which is a positive thing. That's it for bulking up. So today, an outing was being considered. Given that she has gained weight, it should normally be fine. What is the average age at that age? Well, actually it depends on the birth weight. The baby just needs to not lose more than 10% of its weight. A loss at the beginning, yeah, at the beginning because well, everything that is odè, while the baby can

get what it needs to eat, it's normal that it loses the first two days. So that's what we see on the curve, which is OK. There's no need to worry about that. So. How much did M weigh at birth? We were saying, uh, 2,880. So now I'm going to measure Mia. Bicep circumference, skull circumference. Excuse me. All right. I'm always mixing things up. Pardon. Head circumference or cranial circumference? And so here we are at 34 and a half. Alright. So here, it's the same, these are classic figures. So. So, his head needs to touch the measuring

rod here and his heel. So, I always ask my mom for help. It is 47 cm long. 47 cm. OK, very good. So what's going to happen now? It's a massage. She will, there you go, she will, she will simply start with the shoulders, the arm, the stomach, the legs. It's your baby. I give a massage. It also needs to be a relaxing time What is the point of massaging? It's good, it's a relaxing moment. And also perhaps a moment of connection between the mother and the moment. A moment of relaxation. So.

Next, you can do the back. Feel free to post it. So. On your stomach. There's the head, nicely turned to the side. So. And you do the same, you start from here at the shoulders and you go down to the foot. She prefers to be on her stomach in the end. Yes. Yeah. Why is a baby crying at that age? A baby is in its mother's womb, it is in a confined space with warmth. Yeah. They don't like it when they're naked. It's due to discomfort. The noise, the light, it bothers them. All right. So that's why they're crying. They're crying too, I imagine, because they're hungry as well.

They also cry because they have a full diaper. All right. It's a way of expressing oneself. Mia, is everything alright? Bye. Mommy will get you dressed. I'll dress you. Mia in 10 years who will watch the YouTube video. You will see your first ones and you will see that when she is dressed she will stop OK. So. How's it going, la, at the kindergarten? Yes, that's fine Ah yeah, it's calmed down now. It's the act of being dressed. She 's just prickly, that's all. or they don't like it, they don't like being completely naked.

Julie, what's the next step now? So now we're going to give him his vitamin K. So every morning since he was born, we've been giving him vitamin D. OK. So two drops every morning until 2 years old for good growth. OK. All right. Do you think we can also give him creatine and protein? I don't think so right now. Under the tongue like that, it avoids choking. Once that's done, we can then move on to vitamin K, which will prevent bleeding. at birth, at 3 days of age and at one month of age also for babies in the summer. So, hollow

of the cheek, well, same thing to avoid choking. All right. It's not as good as vitamin D, but it's okay, it'll do. And that's going to be the meal's highlight. Oh, sorry. So a baby who is sneezy doesn't necessarily mean he has a cold. It's also a way for him to blow his nose, but that doesn't mean he has a cold. It's well done, though. So. So there we had Clémence, who is a pediatrician. What are we going to do? So, we're going to do Mia's discharge check to make sure everything is okay and to explain the different instructions to the mom so that she can go

home safely. How long does it take for a baby to leave the maternity ward? Normally it's around day 3. Then there are mothers who want to leave earlier. When everything goes well, they can be discharged on day 2. There are mothers for whom it takes a little longer, babies who have trouble regaining weight and in those cases, we can leave rather around between day 3 and day 5. You should never put a cuddly toy on a baby's head. For what? Because the risk is that the baby will do that during the night. And babies, they don't have the reflex to remove them from their faces at all. And so, well, they can stop it, there could be a suffocation with that.

Exactly. So we say put the baby's cuddly toy at its head, or leave nothing at all in the baby's bed, just the babies on their backs. Does the baby need to have a comfort object from the very beginning? No, it's not mandatory. Well, it's not even recommended to have a cuddly toy in bed. They can have babies later, no worries. But at birth, the baby must sleep in its bed on its back with nothing around its head. OK. For those reasons, you were saying for the reasons of risk of suffocation, it really has to be without anything around that could fall on him. So no cuddly toy either,

no soft toy and in his sleep sack, no blanket to avoid the risk of something passing under the blanket and the risk of suffocation. OK, so this is the exam. So we're going to take it slow because she doesn't like being completely naked, as we saw earlier. So we're going to try to do things gradually to keep her as calm as possible. So we'll give it a try. Are there any rules regarding pacifiers? There are no rules. It's really dependent parents, dependent newborns. There are newborns who really need to suckle a lot, others who don't want it at all.

