1st month of your baby 🚼

 °Weight and size
 °Sensory development
 °Motor development
 °Social development
 °Baby's daily routine

Weight and size:

• Normal weight of a newborn: 2.5 - 4.5 kg
• Average weight of a newborn: 3.5 kg
• Under weight: below 2.5
• Overweight: above 4.5 kg
• Newborn loss 8 ounces weight in first 5 days. Then regain it
• 1 month old baby weight: 4.2 kg

• Normal size and length of new born: 19 - 20 inches 
• Normal size or length of 1 month old baby : 21.1 inches

Sensory development:

• Eyesight: can see objects at distance of 8 - 10 inches 
• Hearing: middle ear is full of fluid so baby can hear high pitched sounds 
• Touch: light touch and little tickling 
• Speech: cry is the only source of communication at the age of 1 month 

Motor development:

• Head control is not developed properly 
• During tummy time may place head in one direction 
• Primitive reflexes like rooting and grasping reflex is still present
• Arms and legs movements are purposeless

Social development:

• Attached to the primary caregiver
• May starts smiling 

Baby's daily routine:

• Feeding: 1 month old baby feeds after every 2 hours and may have long sessions of feeding. You can only give formula milk or breastfeed.
• Poop: first five days baby excrete meconium after that baby's poop wil become bright yellow to brown (normally). Change diaper after every 3-4 hours. 
• Playing time: softly touch your baby, give a massage, do some light exercise like cycling of legs, talk or sing to your baby and use some bright colour toys for your baby. Do tummy time. 
• Sleep time: 1 month old baby sleeps 14 to 17 hours a day.