Staying Indoors Post-Birth
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Kimmi
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I was all for taking my baby out just after 2 weeks and we did but now I think you should keep you baby at home for as long as possible as my poor little baby caught a nasty chest infection at such a young age. There is so many horrible things to catch out there an HK is so crowded and polluted.
carang
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i know that it's a chinese thing to stay inside for a month, but i had a dr friend in canada(an OBGYN) who said, if you take the baby home from the hospital, then he is already exposed to loads of nasties.
it doesn't really make much difference.
i never wanted to leave my son, so he came everywhere with me, including back to teh hospital when my incision got infected.
it doesn't really make much difference.
i never wanted to leave my son, so he came everywhere with me, including back to teh hospital when my incision got infected.
Well to be honest I kept my baby at home for a months. We went out to visit Dr and U.S Ambsy (passport issue) but nothing more... he always stayed inside. But I saw lots of mums these days already exposed their newborns baby in the malls,Mc donald, cafe and the beach--here in stanley . Suprised me they're fine with that.
barbwong_130
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When I had my last child she was quite ill and in the SCUB and pediatric ward for the first eight days. I asked the doctor the question, ?Should I keep her in more than I did with my other children?? But he misunderstood me and thought I was asking to go out that day. So he gave me a form to fill in and asked that I be back before his evening rounds.
I was surprised that it was fine to take her out for the afternoon as she was still a patient at the hospital but we went to the Galleria at the Peak, ate ice-cream and her older brother played in the playground there.
I must admit that a Chinese man I spoke to there was horrified that I had a week old baby out and about so I choose not to tell him that she hadn?t been discharged from the hospital yet.
I was surprised that it was fine to take her out for the afternoon as she was still a patient at the hospital but we went to the Galleria at the Peak, ate ice-cream and her older brother played in the playground there.
I must admit that a Chinese man I spoke to there was horrified that I had a week old baby out and about so I choose not to tell him that she hadn?t been discharged from the hospital yet.
If you are breastfeeding your baby it is actually ideal that the baby is always with you. When you encounter a germ your body will start to make specific antibodies for that germ. If the baby is always with you there is no chance that the baby encounters a germ that you don?t. Thus your milk will have all the antibodies to all the germs the baby comes across.
When the baby is separated from the mother it is possible that the baby comes across other germs. This is most serious for small premature babies kept in the hospital (hospital germs are usually much stronger than normal household germs). In fact some doctors recommend that the mother lick such a baby?s skin. This allows the mother to come in contact with the germs the baby has encountered and so make the specific antibodies for those germs in her milk.
Best wishes,
SARAH
When the baby is separated from the mother it is possible that the baby comes across other germs. This is most serious for small premature babies kept in the hospital (hospital germs are usually much stronger than normal household germs). In fact some doctors recommend that the mother lick such a baby?s skin. This allows the mother to come in contact with the germs the baby has encountered and so make the specific antibodies for those germs in her milk.
Best wishes,
SARAH
We kept our son home for about a week, and them had him out with us for short spells. I think it just may be a case of being careful where you take him (you can avoid MongKok or Causeway Bay, for instance) and keep the trips short and sweet. I don't subscribe to the theory to keep them home for months on end, the germs outside are no different than the ones inside, or the types he'll have to face up to eventually.
rani
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I stayed in for the first 8 weeks or so. It took me a while to get adjusted to breastfeeding, and D was nursing non-stop. I did take him to the supermarket once and a group of old ladies followed us, they wanted to touch him. I realised I made a mistake and rushed out.
At the hospital they suggested everyone wash their hands before holding the baby. We made that a rule at our house for a couple of months. I know I sound super-paranoid. Even after all of that, D got a chest infection at 8 weeks and he was hospitalised for a night.
At the hospital they suggested everyone wash their hands before holding the baby. We made that a rule at our house for a couple of months. I know I sound super-paranoid. Even after all of that, D got a chest infection at 8 weeks and he was hospitalised for a night.
I believe that you should keep the BB at home for the first 4/5weeks, just to let the BB settle into the world and familiarise themselves with people and so forth. Whether you are chinese or not.
As opposed to letting your BB start to immune from the germs in the environment and so forth... if you have your windows opened, they will still come in contact with the germs and pollution of the air, without close contact with people, and their germs, etc.
The Chinese believe that a BB in its first month should not (maybe bad luck) be allowed to leave its home, and to not go and visit/see people. That is why they usually hold a "1st month old" Baby banquet, inviting all relatives/friends to celebrate the arrival of the BB into the community.
Which is why the chinese man you met, barbwong_130, was sooo surprised.
Though, if you were the only person left in the house looking after the BB at home, and you had to see the Doc's or something, then you will have to take your BB with you. Ideally, best if you can arrange for someone to stay with the BB at home, whilst you're out.
As opposed to letting your BB start to immune from the germs in the environment and so forth... if you have your windows opened, they will still come in contact with the germs and pollution of the air, without close contact with people, and their germs, etc.
The Chinese believe that a BB in its first month should not (maybe bad luck) be allowed to leave its home, and to not go and visit/see people. That is why they usually hold a "1st month old" Baby banquet, inviting all relatives/friends to celebrate the arrival of the BB into the community.
Which is why the chinese man you met, barbwong_130, was sooo surprised.
Though, if you were the only person left in the house looking after the BB at home, and you had to see the Doc's or something, then you will have to take your BB with you. Ideally, best if you can arrange for someone to stay with the BB at home, whilst you're out.