The nurse is instructing a group of new parents about normal newborn behavior. Which attendee's statement indicates that teaching was effective?
1. My baby will be able to hear very well immediately after birth.
2. My baby will have difficulty seeing me close up right after delivery.
3. My baby should be discouraged from sucking on a pacifier if being bottle fed.
4. My baby should be trained to breastfeed by being encouraged to suck on a pacifier before feedings.
Question 2
The new father asks what his baby will experience while sleeping and awake. How should the nurse respond?
1. Babies have several sleep and alert states. Keep watching and you will notice them.
2. Newborns have two stages of sleep: deep or quiet sleep and rapid eye movement sleep.
3. You may have noticed that your child was in an alert awake state for an hour after his birth.
4. Birth is hard work for babies; it takes them a week or 2 to recover and become more awake.