Yu smɔl pikin in fɔs dɔktɔ chɛk-ap (Newborn Well-Child Visit): Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis!

Wi de kɔle yu ɛn yu famili! Di gladi at we yu kin fil we smɔl pikin kam na dis wɔl, wi nɔ go ebul fɔ sho am wit wɔd dɛn. So, jɔs afta dɛn bɔn di pikin, i go gɛt in fɔs dɔktɔ chɛk-ap na ɔspitul. Dis na tin we rili impɔtant. Lɛ wi si wetin de apin dis tɛm ɛn wetin yu fɔ ɛkspɛkt.

Wetin kin apin na di ɔspitul?

Na di ɔspitul, di dɔktɔ ɛn di nɔs go wok togɛda fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin. Natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt, ɔl dis na fɔ di pikin in wɛlbɔdi.

Aw fɔ Chɛk aw Bebi De Grɔw

Fɔs, dɛn kin mɛzhɔ yu pikin in wet, ayt, ɛn ed rawnd . afta dat dεn de rεkכd dεn mεzhɔmεnt dεm ya na dεn ``growth chart.'' dis na aw dεn de כndastand if di pikin de gro fayn fayn wan.

Kwɛshɔn fɔ Yu, Advays fɔ Yu

Neks, di dɔktɔ ɔ di nɔs go aks yu kwɛstyɔn dɛn bɔt aw fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin. Dis na fayn tɛm fɔ tɔk to dɛn bɔt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ tin we de mɔna yu. Dɛn go gi yu fayn advays.

Fɔ gi tin fɔ it

• Fɔ gi pikin in mama in bɛlɛ : Dɛn se mama in milk na di bɛst tin fɔ it fɔ pikin . Bɔt if sɔntɛnde i nɔ kin izi fɔ gi yu pikin in mama in bɛlɛ, yu kin yuz fɔmula milk bak fɔ gi yu pikin di it we i nid. Dɛn fɔ gi nyu bɔbɔ dɛn tin fɔ it we dɛn angri. Dis kin min ɛvri 1 to 3 awa . I go mɔs bi se di dɔktɔ ɔ nɔs go wach yu fɔ it ɛn ɛp if ɛni prɔblɛm de.
• Fכmula Fidin: di pikin we dεn gi fכmula go drink lεk 1-11⁄2 כns (30-45 mililita) wan tεm.
• Fɔ gi di kaw pikin tin fɔ it: Nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ gi di kaw pikin tin fɔ it nɔmɔ we i dɔn ful-ɔp af ɔ we i ful-ɔp ɔl afta yu dɔn it am. As di kaw pikin de gro, di milk we i de drink de go ɔp, so di nɔmba fɔ di pikin dɛn we i de it fɔ wan de de go dɔŋ.

Aw fɔ Pis ɛn Poop

• di כmכnt fכ pis : di pikin we de gi in bεlε go pis lεk wan כ tu tεm insay di de te di mama in milk kam insay fayn fayn wan. bay 3-5 dez, εvri pikin fכ de gεt lεk 6 wet dayapεr dεm wan de .
• Aw fɔ poop: Nyu bɔn pikin dɛn kin poop lɛk wan tɛm insay di de fɔ di fɔs de dɛn. Fɔ di fɔs dez, dɛn poop kin dak blak ɛn tarry . afta 3-4 dez, i kin bi rכn sכmtεm εn grεnish-yכlכ . di pikin dεm we dεn gi bεlε kin poop bכku tεm insay di de, we di pikin dεm we dεn gi fכmula fכ fכm dεn nכ kin pop sכm tεm. Dis na nɔmal tin.No fred, okay?

De slip

di pikin we dεn bכn kin slip fכ lεk 14-17 awa pan 24 awa . Bɔt dɛn kin wek bɔku tɛm (de ɛn nɛt) fɔ it.

