The first days at home with your child

!±8± The first days at home with your child

The first few days in the hospital are also important for you and your child. While new parents will be giving birth exciting, breathless and happy to be gone. As a new mother will be emotionally and physically exhausted. As a new father you will be overwhelmed by your new responsibilities. The first days at home are a time to take a deep breath, sit back and relax, and take some time for you.

During the first days ofAt home, it may be advisable to reduce the amount of visitors who simply welcome into your home. It may be different than asking your immediate family and good friends you want other friends to wait a week or two before going down on you with gifts and wants to keep the new baby. They need time to recover and in the routine that carries a sleeping bag, food, and often crying baby in your life.

As a young mother, you should pay particular attention to the way you feel like payingthe "baby blues" do not scan and a sudden surprise. And 'normal, a little' off the road and feel sad for the first weeks after birth. Your body is going through profound physical changes after the birth of your child. Your hormones change and probably feel the lack of sleep. All this can affect how you feel.

It should be understood to be patient with yourself, that all these feelings are normal and that in a few weeksThings feel better for you. If you find that you feel more and more depressed, and find it hard to take care of yourself and your family, you should consult your doctor so that he / she can determine if you suffer from a condition called postpartum depression.

The symptoms of postpartum depression are:

overwhelming feelings of sadness or accompanied by tears and depression.

or little or no energy.

Feelings of worthlessness or guilt.

orHaving no interest in your child or too anxious and worried about your child.

Weight gain or accompanied by overeating.

Weight loss or accompanied by not eating.

or feeling of anxiety before you get hurt or your child.

or insomnia.

or sleep.

During the first days at home your family the other member of your family to be set. If you have other children at home, you can do with the feeling of jealousy when the baby needs newthe center. Be sure to include the other children in daily activities that are routine in the newborn. Let go of the children with diapers, food, and just sitting and holding the new baby when they are old enough to help him.

This is your time to respond to changes in your life and fit into a comfortable routine ..... at least for now!