Corona is a new type of virus, also known as Covid19. It spreads rapidly. The incubation period - i.e. the time from infection to the onset of symptoms - is short. The drastic progressions are frequent and dramatic. There are fears that our healthcare system could be overburdened with the care of so many seriously ill patients. Drastic cuts in professional and social life have therefore been ordered and everyone is slowly beginning to realise the seriousness of the situation
The Robert Koch Institute, which is responsible for assessing the dangers of infectious diseases, describes the risk level as "high". However, the institute's specialists also fear that this danger will not be short-lived, but that we must be prepared for this disease to threaten us for several years.
Nobody knows today what this will look like. Whether a long-term effective vaccine can be found quickly is currently a matter of hopeful speculation. Everyone must be prepared for the fact that this disease will challenge us. Parents will be particularly challenged. But - and this is comforting - parents are used to challenges. Every mum's day is a real challenge. Children are born to be a challenge. Every day. And they're fun. Every day, too. That's the consolation for all the fears and worries that mums have.
However, protecting yourself from the new coronavirus is a particular challenge for you as a mother. On the one hand, you have to protect yourself from the disease. On the other hand, you must of course protect your baby from the disease. And at the same time, you need to be able to understand your baby well in order to understand their needs. It is important that you can judge whether your baby is healthy or whether it is ill and needs medical help. The good thing is: you can learn all this. That's exactly what the infant care course is for. Because as a mum, you are the expert carer of your little one. In the infant care course, you will learn everything your baby has already learnt in the womb. But you will also learn what it cannot yet do, which organs are not yet fully developed and how you can support your child in its further development. You will learn how to recognise what your baby needs when it cries and how you can best breastfeed it. Breast milk not only protects babies from allergies. But also against infectious diseases. That's why breastfeeding is especially important in uncertain times. But breastfeeding is not a sure-fire success. It's not just you, the mum, who has to learn, but also your baby. In this course, you will learn how to do this and how to overcome the first uncertainties and hurdles. Of course, you should also know how to handle the baby. In other words, how to hold and care for the baby in the best possible way, how to change nappies and how to bathe the baby well.
Notdiensthebamme.de offers various online courses and counselling sessions to provide mothers and fathers with uncomplicated support from home.
What you were previously able to learn in classroom courses together with other pregnant women and mums, you now have to learn at home. But you can do this in your own time and at your own pace. Especially when it comes to caring for your baby, you need basic knowledge, but then you also need tips when you are actually in the situation. The online course is perfect for this. Because it won't get lost once you've watched it. You can repeat the important passages as often as is good for you. This gives you confidence. This confidence will then benefit your baby.