It really varies a lot. Ouch, have you mastered the techniques by now? Yeah, we find little tricks but when he starts getting really hungry, it can get a bit complicated. No, the pacifier, you understood that there was no milk at the end and not much at all So this is an eye exam. In fact, it's an examination, what we call an eye tracking examination, to check that the child can see and should theoretically follow the target over 180°. The babies are opening their eyes. From what age or at what point? They open their eyes enatally in the mother's womb. OK. Go listen to your heart first, that way you'll calm down. Perhaps I can listen. To get angry. So, are you listening to your heart?

I listened to the heart to check that there was no heart murmur. OK. There are babies born with a heart murmur, which is not necessarily serious but needs to be monitored to some extent, and an ultrasound should be performed by a cardiologist to check that there is no malformation of the heart. And in this particular case, there is no breath. Putting your finger in your mouth might also allow you to mime. That's it. It does indeed allow the child to, compared to a pacifier, have a shape that is a little more similar to the mother's nipple. Look at the little belly. So we check that there are no abnormalities in the abdominal organs. So the liver on the right,

the spleen on the left, there is no organomegaly, we look behind, if the kidneys, we are not supposed to feel them, if we feel that it is not normal, then everything is fine. Next, we check the external nitro cells All right. OK. Those who are well-formed, that everything is fine, that there is an anus present. Let's look at the hips. It's possible that it's not present. Yes, it happens that there are malformations, external organisms. All right. But in that case, assessments need to be carried out and specialists need to be consulted OK.

Let's look at the hips. So here, we're checking hip mobility. Ah yeah. Here, we will examine the tone of the axis. So, she's supposed to, when I pull her by the hands, come with her head and the head will swing to the other side. Look, come see me. Look at. Hop, hop, very good axial tone. You can see that at the end because she tried to eat my hand. Oh yeah, that's true. OK. And we're going to lie on our stomachs, which she's doing. It is therefore supposed to grow on its own feet. Go for it, Mia. Yes. So. Hop.

Ah, okay. So. We check that the spine is straight and that there is no dimple at the entrance to the buttocks which could be an anomaly of the closure of the neural tube during pregnancy. All right. We check that the head is perfectly round. We check that there are no overlapping sutures at the level of the skull. The skull is made of several layers that are separated by sutures. There can also be malformations at that level. We'll check that. We check that the fountain is the small hole in front here where everyone is afraid to touch babies. That's a small spot where the bone is still open. So we check that it is indeed present. So

you check if there is a certain level of muscle tone. That's it already. So. Well, she's doing pretty well there. She moves her head. So, she's not quite at the pit's head yet, but that's normal, but she's moving. And then there are what we call archaic reflexes. So a baby is supposed to walk at birth. Oh yeah! Wow! Amazing! So, there's the automatic mode. Oh yeah! Chance that B will do and who will relearn later. Exactly. Then there is what is called the moral reflex where we will raise it a little bit from the planes of the bed and let it go normally.

All right. OK. What is the goal? The goal is the same, it's an archaic reflex, so you have to be sure it's present. It's like calling the parents in case of danger. So we also check the whole frame, well, the whole frame, those parts of the frame, those with the clavicles which sometimes break during childbirth. All right. Ah, that happens. So yeah, we also check inside the mouth to make sure there are no malformations in the mouth. You want to open the game at the jaw level, is that right? You look at the level of the teeth, making sure at the level of the upper palate that it is well closed and that there are no clefts.

Ah, that can happen too. OK, anything can happen, in fact, a lot of things can happen with a new nose. Afterwards, in most cases, newborns are doing very well, but the purpose of the discharge examination is to check for any pathologies, of course, so that there is follow-up and even treatment. So, one of the reflexes is also the grasping reflex. You see, when you put something in a child's hand, he will come and squeeze it. And in fact, grassing is very, very powerful in children. They can lift themselves off the bed just by using their back muscles. Whoa They have incredible back strength. We check the hands and feet to ensure there are no extra toes or malformations. How many babies do you see every day?

