It is an educational goal of many hospitals and birthing centers to promote newborn care and safety as parents take their infant home.
[1] Taking a newborn care class during pregnancy can prepare caregivers for their future responsibilities.
During the stay in a hospital or a birthing center, clinicians and nurses help with basic baby care and demonstrate how to perform it.
Having a support person stay with the newborn for a few days can give the mother the confidence to go at it alone in the weeks ahead.
Young children need vaccines because the diseases they protect against can strike at an early age and can be very dangerous in childhood.
Pathogenic microorganisms can be transmitted from other children and their diapers, and from uncooked meat, seafood, eggs, dogs, cats, turtles, snakes, birds, lizards, and soil.