• di pikin dεm we dεn de gi bεlε kin wek fכ it εvri 1-3 awa .
• di pikin dεm we dεn gi fכmula kin slip sכmtεm, dεn kin wek εvri 2-4 awa (di fכmula kin tek lכng fכ digεst, so di pikin kin fil ful).
• te di pikin gεt in wet fayn fayn wan, we na di fכs wik dεm, nכ mek i slip fכ pas 4 awa bitwin di it dεm. Afta dat, i fayn fɔ mek di pikin slip fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Di Divɛlɔpmɛnt fɔ Bebi

Nyu bɔn pikin dɛn nid fɔ du dɛn tin ya:

• Dɛn kin luk gud gud wan pan fes ɛn tin dɛn we gɛt brayt layt we de lɛk 8-12 inch (20-30 sɛntimita) fa.
• Ansa to sawnd – kin tɔn away frɔm mama ɔ papa in vɔys, sidɔm kwayɛt wan, blink , twitch, ɔ kray.
• Dɛn kin kip di an ɛn di leg dɛn we dɛn bɛn .
• dis innate riakshכn dεm (`nyu bכn rεflεks dεm`) fכ bi gud:
• di rut εn sכk rεflεks : we dεn put sכmtin nia di lip dεm, di pikin de tכn in ed na da say de εn bigin fכ sכk milk.
• Grasp reflex: If yu put finga insay yu an, yu go grap am tayt.
• Fencer’s pose: We dɛn tɔn di ed to wan say, di an we de na da say de kin es ɛn di an we de na di ɔda say kin bɛn.
• Moro reflex (startle response): If i sɔprayz wantɛm wantɛm, di pikin kin trowe in tu an ɛn in leg dɛn ɛn afta dat i kin briŋ dɛn bak insay.

Fɔ Ɛgzamin di Ful Bɔdi

Rayt bifo yu, dɛn go pul di pikin in klos ɛn dɛn go du wan ful bɔdi ɛgzam . Dis go inklud fɔ chɛk di pikin in yay, lisin to di pikin in at, chɛk di puls, chɛk di ɔmbilik kɔd, ɛn chɛk di pikin in spayna, hip, ɛn leg.

Sɔm Spɛshal Skrin Tɛst dɛn

sεvεra spεshal tεst dεm (`screening tests`) dεn kin du bak fכ chεk fכ sכm sik dεm we kin bכn di pikin.

• Dɛn kin du dɛn tɛst ya bay we dɛn tek smɔl blɔd na di pikin in il .
• כlso, bifo i kכmכt na di כspitul , dεn de tεst di pikin in yεri (`hearing test`) εn dεn de chεk di כksijεn lεvεl .

Fɔs Vaksin dɛn

Yu pikin fɔ gɛt in fɔs vaysin na di ɔspitul. Dɛn vaysin ya de protɛkt pikin dɛn frɔm siriɔs sik dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn smɔl.I impɔtant fɔ gɛt yu vaysin dɛn di rayt tɛm. Di tɛm fɔ gi di vaysin kin difrɛn smɔl, so tɔk to yu dɔktɔ fɔ no di rayt tin we de apin.

Mɛmba Dɛn tin ya Te di Nɛks Chɛk-ap

Tek kia ɔf dɛn tin ya te yu nɛks chɛk-ap, we na insay sɔm dez.

Bɔt di we aw dɛn de gi tin fɔ it

Fɔ Mama dɛn we de gi pikin dɛn bɛlɛ

• Ɛp yu pikin fɔ lat fayn fayn wan : Opin yu mɔt big wan, put yu tɔŋ ɔnda am, ɛn tek bɔku pan yu bɔdi insay yu mɔt as yu ebul.
• Nɔ yuz bɔtul ɔ pacifier te yu pikin no gud gud wan fɔ gi pikin in bɛlɛ.
• Gi yu pikin in bɛlɛ ɛnitɛm we i angri .
• pe atɛnshɔn to sayn dεm we de sho se yu pikin ful (e.g., fכ pul kכmכt frכm di nipl, kכba in mכt).
• Tek yu vaytamɛn ɔ multivitamin bifo yu bɔn ɛvride.

