All mothers make mistakes.
If you do not believe it, just think about your parents, and you will remember some mistakes they committed while taking care of you as a child.
The truth is, nobody is immune from committing mistakes, especially mothers. But you will be able to avoid some common mistakes after reading this article.
Constant Panic:
Mothers feel frightened when they see their babies do normal stuff, such as vomiting. This panic could be transferred to the baby.
Mothers suffer from constant anxiety during the first year. They keep asking themselves: Did my baby eat well? Does it cry more than usual?
This anxiety could waste the mother’s happiness, and prevent her from enjoying her child's first year. In fact, all the baby needs is some flexibility in the face of different situations.
Not Allowing the Child to Cry:
Mothers always associate their baby’s crying with a mistake they might have committed. But what mothers do not know is that the baby expresses itself only through crying; this is the baby’s only way to communicate with those around it. So there is no need to worry about the baby’s intermittent crying. You should only consult the doctor, if the crying is acute and continues for hours. In this case, it might be that something puts the baby in pain.
Waking Up the Baby for Feeding:
Women believe that their baby will feel hungry at night, and that they have to wake it up to feed it, but this is not true.
It is better for both the mother and the baby to sleep regularly, and for sufficient hours uninterruptedly. The baby does not need to be breastfed during the night.
Not Knowing the Difference between Spitting up Milk and Vomiting:
Some mothers find difficulty in differentiating between spitting up milk and vomiting. So we are going to clarify it for you.
Vomiting happens as a result of a virus in the digestive system, which causes the baby to vomit every 30-45 minutes, depending on whether the mother has breastfed it or not. On the other hand, spitting up milk happens immediately after breastfeeding.
Disregarding Fever:
The mother sometimes feels that her baby has fever and would give it medicine to reduce the fever, thinking that this would be enough to cure the baby. However, this is not enough because the immunity of the baby is not strong enough to face illnesses and recover quickly. It is necessary to immediately visit the doctor and consult him so that the baby does not have a fever.