Well, it depends on the births. So, outings are between two and six outings per day. And then in the afternoon I see the newborns who were born either during the day or during the night. How long have you been a pediatrician? Since 2013, I have been doing my pediatric residency. Hair grows quite quickly. Actually, that's also very variable, but after the hair, it often falls out. These are the tiny baby hairs, like that, they fall out secondarily before growing back. All right. So, in terms of support, because the baby always sleeps on its back for safety, well, it creates a little halo where they have hair above and below,

but here it's a bit like a monk's haircut. Yeah, Laurence, we're going to give the baby a bath, right? That's it. What's your name, my first name, or the baby, sorry? Gabriel. You're going to put the baby down there. I'm going to show you how to hold it in the bath. So, how old is Gabriel? It's a little over 48 hours, OK, 48 hours. So tilting your head back isn't a problem. Hair and ears in water, it's not a big deal. Because even if there was water up to here, it doesn't matter because I don't want my nose and mouth in the water. All right? We're holding it on our arm. We use what is called the safety clamp. If we let go of that

hand, it will sink. And with your right hand under your buttocks, you first plunge in your buttocks and legs. All right? Sweetie, your dad will be carrying you, my little heart. How often should the baby be bathed from the first day, for example? every day. In fact, a baby is not dirty when it is. If there is really a lot of blood on the scalp, a little shampoo is enough. But it's not dirty, and then its skin needs to get used to the whole environment. So, gently. Yes, that's the beloved water.

It's bath time, my little darling. The more he is in the water, the less cold he feels. Remove that hand and with that other hand, put water on him. Madam, come this way. You're going to put your hand here because with his feet, he pushes and as a result, he can hit his head. Do babies like baths or not? It depends, it really will depend on the baby. It will depend on whether he has already eaten or not. If he has n't eaten, well, of course, his stomach will be calling. In general, we try to immerse them as much as possible so that they end up like they are in the womb.

He seemed to appreciate it, so that calmed her down. That calms her down instantly. The most important thing to do when you have a baby is to always tell them what you're going to do. Just because it's a baby doesn't mean we shouldn't say anything. Ah ah ok, all right. OK. We must always warn the child. Even if he doesn't necessarily understand. He will understand from our tone of voice, from the gentleness of our voice, and above all, it reassures him. For 9 months, the darling was soothed by the sound of his parents' voices, by the beating of his mother's organs, by the rocking motion when she walked. If, from one day to the next, we stop talking to the baby, he is lost and it is insecure for him. So talking to your baby helps to

reassure him/her. All right. Water temperature 37°, either with a thermometer, otherwise check with your elbow. Why the elbow? because our hands are used to temperature variations. Because the skin on the elbow is thinner, it is much more receptive. You're going to take some soap and start with his torso, with his hair, sorry. Is it a special soap that they give? So this is Lipicard, but it could just as easily be Mustella, it could be chlorine, it really depends on what the parents want. So not the face. All facial care should always be done outside of the bath. So here in the maternity ward, you teach parents this, and we don't do it for them, we support them as much as possible. showing them how to hold the baby, but

then we stay by their side and accompany them. Yeah of course because it's close, but the thing is, if we do it at home we won't be there. So when there's a cord, you take some soap between your fingers and you do it well at the base. So. Wait, darling, look what we're going to do. So. Oh, that's better. Ah, there it is. Do you have any little tips for that? The act of putting on a diaper, so we can make wrapped stockings but the act of putting on a diaper often makes them feel secure because it acts like a little weight on the contents. All right.

You can easily put 21 22 in the bathroom precisely to prevent it from getting cold. All right. And the baby's room is more like 19°gr. 19°gr. Yes. So when we dry the baby it's like us when we get out of the shower, we dry everywhere there are creases. For example, we don't hesitate to lift our little neck because it's a crease. It's like us. If you leave water there, it massages and causes irritation. All right. OK. So you have to wipe the baby well and you have to wipe quickly, especially around the bottom, because little boys like to pee on towels.

How do you know he's hungry? Ah, okay. Done with the mouth. OK. Since he ate at 8:00-8:20, we'll soon be approaching 3:00. Ah yes, it's already been 2 hours. So. A baby eats every 3 hours when it's bottle-feeding. It's between 3 and 4 hours, like a bodybuilder does every 3 hours. That's it. Formula milk is digested much more slowly than breast milk. That's why breast milk is given when a mother has the will, because it can be every hour. All right. OK. So once the bath is done, what will be the next step? So, well, that's facial treatments. This is important. It's what? It's hydration. That's what a face looks like. Well, at least it helps to clean the eyes.

