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First day on the floor with a tall redhead (name forgotten) and Leisel.
Highlights:
+ Leisel turning to me and asking me if what she's saying is similar to what other midwives have explained to me. Not confident with students but she's fine with the women.
+ Viewing Ester's last bath class prior to retiring on Sunday.
There's 2 RM's retiring this week. Feels like no one retires from ICU. Too many young staff members // who then go on to do other things in other places that are less stressful on the mind and body before retirement//
Ester's feilding of bath class questions was very very old school. I didn't feel like she quiet answered the questions! But the grandmother whom had asked her looked satisfied. The questions were:
"should you be holding the baby nearly 24/7 or will this spoil the child"
and
"If you have a colicky baby, what do you do?"
//How would I answer these questions today ?
A newborn doesn't understand what's what for the first 3 months. All they know is eat/sleep/clean my nappy or body/repeat. By tending to a newborn's needs for cleanliness, warmness, safety and security you are not spoiling a child. You are reaffirming the basis for their life: to feel secure and settled and calm. From there you can build resilience and ability to tolerate hardship later. A newborn knows nothing, and their first introduction to the world shouldn't be that it is hostile.
I don't know how I'd be able to say that in front of a group of parents. But thats what I'd like to say.
Colicky baby.
I'd try massage techniques with the legs to help the bowels to work.
Are they too warm or cold in their environment?
I'd try exclusive formula feeding and frequent feeding, I'd troubleshoot supply mismatch (too much or too little).
I'd consider going to a paediatrician to see if there's anything that needs to be ruled out medically or if they had any suggestions I hadn't identified.
I'd join a facebook support group with other parents facing similar issues and see if they had any suggestions.
Babies aren't rocket science and they'll test your patience. But if you don't know how to handle them, they're a nightmare. //
First day on the floor with a tall redhead (name forgotten) and Leisel.
Highlights:
+ Leisel turning to me and asking me if what she's saying is similar to what other midwives have explained to me. Not confident with students but she's fine with the women.
+ Viewing Ester's last bath class prior to retiring on Sunday.
There's 2 RM's retiring this week. Feels like no one retires from ICU. Too many young staff members // who then go on to do other things in other places that are less stressful on the mind and body before retirement//
Ester's feilding of bath class questions was very very old school. I didn't feel like she quiet answered the questions! But the grandmother whom had asked her looked satisfied. The questions were:
"should you be holding the baby nearly 24/7 or will this spoil the child"
and
"If you have a colicky baby, what do you do?"
//How would I answer these questions today ?
A newborn doesn't understand what's what for the first 3 months. All they know is eat/sleep/clean my nappy or body/repeat. By tending to a newborn's needs for cleanliness, warmness, safety and security you are not spoiling a child. You are reaffirming the basis for their life: to feel secure and settled and calm. From there you can build resilience and ability to tolerate hardship later. A newborn knows nothing, and their first introduction to the world shouldn't be that it is hostile.
I don't know how I'd be able to say that in front of a group of parents. But thats what I'd like to say.
Colicky baby.
I'd try massage techniques with the legs to help the bowels to work.
Are they too warm or cold in their environment?
I'd try exclusive formula feeding and frequent feeding, I'd troubleshoot supply mismatch (too much or too little).
I'd consider going to a paediatrician to see if there's anything that needs to be ruled out medically or if they had any suggestions I hadn't identified.
I'd join a facebook support group with other parents facing similar issues and see if they had any suggestions.
Babies aren't rocket science and they'll test your patience. But if you don't know how to handle them, they're a nightmare. //
