A guide to bathing a newborn and the correct way to bathe a newborn

Newborn Care Newborn Bathing Complete Course The correct way and steps to bathe your baby.

When it comes to bathing newborn babies, many parents may think, bathing, how simple, growing so big will not give the baby a bath, in fact, newborn bathing and our adult bathing is very different.

Preparation to do before bathing a newborn:

The first thing to do is to prepare everything you need for the bath. Wide Brigade.

Waterproof umbilical cord protector.

After bathing, the umbilical cord iodophor is disinfected (before the umbilical cord of the newborn is dropped) and the baby changes clothes.

Small towels and large bath towels.

Tub. Touch oils, moisturizers, talcum powders, etc.

Thermometer. Room temperature 26-28, water temperature 38-39 baby bath order:

Wash your face – use gauze or a small towel to wash your face and wipe it gently.

Eye wash – Wipe from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner of the eye.

Wash your forehead – gently wipe your forehead from the center of your eyebrows to the sides.

Ear wash – Wrap your fingers in a towel and gently wipe the pinna and back of the ear.

Wash your hair – apply baby oil to your scalp for 3-5 minutes before bathing, then remove it with a soft brush during bathing. If the head oil secretion of the baby is particularly vigorous, or there is obvious serious persistent scalp milkworm, etc., you can choose lotion to clean under the guidance of a doctor.

Note: During the whole bathing process, special attention should be paid to washing and drying the folds and bends of the baby's body, and the movements should be gentle.

Bathing a newborn is a technical job, if you don't pay attention, it will cause infection if you let the water flow into the ears or nasal cavity, so how to bathe the newborn correctly?

1. Preparations

Before we bathe the newborn, we should adjust the room temperature to 25 -27, check that the items are complete, and clean our hands by ourselves. Take off all your watches, rings and other jewelry, and then do the "seven-step handwashing method" under running water

Step 1: Palm-to-palm rubbing.

Step 2: Rub the palm of your hand against the back.

Step 3: Staggered finger rubbing.

Step 4: Rub your fingers together with each other.

Step 5: Rub your thumb in the palm of your hand.

Step 6: Rub your fingertips in the palm of your hand.

Step 7: Rub your palms and wrists.

Second, water temperature adjustment

The bath water temperature should be controlled between 38 and 41.

3. Bathing steps

1.Face washing: Your baby's face should be washed from the inside out

Start by gently scrubbing from the inside of your baby's eye to the outside with a damp cotton ball or washcloth. The baby's eyelids are very tender, so the baby's movements should be particularly gentle;

Then, Sun Peishi scrubbed from the bridge of the nose to both sides, and from the face ** to the outside.

2.Wash your hair: Pinch your baby's ears to avoid getting water

When washing your baby's hair, hold your baby's head with one hand and pinch your baby's ears with your thumb and middle finger to avoid getting into the water.

You can use a special shampoo for babies to help wash the baby's head, and the movements should be gentle. Lift your baby's head back slightly so that water doesn't get into the eyes and ears.

After washing your hair, you should dry your baby's hair in time to avoid catching a cold.

3.Bathing: Before bathing, you can put a navel patch on your navel or wrap it in gauze, and you can take a bath with confidence

We gently put the baby in the water and gently scrub the baby's body with a towel. You can pour the baby's special bath liquid into the water, or apply it to the baby's whole body.

When bathing, use your left arm to hold your baby's body and hold your head steady so that your baby feels safe and comfortable.

After washing the baby's front body parts, turn the baby upside down and wash the back. Hold your baby's body with your left hand and wash your perineum, groin and buttocks with a wet towel with your right hand (baby girls must wash from front to back).

When bathing the baby, it is necessary to pay attention to the correct order of the bath, clean the baby thoroughly, keep the body clean, and also prevent diseases.