| Tips to take care of minor problems
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| | Make sure that your baby is not crying
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| CARE OF UMBILICAL CORD:
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| | for some other reason (wet diaper,
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| The end of the cord will fall off in a
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| | hunger, tight clothing, loneliness).
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| couple of weeks after birth.
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| | Hold baby, stomach down, across your
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| Until it falls off, keep it clean and
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| | knees.
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| dry.
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| | Rock your baby.
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| Keep diaper below cord so that the cord
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| | Push your baby in a carriage or stroller.
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| stays dry.
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| | TREAT A COLD:
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| Dab with alcohol on a cotton swab 1 to 2
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| | Try to make your baby more comfortable.
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| times each day.
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| | Call babys health care provider if your
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| Call your babys health care giver if it
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| | baby has a fever.
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| looks red, irritated, bleeds or oozes,
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| | When to call the doctor
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| orhas a bad odor.
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| | YOU SHOULD CALL YOUR BABYS HEALTH CARE
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| CARE OF CIRCUMCISION:
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| | GIVER IMMEDIATELY
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| A circumcision should heal in 7 to 10
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| | IF YOUR BABY:
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| days.
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| | Has breathing problems (has to work hard
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| If the tip of the penis is irritated by
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| | to get air in and out).
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| the diaper, put a little bit of petroleum
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| | Cries (more or differently from the
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| jellyon the irritated area each time you
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| | usual), or moans as if in pain, or is
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| change the diaper.
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| | veryfussy.
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| PREVENT DIAPER RASH:
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| | Has a temperature higher than 100° F.
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| Change diapers often.
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| | Vomits (more than a spit up) or has
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| Wash babys bottom with soap and warm
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| | diarrhea (very watery, loose,
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| water at each change.
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| | foulsmellingstools) more than 2 to 3
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| Use zinc oxide paste or diaper rash cream
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| | times in a day.
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| on irritated areas.
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| | Has even one large, very watery bowel
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| TREAT DIAPER RASH:
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| | movement and is less than 3 months old.
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| Leave babys diaper area uncovered for a
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| | Passes blood or blood clots with urine or
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| few hours each day. (Place severalfolded
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| | bowel movement.
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| cloth diapers under baby.)
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| | Has a convulsion (shaking arms and legs).
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| Use zinc oxide or diaper rash cream on
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| | ALSO CALL IF YOUR BABY:
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| irritated areas after washing.
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| | Seems weak, has no energy to cry as
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| TREAT DIARRHEA:
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| | loudly as usual.
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| If you are breastfeeding, continue to do
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| | Refuses to feed or nurses poorly (or does
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| so.
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| | not want more than 1/2 of the usual
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| Call babys health care giver if your baby
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| | bottle).
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| will not take liquids, can not keep them
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| | Does not wake up as alert as usual, or
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| down, has a lot of diarrhea, or has
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| | for older babies, is not playful, even
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| diarrhea for longer than 12 hours.
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| | for a short time.
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| (Diarrhea can be a very serious problem
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| | Just does not seem right and you are
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| for little babies, who can lose a lot of
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| | worried.
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| fluid quickly.)
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| | When you call the health care provider
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| There are special drinks called oral
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| | about your sick baby, write down the
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| electrolyte solutions that infants with
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| | advice you get. Have available the
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| diarrhea should be given to keep them
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| | telephone number of a pharmacy in case
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| from becoming very sick.
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| | your care giver wants to phone in a
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| TREAT COLIC:
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| | prescription.
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