Consider the main characteristics that distinguish the development of a two-month-old child.
The chair in the second month of the child's life can be from one to four times per day, viscous, light yellow. Parents should immediately consult a doctor if the child's chair has changed color or consistency, for example, gaining a dark green color and becoming watery. And especially not to hesitate, if the child began to lose weight.
The majority of young parents are very worried, seeing that the child immediately begins to regurgitate immediately after feeding. In such cases, they try not to disturb him and put them back into the crib as carefully as possible. But practice suggests that you should not rush to do this, because while eating a child with milk captures a little air. Therefore, we advise you to hold the baby in the upright position (the so-called "pillar") after feeding, and you will soon surely hear how the child spontaneously belches the air, and not the milk. There is another very important rule: after feeding, in no case put the child on his back, because at the time of regurgitation milk can get into the respiratory tract, and this is very dangerous.
But also it should be remembered that regurgitation and vomiting are very similar and they need to be able to distinguish. When regurgitating (this is a purely physiological process), the milk, which the child has vomited, has a white "pure" color and a normal odor. But if the color of the milk is yellowish, the mass is curdled, and the odor is unpleasantly acidic - this is vomiting. In such cases, you should immediately consult a doctor.
In the first two to three months of life, a child may be hiccuped. No, this is not a disease - this is a contraction of the diaphragm and it does not cause any discomfort to the baby, the only thing that can cause a hiccup is regurgitation.
If the hiccup has begun, do not get irritated at all and, of course, try not to worry your child. There are several causes of hiccups, the main ones are overfeeding and hypothermia. It will be best to hide the baby and give him a warm drink - this will help him cope with hiccough. As a drink, or a few teaspoons of tea, or just boiled water.
The sebaceous glands of the skin during this period also develop very actively - so do not forget about the hygiene of the outer covers of the baby. After all, their skin is still very tender and can not independently resist unfavorable factors. Remember that in time the changed diaper will protect your baby from diaper rash. Obstrium is redness in the areas of the skin, where it most often contacts moisture, and this, as you have already understood, is a diaper. From the beginning there is an erythema, then the redness develops into blisters and finally, the blisters burst, causing the child a lot of painful sensations. To avoid this, change the baby's diaper in time and carefully take care of its skin with napkins, powders and baby cream.
Each month of a newborn's life is full of features, and in the second month of your child's life you may encounter a problem such as a scabbard. Straps appear on the scalp, and the cause is an excess of secretions from the skin glands. In appearance they resemble a scaly crust. But do not rush to tear them off immediately, because you can injure the scalp and infect. Everything is much simpler: at night make a compress with vegetable oil, and the next day during bathing, gently with soap, wash everything - and the wisps themselves will disappear.
Do not leave the child permanently in one position. From lying in one position, his weak muscles quickly get tired - and he becomes restless. Moreover, the long-term and monotonous position is very unfavorable for the shape of the child's head, because the fontanelles are still open and the skull is very plastic. Help the child to lie on different sides and lay out on the tummy more often, thus you will avoid such moments of curvature of the skull of the baby. In addition, do not forget that at this age the baby should already keep the head itself - and laying on his tummy will help speed up the process.
At the age of two months, visit the polyclinic at least once every two weeks. Even if your baby does not bother, it will not be superfluous to see a pediatrician on a regular basis.
Do not forget that in the second month the marigolds of the child require special attention. The nails of infants grow very quickly, and you will regularly cut them. The child became more active and in those moments when he will swing his pens, he can accidentally scratch his face. But be extremely careful during the procedure for cutting nails, because if you hurt him, he will develop a conditioned reflex to this process - and next time he will not allow you to cut your nails and will be capricious.
As you can see, the development in the second month of life of a child makes a leap forward - it becomes more active, but with it parents have additional worries and worries. However, these efforts are pleasant!