Baby bathing

Baby bathing is a very important process that allows to adapt the child to new conditions of existence, relieve postpartum stress. Baby bath should be in every house where the baby came. Bathing the baby is not supposed to happen in a large tub, as large volumes of water cause the baby stress.


To healing umbilical wound in water disinfectant added herbs (chamomile, calendula, oak bark). In intestinal colic, increased nervous excitability, you can use a sedative fees (hop cones, bearberry, motherwort). When heavy lesions on the skin of the baby in the water, add emollient herbs (celandine, succession, sage). The thermometer must have the required: before immersing the baby in water need to check her temperature. Comfortable water temperature for bathing of the child is 37-37,5 ° C.


In the heat of summer, you can bathe the baby in water with a temperature of 36ºC. After bathing everything is ready, gently submerge baby in water. Free hand to lather the baby. Wash it first by hand, then poured out of the bucket. By the end of the swim when the baby was sasparilla, you have to clean its feet, the folds between the fingers, then inguinal folds and between the buttocks. After you wash belly and handles. Special attention should be paid to the axillary cavities and the ear folds. At the end of a swim, wash the cervix and the baby's head. Bathing a newborn baby is just a few minutes in initial days and gradually brought up to 10-20 minutes.


After bathing the baby wrapped in a towel, gently wipe, carry out hygienic procedures: handle the belly button, clean the nose and the outer ear canal, apply the cream under the diaper, then dressed.

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