The document discusses the care and development of newborns from 0-3 months. It addresses common questions like how often newborns need to nurse, signs they are eating enough, and growth spurts. Newborns should nurse every 2-3 hours at first to establish milk supply. Signs of adequate intake are nursing 10-15 minutes per side and having 8-10 wet diapers and 1 bowel movement per day. Common growth spurts occur at 10 days, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 3 months, where infants want to nurse more frequently to support increased needs. Development varies per infant but general patterns can be found on referenced websites.

1. Carla Bridges The Care and Development of a newborn 0-3 months.

2. Preston was born on June 8th.

3. Questions Do all newborns need to nurse every 2 hours? How do you know they are getting enough to eat? What are the growth spurts of newborns? What are the developmental patterns of newborns to three months?

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5. Do newborns need to nurse every 2 hours? Newborns should nurse every 2 to 3 hours from birth for the first few days to establish milk supply. It takes up to 72 hours for mature milk to come in. Until then your body has made colostrum throughout your pregnancy. Colostrum is full of antibodies and nutrients. 5cc of colostrum has the same amount of calories as 1 oz of breastmilk. Once your milk comes in you will be able to regulate your feeding schedule to their needs.

6. How many do you know they are getting enough to eat? When breastfeeding it is hard to tell how much they are getting because unless you pump your milk, there is no way to measure their intake. Here are some guidelines to go by: Nurse on each side 10 to 15 min. per feeding. This is important because if you do not nurse long enough the child only gets foremilk which is not as high in calories as hindmilk. Your newborn should have 8-10 wet diapers per day. Your newborn should have 1 or more bowel movements per day.

7. What are the growth spurts of newborns? 10 days, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 3 months. During a spurt, you will usually find that for 2-3 days, baby is hungry _all the time. At their 6 week spurt, they may literally want to nurse every hour. If you are nursing, this frequent feeding helps to increase your milk supply to the new level your baby needs. If you are formula feeding, you will probably want to increase the amount in a normal bottle after the spurt. The eating stage can last up to a week, but 2-3 days is much more usual. Your baby may also be more fussy than normal during this time, and wake up more at night to feed.After the eating, most babies have 1-2 days of sleepiness, which is when the growing is actually happening. Babies can grow up to 1/2 inch in just those days, which is enormous! After the sleepy stage, most babies return to more or less their normal eating/sleeping pattern. They will probably eat more per feeding and be able to go a little longer between feedings. This is most noticableat the 6 week spurt where they are transitioning to like 3-4 hours between feedings.

8. What are the developmental patterns of 0-3 months? Every child develops at a rate that is right for them, no two are exactly the same. This website provides a week by week guide of patterns of development for newborns on up. http://www.babycenter.com/babye

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