Learn:

• How the newborn or neonate appears in the first four weeks of life.
• The newborn’s head is amazing; it is 25% of adult weight; why the head is elongated; why the nose and chin are small.
• Average weight and length.
• Fontanels, Vernix, Witch’s Milk, Meconium, and Lanugo: what newborns have that older babies don’t.
• Assessment tools for newborns: APGAR scale, random mass spectrometry and revised Brazelton Clinical Neonatal Assessment Scale.
• Why newborns appear to walk as well as eight other reflexes.
• Do newborns feel pain? Sensory awareness.
• How newborns bond with and respond to an adult.
• Is the baby sleeping? Recognize five states of arousal.
• Advantages of breast feeding; is feeding on demand a good idea? Is it OK to prop a bottle?
• How to identify temperament; is baby easy, difficult, or slow to warm up?
• Common traumas that occur during birth.


29 minutes.
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