OB was great

My first week in OB was great. I didn't get to give a newborn bath, or a Hep B yet, so I hope that I will be able to this week. My patient was 18 yo and gave birth to a little boy by sect. She needed a lot of teaching even though she thought she knew everything. Sometimes the baby would whimper or cry and she would say "hush it up." I explained to her that he may be hungry and that if he kept falling asleep while she was feeding him that he may just need a pacifier. She said that she did not want him on the pacifier, but I explained to her that it was easier to take the pacifier away than it would be his thumb if he finds his thumb. It was also on her chart that during her pregnancy she did cocaine, marajuana, alcohol, and ectasy, but the baby didn't seem to have any problems with Alcohol Fetal Syndrome. Something that I did learn was that if you have a mom who smokes, you can teach her that the second hand smoke on her clothes will still be inhaled by the baby when she holds him after she smokes. What she can do to minimize this is put a blanket in between them because second hand smoke can contribute to SIDS, asthma, and other respiratory problems. Good luck this weed everyone.