Angela Onwuzoo Child health experts have said that when visiting a newborn, friends, neighbours, and family members should respect the family’s boundaries and practice good hygiene to avoid transmitting germs. While it is also important to be up to date on immunisations, as this protects the baby from infections, the paediatricians said visitors having unhindered access to newborns exposes them to the risk of infections. Of particular concern to paediatricians is kissing newborns by visitors, warning that kissing newborns exposes them to the risk of infections that their immunity might not be able to withstand.
The physicians also kicked against the habit of allowing people to have unrestricted access to newborn babies by some parents. The child specialists who disclosed this during exclusive interviews with PUNCH HealthWise, urged parents to discourage these habits and stop exposing their newborns to health hazards. A Consultant Paediatrician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State, Dr.
Oluwabunmi Mokuolu, told our correspondent that a lot was wrong with visiting kissing newborn babies. Mokuolu, noted,” You don’t know what they are harbouring. Some of these people carry babies, and some of them have allergies like colds for example.
“By the time you are kissing the baby, colds are usually transmitted by viruses, you are indirectly transferring these viruses to these babies. “So, you are increasing their chance/chances of having a cold and other v.