It's important to clean a baby's eyes. Yes, because it prevents, well, like us, all the little bits of dirt that can accumulate during the night. If, in addition, his eyes are watering, or a little more runny, it allows us, when we do a cleaning, to see if it will happen again and how often. Regarding nasal care, a new nose only knows how to breathe through its nose; it doesn't know how to breathe through its mouth. All right. Especially the first few months. So if he has a stuffy nose, oh yes, well, his nose is blocked. So it's going to be a big problem for him, especially regarding his diet. It's going to be difficult to eat. When cleaning a baby's face, you clean

with water. So either tap water or bottled water. Their skin is so fragile, let's keep it as natural as possible. So, if you want your baby to smell like Mustella, like Chlora, you put some on the brush, you comb their hair with it and that's enough. Anne, what does the guterie test mean The Geri test is the screening for congenital diseases that is done from 48 hours of life. It needs to be at least 48 hours of feeding, okay? But as a general rule, we wait even 72 hours. But here, since Gabrielle wants to save herself, we do it beforehand. How do you do it? I'm going to take her hand, I'm going to give her some sugar because it helps her release endorphins. We're going to give him back his pacifier because the scent has the same

effect. Then, I take her hand and I prick her in the crotch. Okay, well, we'll let you work then. So, you give the sugar. I give him two drops of sugar. Well, you could still be happy Yes I know. Cerit. Try to hold on to your pacifier. Yes, that wasn't nice. So, you collect the blood there, that's it. So. I put a drop of blood on each circle for several illnesses. For example, for mucositis, they measure an enzyme. If it exceeds a certain threshold, there is a risk that the child may be a carrier of the gel. So, it's not systematic. If it exceeds the threshold,

further genetic analysis is required. So he asks the parents beforehand if they agree. And so, here's the health record. Yeah. The health record book, it is necessary to indicate in this section that the test has been carried out. I wish you a safe journey home, ladies and gentlemen Awesome. Welcome back. THANKS. So Clémence, what are you going to do there? So we are going to explain the instructions for Gabriel to return home. So, first of all, regarding sleeping arrangements, a baby should sleep on its back, okay?

Strictly on his back, therefore in his sleep sack. So this is the item that must remain in the bed and it is the only thing that is allowed in the bed. All right? We are not allowed to put a soft toy in the head, no cot bumper, just the baby flat on its back. nothing that he could fall on, on his head, in his sleep sack. A room temperature of around 19-20°C is good, but if that's not possible because there are buildings where it isn't. In that case, we discover a little bit about the child. We put either a slightly less warm pyjama or a slightly less warm sleep sack on him, depending on the baby's preference, to see the baby's temperature when he sleeps. It's normal for a sleeping baby to have cold hands.

All right? You shouldn't assume that the child is cold just because their hands are cold. You should take the temperature, especially at the neck, using your hand. If it's cold, it means the baby is cold and needs to be covered a little more. If it's ever a little damp, it means the baby is too hot and in that case, you'll need to uncover him so he's less hot in his bed. So the best option is either a backrest or a crib in the parents' room until 6 months, that's better. He needs to be seen by a pediatrician between day 12 and day 15 of life. Either pediatricians, or there are general practitioners who also take on new patients.

Otherwise, if there is no possibility, we go to the PMI (Maternal and Child Health Centers). It's PMI, it stands for maternal and child protection. These are centers where mothers, fathers, and babies are welcomed, where there are pediatricians and childcare workers who will take care of the babies, check their weight, and perform the mandatory pediatric examinations. Babies' temperature, so you have to take their temperature every day at the beginning to get used to their skin temperature. So, a fever of 38 in a newborn is normal.

Normally, it shouldn't exceed 38. During the first three months of life, if it exceeds 38, the baby needs to be examined urgently. This is one of the reasons why we go to the emergency room so that he can be examined quickly by a pediatrician and especially so that he has a blood test in the context of the suspicion of maternophethal infection. All right. After 3 months, you can give yourself some time to consult your pediatrician in town to see what the cause of the fever is. But before 3 months it's an immediate emergency. How is a fever contracted? The temperature, the temperature which is the new nose, is taken under the armpit with a thermometer. Then, of course, the return

