Newborn

The implantation of skin-to-skin contact is becoming common practice in 80% of the maternity hospitals. The benefits of not separating the baby and the mother from the same birth are widely demonstrated. But this practice, as explained by the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP), has revealed the occurrence of episodes of sudden postnatal collapse that, although they continue to be a very rare phenomenon, can have serious consequences.

Choosing the name of the baby is one of the most exciting moments that parents live, although the choice is not always easy and fast. Some prefer short names, while others bet on compounds. The animal kingdom, the sea or well-known writers and artists can also be an excellent source of inspiration.

Choosing the name of the baby is one of the most exciting moments that parents live, although the choice is not always easy and fast. Some prefer short names, while others bet on compounds. The animal kingdom, the sea or well-known writers and artists can also be an excellent source of inspiration.

Almost from the very moment we know we are going to be parents, our little head starts to shuffle psoibles names, almost unconsciously. Although each person has their favorite initials, it is clear that when you look for some exotic name, that sounds like 'Far East', the names that start with S, acquire a great prominence.

The dream of human beings is the subject of great research. What happens since we close our eyes at night until we open them the next morning is an enigma that we are slowly discovering. Undoubtedly, one of the biggest concerns of those who are parents is the baby's dream during the first year of life, in which it is estimated that the parents lose about 700 hours of sleep.

Arriving home with the newborn generates many doubts to the parents. In the hospital there was not much to do because the baby slept almost at all hours, and at most he did a quick wash because of that he has not dropped the cord, so when you see alone with the baby, the first ones appear questions.

Do we ever comment that if babies don't see you, they don't smell you, they don't hear you and they don't feel you, they don't know you exist. They need to receive inputs continuously to feel safe with our presence and, at the level of touch and contact, they also need to look for the bodily limits to feel like in the womb.

For several years, it has been proven that music can help in the development of babies and children, and in the case of babies born prematurely it is no exception. Now, a new study found that listening to music could help improve the brain development of premature babies.

There are certain initials that, in addition to capturing our attention by their sound, add strength to the names. Continuing with our tour of the names of babies from A to Z, we share 101 girl names that begin with the letter R. Rabab: of Arabic origin, means "white cloud". Rachel: Raquel's American form, which is of Hebrew origin and means "the sheep of God."

Not allowing the baby to remain with his mother from the moment he is born is a custom still widespread and very harmful to the baby. The Swedish doctor Nils Bergman, a specialist in perinatal neuroscience and one of the great disseminators of the kangaroo method and the benefits of skin to skin, argues that “we can show that avoiding separation is better, but society cannot believe that this means that the separation is harmful ”.

To choose the name of our baby, we can choose to resort to the classics, which never fail, or also, think of a name that gives a distinctive touch and differentiates it from others. In these cases, choosing names that contain letters that are not very common may be an option. The letter Q, for example, is one that gives a strong and distinctive sound to names.

Mild or moderate regurgitation (expulsion of milk) during or after feeding the baby under six months occurs very frequently. It is a common and physiological phenomenon that is solved over the months. In the absence of any other symptoms, no treatment should be performed, but this fact must be distinguished from gastroesophageal reflux disease, which is more worrying.

In recent decades, it has become fashionable to carry out photo shoots for newborns, to celebrate their life and also, to give the news that they have already been born. We have seen photographs with all kinds of themes, from Disney princesses to inspired by fashion movies like Star Wars or Frozen.

Due to mother's health complications, little Saybie arrived in the world too soon, much sooner than expected. He was born with just 23 weeks and three days of gestation and weighing only 245 grams. She was born in December in San Diego, California, and despite the fact that the forecasts were the worst, after being hospitalized for five months, and having reached two kilos, this little great fighter was finally discharged and has been able to go to House.

The National Institute of Statistics (INE) released a few days ago the data of the most frequent names in Spain, with Antonio and María Carmen taking the cake. But the most frequent names correspond to people over thirty and the vast majority of more than fifty. It is not precisely the names that parents choose today, nor those that set trends.

If you expect a baby, surely you are already thinking about the possible names from which you can choose to name him. In some families they choose to continue the tradition of bearing the same name, while in others they look for something new and different. An option to give a little fun when choosing the names of the children, is to choose a letter so that everyone has the same initial.

Choosing the name of the baby is one of the most exciting moments that parents live, although the choice is not always easy and fast. Some prefer short names, while others bet on compounds. The animal kingdom, the sea or well-known writers and artists can also be an excellent source of inspiration.

Upon birth, one of the first things parents look at is the baby's eye color. They have a bluish gray color, but most likely the color will vary over the months to have its final color. Babies born with brown eyes will maintain that color or turn black, but babies whose eye color is undefined (they may appear gray or dark or light blue) will begin to be defined between six months and one year.

When we wait for a baby, a series of decision-making for your future begins. One of them is to choose what name it will take, so that the parents, and sometimes the rest of the family as grandparents and siblings, participate in the list of possible names that will be chosen for the baby. Sometimes, within a family there is a certain predilection for a particular letter, so continuing with our special journey through the baby names from A to Z, we share 101 boy names that begin with the letter O.

When choosing the name of the baby, one of the issues that most concern parents is that it is exclusive and they look for infrequent names, while on the contrary, there are also those who look for the most popular names. For some as for others, or out of curiosity, this tool of the INE (National Statistics Institute) to know the frequency of the names of residents in Spain will be very useful.