How To Bathe A Newborn

2024 Author: Rachel Wainwright | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 07:39

Many young parents are at a loss as to how to bathe their newborn. There are a lot of questions: what water to use, how to choose soap, whether special devices are needed. In fact, the problem is not big, and everyone, without exception, quickly learns to do it right.

How to bathe a newborn: in a warm, but not hot, room. Comfortable temperature is two to three degrees higher than usual room temperature, approximately 23-24 ° С. For bathing, it is advisable to purchase a bath, although for thousands of years people have done with ordinary basins and troughs for this purpose. Of course, a modern plastic baby bathtub is both more convenient and hygienic. Plastic is easy to care for, heats up quickly and has no sharp edges. No additional devices, such as child carriers, are needed. All the same, the baby cannot be left in it, since the newborn baby will not observe complete immobility, which means that it risks turning over. And the caring hands of mom or dad are much nicer than the best holder.

Note here that one of the answers to the question of how to bathe a newborn is carefully. Bathing a child is a responsible process, during which the baby should not be left alone for a minute, and everything for bathing must be carefully prepared in advance.

Let's continue. Fill the bath 1/3 with water. The water should be pleasantly warm, about 38 ° C. You don't need to boil your bathing water unless you get it from questionable open sources. Before immersing the baby in the water, you can put a folded bike diaper on the bottom of the bath, but not necessarily, since the baby usually lies on the hand of an adult. We immerse one arm to the elbow in the bath, on the elbow bend there is the baby's head, raised above the water, and in the area of the hand there are legs. With the second hand, the baby is gently washed with light massaging movements.

It is important not only how to bathe the newborn, but also how to bathe him. For the skin of a newly born little man, no washcloths are needed, even the most delicate ones. Mom's hands are enough. And the newborn is not soiled enough to need to be scrubbed. It is also undesirable to use soap, gels, or shampoos for children. It will be much more beneficial for the baby's skin if you add herbal infusion to the bathing water. It is prepared like this: a tablespoon of dry herb of antiseptic action (chamomile, string, sage) is brewed in a cup of water. An hour later, the infusion is thoroughly filtered, after which it is added to the bathing water.

The duration of water procedures for a newborn should not exceed 10 minutes. After bathing, the baby is taken out of the bath and gently blotted with a soft terry towel. That's all, it remains only to kiss the cleanly washed, fragrant with herbs child.

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