Baby Care

Preparations for the maternity hospital cannot be done for the last minute because the list of things one will need is very long. Remember that “trip” to the maternity hospital can be sudden. And you must collect in advance all that is needed for the maternity hospital. You must always have a passport and an exchange card prepared.
The passport will allow hospital workers to make sure that you are registered and a card exchange will give a complete picture of your health. This means that emergency will not lose time.
So you should already store personal hygiene items, combined in a bright set, which you will necessarily have to take to the maternity hospital:
- Tooth brush;
- Pasta;
- Toilet soap in the soap-dish;
- Comb or brush massage;
- Toilet paper.

Probably, the list of “things to be taken to maternity hospital” will also include:
- Shampoo;
- At least your usual make-up (for those who do not want to unsettle their relatives with their haggard appearance);
- Sanitary pads of the largest size;
- Sanitary napkins – a towel for your face;
- A towel for the feet.

Apart from the above the following is required to be taken:
- Slippers (rubber is better and easier to wash);
- Gown (preferably plowed with a belt) – nightdress – bra for lactating mothers;
- Pants (better than bikini);
- A package for great things and for shoes, if you sit in a cell storage;
- Package for the dirty laundry;
- Pen and notebook (in order to sign your products in the refrigerator).

Also take some food:
- Juice or water;
- Biscuits, waffles or pastries;
- Chocolate for recuperation and good mood.
On the first day your child will need one-time diapers and sanitary napkins, a little later – the smallest things (sliders, blouse, socks, bonnet). In the maternity hospital you certainly will get diapers, but as practice shows, they are not enough. You’d better collect everything beforehand.

Green vitamins
Fresh greens satisfy the body with important vitamins and micronutrients. So let’s see how useful bunch of dill or a bouquet of lettuce can be?
Parsley and celery are rich in minerals. Thus, 100 g of parsley contains 340 mg potassium, 245 mg calcium, 79 mg sodium, 85 mg magnesium, 95 mg phosphorus, 1.9 mg iron. Those minerals in celery are less, but the salt of potassium in its counterfoils is 393 in 100 grams. Parsley is also richer in vitamin C than celery: 150 mg and 38 mg, respectively. Vitamin E in parsley is 157 mg and in celery 139 mg. These two greens also contain carotene and vitamins of group B. Celery is an excellent help for a person when he/she quickly gets tired, and essential oils of both plants are able to deter insects. If the child is not allergic, you can process his/her skin with juice of celery or parsley, and no mosquitoes can scare him/her.
Dill with its content of essential oils is even richer than parsley and celery – the content reaches 1.5%. It contains less vitamin C (100 mg per 100 grams of greenery); in addition dill gives trencherman salts of potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus. Dill tea has long been recognized as an assistant with the “concern” in the stomach even for the smallest kids, now these teas are produced even in the industry. Dill and parsley are the first spices in baby’s menu – they are added to children’s canned food from 6 months already.

Green onion, unlike its “root” contains more vitamin C (30 mg and 10 mg respectively), it is richer in salts of potassium (259 mg), calcium (121 mg), phosphorus and iron. Its essential oils can improve appetite, increase the secretion of stomach, help in the assimilation of food.

In the leaves of lettuce, there is an optimal balance of sodium and potassium. Lettuce salad among other elements also contains oxalic acid; its dark-green appearance has valuable carotene and ascorbic acid.

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