Fɔmula-Fidin Mama dɛn

• Gi yu pikin wan fɔmula we gɛt ayɛn .
• Fɔ fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we de na di fɔmula paket jɔs we yu de mek ɛn kip bɔtul dɛn.
• Nɔ ad ɛkstra wata to yu pikin in fɔmula.
• Nɔ ol bɔtul ɔ put yu pikin fɔ slip wit bɔtul na in mɔt.
• Gi yu pikin wan bɔtul milk ɛnitɛm we i angri .
• pe atɛnshɔn to sayn dεm we de sho se yu pikin ful (e.g., fכ pul kכmכt frכm di bכtul, kכba in mכt).

Aw fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin ɛvride (Daily Baby Care) .

• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan bifo yu ol di pikin. Kip di pikin fa frɔm pipul dɛn we sik.
• Hol di pikin, tek kia ɔf wetin i nid. Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ pwɛl pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn.
• Put di dayapɛt dɔŋ di ɔmbilik kɔd fɔ mek i dray. di כmbilikal kכd kin fכl insay 10-14 dez.
• Put smɔl petrolium jeli na di bɔdi ɔ di fɔs pat pan di bɔdi fɔ di bɔy pikin dɛn we dɛn sakɔmsayz .
• Bebi gyal pikin kin gɛt wata we de kɔmɔt na in vagina wit sɔm drop blɔd insay di fɔs wik we i de liv . Dis nɔto natin fɔ wɔri bɔt.
• kip di bכdi wet (`sponge baths`) te di כmbilikal kכd fכl εn, if na bכy pikin, di say we dεn sakɔmsayz de wɛl. Test di wata bay we yu put yu an insay fɔ si if i tu hot. Yuz sop ɛn loshan dɛn we nɔ gɛt sɛnt .

Ustɛm fɔ Si di Dɔktɔ

Insay dɛn tɛm ya, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ:

• we yu si am frכm di bכtכm (rεktal) fכ di pikinIf di fiva na 100.4 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) ɔ pas dat .
• If di pikin de sho sayn dɛm fɔ sik , nɔ de it, pis , ɔ poop.
• If yu nɔ lat fayn ɔ yu de sok fayn we yu de gi yu mama in bɛlɛ.
• If yu nɔ satisfay wit di mama in bɛlɛ.
• If i tan lɛk se di bɔdi yɔlɔ (jaundice) .
• If di say we de rawnd di ɔmbilikal kɔd ɔ di say we dɛn sakɔmsayz rɛd ɛn tan lɛk pus .
• Nɔ gi ɛni mɛrɛsin we yu nɔ tɔk to di dɔktɔ.

Mama in Wɛlbɔdi Impɔtant bak!

Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek nyu mama dɛn fil taya ɛn fil bad sɔntɛnde. Bɔt if dɛn filin ya rili strɔng, if yu fil bad, vɛks ɔltɛm, ɔ wɔri, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ .

Yu De Wori Bɔt di Kɔndishɔn fɔ Liv?

Yu de wɔri bɔt di we aw yu de liv yu layf? Yu gɛt di tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin? Yu gɛt inof it, say we sef fɔ de, wɛlbɔdi inshɔrans? Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis. I kin tɛl yu bɔt di tin dɛn we di kɔmyuniti gɛt ɔ i kin rifer yu to soshal woka.

Sefty Fɔs!

Aw fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)?

Dis rili impɔtant. `SIDS` na we pikin day wantɛm wantɛm we nɔ gɛt ɛni klia rizin. Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt am:

