After Pregnancy

Congratulations! You are a mommy at last!

Hopefully everything went well, and you are ready to take your new baby home. You are excited and radiant, but at the same time exhausted and anxious about everything that will come along.

Don´t worry about it! We designed this session with all the Infant Care Tips you will need, with all the Parenting Decisions you will have to make, and the Parenting Coping you will have to do. We even created a session with all informations on Infant Development and we also included a Diaper Bag Checklist for those trips you are going to make.

In this session – After Pregnancy – you will find all the information you need to take good care of your newborn baby and cope with the transformations of your new life as a mommy.

Be healthy – and have fun!




The Baby’s Sixth Month

Chewing and biting occur
When on back can lift chest and part of stomach off the surface bearing weight on hands
Lifts head when pulled to a sitting position
Rolls from back to stomach
Bears majority of weight when being held in a standing position
Grasps and controls small objects
Holds bottle
Grabs feet and [...]

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The Baby’s Fifth Month

Signs of teething begin
Holds head up when sitting
Rolls from stomach to back
When lying on back puts feet to mouth
Voluntarily grasps and holds objects
Plays with toes
Takes objects directly to mouth
Watches objects that are dropped
Say “ah-goo” or similar vowel-consonant combinations
Smiles at mirror image
Get upset if you take [...]

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The Baby’s Fourth Month

Drooling begins
Good head control
Sits with support
Bear some weight on legs when held upright
Raise head and chest off surface to a 90 degree angle
Rolls from back to side
Explores and plays with hands
Tries to reach for objects but overshoots
Grasps objects with both hands
Eye-hand coordination begins
Makes consonant sounds [...]

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The Baby’s Third Month

Begins to bear partial weight on both legs when held in a standing position
Able to hold head up when sitting but still bobs forward
When lying on stomach can raise head and shoulders between 45 and 90 degrees
Bears weight on forearms
Grasp reflex absent
Holds objects but does not reach for them
Clutches [...]

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The Baby’s Second Month

Lifts head almost 45 degrees when lying on stomach
Head bobs forward when held in sitting position
Head bobs forward when held in sitting position
Grasp reflex decreases
Follows dangling objects with eyes
Visually searches for sounds
Make noises other than crying
Cries become distinctive (wet, hungry, etc.)
Vocalizes to familiar voices
Social smile demonstrated [...]

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The Baby’s First Month

Can lift head momentarily
Turns head from side to side when lying on back
Hands stay clenched
Strong grasp reflex present
Looks and follow object moving in front of them in range of 45 degrees
Sees black and white patterns
Quiets when a voice is heard
Cries to express displeasure
Makes throaty sounds
Looks intently [...]

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Pregnancy and Drugs

Jennifer, 25, of Baltimore wishes she only had to deal with the basics of pre-pregnancy planning, like going for a routine checkup and taking prenatal vitamins. “I get discouraged when I think of how much more I have to consider before trying to conceive,” says Jennifer, who has taken the antidepressant Zoloft (sertraline) for three [...]

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Smoking and Pregnancy

Smoking during pregnancy is the single most preventable cause of illness and death among mothers and infants. It is associated with increased risks for preterm premature rupture of membranes, abruptio placentae, and placenta previa, and with a modest increase in risk for preterm delivery. Infants born to women who smoke during pregnancy have a lower [...]

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Pacifiers

Are pacifiers really OK for your baby? New guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics say yes. Here are the pros and cons, plus tips about safe pacifier use.
Babies are born wanting to suck. Some even suck their thumbs or fingers before they’re born. Beyond nutrition, sucking is often an important method of self-soothing [...]

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Trimming Nails Tips

Newborns sometimes scratch themselves with their tiny but very sharp nails. Prevent these wounds by keeping your baby’s nails neat and short. Your baby’s nails are soft, but they’re sharp. A newborn can easily scratch his or her face — or yours. To avoid such mishaps, it’s a good idea to trim those nails shortly [...]

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