Tips for Taking Your Baby Home

Once you arrive home from the hospital with your bundle of joy you will find yourself facing a whole new set of responsibilities. Babies are not always easy so don't be surprised if your nerves are rattled during the first few days.
Also it is not uncommon for newborns to be really fussy. If that happens it is usually due to a stomach upset. One naturally soothing remedy is called gripe water. It is available at health food stores. Of course you should consult with your paediatrician before using anything like this.
Your baby will also need a pacifier. Don't rely on the pacifier to always comfort your baby. If the baby is rooting around with is or her mouth he or she is truly hungry. You can also use a swaddling blanked to comfort a baby that is fussy as well.
Screaming during diaper changes is also very common and incredibly hard on the nerves. You can remedy this by placing a hair dryer under the changing table and turning it on during changes. The baby will be soothed by the constant humming sound of the hair dryer. Buy a low EMF hair dryer to reduce the chances of your baby being exposed to electromagnetic waves.
Finding nursing poses that work well for you and your baby are among the top priorities of things to do when you first take your baby home. The best way to figure this out is to just try to relax. If you are all stressed about nursing your baby is going to sense it.
You could be irritable and you need to prepare friends and family for that. You could have cracked or sore nipples and sleep deprivation is also a factor. Coco butter, she butter and mango butter can help soothe the sore breasts. You can easily ease the stresses of nursing through use of essential oils, herbal and sitz baths. Soothing music played while you rock the baby also helps. It is only a matter of finding the rythm that most soothes you both. When you do find that rythm nursing will no longer be an obligation but a sheer joy.
The other great thing about nursing is that it can really help you lose that baby weight. Nursing is mother nature's weight loss plan. You can lose about 500 calories a day.
If you are sore from delivery don't be shy about getting a postnatal massage to help deal with the bodily trauma of dealing with birth.
Orienting family and friends to your new condition is also a priority. It may take some time to get your body and mind back into shape and let them know that. You may be disappointing a few expectations but that is their tough luck. After childbirth you need time for yourself and your baby.
Be sure to take advantage of the kindness of family and friends at this time as well. If they ask you if there is anything they can do to help, tell them that there is…give them their marching orders!

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Hands Free Tech for Moms

If you are a busy mommy you might want to investigate one of the handsfree headsets that are available. You can connect them to your cell phone so you can move around and talk to anyone you want while wrangling your babies and toddler. It also allows you to be in close proximity to your hubby.
It is not such a bad idea to go handsfree anyway mostly because it is now against the law in most countries to drive while holding a cell phone. You may now only use a handsfree device like a Bluetooth headset in order to drive a car. Add screaming children in the back seat to the equation and you get the idea.
You can expect to pay about forty five bucks or more for a really good Bluetooth handset. These are also become more technologically sophisticated every day.
My kids are always screaming so I got a Jawbone II. The Jawbone II is a noise elimination technology that has been developed to block out unwanted sounds. It is a very stylish looking Bluetooth headset with sensors in it that actually allows you to distinguish your voice from background noise. It is stylish black rubber and was created with athletes in mind as it is both water and sweat resistant. Perhaps that is why it works so well for me. It prevents me from being covered with too many bodily fluids.
Another stylish black headset is the JayBird JB-200 which does more than just make phone calls. It is designed for music lovers and Bluetooth cell phones and when you play it you can listen to streaming stereo music at the same time. It too is water and sweat resistant but a little bit expensive at $130.00.
Setting up a Bluetooth Headset with cell phone is pretty easy. The procedure is called pairing and there is always a salesman around to give you advice about this. The pairing steps often differ from phone to phone so you need to consult the set up guides that came with your phone to verify that your steps will work. All in all it should only take about five minutes or less to pair up your phone with the exactly right type of headset.
Before pairing you should make sure that you have a Bluetooth compatible phone in the first place. Most phones are as it is considered a standard feature but if you are using an older phone this may not be the case.
You should also make sure that your phone is charged before you try pairing it with a Bluetooth device or the pairing with the headset will not work. Usually it is simply a matter of turning on your phone's Bluetooth feature by setting up the connection between headset and phone. This typically means navigating to a screen where you can adjust the settings right on the cell phone menu. It is not a big deal at all and even as a busy mommy I was able to do it all by myself.

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