The document provides tips for first-time parents on caring for a newborn baby during monsoon season. It recommends keeping the home clean and dry to prevent mosquitoes and germs by fixing leaks and using disinfectants. When going outdoors, it suggests avoiding dirty or crowded areas, covering the baby's skin, and bringing healthy food and water. Throughout the rainy season, parents should keep the baby clean and dry, use mosquito nets or repellent at night, consult a doctor if the baby gets sick, and vaccinate the baby before monsoon arrives.

2. Pitter patter rain drops or heavy showers are
really a sense of relief from the sultry heat. All of
us including you, as first-time mums and dads
are extremely happy to welcome the rain.
However, at the same time, this season turns
out to be a real challenge for you. As with the
arrival of the monsoon, you will have many
uninvited guests like mosquitoes and infection-
causing germs, which are certainly unhealthy for
your newborn. In such cases, the first thing on
your mind should be your newborn’s baby health
and safety in monsoon. But how? Read on to
find out.

3. Ways To Take Care Of Your Baby
During The Rains Indoors
Since water-borne diseases increase in leaps and
bounds, during this season, your newborn is
susceptible to falling sick during this time. Therefore,
you, as first-time parents should be extra careful about
safeguarding your little one from the monsoon woes. It
could be anything from pre-checking your indoors to
keeping your child away from anyone who’s not well, in
this rainy season. So, here are few tips of baby care in
monsoon season for you as first-time parents:

4. Give your careful eyes to every nook and corner
of your house like the garden area, bathrooms,
balconies, and kitchen for any sign of leakage,
or damps, or puddles during this season. If so,
take action to fix these parts of your house, to
prevent you and your little one from mosquitoes
and infection-causing germs. Use disinfectant
floor cleaners to not just keep your floors clean,
but also keep the corners of your household
dust-free. Also, use a vacuum cleaner to dust off
the furniture, and sofa, and brush off the carpet
every day during this season. If required, get
pest-control done before the rainy season hits.
Start By Keeping Your Indoors Clean

5. Keep The Mosquitoes Away From
Your Little One
Mosquito bites are extremely painful
for your little one. You will also notice
that due to mosquito bites your baby
has developed small red swellings on
some parts of his or her body.
Therefore, when you put your little one
to sleep during the afternoon or at
night you may either choose a
mosquito net or mosquito repellent
made out of herbal products like
peppermint and lemongrass oil.

6. Keep Your Hands Clean Always
Hands are the gateway, through which infection-causing germs find their way to enter you
and your little one’s body. Try your best to keep your nails short and wash your hands
before you touch or hold your child.
Keep Your Little One Clean and Dry
During this season, on one hand, the rains can bring down the temperature of the surrounding
area, on the other hand, the humidity tends to rise as the trapped heat escapes. Such a weird
weather combination makes your little one feel both hot and cold at the same time. So take the
following necessary steps to keep your little one clean and dry.

7. Keep Wipes Handy and Your Baby Go
Nappy-free
Keeping a few wipes handy is generally
necessary for your baby care in
monsoon. Moreover, in this season,
since humidity can make him or her
sweat a lot and hold a lot of moisture like
in the armpits, ears, genitals, etc., use
the wipes on your little one repeatedly
during the day, and keep those areas
clean. Alternately, repeatedly check your
baby’s nappy, and allow him or her to be
nappy-free at times during this season so
that your baby doesn’t develop nappy
rashes. As wet diapers are the breading
ground of diaper rashes and fungal
infections.

8. Make Your Little One Wear Warm Cotton Clothes
Since this weather is a weird combination of hot and cold, make your newborn wear light cotton
clothes. Cotton fabrics are a newborn monsoon essential that is also breathable and
comfortable on your little one’s skin.
Use Suitable Oil For Your Little One’s Sensitive Skin
Many of you as new parents follow the ancient Indian tradition to massage your little one with mustard oil.
However, these days different types of baby oils like extra virgin olive oil and extra virgin coconut oil are
available in the market to massage your baby.

9. Bathe Your Baby After An Oil Massage
Once you’re done massaging your newborn, you can plan to bathe your
baby in lukewarm water, almost daily, even during this season. Keep a fresh
towel handy after you’ve finished bathing your little one and pat your baby dry.
Prepare Fresh Food For Your Baby
and Keep The Utensils Sterilised
If you’re giving formula food to your newborn, ensure that it prepares in boiled
water to eradicate any chances of infection. If your little one is slightly grown-up
and you have introduced him or her to solid food, give him or her freshly
prepared food for each meal. Also, remember to keep all the utensils that your
baby is using absolutely clean and sterilised. As during this season, it is
common that mould can get in the bottle or the teats of sippy cups and food can
get spoiled fast due to the humidity, which is unhealthy for your little one.

10. Keep Consulting The Doctor
Since your newborn has more chances of falling sick, he or she might be affected by the monsoon-induced
illness, indicating an onset of viral infection like catching a cold, sneezing, fever, etc. Therefore, if you happen
to notice your little one falling sick with a cough and cold, consult the doctor immediately.
Ways To Take Care Of Your Baby
During The Rains Outdoors
At times, even during the season, both of you
may feel like going out to get a breath of fresh
air. So, take these measures in order to be
careful of germs and infections harming your
newborn infant:

11. Staying Away From Dirty Areas
Staying Away From Crowds
These areas may include dense shrubs or overgrown
grass or a lot of puddles. The chances of mosquitoes,
and infection-causing insects can also be high in these
areas, which can be harmful to your child.
Maybe you’re in a playground or garden with your little
one in the pram or stroller, try not to go to the part which
is crowded with a lot of people. Who knows, in this
season, one or two of them might carry infection-causing
germs, have a fever, or cough with a cold?

12. Use Techniques To Keep Your Little
One Safe From The Mosquitoes
Go to the park or garden with your little one by
making him or her different types of clothes. In fact,
make him or her wear a full-sleeved dress or full-
sleeved shirt and pants. Along with the clothes
needed for the baby, use the mosquito creams on
your baby’s body to keep them away.
Carry Healthy Food and Water While
You’re Out With Your Little One
Try not to give street food, and water or fruit juices from
the roadside hawkers. They may be unhealthily stored
and can easily make your baby sick.

13. Vaccinate Your Little One Before The
Rainy Season Comes In
Your baby’s paediatrician might suggest you to
give him or her a flu shot before the monsoon
hits. These shots can prevent your baby from
fever, cough, cold, vomiting, or diarrhoea.
We hope that both you and your little one can
make the best use of the weather with these
monsoon baby care tips for first-time parents,
and be sure of your newborn’s health care. To
find some more interesting first-time parenting
advice on baby care and the benefits of cord
blood banking follow our blog page.

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