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Babies give a full meaning for your family and you need to take proper care of these cute angels. Taking care of new borns and toddlers is very difficult. You can make this job easier with essential baby gear. If you are a first time parent, you would probably search for a proper guide that tells you what baby gear you need.

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Keeping your baby safe at all times is one of your greatest concerns and responsibilities. There is so much to consider and it is very easy to overlook something that might be fairly obvious to some but escape others.

Q. What is the best way to approach baby-proofing our home?

The best way is to see your home from the eyes of your child. It is recommended that you get down on your hands and knees and crawl around your home. This will enable you to see hazards you might not have recognized at your full height. Are electrical outlets in baby’s reach or are there electric cords hanging down that your baby can pull on or get tangled in? Does your furniture have sharp corners? Are there precious items at your baby’s level that should be put up out of reach?

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Newborn baby that was the color yellow is often the case. However, keep in mind if the yellow is sustainable because it can be dangerous.

“60 percent when a newborn has yellow,” said pediatrician Dr. Ratna Hospital Bintaro International SpA Dewanti Nita Nita said that this condition is caused by the bilirubin level rises above normal. In the human body, new blood is being generated over time and old blood is being destroyed. One of the products of destroyed blood is called bilirubin.

“Most are not dangerous and still is a physiological process, when the baby had to break high red blood cells in the body, so the rest of the solution of red blood cells is bilirubin,” he said.

Also incomplete liver enzymes also causes increased levels of bilirubin. Other causes of differences in blood type between mother and baby. For example, the Rh negative mother, but the baby was Rh positive, or the mother has type O blood, while the baby is different. Another cause of the deficiency of the enzyme G6PD (Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase), which helps build red blood cells that do not break easily. Or it could be because your baby has an infection and impaired liver function. Other causes, the baby is born with a head trauma that resulted in a blow to the head. “Premature babies are more at risk of experiencing a yellow” he said.

Meanwhile, a pediatrician from Omni International Hospital Alam Sutera, Tangerang Dr. Johannes T Sugiarto DPPS SpA Ridwan said the yellow in the baby is a normal condition. The symptoms of yellow marked with a yellow skin color due to rising levels of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is produced by the outbreak of excessive hemoglobin in red blood cells.

“There are some benchmarks that can be used to tell yellow baby remained within normal limits,” said the doctor graduated from the University of East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines (Paediatrics) in 2000.

Johannes said, the level of the normal range is a yellow color arising on days two and three, increased bilirubin levels no more than 5 mg per day and not more than precautionary 12.5 mg.

Moreover, there are guidelines bilirubin levels according to age and this baby can determine if the baby has a low risk, medium or high. “This is generally used by doctors,” said the doctor graduated from the University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines (pediatric pulmonology) East.

High levels of bilirubin are usually above 25 mg can cause hearing loss, cerebral palsy, or some form of brain damage in some babies.

In rare cases, caused by infection or yellow there is a problem in the thyroid. Johannes is said, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all babies should be checked if the newborn has yellow in a few days.

“Yellow is usually seen in children of about two or three days, began his head and then down,” said the doctor who is also a graduate of Gadjah Mada University Faculty of Medicine of the present.

Yellow in babies usually occurs in the skin of baby’s face, then chest and abdomen, and finally to the feet. The disease can also cause the baby’s eyes appear yellow.

“Babies who are discharged from hospital two days, you should consult your doctor 1-2 days after discharge from the hospital to detect the presence of yellow in the baby,” John suggested.

Parents should also pay attention to their infants for jaundice. If yellow is detected as soon as possible to see a doctor.

During the massage is for babies, parents usually led him to massage your baby or hospital. In fact, this massage really can do yourself.

Want to know how? Consider the following steps:

Face parts

Tip of the fingers pressing on the baby’s forehead, temples and cheeks. Meanwhile, two thumbs to massage the area above the eyebrows. Also a massage around the infant’s mouth with your thumb to make them smile. Also gently massage your baby from the middle of the lower jaw to the side as if to make a baby smile. Do not forget to massage the back of the ear to the chin

Given the

Place the palms together in the center of the chest. Then move your palms up. Then on the outside of the body. Continue to the center, without raising a hand, like a heart shape. Tick the palm of the hand massage on the shoulder like a butterfly.

Section Hand

Keep the baby’s arm with both hands, such as holding a softball bat (right hand grabbed my arm and left hand forearm) and then driven from the shoulder to the wrist like a blush.

Part of stomach

Place the palm of his right hand below the ribs and liver. Then move the right palm down with gentle pressure below the navel (repeat with left hand turns, at least 5 times).

Massage I Love U

3 massage with the fingertips of the left upper abdomen in a straight line as a form of letter I. Then, create a movement of massage with the fingers from the upper right side to the left, then down to form the letter “L” upside down. Massage with fingers ujungujung start from the lower right up towards the left, then down an inverted U-shaped.

Leg sections

Hold the baby’s leg with both hands to hold the bat Softball (right hand crossed over his legs and left hand leg, then both hands move from the groin to the heel, such as redness).

The back section

With the palms perpendicular to the spine to a massage with a movement back and forth with both hands in the back from neck to the bottom of the baby. Then, with your palm perpendicular to the spine, massage with a straight down motion of the neck to the buttocks. The next step massage with three fingers, make small circular movements along the back muscles from the shoulder to the left and right buttocks.

Create multiple times throughout the massage with your fingers from the neck down to end the massage.