Newborn - Week 1

So here you are, finally holding the little person you’ve been dreaming about, talking to and feeling kick inside you for so long. The chances are however, that you won't have had a lot to do with new babies. Kidspot is pleased to bring you a guide to these first few weeks - but remember it's only a guide. Trust your instincts, and enjoy this precious time.

Bathing and body care

• Bathing your baby
• Penis care after birth
• The Umbilical cord
• Trimming your baby's nails

Bottle feeding your newborn

• All bottle feeding articles

Breast feeding your newborn

• All breastfeeding articles

Crying and colic

• Crying and colic
• Soothing a crying newborn
• Surviving colic

Ear, Eyes, Nose & Body

• All about your newborn's nose
• Developmental milestones for newborns
• Digestive issues in newborns
• Ear care for newborns
• Growth spurts
• Jaundice
• Newborn eyes
• Thrush and newborns

Just for Mum

• A guide to emotional and physical self-care for new mothers
• Bleeding after birth
• Cramping after birth
• Dressing your newborn
• Emotional health for mums
• How to handle visitors: baby's health and your sanity
• Managing motherhood and you
• Newborn baby checklist
• One breast is larger than the other
• Perineal pain after birth
• Physical healing after birth
• Post natal depression
• Post natal psychosis
• Recovering from a caesarean (C-section)
• Sleep depreivation in new mums: dealing with exhaustion

Nappies & bottom care

• Baby Poo: A guide for every parent
• Cloth Nappies
• Nappies and newborns
• Nappy rash

What you need to know medically

• Check ups for newborns
• Immunisations
• Screening tests for newborns
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• What you need to know about SIDS
• When to call the Doctor

Newborn sleep 

• Newborn baby sleep
• Swaddling and wrapping a newborn
• Where should my baby sleep at night

Out and about with your newborn

• Leaving the house with a newborn
• What to pack when leaving the house with a newborn