Doctors Teach Parents How to Handle New Born at Home

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Chandigarh 04th June:- My child is not burping after taking feed, my baby often spills out curdled milk, my baby has not passed stool since the last three days or my ten-day-old baby sleeps for more than four hours after having feed – these are the major queries by new parents and a big cause of concern. While clarifying querries of parents Dr Mahesh Hiranandani, Director of Kare Partners Mother and Child Hospital, Panchkula said that parents should get all immunizations for their child because it is far easier to prevent a disease then to go through the trauma of getting their child treated for it. Dr Mahesh stresses that traditional methods of child rearing like giving janam ghuti, kajal/surma application & vigorous massaging with oil should be avoided at all costs since they bring in more harm for the delicate newborn.

Dr Shruti Gupta, Consultant, Gynecology and Obestrics Kare Partners Mother and Child Hospital, Panchkula said that the problem has increased manifold due to growing trend of nuclear families, where advice from elders is few and far between. In such a scenario, the new parents are in need of wise advice along with medical expertise.

Anupama from Sector 19, Panchkula said that she was not lactating after her delivery as per her  mom in law, so she forced her to go for formula diet, is it right? Answering to the question, Dr. Mahesh Hiranandani said that it is the myth that a mother is not lactating, because every mother is able to breast feed her child right at birth & the lactation improves with time so Grand Parents especially Nani or Daadi should not stress on formula diet. Formula Diet makes the baby obese and creates a kind of confusion in babys tummy.