Both temperature and nutrition are important in premature infant care

The care of premature babies is a particularly important link, especially body temperature and nutrition, which are particularly beneficial to the child's growth and health. Therefore, many families with premature babies pay special attention to their children's body temperature and nutrition. Therefore, in order to do a good job in this aspect of care, many families want to know specifically the importance of premature baby care body temperature and nutrition. In order for you to understand it as soon as possible, let's take a look at the following introduction.

Premature baby care 1. Maintaining premature fetal body temperature

Maintaining premature fetal body temperature is a key focus in the care of premature infants born at 35 weeks. In fact, keeping warm is very important for both premature babies and full-month-old babies. Compared with full-month-old babies, the body temperature center of premature babies is not fully developed, they have less subcutaneous fat, dissipate heat quickly but produce less heat, which can easily lead to hypothermia or neonatal scleredema. Therefore, keeping warm is particularly important in the care of premature babies.

Generally, an incubator is used to maintain the body temperature of premature fetuses. As long as the baby weighs less than 2000g or has scleredema, it should be placed in a well-adjusted incubator to keep warm. In order to keep the body temperature of premature babies at 36.5-37℃, the appropriate temperature and humidity should be adjusted according to the weight and gestational age. In addition, the use of an incubator to keep warm actually makes it easier for doctors to concentrate treatment and care on babies, and avoids opening the door too often to reduce conductive heat dissipation.

Premature baby care 2. Nutrition should be comprehensive

Premature babies have relatively weak constitutions, so when caring for premature babies at 35 weeks, we must pay attention to nutritional supplements in all aspects. Breast milk is the first choice for nutritional supplements for newborn babies, because the nutrients contained in breast milk are most suitable for baby's digestion and absorption, with high bioavailability. In addition, the immune proteins and immune cells it contains can reduce the infection rate of diarrhea, respiratory tract and skin in infants, and can better promote the growth and development of premature babies.

Experts recommend that premature babies weighing more than 2000g and with good sucking and swallowing abilities should have close contact with their mothers and be breastfed early on. However, when breastfeeding, be careful to pat the baby's back while breastfeeding to prevent choking, spitting up milk, and vomiting.

For some babies with particularly weak sucking ability and swallowing reflex, doctors can use silicone nylon tube to make a gastric tube of appropriate length and insert the tube for nasogastric feeding. Generally, the gastric tube is inserted into the stomach first and then 2 ml of warm water is injected. Then the expressed breast milk is slowly injected with a syringe. However, remember to pay attention to the operation method, insertion depth and precautions. After the premature baby's sucking and swallowing ability is restored, normal feeding should be adopted. Pay attention to the amount of milk from small to large, in small amounts and multiple times, at a slow speed, and change the baby's position after feeding to avoid causing vomiting of the baby.

The above content has given a detailed introduction to the temperature care and nutrition of premature babies. Therefore, for many mothers, they must first ensure that the body temperature of their premature babies is normal, and also supplement them with richer nutrition. Because only when these two aspects are done better can they ensure that their children can grow normally through temperature care and nutritional supplements.