How to properly wash a newborn baby
To wash the baby's needs not only for hygienic purposes but also to the first days of life to impart his cleanliness. In the future, a grown-up child will make his toilet without reminders.
To wash the child it is possible carefully and accurately Photo: GettyFor procedure it is necessary to prepare:
- A small container with pure boiled water at a temperature of 36-37 ° C;
- Quilted lawsuits or tampons;
- Clean towel.
To wash the newborn, water should be boiled. Refuse to do this when the child turns several months old. It is convenient to carry out the procedure by placing the child on a changing table or changing board. Before washing, an adult should wash his hands well. Wadded disc or tampon moistened in boiled water and lightly squeezed. First you need to wipe your eyes in the direction from the temple to the bridge of the nose. For each eye, you need to take a separate tampon. Next, a new tampon wipes the forehead, nose, cheeks and chin of the child. After cleansing the neck and the area behind the ears. A child from birth must have his own separate towel, which will be regularly washed and carefully ironed. You can not rub the skin with a towel, you need to gently massage it. Than to wash the newborn child, if his eyes are festering - tea tea will be the best. In the first weeks of life, minor purulent discharge may appear from the eyes. To get rid of them, you can wipe your eyes with strong unsweetened tea leaves. But this problem must be reported to the child's doctor, maybe he will prescribe the treatment. During washing, it is advisable to clean the child's nose and ears. It is convenient to make small cotton wisps, twisted from ordinary cotton wool and moistened with sunflower or petrolatum oil. You can use special cotton buds with a stop. He will not let the wand come too deep and thus cause the child discomfort. The cavity of the mouth of the newborn does not need any special care, but we need to monitor whether there is a white coating on the mucous membranes, which speaks of the appearance of thrush. It is not difficult to wash a child, but he will receive a charge of vivacity for the whole day. Read also:
