"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."
~ John F. Kennedy
When you become a mother, you stop being the picture and start being the frame.
( A frame which bears and never transits fracas of any sort into it....)
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Let us not discourage HIM yet by bestowing health to our sweet heart cutes....
Following are the few regimen which can be adapted after the new born steps into our home....
Before going to the subject let me clear the air-----
1)Trying all the home made remedies are at our own risk..
2)Discussing it with your Paediatrician(Allo People) might end in mental chaos...Follow it only if u hav utmost faith in the system...
3)Since all the MOTHERS become the best DIAGNOSERS ( not PHYSICIANS) of the CRY & SMILE of their infants after handling the babies even within very few days -- heed to what the Mothers say.....
3)Whatever we follow or practice is secondary...but HYGIENE is primary in all those....steps....
4)Administering cow's milk in an early age leads to critical subsequences....( one of my best friend administered Go dugdha during the 1st month of her baby under the impact that it is best after STANYA ---- but she was abused by the Paediatricians like an illiterate)--- rather than this the pain the parents and the family undergoes cannot be put in words.....THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU ACT...
5)For the 1st 6 months of age ONLY STANYA is the LIFE LINE....we need not feed even water....But in practice sometimes due to the pressure from our elders @ home we can feed the babies with warm water(1-3 tsp.)( water shd be boiled well)
6)Feeding mothers are advised to take plenty of water or fruit juices or porridge like liquids...esp. during feeding process....
7)Uttering mantras or shlokas or prayer songs in minimal voice ( I feel mind voice is better...) while feeding....never watch soaps/serials...
8)Wipe baby's lips after feeding...
9)Speak with the baby as much as possible...even if we knew that they can't capture all we say....( there r many children whose development in regard to verbal power gets hampered bcoz of the very reason that parents & the elders never speak to them.)....
Hope I hav started preaching ....let me stop here...
** Last never the least( Iam helpless....I couldnt stop...pl bear with me) AVOID FEEDING BOTTLES/TEETHERS/SUCKERS to the extent possible....working women pl consider various methods of extracting STANYA and storing till u return....After 6 months of age, feed them with spoons......Feeding counsellors are available.....
TO EXPEL THE MECONIUM:
A drop of ERANDA TAIL mixed well with STANYA to be applied over the baby's tongue on 3 rd day...< pl do this at ur own risk> .(..It's better to avoid this one ...Within 24-48 hrs the infants are supposed to pass the meconium..after this expulsion even if they didn't pass bowels for 10 days the parents need not panic unless the baby becomes irritable and cries continuously...Applying warm palms( by rubbing) over the belly...applying ERANDA tail at the anal region helps most of the times.But the above said method if made under sterilised
conditions / if u r sure ab the hygienic parameters -is far better than allopathic medicines .Hence the caution of 'ur own risk '...is labelled here.
Lactating mothers if fed with greenies -baby's bowel movements can be regularised...)
TO PREVENT THE VACCINATION MARKS:
Apply NIMBA leaves+HARIDRA over the injected site....
NAMING CEREMONY:
Generally Namakaran wld be conducted on 9th/11th day and the infant wld be given its first ritual bath by the elder members of the family..followed by the auspicious poojas and other ceremonies and gatherings to welcome the new born into the family.....Ofcourse a memorable and PRIDE moments of the MOTHER and very spl for a Primi....!!the joy of the parents and the grannys knew no boundaries....Think of an expecting mother in ur closest family circle.....Isn't there a ray of joy sweeping into u.?...Yes! It does....!!!
MASSAGE -BEFORE BATHING: Usage of Til oil on new borns is at stake in many families...for it renders cold???? to the body...
Coconut oil bought to a mild heat mixed with a little coconut milk added with a pinch of Curcuma aromatica (VANA HARIDRA) is used for abhyanga...(Most of us are aware of preparation of coconut milk...to prepare it's oil -boil the c.milk continuously over mild flame and keep on stirring .....).If the oil is made @ home no need of adding the c.milk to the massaging oil....jus add VANA HARIDRA.
BATHING:
Add Amrutanjan/Vicks vaporub( Remember ,Dr.Divakar garu's Amrutanjan Doctor article) - in a bucket of hot water for bathing the baby...The mother can apply over her Chest before feeding her child...Make sure not to irritate the child...apply it mildly..( this is a weaning method ....Hence can be used when weaning becomes absolute must....by applying over the breasts...)
TILAK:
VACHA is a must at an home where Infant has stepped in...
Soak VACHA in salt water for few minutes..and expose the same into a fire lit in a lamp with TIL tail( the oil poured in the lamp plays its own part) & store the VACHA in a container....
When the Sweet hearts suffer from abdominal pain - (by this time each mother can diagnose herself the reason for her baby's cry/ cuddle...) Make a paste of this (Hygiene,Hygiene...)SWEET FLAG and apply over tongue & tummy....
( In southern parts of Bharat desh this is applied on the centre of forehead and in north ,at the corners... A separate debate...??)
AFTER BATHING:
To prevent the agitated doshas in the constitution.....the utmost care an AYURVEDIC PHYSICIAN can give/ prescribe is -
Mixture of:
1) SHUNTI
2) RAASNAA
3)JAYAPHALA (Myristica fragrans)
4)MACHIKA ( Quercus infectoria)
All these r to b boiled in milk and dried in shade and powdered...( priorly)
Make into a paste along with little HINGU after bathing the Child...and apply it over the tongue.
SHUNTI and HINGU- reduces Vaayu.
RAASNAA- reduces phlegm
JAYAPHALA- bestows good sleep
MACHIKA- prevents loose stools.
A Child is Nature's Way of Giving the World Another Chance ....
Wishing all a HAPPY SANKRANTI/PONGAL...
PONGAL'o PONGAL....
BABIES ARE THE BACK BONE OF OUR FAMILY------FARMERS ARE THE BACK BONE OF BHARAT....LET US HELP ALL THE FARMERS WHO GIVE US FOOD EVERYDAY...
JAI HIND!!!!!
