Infant Care

Newborns extremities are bluish because of circulation deficit at birth

lung sacs in babies stay open so they don't have to work so hard.

• 0-10 score taken at one and three minutes to determine how they infant is doing based on
• Appearance pulse grimace activity respiratory effort

the encouragement of attachment between parents and child

produced in utero to keep baby warm once it is used no more in produced. Only found in term infants

is an accumulation of blood between the bones of the skull stops mid line due to the pressure of birth. Fluids will quickly be absorbed.

accumulation of fluid within a newborns scalp caused by pressure of birth

part or all of the foreskin of the penis is removed for personal reasons

the peeling of cracked dry skin like that found on an infant

face to face mother and child when speaking.. a fore of bonding

urinary meatus found on top upper side of the penis

white gray small bumps found the mouths hard and soft palate of infants

red raised rash found on infants

soft spots in between skull bones they fuse together after birth so that during birth they can reshape to fit through the vaginal canal

the light milk in the first few moments of breastfeeding ( after the colostrum has been depleted) is low in fat

one of the first tests ran is for this..an infants hereditary inability to digest this a certain type of sugar

the milk that appears at the end of the feeding and is high in fat and calories

when the urinary meatus is found on the underside of the penis near the scrotum

underdeveloped thyroid function

the inner part of the eye closest to the nose

fine downey hair on face shoulders and back of an infant usually loses this

inflammation of the breast where bacteria enters the breast usually via the infants mouth. It causes the woman much pain antibiotics given

the first greenish blackish stool of an infant tarry appearance

pinhead sized white spots caused by unopened oil and sweat glands

elongation of the head caused by the overlapping of skull bones to fit through the canal

appear as a darkened bruise on none white babies on their behind shoulders and lower back usually disappear in years

a child for the first 28 days out of the uterus

blindness to an infant caused by gonnorhea or Chlamydia passed by mom

outside of the eye closest to the ear

when opening of foreskin is so small that it can't retract

flat purple red area with sharp borders permanent birthmark

penile foreskim

caused by hormones girl infants may have blood tinged discharge at or shortly after birth

excess secretions and dead skin cells or urine that is collected in the foreskin when uncircumsized

a small mark of babies on their eyelids or on their forehead may fade during infancy

a chemical that stabilizes the wall of the alveoli and allows the sacs to stay partially opened

thick white cheesy stuff that covers the infant in utero composed of epithelial cells protects the skin from the drying effects of amniotic fluids