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February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Calling all new moms!

As a pediatrician, I see and speak with new moms all day long. And I often advise them to do things that I am not sure they feel comfortable doing- like putting eye drops in their child’s eyes for pink eye, or taking a rectal temperature, or giving their baby a bath for the first time.

As a mom, I try hard to remember how intimidating it was –and believe me, even as a pediatrician it is intimidating-

So Deana ( Deana’s Dish) and I have decided to make some short videos ( 1-2 minutes each) about some of the things you are expected to do as a new mom that your pediatrician may forget to talk to you about- or you may be embarrassed to ask- demonstration videos to post on the ModernMums.com blog -

But - what do you want to see? What would you consider helpful?

Below is a list of the suggestions I have been given- please add your suggestions in the comments!- we are due to begin filming in March and they will get posted to this site shortly after that- but I want them to be helpful and fun- so please let me know.

  • Bathing your newborn
  • Umbilical cord care
  • Putting in Eye drops
  • Taking a rectal temperature
  • Giving liquid medicine
  • Giving a suppository

Please let me know what other ideas you might want to see as teaching videos- short, fun and helpful!

In the meantime…these are some of MM’s favorite funny kid videos fresh from YouTube:

Thanks so much-

Natalie