home. We are being careful about the virus. We are getting out of the period of bronchitis, flu and all that, but we still need to remain vigilant because there are still some circulating. We avoid confined spaces, so everything from public transport to shopping centers; we avoid them if we can during the first three months of life. Family visits, that's pretty much up to each person If you're hosting people, well, you have to limit it, but really it's up to you. The only thing is, well , people mustn't get sick. At a minimum, they wear a mask, but above all, they wash their hands thoroughly. When we get home, we wash our hands. We avoid kisses on the face and hands. Especially in children, who are viruses. However, we can give

kisses on the top of the head and on the feet. Have you ever heard of shaken babies? Newborns are a month old and they cry a lot. It's because they have colic, they have crying spells, and it's often crying that is difficult to calm because we don't have a solution. Once they have been fed, once they have been changed, and once they seem well, they continue to cry. They are difficult to calm down. But it's true that these are times when, well, we're already starting to get tired because we have n't been sleeping much for a month. And one of the reflexes we might have, which isn't necessarily voluntary, is to pick up the baby and shake it to make it stop crying. And that's really something we don't want

. What we tell parents at the maternity ward is that if you ever feel overwhelmed and the crying becomes too intense and you can't calm them down at all, and you feel that you are really at your wit's end, it's better to put the baby down. A crying baby is breathing. So we put him in the bed, in his bed. We close the door. We leave the room. Exactly. He is safe. He is in his bed. We leave the room. Let's get a cushion. We get a big blow to the cushion. You pick up your phone, you call a friend just to break this "I can't take it anymore" thing. OK. So. And after we've had a bit of a breather, we go back to see the baby.

All right. It really avoids that symbol of a shaken baby. Because shaking a baby is related to the brain. That's exactly it. In fact, shaking a baby back and forth, the head, which is very heavy compared to its body, will tilt back and forth and the brain will hit against the skull, and this can cause cerebral hemorrhages. All right. OK. A bit of chaos, a bit of stuff. No, no, that's just my vocabulary. Pardon. Not a penny, exactly. Don't do it. So. This is what you need to remember in the context of postpartum depression or baby blues. We tell mothers that if you ever feel tired with thoughts of distress, dark thoughts, sadness, guilt, don't hesitate to talk to someone. So, firstly, to his spouse, already a very good person to talk to, but also to

healthcare professionals, whether it be a midwife, a general practitioner, or a pediatrician. You should n't stay alone with feelings of guilt, or feelings of sadness, because that can lead to postpartum depression. It's what? That's because there's a drop in hormones. It's partly related to hormones, and also to fatigue. All right. Which means that, well, we have more frequent withdrawals and anxiety. Something that is, is something that is frequent, it happens regularly. Yeah, baby blues is quite common, especially since it's actually quite common, and then there's postpartum depression which is also relatively common. So we have to be careful, we have to

support families well, especially when it's a first baby, because it completely changes your life and it can indeed lead to this kind of thing. Perine, how are you? Well and you? The shape? Yes, we made a video with Périne a while ago who has endometriosis and had difficulty getting pregnant. She had undergone fertility treatment, I did n't say it lasted almost 6 years. Uh, 6 years old? Yeah. Six good years. And what great news! Did you see that? That's it. Congratulations to the dad! Yes.

Amazing. What is her name? Her name is Stella. Stella? Whoa! So how old is she? She is one week old. Amazing. We saw each other a few days before I gave birth. Why are you going back to the maternity ward today? We left 2 days ago, we stayed there for a week because she had the rejuvenation treatment and so she was under the lamps. It really tired it out and we can't get it going again, if you know what I mean. She lost weight by gaining weight, she lost a lot of weight. If you want, if you want, I could send you nutritional supplements, a nutrition expert, weight gainers and everything for the baby's mass gain. We'll talk about it, we'll talk about it later.

No, but I think that's exactly what we're missing. So, this is a phototherapy device. It's to treat the ice on the new nose. The iconisse. Youth. All right. So Florence is breastfeeding right now. What will change between breast milk and conventional milk? Breast milk is the milk that is adapted to the small human baby. So it's the gold of human food, easier to digest. Transit is faster, and therefore these babies grow very well. And that's a real nuisance at night. It's rather demanding in terms of

timing because breast milk is so easily digested that babies come back to eat quite often. It's not because it's less rich that it's more digestible. And so the feedings are frequent and they are very considerate of their stomachs. That is to say, they only take what they need, they digest it and they come back. Can a mother who is breastfeeding her child occasionally switch between breastfeeding and bottle-feeding? It's better to do that than breastfeeding. So what is theoretically said is to breastfeed for a month before introducing bottles, but in reality a month is a long time for some mothers. And in fact, you have to tell them in the first 15 days, the breast calibrates well, the baby learns to suckle well and so once

