Baby Hands and Feet Cold
Hands and feet feel cold baby? Do not worry! It’s a normal newborn.
When the hands and feet felt cold little baby, do not always mean the baby was cold. During the chest and stomach still feels warm when touched, and the surface of the skin does not look a bluish, the baby actually “safe” course.
Immature body systems. Even if your baby was born just months, but in reality not all systems in the baby’s body can function optimally. Thus, many body systems that still need to continue the process of growth and development and maturation.
Well, one of the body systems that have not been fully developed in newborns is a circulatory system or blood circulation. This condition causes the body to prioritize the baby’s blood circulation flow to organs important advance. Namely, the internal organs that would be needed to support metabolic processes supporting life. For example, brain, lungs, and heart. Only after that, the blood flow directed to the organs of the body. Hands and feet, including organs most recently for blooded.
Help warm the body. The existence of the limited ability of heart function and circulatory system baby, blood flow is often slow and long to reach the hands and feet. This is what causes the hands and feet felt cold baby when touched, and the skin of the palms and soles of her feet looked a little pale.
The entire circulatory system of the baby usually takes about 3-4 months to grow and reach maturity stages. This will take place in line with the more active the baby moving and active.
Some of the following ways can help warm the baby’s body, especially if the weather had been cold, or if you want to take him out of the house.
Sheath socks and gloves specifically for babies.
The body of a baby blanket.
Use thick enough clothes and cover her head with a baby hat.
However, you need to remember:
Do not wrap the baby’s body or membedong too thick and fast, so the baby so hard to move.
Do not wrap your baby all day! But, just until the hands and feet were warm, and his skin was pink. Take off socks, gloves, blankets, and hat, then let the baby wear ordinary clothes warm enough.