About a child’s routine from the moment he is born until he gets on his feet

As for the regime of pregnant women and women close to childbirth, we will write about this in separate articles. Regarding the regime of a newborn with a balanced nature, learned people said that the first duty is to cut the umbilical cord, leaving it at four fingers, then tie it with loosely twisted clean wool so that it does not hurt; After this, you need to put a piece of cloth moistened with olive oil on this place. After cutting the umbilical cord, you need to take equal amounts of turmeric, dragon's blood, anzarut, cumin, aushna and myrrh, grind them and sprinkle them on the umbilical cord. After this, you need to rush to wash the child’s body with slightly salted water so that the surface of the body hardens and his skin becomes stronger. It is best to mix a little bloodberry, costus, sumac, fenugreek and satara with salt. The nose and mouth should not be wetted with salt water. We considered it necessary to immediately strengthen the child’s body because at first he experiences discomfort from everything that touches his body and everything seems hard and cold to him. This comes from the softness of his skin and his warmth. For this reason, every thing for him is cold, hard and rough. If the child is too dirty and wet, it will be necessary to wash it a second time with salt water. Then you need to bathe him in warm water. At the same time, you constantly need to clean his nostrils with your fingers with trimmed nails. After this, you need to drop a little olive oil into your eyes. You also need to tickle the anus with your little finger so that it opens, while being careful of the effects of cold.

When the umbilical cord falls off, which happens after three to four days, it is best to sprinkle shell ashes, or calf sinew ashes, or burnt tin ground in wine, on the navel.

When it comes to swaddling a child, it is necessary for the recipient to first gently touch with her fingertips and knead parts of his body. At the same time, she must expand what it is desirable to expand, and narrow what it is desirable to narrow, in order to give each part of the body a more beautiful shape. All this should be repeated several times by lightly feeling with your fingertips. You constantly need to wipe your eyes with something like silk. You should also apply slight pressure to the bladder to make it easier to pass urine. Then you need to extend both of the child’s arms so that the elbow part of his hands touches his knees. The child's head is wrapped in cloth or a suitable cap is put on. They put him to sleep in a room with moderate air, that is, neither cold nor hot; In this case, it is necessary that there is shadow and twilight in the room, that is, harsh light should not penetrate there. It is also necessary that in the cradle his head should lie higher than the rest of the body, and care must be taken that his neck, limbs and spine do not bend.

In summer you need to bathe your child with moderately hot water, and in winter hotter, but not scalding. It is best to bathe your baby and wash him with hot water after a long sleep. Sometimes you can bathe two or three times a day; at the same time, in the summer you can gradually switch to less warm water, but in winter you should bathe only with water of moderate warmth. You need to bathe him until his body becomes hot and red. Then remove it from the water.

When bathing, you need to protect his ears from getting water. During bathing, the child should be held as follows. First, the bather places the baby with his chest, not his stomach, on his left hand and holds him with his right hand. Then, while washing, he tries to have both of the child’s palms lightly and gently touch his back, and his feet touch his head. Then the child is dried with a soft cloth and slowly wiped, first laying him on his stomach and then on his back. During all this time, they do not stop stroking, feeling and shaping his members. Then they bring the child into the proper position, swaddle him and drop sweet olive oil into his nose, which washes his eyes and cleanses the membranes of the eyes.