these 15 days have passed, you can have occasional bottle feedings All right? After my mother's gland, it needs to be emptied regularly in order to continue producing regularly. So you shouldn't put yourself at risk of having overly firm breasts if you've used a vibrator instead. All right. OK. Muriel, so uh, you 're a new mom. Yes. This is your first one. Yes. Was breastfeeding a choice you made Well, I didn't put any pressure on myself. I thought I'd give it a try. To be honest, I was somewhat advised against breastfeeding because it was very restrictive. And so I thought, I'll try it

without pressure because, well, it's beneficial for health and so on. It's starting to fall into place. It creates a truly impressive bond between mother and baby, I think. in relation to pain. Regarding pain, the idea is actually to not experience pain during breastfeeding. But on the other hand, of course, the breasts have never been subjected to this sensation before. So they are still a little sensitive. The nipple should touch the palate; the junction of the soft palate is hard in the baby. So really, it has to be stretched far into the baby's mouth. The closer it is to the breast, the more it will be deflected like when you drink a glass of water, the closer the

nipple comes to this junction. That's the objective in terms of positioning. So. And so the baby, it's true that when he settles down, he will stretch the breast. This is a time of extreme sensitivity. And once the nipple is properly positioned in the baby's mouth, and breastfeeding has started well, normally there should be no more pain. And the position is very important because the more the baby is relaxed with its chin firmly against the breast and its nose clear, the more it will be able to put the nipple deep in its palate. All right. OK. And now, as a result, we have more pain. How long does a breastfeeding session last on average Between 10 and 40 minutes, I would say approximately.

OK. Do all mothers who give birth produce milk immediately? So not directly, but all mothers who give birth from the moment the placenta is expelled, they will have prolactin produced and lactation will begin between the 2nd and 5th day of the baby's life. Finally, at 4 months of pregnancy they produce cholestrome which is called immature milk but in fact it is a very thick product which is a very thick jelly of proteins, antibodies and salt. And in fact, that's exactly what the baby needs at birth during the first few days because it has a pit stomach that is really very small. He does n't need volume, he needs a very rich, very protein-rich product, and

it's really the cholesterol that provides that. Cholesterol is very salty because, being very low in water, it will prevent dehydration. It's well done, though. Karine, you're an osteopath, but you're an osteopath for babies. Right now, I'm working on a bone called the oxiputum. The oxiput is the first bone of the skull that slides on the first cervical vertebra. Often, this is the part that is under a lot of stress, either during pregnancy or during childbirth. And in fact, there can be some minor tensions, and that's what I'm working on.

Aline, what are you going to show us Place the baby carrier on the father. So, Nico, so the porting, it's a large band that you have to take in the middle of the band. We place it at chest height. We'll go behind both parties . There we go, we're going behind. So then it needs to be properly supported on the shoulders. Carrying the baby means you have to leave a little room to put the baby in, right? All right? So you shouldn't tighten it too much either. Like that, like a pocket, you know, don't tighten it too much. We bring both parts inside. This will be the baby's seat. Pass the two strips through there. We cross in front and then behind. It's a sport.

Yeah. The idea is to avoid having to bring the baby with you all the time, while also ensuring comfort. We finish with a small knot. And there you have it. Now we can put the baby's seat here. Make sure the pelvis is positioned securely against its father. And we go back up. And there you have it. And then we open it and it holds. So. Gorgeous. OK. Practical. A short, practical tutorial. Yes. Well, listen, if it helped you learn something I think it will help more than one person. Great. Please Aline. Now when the parents go out, there is what is called a cozy, it is the safety seat for the baby.

OK. How do you install a baby in a car seat? So, so you have to make sure that the baby isn't too snug in the car seat. All right? So, we put the straps on the outside. So. So, the baby isn't sitting too much. A baby shouldn't be like that in a car seat, it needs to be lying down. All right? He's fine there. Then, if the straps are too short, well, you have to readjust them. Tac. It needs to be tight without being too tight. But it's too tight here. So, now that we have the right size. We're the right size. So.

Baby life is tough, isn't it? The arms can stay like that. Perfect. Thank you very much anyway. My pleasure. Welcome home.

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