Baby 3 months

A child of 3 months is a baby who gives more and more joy to his parents. He still continues to develop intensively, but the most important thing that he knows how to do consciously is to smile, recognizing familiar, native faces. It is the smile of a three-month baby that causes endless delight and admiration. There is information, however, not confirmed either scientifically or statistically that the infant smile has more than 70 options.

It is obvious that the options for the manifestation of parental joy are much more and for them only a small hint of a childish smile is enough. In addition, the child learns to react emotionally to the appearance of familiar people, he literally every day pleases those around him with his new skills and achievements, among which should be: 

• A small child of 3 months will perfectly recognize everyone who is regularly with him in the house. This is definitely mom and dad, maybe grandmother and grandfather. A child willingly gives his smile to strangers, since for him all people personify joy and comfort. 
• The kid is able to show his character in crying, not associated with hunger or a crowded diaper. A child may be capricious, when he is not paid attention, to protest against unpleasant for him food (complementary food). 
• The kid begins to make sound combinations, “gulits”, as if talking to his parents. 
• The child can reach out and touch the rattles hanging in front of him. 
• A baby can grab toys and even pull them into her mouth. 
• The kid is able to bend and unbend cams, often pulls them into his mouth, as well as the legs, which he begins to see and study. 
• If you put a three-month-old baby on his stomach, he should be able to raise his head and chest, leaning on his hands. 
• The kid is able to independently roll over on its side. 
• If the child is taken under the arms, he will try to rest his feet on the surface. 
• The kid holds the head much better, turns it actively. 
• The child responds well to sounds, is able to look and turn the head to show what the sound source finds.

A child of 3 months is a baby who has become much harder than in the first month of his life. On average, it is believed that by three months the child should gain in weight from 800 grams to a kilogram. The growth of the child also increases - by 3-4 centimeters. The respiratory system of the child develops, the digestion becomes more stable. It is proved that by the third month the area of the mucous membrane of the inner lining of the stomach of a young child almost triples compared with the first month of life. All the reflexes that the child received from birth (inborn) are gradually replaced by skills and conditioned reflexes.

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Baby 3 months: mode and nutrition

The feeding regimen remains almost the same - taking food in 3-3.5 hours, that is, 5-6 feeding. It is imperative to introduce a night break in feeding - this helps the mother to get enough sleep and recover from birth much faster, and it’s time for the child to train her digestive tract to eat food during the daytime. At this age, the baby doesn’t need additional food, it has enough nutrients from breast milk. After feeding the baby, it is necessary to teach him to wake up to activate the digestive functions, after an hour of quiet games the child needs to be put to bed, sleep should last about three hours (2-2.5 hours). It is necessary to switch to a four-time sleep, and at night it is necessary to teach a baby to complete sleep - at least 10 hours. Daily exercise in the fresh air remains compulsory, it is advisable to walk in any weather, of course, dressed adequately in temperature conditions.

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Baby 3 months: vaccinations

During this period, the baby must undergo a rather complicated vaccination, vaccinations against four serious, sometimes deadly diseases - from tetanus, whooping cough, diphtheria, which can lead to suffocation, and polio. The epidemic situation relating to these diseases is relatively stable throughout the world, but for reasons not yet understood, periodic outbreaks of diphtheria and then whooping cough occur. Of course, all vaccinations do not have a 100% safety guarantee, the state of the child after vaccination may be different. The purpose of vaccinations should take place against the background of the absolute health of the baby, to enable the active immune system to adequately meet the strains of viruses or bacteria. Today in pediatrics, it is customary to carefully examine the child before vaccinations, to prescribe tests to clarify the child’s health status.

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Child 3 months: typical health problems

Babies at this age should not have any diseases or their signs. But, unfortunately, absolutely healthy children today in clinical pediatric practice are not common. Perhaps these disorders and signs of disease are explained by hereditary factors, since today a healthy mother is a rarity. If parents have latent or overt chronic diseases, the baby may inherit the property and characteristics of the system or organ, but not the disease itself. Increasingly, pediatricians fix diathesis rashes in children at three months of age, intestinal colic, which was talked about very rarely fifty years ago, became almost inevitable. Both diathesis and colic are disorders of the digestive process, therefore, it is necessary to begin to solve the problem with nutrition, diet and its composition. If the baby is 3 months old while breastfeeding, the mother should adjust the diet. If the baby is on artificial feeding, it is necessary to select the mixture more carefully and exclude the supplements before the child reaches four months.

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