"The right way to burp a baby is to hold the baby on your shoulder and gently pat or rub the back and keep the baby upright position for 10 to 15 minutes and help the baby burp or you can make the baby sit on your lap, hold the neck of the baby and the head of the baby. With the free hand just gently pat the back of the baby. That will also help the baby burp. So we recommend to try burping the babies for atleast 10 minutes because it I not necessary that the babies will burp immediately. There are times where the baby will not burp at all. So keep the baby upright for atleast 10 to 15 minutes. After that the baby will not burp you can keep the baby down"

"WHO recommends exclusive breast feeding upto 6 months of age, which means you are not supposed to give water, digestive enzymes, honey, gripe water, animal milk, anything apart from breast milk to your baby upto the age of 6 months"

"So the WHO mandates masks for age 12 years and above and they are supposed to follow the same guidelines as adults follow. Between 5 to 11 years above 5 years is what the WHO says children can start wearing masks but it depends because there are some kids who might not cooperate on wearing masks. So it depends on child to child basis. It depends on the infectivity around that area, depends on the people in the family who are affected or not. If at all a child is between 5 to 11 years and the child is wearing a mask it is advisable that you teach the children a little bit about the mask and how to wear it and hygiene following around it like for example the mask should be the appropriate size. It should cover the nose, the mouth, the chin you have to make sure that you tell the child that the baby or child should not touch the mask again and again should not keep pulling down the mask again and again and before wearing the mask you're supposed to either use a sanitizer or use soap and water to clean your hands and correctly store the mask also. You can't just keep it lying. So to answer the question, age five and above children are allowed to wear masks"

"So first let me tell you what a preterm baby is. Ababy who is born before 37 weeks of gestation we take it as a pre-term baby. A baby who is born before 37 weeks is not supposed to be born the baby was not supposed to come out the baby was supposed to stay inside. So sometimes it can be a little difficult to manage a baby as compared to a term baby . Depending upon the gestation of the baby, that means that depending upon how early the baby is born, the pediatricians or the neonatologists decide if the baby should be sent to the mother's side or should be admitted to the ICU and the baby might need support. Most of the neonatal intensive care units have a guideline and that depends unit to unit most of them admit babies born less than either 34 or 35 weeks or whose weight is less than 1.8 or 2 kgs into the NICU. Any baby who is above this age, that this gestation or the weight they are shifted to the mother's side. Now there are a few things that you need to take care of when it comes to a pre-term baby . Pre-term babies or babies who are small for their weight, which is low birth weight babies a low birth weight babies who's less than two and a half kgs of weight such babies have low subcutaneous fat. So these babies are prone for hypothermia which means that the babies might not be able to maintain their body temperature. If the temperature of the hands and feet is as warm as the tummy of the baby then it means that the baby is normal. If the hands and feet is cold and the tummy is warm it means that the baby is going into cold stress which may eventually lead to full blown hypothermia which will eventually go there so you have to make sure that you rub the hands and feet put on socks and mittens and put some warmer clothes on the baby. Make sure that in winters especially you use woolen clothes and not just cotton clothes. You have to make sure that sometimes even if the baby is wrapped properly the baby might not be able to maintain the body temperature. In that scenario you can do something called skin to skin contact or KMC to maintain the baby's body temperature so what you do here the baby's naked body is brought in contact with the mother and around them a shawl or sweater or a blanket and this way the mother is trying to give the warmth from her body to the baby's body. So this way also the baby's body temperature is maintained so hypothermia is one thing second thing is feeding very important babies who are born preterm might not be able to feed like a term baby feeds. Why again because the baby was not supposed to come out the baby was supposed to stay inside. So feeding can be a little tricky in these babies in terms, that this the coordination between sucking and swallowing appears generally between 34-35 weeks and if your baby is born at that time you will notice that the baby doesn't swallow the milk properly . The baby might not latch at the breast the baby might not suck longer even if the baby's sucking might suck for like a few seconds and then sleep off or the baby might not finish the entire feed that baby is supposed to take. So what we recommend is that you breastfeed the baby and after that you pump out your breast milk using a breast pump or manually and then you top feed the baby with the palada. This way you ensure that the baby has taken the adequate amount of feed because you know once the baby is breast feeding you wouldn't know how much the baby has taken and like I said the baby might not breastfeed really well so you give measured feeds to the baby and the third thing is infection very important any baby for that matter is prone for infection because their immunity is low . Preterm babies all the more so you have to follow the same guidelines you wash your hands with soap and water you sanitize your hands make sure that who's coming in contact with the baby is healthy and not sick and so the basic hygiene guidelines have to be followed. How to raise a preterm baby - I have talked about how to care for a preterm baby. Raising a preterm baby maybe would be the same as the term baby. The only thing that you have to be a little vigilant about is the development of the baby so at 3-6-9 months post birth, you make sure that the baby is either evaluated by a Pediatrician or a Developmental Pediatrician to see how the development is going and then every time the baby comes for vaccination. You can keep checking and monitoring the growth in terms of height weight and head circumference of the baby"

"What happens is when the baby is inside the mother's womb whatever nutrient is needed for the baby oxygen and the nutrients is given through the placenta umbilical cord to the baby. When the baby is born the umbilical cord is cut. At the same time the baby starts crying which is equivalent to breathing in newborn babies and oxygen is supplied to all the major organs of the body . If the baby doesn't cry that means that the oxygen is not being delivered to the organs of the baby. When the oxygen is not delivered it means that the functioning of that particular organ is going to be hampered and when the baby breathes or cries oxygen is delivered through the heart and you know pumping of their heart to all the organs at the same time. So all the organs are basically affected if the baby doesn't cry at birth because we know oxygen is very important to sustain life. So to answer the question if the baby doesn't cry it affects the organs all the organs most importantly the brain but does it happen immediately? No because most of the deliveries that happen are attended by a pediatrician or a neonatologist be it in a hospital or a nursing home or even the government hospitals PHC, CHC, the delivery is attended by a pediatrician or neonatologist. So if the baby doesn't cry at birth the pediatrician the doctor will give an artificial breath to the baby using equipments like a Ambu bag or an I Puff or a Neopuff so even if the baby is not breathing we will give an artificial breath to the baby and ensure oxygenation. But if the baby doesn't cry for a very long time say 10 minutes and we are trying to give artificial breath to the baby. Beyond that time that can have harmful effects . So if your baby doesn't cry at birth and we give a respiratory support to the baby and the baby starts crying say within 10 seconds or 30 seconds or less than one minute the effects are not detrimental but then if it goes beyond. The longer the baby goes without crying and we have to give artificial breathing to the baby the poorer the baby's condition would be and the higher the effect of non-oxygenation would be"

"Autism symptoms can be picked up from 6 months and most commonly picked up from 6 to 18 months. The earlier the symptoms are picked up the better is it to start with occupational therapy. The sooner symptoms are picked up the better is it for the baby. Parents can monitor developmental milestone at home or pediatricians can pick this up when baby is brought for Vaccination. The most common symptoms of autism which can help discover Autism are developmental delays like: Developmental delay in speech Baby might fixate at an object Baby might not respond to their names baby might not point at things"