Let’s make a list of rumored tips that have been proved to be
wrong.
Infants need bathing every day
The truth is infants don’t get smelly by the sweat like
adults. Therefore, they don’t need to take a bath every day. Taking bath too
often can make children’s skin dry and dehydrated. The idealist time is to give
children a bath every 2 days. However, it’s fine if children do lots of pooping
or moms tend to bathe children every day. You just have to remember to provide
children with moisturizer.
They don’t need to
take a bath every day.
It’s necessary to turn off the light and stay quiet completely to help
children have good sleep.
The truth is while some infants only sleep at day time, the
majority of infants like sleeping with sound and light at a light level.
Moreover, do not try to make children get used to sleeping with the light off
and quietness. That will cause children to have sleeping difficulties and
discomforts in sleeping. When children are sleeping, you should turn on a
gentle song and leave a lamp turned on.
Listening to classical music helps to increase children’s IQ index.
The truth is music can vary human’s life, make children
happy, soothe their cries, and lure them into sleep… Nonetheless, there’s no
specific research confirming that listening to classical music usually can help
children’s brain develop or help children have outstanding intelligence.
Additionally, you should only let children listen to music less than 3 hours a
day and less than 30 minutes each. Listening to music too much can make
children pay less attention to your voice, which can lead children to slowness
in talking.
Leave children crying, or they will be spoiled.
The truth is infants who are under 4 months old barely know
how to comfort themselves. They often cry to gain people’s attention and like
cuddling. As you cradle children when they cry, they will feel the love from
you, which makes them feel secure and peaceful. This is the way to help
children stop crying. On the other hand, many recent researches show that
children who have parents leaving them crying have lower IQ index than others.
Not comforting
children when they’re crying can hurt their feelings.
It’s necessary to change baby diaper at night or babies will get inflamed.
The truth is children’s urine is completely aseptic, and if
they use night diapers, you can stop worrying and go to sleep the whole night.
However, if children poop, even just a little, the poop remained in diapers can
cause children urinary tract infections and bladder infection, especially in
girls. For that reason, if you find strange smell, don’t be hesitate in
checking and changing diapers.
It’s important that the nipples and baby bottles need good sterilizations.
In later using,
you can just wash them with dedicated wash then wash them again with hot water.
The truth is sterilizing baby bottles and nipples needs to
be done after buying. However, in later using, you can just wash them with
dedicated wash,then wash them again with hot water. Infants don’t need to live
in an aseptic and over-clean environment. Such environment only limits the
developments of children’s immune systems.
Letting children drink formula milk diluted with thin porridge can help
them have better sleep and weight gain.
Infants shouldn’t eat anything before 4-6 months old, even
the liquids extracted from porridges. Children who drink milk including the
liquids have their young digestive system worked too much, which leads to
bloating, indigestion and unsound sleeps. Besides, formula milk is standard;
combining formula milk with light porridge can denature the matters in the
formula milk or even lead to digestive disorder, which makes children lose
weight.
Infants need to follow a strict eating schedule and avoid light meals.
You should let
infants eat when they want to.
You should let infants eat when they want to. Infants know
when they’re hungry and full. Making them follow a strict eating schedule can
easily lead to the fact that babies are fed when they aren’t hungry, and vice
versa, which is harmful to their eating. In the worse cases, feeding children
when they’re not hungry can make them be sick to eat or lazy eating in the
future.
Infants need to drink water everyday
Infants who have breast milk are provided with the necessary
amount of water. Breast milk is pure and free from dried milk residues.
Children who only have breast milk in the first 6 months of their life don’t
need to supplement anything or drink more water.
To children who have formula milk, to avoid furry tongues,
you can clean their mouths with a teaspoon of water after they drink milk.
However, do not let children drink too much water, or they can have water
intoxication. You should take notice of children’s poop and urine. If the urine
isn’t yellow, the poop is soft, not lumping or dry and tough, children are well
provided with water.
