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The care givers provide the home child care in their home.

You can find the home for child care consisting of infants, pre-school toddlers and the school-aged children in it.

The care givers who use their home for child care get the contract from the licensed agencies.

The care givers who work for the home care agency are screened, monitored and approved by the home visitors.

These agencies and home child care are inspected by the Ministry of Children And Youth Services. This is done in order to make sure whether the Day Nurseries Act is met with their requirements or not.

The home visitors will have the training in family studies, child development and child education. They verify whether the caregivers are following the procedures and the policies of the agencies. The home visitors also help caregivers, including:

• Giving the advice for the nutritional planning for your child’s meal.
• Planning the activities for the different developmental stages of your children who are at different stages.
• Checking whether the home is safe for your child or not.
• Making sure whether the provincial requirements are met or not.

Becoming a good parent means much more than knowing a lot about babies. Ask pediatric doctors or nurses what it was like for them to be new parents. They will tell you that all their knowledge about babies was not enough to keep them from being overwhelmed by their own babies.

All new parents feel the same way. All new parents work at knowing, understanding, and loving their babies. If you want to learn all about your newborn baby, and be able to respond to his/her needs appropriately - it is going to take a lot of your time.

In case you’re a young mother or father, having difficulties in putting the baby to sleep or feeding him, these instructions are the clearest you can get.

Here are some dos and don’ts when it comes to caring for the baby!

A healthy baby should have the average weight about 2800gms (2.8kgs).

If the baby weight is less than 2500gms (2.5 kgs), then that baby is considered to possess low weight according to the world health organization.

The breast fed babies can have normal baby weight and they can be healthier than the babies who are formula fed [Attaining toddler health].

During the first week, the baby weight is lost and their birth weight is regained when they become two weeks old.

Here is the general guide to the baby weight of breast fed babies during the first year of their growth:

• 4-7 ounces (112-200 grams) weight is gained per week during the first month by your baby.
• For the first six months, your baby can have an average weight gain of 1-2 pounds (1/2 to 1 kilogram) per month.
• From six months till one year, an average weight of one pound (1/2 kg) per month is gained.

Your baby can grow to one inch in length per month. During the first six months, your baby can grow to 2.5cms in length. From six months onwards they can grow one-half inch in length per month.

The infant bowel movements are observed during the first few days of life, which is often referred as passing meconium.

The intestine of the infants is filled with a substance that is black, thick or dark green before birth. The stools turn yellow-green once the meconium is eliminated.

Some times the infant bowel movements may vary from one infant to the other. In a baby with breast fed, the stools should resemble light mustard with seed-like particles.

The stools should be soft or slightly runny, until he starts to eat solid baby food. The stools will be tan or yellow in color in infant who are fed with formula milk. They will be firmer when compared to that of breast-fed infants.

Frequency of Infant bowel movements:

The frequency of bowel movements varies from one baby to another. Many of them pass their stools just after each feed. This is due to the gastro colic reflex. This makes the digestive system active whenever the stomach is filled with more food.

Bowel movements in breast-fed infants:

Some breast-fed babies, who are 3 to 6 weeks old, have only one bowel movement a week and still they are normal. This is caused due to the little amount of solid waste left by the breast-fed that is to be eliminated from child’s digestive system.

Baby massage is an ancient practice that is still practiced all over the world.

The newborns will show more weight gain, healthy growth and thrive better due to massage.

Baby massage with almond oil: This involves the Ayurvedic method of baby massage.

The massage is done by dipping the soft wheat dough ball in almond oil and by addition of turmeric. This method is done for first six days, before bath. It helps in toxin expulsion, circulation is enhanced and the baby’s digestive system is aided.

From seventh day onwards baby massages with dough ball is started and is continued for three weeks.

Massage with hands starts at the age of one month. It is done for three months. All the time is spent in massaging back, waist, neck, hands, feet and spine. These parts help in giving support to the body.

Generally daily body massage is done when the baby lifts its head and supports the body on arms. It is continued for 18 months. Massage of spine is continued. Daily massaging helps in making the child happy and strong.

Having a new baby is a wonderful experience and at the same time caring new born is overwhelming.

There are many comfortable and safe ways to carry a baby.

Always support your baby’s head and neck under forearms as they cannot lift their head.

Caring new born involves the cleaning of umbilical cord stump with alcohol after every diaper change. Parents wonder when this will fall off. Umbilical cord is connected to the placenta and your baby at the belly button area (navel). After the birth the cord is cut and covered with clamps.

Care of umbilical has to be taken to prevent the infection until it falls off by itself. Dip a cotton swab or cotton ball in alcohol and move it around the bottom of the cord where it is attached to the navel. It has to fall off within 1 to 3 weeks after the birth.

New born usually eat for every three to four hours, some even feed for every two hours. As breast-fed babies can digest fast they need to be fed more frequently than the bottle-fed young ones.

Are you a first time mother? So, at last you have delivered a healthy baby.

After the nine months of pregnancy, now it is the time to bring your healthy new born home.

From this moment child care starts. The time you bring your new born home is also a start of your life in purgatory.

At this time you have to deal with the most important task you could ever do in your life – to take the best child care for your new born.

Child care is not an easy task. Everything you are going to can greatly affect your child physically, emotionally and socially.

Child care is certainly one of the greatest challenges that every mother could face, and the way you take care of your new born may determine the degree of your responsibility.

The best child care includes many tasks to do. These tasks may start from feeding your baby to grooming, diapering, and swaddling, bathing and best child care when he or she is sick.

Tips for safe and healthy child care:

It’s not a tough job to select the right baby sitter for your baby.

But, you have to check various aspects before selecting the best sitter for your little one.

This article helps you in the process of selecting right baby sitter for your loved ones.

This is not a big process to be followed, but you have to check the various things which are given here.

The qualities which are essential for the right baby sitter are:

• The person whom you have selected for taking care of your baby should not look harsh or rude. That means the appearance of the person should be cool without a gigantic personality.
• The age of your baby sitter must be more than 30 years. If she is a teenager then she may spend 90% of her time on sending messages to her boyfriend and 10% of her time to watch TV or to take care of her beauty. So, totally teenager cannot take care of your child properly and the maturity levels will also be less in them. Where as, the woman who is more than 30 years will have proper maturity levels regarding taking essential care necessary for your baby.