How to properly wear a diaper
This personal hygiene item has made it so much easierlife of modern parents, that it is difficult to imagine daily care of a baby without it. In fact, there is nothing complicated in using disposable diapers. However, some nuances are still of fundamental importance.
Putting a diaper on a newborn baby is verysimplyPhoto: Getty First of all, you should prepare a place where it will be convenient to change the baby. It should be a flat horizontal surface: a changing table, a regular sofa or a bed. It is important that all the necessary items are at hand, since you cannot leave the child alone for a minute. For changing, you will need wet wipes, baby cream, powder. How to put on a diaper correctly? The sequence of actions is as follows:
- Thoroughly lay on the back, unbutton the used diaper and carefully remove it.
- Wipe the skin with a damp baby cloth, give itdry. And you can wash it with water with baby soap. You can turn the crumb on your tummy - this way you will combine a diaper change with a useful breastfed gymnastics and taking air baths.
- When the ass dries, lubricate the skin with baby cream, let it soak. Instead of the cream, you can use baby powder. If the baby's skin is prone to allergies, it generally does not need to process anything.
- While the baby takes air baths, you need to deploy a clean disposable diaper, spread out the gum.
- Turn the babe on the back, with your right handgently raise the legs, left to place under the ass and back the lower part of the diaper, to which are attached Velcro. The priest must be on the inside of the diaper.
- Top the diaper between the legs, cover the groin and stomach.
- Carefully stretch the diaper and fix the Velcro on the front of the product.
To check how tightly it fitsdiaper on the baby's body, you need to touch the skin under the product. An adult's finger should easily pass between the body and the diaper, otherwise the newborn's belly will be squeezed too much. It remains to straighten the elastic bands and folds so that they do not rub the skin and do not allow liquid to leak.
Important nuances
It is important for young parents to know not only how to put a diaper on a newborn. There are also other nuances that are important to observe:
- If after the use of the diaper on the skin there is redness, it can be a sign of contact dermatitis. Try using a different manufacturer's product.
- Do not put the diaper on stale skin. After the chair, the child must be washed away.
- If the diaper is leaking, it means that it is full or not parted.
- You need to change diapers at least 3 hours later.
When changing diapers, take advantage of the opportunitycommunicate with the baby, do gymnastics and massage. All these are important conditions for the normal growth and development of the baby. Using disposable diapers for newborns is not difficult. After 1-2 days of "training" young parents master the technique, and changing the diaper becomes a routine matter that does not cause any difficulties. See also:
