Jaundice happens when the baby turns yellow

Many normal, healthy infants have a yellow color in your skin the first days of life, this condition is called physiologic jaundice, and it is because the blood contains too much billirubin, a chemical that forms during the normal breakdown of old blood cells.

In newborns, this matter often quite high, due to increased red blood cell in your liver at the time of birth, even immature having difficulty processing the excess billirubin.

If the billirubin level increases more than it first appears on the face, then chest and then the abdomen, finally in the legs, usually gradually increase, and decreases with every passing day without some sort necessary treatment.

Baby's health, alert to consider

During the first week of life, there are disorders that are common treasuries, but should not be overlooked and consult a doctor.

Abdominal distention: The baby's belly should always feel soft to the touch, we should pay attention to the depositions, and has no vomiting. Most likely to be gas or constipation, but we must be careful to avoid more serious intestinal problems.

The father and the baby's arrival

This time we will refer to parents who are no less important than mothers, who took our baby in nine months, since their task is equal to ours but different.

We know that during this period despite not having loaded the child in her womb, had to adjust physically and emotionally to this situation and participate in different ways as he approached the delivery date. On the one hand it may happen that has taken exception to the birth of the child, and to bring it to the world was the work of the mother, but on the other side is his son, who is part of him.

Spitting, and prevent them

Feeding your baby is one of the most important challenges and often disconcerting that we meet the parents, so that the advice or knowledge that we gain during pregnancy and whenever we are presented with something unfamiliar, are very important to make this moment, an instant pleasure and communication with our son.

Spitting is another constant that occurs in infancy, sometimes because the child has eaten over allowing its small stomach sometimes occurs when gases are removed, can be annoying, but not cause for concern as it is normal to happen.

Acne in babies often occurs

That's not enough, the baby acne is very common and may be present from birth, but more often appears a few weeks later, usually on the cheeks and in other cases on the forehead, chin and even on the back.

These small grains may be surrounded by the skin red and may become more pronounced when your baby is overheated or upset, and if your skin is irritated by saliva, traces of milk or fabrics that are too rough or have been washed with detergents.

All about the amniocentesis

This procedure helps the doctor to detect the possibility of genetic, metabolic or neurological disorders in developing fetus.

When doing this?

Since amniocentesis presents minimal risk of abortion, from less than 1% is indicated only for special cases where it is important to confirm the health of the baby. If the mother is over 35 years, have a family history of genetic problems or be a carrier of any of them, it is best to perform this test for early detection of fetal abnormalities.

The importance of stem cells

Today, parents of a newborn have a new medical option available to prevent and treat future illnesses of the child: the storage of umbilical cord stem cells.

The cells are stored in the umbilical cord at the time of birth are similar to those of the child's bone marrow , so that may mean a future treatment of diseases such as leukemia, lymphomas, any infectious or hematological.