Caring For Your Newborn

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on newborn care at the Birthing Pavilion! In this video, we cover everything you need to know about your baby's first few days of life, including the importance of skin-to-skin contact, safety measures, and essential tests and procedures. Learn about the benefits of bonding with your baby and how the Birthing Pavilion provides a comfortable, private, and calm environment for you and your little one.

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Discover helpful tips on caring for your newborn, including:

- The power of skin-to-skin contact for both baby and mother
- Safety precautions at the Birthing Pavilion, such as infant security tags and identification bands
- Important tests and procedures, like the newborn metabolic screen (PKU test), jaundice testing, and hearing screening
- The significance of the hepatitis B vaccine for your baby's health
- Hepatitis B vaccine is safe and effective for babies
- Newborns require special oxygen tests to check for heart conditions
- Babies need to eat often due to small stomachs, cluster feeding is common
- Feed babies when they show hunger cues, not on a strict schedule
- Breastfeeding has numerous health benefits for both mother and baby
- Nurses and lactation consultants can assist with breastfeeding difficulties
- Monitor wet and dirty diapers to gauge baby's eating and health
- Babies lose some weight after birth, but regain it within two weeks
- Create a safe sleep environment for baby; avoid bed-sharing
- Learn calming techniques for fussy babies; never shake a baby
- Circumcision is a personal choice; check insurance coverage
- Birth certificate and initial medical appointments will be arranged
- Clinical resource coordinator helps with discharge needs and community resources
- Use an approved car seat for baby's safety; rear-facing for the first year
- Nurses and doctors will teach parents about baby care and address any medical concerns

Dartmouth Health Children’s is the only comprehensive pediatric healthcare system in the region. Fully integrated in Dartmouth Health and anchored for more than 30 years by CHaD - Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH - Dartmouth Health Children’s promotes health, advances knowledge, and delivers the best patient and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents across New Hampshire and Vermont. Dartmouth Health Children’s conducts groundbreaking research and educates the next generations of health professionals as the primary pediatric partner of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Highly skilled and collaborative child health professionals provide care in multiple settings across the region. Outpatient specialty visits and same-day surgery services are available at CHaD and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Primary care appointments in general pediatrics are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Bedford, Concord, Lebanon, Manchester and Nashua, NH and Bennington, VT; as well as at Dartmouth Health members: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Cheshire Medical Center, New London Hospital and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center. For more information about Dartmouth Health Children’s, visit www.childrens.dartmouth-health.org or contact us at (603) 650‐KIDS.
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Birthing Pavilion at DHMC
01:14 Your Baby's First Few Hours
01:26 Skin to Skin Contact
02:36 Antibiotic Eye Ointment
02:51 Vitamin K Shot
03:23 Security in the Birthing Pavilion
04:42 Early Tests and Procedures
09:39 Feeding Your Baby
14:08 First Few Days of Poop
15:48 Sleep Patterns
17:36 Naptime and Visitors
18:32 Purple Crying
20:39 Further Tests and Treatments
21:34 Other Birthing Pavilion Activities