How to perform newborn touch?

Baby touch is gentle touch and loving verbal communication with newborns. Its physiological and psychological benefits have been widely appreciated by the health care community. In fact, it has been proven that infant touch can stimulate the infant’s lymphatic system and strengthen resistance; increase infant sleep and improve sleep quality; help calm the infant’s emotions and reduce crying; promote mother-infant emotional communication and promote lactation; in addition, touch can also promote infant dietary absorption and hormone secretion to achieve weight gain, relieve infant gas and bloating, and firm muscles. 1, the preparation before touch. (1) maintain a suitable room temperature (about 25 ℃) and touch time (about 20 minutes) to ensure comfort and 15 minutes without disturbance. (2) Use a comfortable position, choose a quiet, clean room, and play some soft music as background. (3) Choose an appropriate time for touching. Babies should not be too full or too hungry, and touching is best done after a baby’s bath. (4) Before touching, prepare towels, diapers, replacement clothes, pour some baby oil on your palms and rub them together to warm your hands. 2, the steps of touch. (1) Face (to soothe the tightness of the face): Take an appropriate amount of baby oil or baby lotion and push outward from the center of the forehead with both thumbs to create a smile. For the eyebrows, eye sockets, mid-face and chin, also use both thumbs to push outward and create a smile. (2) Chest (smooth breathing cycle): Place both hands on both sides of the rib cage, slide the right hand upward toward the baby’s right shoulder and recover, and do the same with the left hand. (3) Hands (to increase flexible response): drop the infant’s hands, squeeze his arms with one hand and gently squeeze from the upper arm to the wrist, then massage the wrist with the fingers. Massage the other hand in the same way. Hold the small arm with both hands, roll it up and down, and gently flick the infant’s wrist and small hand. In the premise of ensuring that the hand does not hurt, use the thumb to massage from the palm of the hand to the fingers. (4) Abdomen (helps with bowel movement): Massage the abdomen in a clockwise direction, but do not massage the area until the umbilical scab has fallen off. Use the tips of your fingers to massage the infant’s abdomen from the operator’s left to the right, the operator may feel the bubbles moving under the fingers. You can do the “I LOVE YOU” bonding experience by drawing an English letter “I” from top to bottom on the infant’s left abdomen with the right hand, then drawing a backward “L” from left to right in the direction of the operator. “L”, and finally a backwards “U” from left to right. When doing the above actions, say “I love you” in a caring tone to convey love and care. (5) Legs (to increase motor coordination): Massage the infant’s thighs, knees, and calves, gently squeezing from the thighs to the ankles, and then massage the ankles and feet. Next, hold the infant’s calves in both hands, roll them up and down, and gently flick the infant’s ankles and feet. While making sure the ankle is not hurt, massage from the heel to the toes with the thumbs. (6) back (soothe the back muscles): hands flat on the infant’s back, massage from the neck down, then gently massage the muscles on both sides of the spine with the fingertips, then again from the neck to the lower end of the spine in a roundabout motion. 3, cautions for touch. (1) for newborns each touch for fifteen minutes can be, generally three times a day to touch. According to the baby’s needs, once the baby feels satisfied that should stop. (2) When the baby is teething, facial touch and kissing can relax the muscles of the face. (3) Touch gently at first and gradually increase the pressure so that the infant can slowly adapt. (4) Do not force the baby to stay in a fixed position. If the baby cries, try to quiet him first before continuing. Stop touching once the baby cries a lot. (5) Do not let the baby’s eyes touch the oil.