infant care
Newborn nurturing duties
Infant care is the range of activities involved in looking after a baby—feeding, bathing, diapering, soothing, and monitoring health.
The term appears in contexts from parenting guides to daycare services: The hospital offers classes in infant care.
It encompasses both the practical skills and the broader responsibility of keeping a newborn safe and healthy.
- childcareSupervision of young ones
- feedingGiving food to
- breast pumpLactation milk extractor
- night feedingCaring for hungry infant overnight
- cuddlingAffectionate close holding
diapering · vaccinations · bonding · burping · fever management · swaddling · skin-to-skin contact · nursery · CPR training · cradle cap · tummy time · developmental milestones · first words · growth spurt · rocking · colic · bathing · fontanelle
- Childcare Tipsfirst aid, CPR, bedtime routines, child safety, home safety
- medical aidmedical aid, doctor, medical relief, surgeon, hospital
- early developmentdevelopmental delay, developmental delays, early intervention, milestones, cognitive development
- lifespan medicinepediatrics, geriatrics, neonatology, gerontology, newborn screening
- maternal healthmaternal health, maternal mortality, maternal support, maternal wellness, maternity
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
infant careelder care
Assistance for seniors
geriatric care · elderly care · senior care · end-of-life care · hospice care
infant carechild neglect
Failure to care for minors
child abandonment · child abuse · parental neglect · infanticide · child endangerment
infant careself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
self-reliance · independent living · self-sufficiency · independence · autonomy