Four special recommendations to keep in mind with your newborn.

Poplar color

The baby with formula or breastfeeding can have eight to ten bowel movements per day, although it is also normal to have two or three bowel movements. The burnt yellowish, greenish or greyish poplin occurs with lactation and with formula is more compact and dark. It is important that you go to the doctor when it is lighter or darker than normal, if there is mucus or blood and is alarm when it is whitish.

Gases

Pediatricians and breastfeeding specialists believe that certain foods consumed by moms can produce gas in the baby. It has also been found that an excessive maternal diet in acidity can irritate the baby. There are techniques to prevent too much air in your baby’s stomach from passing into the intestinal tract, such as tapping gently and gently on his back. Another recommendation is to know about the massages that help to decongestion of gas the intestine.

Colic

To know if your baby has this problem, the ‘rule of three’ is applied, which is three hours of inconsolable and uncontrollable crying followed or interrupted, three times a week and at least three weeks.

In case this happens, take it to your pediatrician to rule out other causes such as reflux, urinary tract infection, growing eyelashes, tight diaper or heat in the environment. Colic can appear after 20 days of birth and disappear around four months. Keep in mind that this is not a serious condition.

Umbilical cord

Around the tenth day of birth, the cord is detached, for this he pays attention to the instructions given by the clinic for cleaning. The normal thing is to do it around the navel, which is carefully pulled to completely clean it. It is important that you go to the doctor when you smell ugly and around you are very hard, feverish and red.