• We yu de put yu pikin fɔ slip, put am ɔltɛm fɔ slip fes ɔp, pan flat, fayn matres, insay krib ɔ basin. Nɔ put yu pikin fɔ slip na in bɛlɛ ɔ na in sayd. Nɔ put bampa, blankit, pilo, ɔ sɔft tɔys na di sayd dɛn na di bed.
• Gi pikin in bɛlɛ if i pɔsibul.
• Kip yu pikin na bed na yu rum, nia yu bed, te dɛn fɔs batde, ɔ at le fɔ 6 mɔnt. Dis na di tɛm we di risk fɔ gɛt SIDS kin bɔku. (Dɛn nɔ kin fayn fɔ lɛ pɔsin sheb na bed.)
• Kip di rum tɛmpracha fayn ɛn mek di pikin nɔ wam tumɔs . Drɛs di pikin akɔdin to di rum tɛmpracha, nɔ drɛs pasmak . Nɔ kɔba di pikin in ed we i de slip. Chek fɔ swet ɛn if di bɔdi de fil wam we yu tɔch am.
• If yu pikin lɛk am, lɛ i slip wit pacifier . If yu pikin nɔ gri fɔ tek di pacifier, nɔ fos am. If yu swɛla di pacifier we yu de slip, nɔ put am bak insay If yu de gi pikin in bɛlɛ, nɔ gi am pacifier te i yus fɔ gi am in bɛlɛ fayn fayn wan.
• Nɔ mek yu pikin slip pan ɛnitin we dɛn nɔ mek fɔ bebi dɛn.Fɔ ɛgzampul, tin dɛn lɛk tin dɛn fɔ sidɔm (lɛk motoka sidɔm ples), pilo fɔ gi pikin tin fɔ it, ɛn ples fɔ sidɔm fɔ pikin dɛn.
• Nɔ yuz divays dɛn we se dɛn de ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt SIDS (lɛk slip pozishɔn ɔ monita we de mɛzhɔ di pikin in at rit ɛn brith). No prɔdak nɔ de we rili de du dis.
• Mek shɔ se ɛni say fɔ slip ɔ prɔdak we yu yuz fɔ mek yu pikin slip, na wan ɛjɛnsy we gɛt gud nem, lɛk di US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) dɔn gri fɔ am. (If yu de na Sri Lanka, pik prɔdak dɛn we gɛt sɛtifiket sef ɛn we mit di standad dɛn.)

Ɔda Tin dɛn fɔ Sef

• Nɔ smok ɔ yuz e-sigrɛt. Nɔ alaw ɛnibɔdi fɔ smok ɔ vap nia yu pikin.
• Ɔltɛm put yu pikin na motoka sit we de biɛn, na di bak sit na di motoka .
• Nɔ ɛva lɛf yu pikin in wan na motoka.
• Nɔ lɛf yu pikin in wan we i wek, mɔ na say dɛn we ay ɔ we i de was.
• Nɔ ɛva shek yu pikin – i kin mek blɔd kɔmɔt na in bren ɛn ivin day. If yu ɛva fil se yu go du yu pikin bad, put yu pikin na di bed ɔ say we sef fɔ sɔm minit ɛn kɔl yu padi, fambul, ɔ yu dɔktɔ fɔ ɛp yu.
• Protekt yu pikin frɔm di san bay we yu de kɔba am ɛn put am na di shed as yu ebul. Dɛn nɔ kin fayn fɔ yuz di sanskrin fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 mɔnt yet. Bɔt if di shed ɛn di klos nɔ gi di rayt protɛkshɔn, dɛn kin put smɔl tin fɔ protɛkt di san to pikin we nɔ rich 6 mɔnt yet.

Dɛn chɛk-ap sheet ya de in layn wit di American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)/Bright Futures gaydlain.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

So, di fכs dכkta chεk-ap fכ di nyu bכbi na wan rili imכtant step fכ di pikin in hεlth joyn.

Nɔ fred, aks kwɛstyɔn, ɛn tek tɛm lisin to wetin di dɔktɔ ɛn nɔs de tɔk. Dɛn de fɔ ɛp yu ɛn yu pikin.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ kia fɔ di pikin in it, slip, divɛlɔpmɛnt, ɛn sef. As mama, yu wɛlbɔdi impɔtant bak. Na if yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi nɔmɔ yu go ebul fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin fayn fayn wan. So, wi ɔl de wish yu ɛn yu pikin fɔ gɛt gladi ɛn wɛlbɔdi stat fɔ dis nyu joyn!

` Bebi hεlth, fכs mεdikal chεk-ap, nyu bכbi kia, bεlε, fכmula, pikin slip, SIDS prεvεnshכn