If you are helping a friend, take care of their baby for an afternoon,it will be useful to know certain tips as this way you can really help your friend take care of the child instead of only being there to keep your friend company.
Clean hands
It is important to make sure that your hands are clean at all times before you hold a baby or before you touch anything the baby uses. Especially when handling the baby’s food, bowls or spoons, it is very important to make sure that your hands are clean.
The burb
After feeding a baby, burping the him or her can sometimes be tricky. Therefore, learning how to burp a baby can be very useful especially if your friend has tried and is unable to get the burp out of his or her child. Learning how not only to burp a baby but also what is needed to burp a baby is important. For instance, knowing what burp cloths look like and how to use it is important. It is also helpful and important to learn how to hold a baby when burping him or her.
Holding a new born
Learning how to hold a new born baby is very important because you need to ensure that you are supporting the baby’s head and neck when holding them. Therefore, if you are not sure how to do this it is very important that you ask someone who does know. Learning how to hold a baby safely is very important and this can also give parents confidence to leave their new born baby in your arms.
Putting a baby down for a nap
Before putting a baby down for a nap you first need to know their routine as then you will know exactly when nap time should be. Trying to put a baby down for a nap earlier than their nap time can be hard as the baby will likely be wide awake. Therefore, your efforts at this could go to waste because if the baby is wide awake then he or she will not fall asleep easily.
It may take you hours before the baby is finally asleep or the baby now just not fall asleep. If you get late to put the baby down for a nap, then he or she may get cranky and this can also make it difficult to put the baby down for a nap. Therefore, knowing when to put the baby down for a nap will help the process be carried out smoothly.
Different techniques work for different baby’s depending on what the baby likes. Some baby’s may like to be sung to as this can help put them to sleep while other baby’s may prefer to be read to. There could also be baby’s that may not like any sound at all and may just like to be cradled back and forth in your arms. Therefore, finding out what the baby likes is important as then you will know which technique to use in order to put the baby to sleep.