Monday 6 June 2011

Piece Of Knowledge About Infants

NORMAL CRYING CHILD :
 Crying is normal for any infant and it begin straight after birth. We cannot dismiss crying as a reaction caused by ‘bad’ things. Normal crying happens through the first 12 weeks and then gradually subsides. A baby showing normal fussing has a predictable feeding pattern  (Neifert, 2009, p. 36). This helps their parents prepare well for feeding time and therefore reducing the habit to some extent. Normal fussing is also said to increase in the first two weeks and reaches its peak at six weeks. Normal babies fuss at least once per day implying that they have one fussing period in a day. This period may appear first in the middle of the night but later migrate into late afternoons to evenings. These periods are characterized by frequent feeding and demand for constant handling when not feeding. Normal crying cause a lot of gassing in babies and not vice versa as many people believe although the gas might be a cause for crying.
 
 INFANT TEMPERATURE :
Baby cries are normally associated with an increase in body temperature. This does not mean that the baby cannot cry in response to cold or low temperatures (Hauck et al. 2003, p. 1254). This problem is rare as most parents are successful in clothing their children with warmth clad. However, most baby cries are associated with abnormal increase in temperature. This condition is referred to as fever. Most fever are not serious as the may indicate the bodies response to infection though they can greatly affect a baby. Fevers of 38.4 to 39.5 degree centigrade are not very serious but they make the baby cry a lot too (1256). High fevers of up to 40 degree centigrade are considered fatal and are even worse in causing child cry. Fevers have been known to cause bouts of lethargy in babies, which may manifest in excessive crying. High temperatures cause a lot of irritability in babies. The baby may remain restless and depict some signs of discomfort in a particular environment.


2 comments:

  1. Good keep it up madam................outstanding work

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  2. thanx so mch .........need ur support al d time

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