ONE WEEK OUTLINE
Here is a brief look at what your One Week Virtual Office Checkup includes:
- Baby’s growth – monitoring weight gain
- Physical examination
- Nutrition:
- Breastfeeding
- Mom’s diet
- Is baby getting enough milk?
- Preventing yeast infections in your breasts
- Getting breastfeeding help over the phone
- Feeding a sleepy baby
- DHA
- Bottle feeding
- Introducing a bottle
- Thrush
- Bowel movements
- Wet diapers
- Circumcision
- Parenting and behavior issues:
- Attachment parenting
- Bonding
- Reading baby’s cries
- Wearing your baby in a sling
- Gas
- Sleep position
- Sleep schedule
- Where should baby sleep
- Safety:
- Car seats
- Smoke alarms
- Taking baby outside
- Unusual, but normal newborn signs and behaviors
- Immunizations