Parents do not understand the crying newborn

Australian researchers have found that half of the parents at the time of crying newborn baby show absolutely no need for concern.

The team Weimar pediatricians headed by Dr. Monika Niehaus found cases in which you need to sound the alarm. "It is bad if the suckling   inexplicably cries every day for more than three hours at least three days a week, and it lasts for more than three weeks. At the same time it is very difficult to soothe. In this case, even when there are problems with feeding and sleeping, or the parents feel fatigue, they should take the help of a pediatrician, "- explains Dr. Monika Niehaus from Weimar. According to experts overworked parents are prone to wrong actions, and there is a danger that they, for example, shaken baby, but it can cause serious damage.

"The pediatrician can help detect problems with nutrition or digestion, and he knows where parents can get more advice, especially since it often happens that a correct feeding, simply start using children sterilizer for bottles and some of the problems associated with feeding leave themselves "- says Dr. Niehaus.

After analyzing the results of several studies Australians found that feeding at the first sign of discontent baby may help reduce the duration of crying. If the child has cried much, they recommend him to keep quiet, until it is ready to eat.

During the first weeks of life the baby can scream about two hours a day, account for pediatricians. In these screamers has dysregulation - unformed still nervous system does not allow to calm yourself. At the "healthy" maturation of neurons reduced the duration of crying on average about 70 minutes, at the age of 10 - 12 weeks. At five months, most kids already know how to calm down.

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