Supporting newborns is necessary and beneficial for parents and children.
Aupar is a verb that comes from aúpa . This interjection is used, either literally or figuratively, to incite an individual to lift something or get up .
The action of lifting, therefore, consists of lifting or elevating someone . In some regions , it is more common to use expressions such as upar or make upa instead of aupar, especially when referring to holding a child in one's arms.
Aupar in childhood
The act of nurturing is key in childhood. Little ones need adults to pick them up and hold them since they lack autonomy of movement and cannot satisfy basic needs on their own.
To raise a baby, several issues must be taken into account. In the case of newborns, for example, they cannot hold their head , so the adult must always place an arm or hand underneath when lifting them.
As the months go by, the baby gains strength and greater control of his or her body. Therefore, the form of support changes depending on the development instance. It is always important to ensure the safety and comfort of the child when holding him in your arms.
a positive contact
Long ago it was understood that lifting a child excessively was harmful . The behavior was even associated with spoiling him. However, new parenting trends consider that this contact between the baby and its parents brings many benefits to both parties.
When you pick up the newborn, he feels the heartbeat and calms down: the sound is familiar because it takes him back to the mother's womb. The smell of bodies also helps build trust and familiarity.
It is important to remember that children cry as a form of expression and as a communicative resource. If a parent is in charge of picking him up when he hears the child crying, he is not “teaching” him that he must cry to get to his arms, but rather he is responding to a request and trying to resolve a need of the infant.
In football, fans cheer on their team by singing and shouting.
When aupar is to encourage or support
We said at the beginning of this article that lifting does not only refer to lifting someone in your arms. The concept can also refer to cheering up a person, encouraging or comforting them.
Aupar, in this sense, can consist of promoting, sustaining or supporting . Suppose that the president of a country is analyzing which candidate to support in the next elections to be his successor and thus ensure that his political party remains in power. The president decides to commission several surveys to find out which leader has the greatest voting intention (which makes it more likely that he will be able to defeat his adversaries).
With this information in hand, the president makes the decision to recruit a young man who, until then, was working as a legislator . In this way, he begins to praise him in his speeches and invites him to participate in various public events to support his campaign.
The idea of aupar is also often used in the field of sports . The fans of a team encourage their team by singing and shouting at games with the aim of encouraging the players.