Your Baby’s First Bath
Your Baby’s First Bath
We give you some guidelines that can help, especially in the first bath Dip to be a tiny and fragile that slips between your hands can be quite stressful, especially if the baby does not seem very happy with the idea. Before you put your hands in water, should have some clear ideas.
Sponge bath
First, face: sponge baths (no immersion) are the best way to clean a newborn, at least until the umbilical cord heals. For this, a baby on the tomb covered with a towel or cloth. Then wet slips and a grooming glove or sponge clean in warm water or with a little gel and Laval the neutral face and head, rubbing very gently. Use a cotton swab to clean the eyelids from the inside to the outside edge.
The body
You can continue only with water (no gel), unless the baby has soiled or fire smell. Draining and often dipping the cloth in one hand, Laval back and the rest of the body, with particular attention to the folds of the neck, armpits, ears, and diaper area. To prevent the baby catch cold, uncovers only the parts that you are washing.
Baby bath
There are many types of baths: rigid inflatable, foldable … Some mothers prefer to use the battery even in the kitchen or a basin with a towel or rubber on the bottom, so the baby does not drain. As a measure of safety, be sure to have everything on hand before bathing the baby (see: Things you should have on hand …). Never attempt to do something else, I am not even answer the phone!, And wash the baby. If something interrupts you, get him out of the water, Wrap them in a dry towel and take it with you. ¡¡¡Never leave your baby alone in the water!
Monitors the temperature
You do not need to fill the tub. Only 5 centimeters suffice. Another gesture to be repeated each time is to check the water temperature, which should be between 30 º C and 35 º C. (To avoid shocks, it is best to always keep the hot water thermostat in the house below 45 º C). The room temperature is also important: that is monitored at about 21-23 º C.
Offer support
An arm and a hand holding the head and back onto the baby feeling of comfort and provide security. To wash back and ass, the baby leans forward on your arm. As with sponge baths, do not forget to clean the folds of the armpits, behind the ears, neck, diaper area and the spaces between the fingers of hands and feet. Hold strong and the baby’s head gently back and clarify when you wash your hair and tries not to prolong this much (babies do not usually appear very happy when I washed his head …)
And if the baby cries …
If the baby cries intensely during the first bath, keep calm. Laval as best you can and then get him out and Wrap in a towel. Wait a few days before re-entering the tub. Meanwhile, you can go back to sponge baths.
Milk crust: special care
Some babies crusted greasy and scaly, yellow or brown, on the scalp and even on the eyebrows, eyelids, ears, nose and forehead. This is known as milk crust. This is not an allergy or lack of hygiene, but a result of excess fat skin. To combat the crust milk, it is best to massage the baby’s scalp with a soft brush to loosen scales and improve the circulation in the area and clean the remaining affected areas. Disappear until the scales recommended daily hair washing with a suitable soap (the doctor can recommend the most suitable). Then, the washing can be reduced to two per week. It is important to clarify either the baby’s hair after washing (to ensure that no remains of shampoo) and brush gently. It is recommended to repeat brushing two or three times a day. In resistant cases, it is useful to apply mineral oil to the scalp and leave half serving time (wrapping the baby’s head with a towel so as not to cool) before proceeding to the bathroom.
Things you should have on hand before bathing the baby
1. Towel and support
2. Glove and / or clean sponge
3. Gel and / or neutral shampoo
4. Towel to wrap the baby (better with a hood)
5. Extra towel (for the former if it gets wet)
6. Diapers
7. Clean clothes
8. Cotton balls and sticks
9. Soft brush for the hair
10. For ass cream
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