You are now quite skilled in taking care of your baby and are used to the new rhythm.
Nursing your baby
Your milk production is probably increasing and you will be able to let your baby latch on yourself. If you are formula feeding, you can increase to 50ML formula every 3 hours today.
Heel prick and hearing test
The heel prick can be performed from the time your baby is 72 hours old. Often this happens on the fifth day, but it can also be a day earlier or later. The heel prick and hearing test are carried out at home by the consultation office (Centrum Jeugd en Gezin) in Schiedam and Vlaardingen. In Rotterdam, the heel prick is administered by the midwife and the hearing test will take place two weeks after birth at the consultation office.
The employee takes blood from the baby. This blood is examined in a laboratory for more than 26 rare congenital disorders, mostly metabolic disorders. If there appears to be such a condition (with a ‘positive result’), you will be notified as soon as possible. In any case, you will receive a written message about the result within five weeks after the test.
The hearing screening measures whether the predisposition of the hearing is good. If that is correct, you will immediately receive the result. If the measurement is not correct, your child is eligible for further testing. This does not immediately mean that your baby cannot hear. In most cases there is nothing wrong, but the earpiece was, for example, blocked by water in the ear (by bathing).