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Food, Cloth, Accommodation and Activities Care for Infants with Heart Disease at Home (II) 心臟病嬰居家照護須知(二)

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Food, Cloth, Accommodation and Activities Care for Infants with Heart Disease at Home (II) 心臟病嬰居家照護須知(二)

2024/3/21

Meal

  • Feed the infant milk on fixed hours. Do not feed the infant too much at one time. Feed in every three hours. Do not feed the infant for over a long period of time to avoid consuming too much of the strength.
  • Milk feeding techniques :
  • Massage the infant’s chin and cheek to encourage them to suck.
  • Choose feeding teats with round hole and soft texture.
  • Lift the infants head and chest as high as possible when feeding milk. Avoid lying flat.
  • Add some nutrients according to the infant’s growth under physician suggestions ( i.e. breastmilk additive ) to enhance the nutrients taken by infants.
  • To avoid aspiration pneumonia caused by choking, infants can consider feeding via nasogastric tube if the infants appear fatigue before reaching sufficient amount or experience excessively fast breathing rate.

Cloth

  • Infants can wear loose, soft and cotton cloth. Avoid wearing tight cloths or bundle tight restraining band on the abdomen and chest to avoid pulmonary expansion.
  • Do not wear excess clothes. Rule of thumb: The infant should wear as many clothes as the mother wears.
  • Provide sufficient warmth to the infants when they feel cold or are shivering. Wipe dry the infants and change the clothes when they sweat.

Accommodation

  • Keep the room temperature around 24 ~ 26℃ without being too cold or hold. Keep the air circulated.
  • Keep the room quiet and clean.
  • Infants should avoid access to public areas and contact with infected persons. Caregiver with a cold shall put on the mask. 

Activity

  • Let your baby have enough sleep every day.
  • Do not let infants engage in activities with big motion or for long period of time.
  • Stop the activities if the infants breathe faster ( over 60 times per minute ). Allow the infants to rest or give oxygen to help breathing.
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