Baby hygiene and bathing

Bathing your baby will be a daily ritual, even until the age of one. And because when it's the first baby, the first baths will seem to new parents like a baccalaureate exam or a graduation exam, we have prepared below, in a few simple and easy steps, the description of the ritual.

Prepare room temperature

In general, a suitable temperature for the baby's room is 21-23°C and the optimum humidity is 50-60%. In the room where the baby will be bathed (newborn room or bath) the temperature can be increased to 25-26°C. A hygrometer is very helpful in indicating the room temperature and humidity. TFA, which was voted best in 2018, according to the website "topproduse.ro".

Prepare to fall

Prepare the tub with water, and if it is not already provided with an anatomical support, you can use a colored sponge in the shape of a teddy bear, Tega Baby or Sensillowho will hug the baby like a little prince:

The temperature of the baby's bath water will be checked to be 36-37°C, using thermometers of different shapes and colours:

Wash the baby

Wash the baby's body and then hair, gently, like a caress, insisting on the folds, with a body and hair cleansing lotion. It is only necessary to use special baby cosmetics.

Rinse baby with clean water

We rinse her hair with the rinsing cup, which has a soft plastic part that moulds perfectly to the shape of the baby's head.

Wrap the baby in a towel

Take the baby out of the nappy and wipe it very gently by dabbing (without rubbing), starting with the head and ending with the feet, using a soft, absorbent cotton towel:

Clean your baby's ears

Ears are cleaned with special baby ear sticks with a stopper. The pinna and outer ear should be gently wiped with a corner of a towel or cotton nappy.

Clean your eyes

We clean his eyes only if necessary, from the external to the internal angle, with sterile compresses, moistened with saline.

Clean your nose

The nose can also be cleaned with saline, only if necessary, and the mucus soaked in this way is pulled out of the nose with sterile compresses. I should mention that my son did not like this operation at all and charged us audibly every time. 🙂 Otherwise, the mucus in the nostril can also be aspirated with a nose pump:

Massage the baby

And for the baby's bath to be perfect, massage the baby with lotion or body oil. It is necessary to use only special baby cosmetics.

In the first few days, until the umbilical cord dries up and falls off, ask a health professional for advice on how to do it. umbilical stump toilet. It can be cleaned very gently (touch) with rubbing alcohol or Betadine solution and sprinkled with Baneocin powder, and you can get these at any pharmacy. The umbilical cord should be cared for in this way three times a day, until it falls off (7-21 days) and a week afterwards. When the umbilical stump has not yet fallen off, it is preferable not to wet it too much when bathing, not to keep it submerged in water, as its detachment may be delayed.

A Pampers or Huggies size 1 nappy can be put on, these sizes are suitable for normal weight newborns (over 3kg) and the bottom is given with Bepanthen cream from the pharmacy or a marigold cream.

We dress him up and...ready for our first colourful bath!

The natural hair brush will give our little one or two a feeling of well-being by gently massaging the scalp.

Once a week or whenever needed, we'll trim our little wonder's nails. Personally, I used to do it during a daytime nap so I could get some natural light. I usually used a nail clipper to cut her fingernails and rounded tipped scissors, especially for babies, for her toenails.

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