Experts point out that parents, especially fathers, should have a better understanding of the benefits and necessity of touch, so as to better help babies grow up healthily.
The current weather is a good time for babies to be touched. Baby touch is simply the close contact between family members and the baby's skin. Through touch, the child initially recognizes his or her parents, which is the best way to communicate emotions.
During infancy, touch is as important to a child as vitamins and protein. During touch, parents transmit love to their babies through gentle stimulation of their skin, making them feel incredibly happy and safe, stabilizing their emotions, and enhancing their confidence. In addition, touch can also help relieve babies' bloating and constipation, improve their immune system, and promote the development of their nervous system, thus increasing their intelligence.
What should new fathers pay attention to when helping their babies with touch?
When touching a baby, it is advisable to do it around twice a day for about 15 minutes each time. It is best to choose a time when the child is not tired, hungry, irritable, and is awake, such as before and after bathing, before naptime and bedtime, or between two feedings.
For fathers, it is important to control the strength when touching the baby, ensuring that the baby does not feel pain or itchiness. Fathers are usually busy with work, so they can use spare time to "divide and conquer" the touch sessions with the baby.
Fathers can often touch the baby's hands and feet, stroke the baby's back, and so on. Touch is not a mechanical operation, but an emotional communication filled with love between parent and child. The most important aspect of touch is conveying love, so fathers should smile at the baby, speak gently, and let the baby feel the father's love.
