How To Keep Your Baby Healthy During Monsoon Season

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Pitter patter rain drops or heavy showers are
really a sense of relief from the sultry heat.
All of us including you, as first-time mums and
dads are extremely happy to welcome the rain.
However, at the same time, this season turns out
to be a real challenge for you. As with the
arrival of the monsoon, you will have many
uninvited guests like mosquitoes and
infection-causing germs, which are certainly
unhealthy for your newborn. In such cases, the
first thing on your mind should be your newborns
baby health and safety in monsoon. But how? Read
on to find out.
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Ways To Take Care Of Your Baby During The Rains
Indoors
Since water-borne diseases increase in leaps and
bounds, during this season, your newborn is
susceptible to falling sick during this time.
Therefore, you, as first-time parents should be
extra careful about safeguarding your little one
from the monsoon woes. It could be anything from
pre-checking your indoors to keeping your child
away from anyone whos not well, in this rainy
season. So, here are few tips of baby care in
monsoon season for you as first-time parents
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Start By Keeping Your Indoors Clean
Give your careful eyes to every nook and corner
of your house like the garden area, bathrooms,
balconies, and kitchen for any sign of leakage,
or damps, or puddles during this season. If so,
take action to fix these parts of your house, to
prevent you and your little one from mosquitoes
and infection-causing germs. Use disinfectant
floor cleaners to not just keep your floors
clean, but also keep the corners of your
household dust-free. Also, use a vacuum cleaner
to dust off the furniture, and sofa, and brush
off the carpet every day during this season. If
required, get pest-control done before the rainy
season hits.
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Keep The Mosquitoes Away From Your Little One
Mosquito bites are extremely painful for your
little one. You will also notice that due to
mosquito bites your baby has developed small red
swellings on some parts of his or her body.
Therefore, when you put your little one to sleep
during the afternoon or at night you may either
choose a mosquito net or mosquito repellent made
out of herbal products like peppermint and
lemongrass oil.
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Keep Your Hands Clean Always
Hands are the gateway, through which
infection-causing germs find their way to enter
you and your little ones body. Try your best to
keep your nails short and wash your hands before
you touch or hold your child.
Keep Your Little One Clean and Dry
During this season, on one hand, the rains can
bring down the temperature of the surrounding
area, on the other hand, the humidity tends to
rise as the trapped heat escapes. Such a weird
weather combination makes your little one feel
both hot and cold at the same time.  So take the
following necessary steps to keep your little one
clean and dry.
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Keep Wipes Handy and Your Baby Go Nappy-free
Keeping a few wipes handy is generally necessary
for your baby care in monsoon. Moreover, in this
season, since humidity can make him or her sweat
a lot and hold a lot of moisture like in the
armpits, ears, genitals, etc., use the wipes on
your little one repeatedly during the day, and
keep those areas clean. Alternately, repeatedly
check your babys nappy, and allow him or her to
be nappy-free at times during this season so that
your baby doesnt develop nappy rashes. As wet
diapers are the breading ground of diaper rashes
and fungal infections.
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Make Your Little One Wear Warm Cotton Clothes
Since this weather is a weird combination of hot
and cold, make your newborn wear light cotton
clothes. Cotton fabrics are a newborn monsoon
essential that is also breathable and comfortable
on your little ones skin.
Use Suitable Oil For Your Little Ones Sensitive
Skin
Many of you as new parents follow the ancient
Indian tradition to massage your little one with
mustard oil. However, these days different types
of baby oils like extra virgin olive oil and
extra virgin coconut oil are available in the
market to massage your baby.
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Bathe Your Baby After An Oil Massage
Once youre done massaging your newborn, you can
plan to bathe your baby in lukewarm water, almost
daily, even during this season. Keep a fresh
towel handy after youve finished bathing your
little one and pat your baby dry.
Prepare Fresh Food For Your Baby and Keep The
Utensils Sterilised
If youre giving formula food to your newborn,
ensure that it prepares in boiled water to
eradicate any chances of infection. If your
little one is slightly grown-up and you have
introduced him or her to solid food, give him or
her freshly prepared food for each meal. Also,
remember to keep all the utensils that your baby
is using absolutely clean and sterilised. As
during this season, it is common that mould can
get in the bottle or the teats of sippy cups and
food can get spoiled fast due to the humidity,
which is unhealthy for your little one.
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Keep Consulting The Doctor
Since your newborn has more chances of falling
sick, he or she might be affected by the
monsoon-induced illness, indicating an onset of
viral infection like catching a cold, sneezing,
fever, etc. Therefore, if you happen to notice
your little one falling sick with a cough and
cold, consult the doctor immediately.
Ways To Take Care Of Your Baby During The Rains
Outdoors
At times, even during the season, both of you may
feel like going out to get a breath of fresh air.
So, take these measures in order to be careful of
germs and infections harming your newborn infant
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Staying Away From Dirty Areas
These areas may include dense shrubs or overgrown
grass or a lot of puddles. The chances of
mosquitoes, and infection-causing insects can
also be high in these areas, which can be harmful
to your child.
Staying Away From Crowds
Maybe youre in a playground or garden with your
little one in the pram or stroller, try not to go
to the part which is crowded with a lot of
people. Who knows, in this season, one or two of
them might carry infection-causing germs, have a
fever, or cough with a cold?
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Use Techniques To Keep Your Little One Safe From
The Mosquitoes
Go to the park or garden with your little one by
making him or her different types of clothes. In
fact, make him or her wear a full-sleeved dress
or full-sleeved shirt and pants. Along with the
clothes needed for the baby, use the mosquito
creams on your babys body to keep them away.
Carry Healthy Food and Water While Youre Out
With Your Little One
Try not to give street food, and water or fruit
juices from the roadside hawkers. They may be
unhealthily stored and can easily make your baby
sick.
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Vaccinate Your Little One Before The Rainy Season
Comes In
Your babys paediatrician might suggest you to
give him or her a flu shot before the monsoon
hits. These shots can prevent your baby from
fever, cough, cold, vomiting, or diarrhoea. We
hope that both you and your little one can make
the best use of the weather with these monsoon
baby care tips for first-time parents, and be
sure of your newborns health care. To find some
more interesting first-time parenting advice on
baby care and the benefits of cord blood banking
follow our blog page.
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