How to Handle a Newborn Baby?

For many people who have not spend much time with newborn babies , it may be a   daunting task for such people to handle newborn babies as these babies are very delicate and fragile.

The following points should be remembered by one while dealing with newborn babies:

• One should be cautious to support the head and neck of the newborn baby – The baby’s head must be cribbed while one is carrying the newborn baby from one place to another. The head should be properly supported when the baby is being carried upright. One should also support the head when one is laying the baby down on the couch.
• One should be cautious as not to jolt the newborn baby, irrespective whether one does it while playing or in annoyance- Vigorously shaking the baby may result in blood loss in the baby’s brain or even cause death of the baby. When one needs to awaken his/her baby, then he/she should not do that by shaking the baby. Instead one should gently blow air on the baby’s cheek or tickle the baby’s feet.
• One should firmly fix the baby to the carrier; car seat or stroller- One should limit the car rides or any traveling activity that is bumpy or bouncy.
• One should keep in mind that the newborn baby is too feeble for rough play- Being shaken to and fro on the knee or thrown up in air can be risky for the newborn baby.