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Tips for caring for baby at home
Saint Elizabeth has some great information to help you enjoy seeing how your baby is developing each month! You’ll learn tips on playing with your baby, how to encourage interaction with baby.
My baby is 1 month
My Baby at 2-3 months
My Baby at 4-6 months
My Baby at 7-9 months
My Baby at 10-12 months
What if my baby gets sick or inured?
Saint Elizabeth offers an incredibly easy way for parents to figure out how to treat minor injuries or illnesses as a baby---and other children---grow up. Our online Child Care Topics walk you through step-by-step how to treat minor illnesses or injuries, when to call the doctor, and when to call 9-1-1!
This will become one of your favorite personal tools! No more worrying about when to call the doctor, what to do or whether the situation is really an emergency. Check it out in advance using the link below. You may even want to save it as a shortcut on your desktop computer.
Tips for YOU after you take baby home
You'll get greater enjoyment in your new role as mom — and it will be much easier — if you care for both yourself and your new baby. For example:
• When your baby sleeps, take a nap. Get some extra rest for yourself!
• Set aside time each day to relax with a book or listen to music.
• Shower daily.
• Get plenty of exercise and fresh air — either with or without your baby, if you have someone who can babysit.
• Schedule regular time — even just 15 minutes a day — for you and your partner to be alone and talk.
• Make time each day to enjoy your baby, and encourage your partner to do so, too.
• Lower your housekeeping and gourmet meal standards — there's time for that later. If visitors stress you, restrict them temporarily.
• Talk with other new moms (perhaps from your birthing class) and create your own informal support group.