A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother
-Mark Twain

Dear Parents,
Nursing your baby is a challenge, a responsibility, a privilege, and above all, a thrilling experience. You have no choice but to undergo this exciting involvement in the growth process of your children. The only choice you have is how to do it carefully or carelessly or in other words as well informed parents or as ignorant parents.

As a mother, your task starts the moment you have conceived. You have to provide the per-natal care to the baby inside you with the help and guidance of your Health Care Provider. However, your real challenge starts the day your child has come out of your body. It demands from you to:

Keep Your Baby Neat and Clean: An infant is highly vulnerable to infection. It is imperative therefore not only to keep him/her clean but also the environ. Ensure that any body wishing to hold your baby has clean hands and is not having any infection.

Breast-feet Your Child: If possible feed your baby on your milk. Beast milk is not only a feed for your child but also the medicines and tonic that he may need as an infant. It will protect your child from stomach upsets, diarrhoea and constipation, and skin troubles.

Breast-Feeding has other important advantages as well. The most important are:

                  * As a mother you will  feel better yourself psychologically.
                  * Your pelvic organs will return to normal more quickly
                  * The quality of your skin will improve. Breast feeding is nature’s
                     one of the ways to keep a woman young and beautiful

Monitoring The Weight: Babies grow fast. For the first few days after the birth a baby may lose a few ounces, but he/she is usually back to birth weight by tenth day. After this, your baby should gain from four to seven ounces a week for the first three months. By the time the baby is six months old, he/she should be double of his/her birth weight and tripled after the completion of one year.

Dressing Your Baby: Dress your baby suitably to the season. Ensure that his/ her clothes are loose enough to give him/her enough room to quick and squirm for developing his/her muscles.