bathing your baby

Guide To Bathing Your Baby

Choosing the information and resources that you need to raise your kids is something that you should think about. You want to of course raise your kids by your rules and standards, and knowing all of your options as well as bathing your baby is something that you should know.

Bathing your newborn can be one of the scariest and nerve racking tasks for a new parent. Here are some helpful tips to keep your newborn safe and make bathing a fun time.

- Keeping your baby clean is important but there is no need to give your baby a complete bath every day as too much bathing can cause dry skin. Rather wipe baby's face, neck, hands, and bottom daily and give a full bath three times a week.

- Don't bath baby on a full tummy. Baby is more likely to develop gas or become cranky when bathed with a full tummy.

- To make bath time pleasant for both you and baby choose a time during the day when your baby is happy and relaxed.

- Keep the room that you bath baby in warm and make sure the bath water is not too hot. Always take the temperature of the water with a thermometer before playing your baby in the bath.

- Use a plastic baby tub or a plastic dish pan to bath baby rather than the large bathtub. You'll use less water and it's much easier to control the situation with a smaller tub.

- Never ever leave your baby alone in the tub, not even for a second. Infants can drown in less than an inch of water and it only takes a second. Make sure you have everything at hand such as soap, shampoo, and towel, before you start the bath. If you must go retrieve something then you "must" remove baby and take him or her with you.

- Clean baby's ears but do not put anything into the ear. Not even a Q-tip. There is a chance of causing damage and no benefit to this type of cleaning.

- Do not bath your baby in a tub until the umbilical stump has fallen off, rather sponge bath.

- To clean baby's genital area use a soft cloth with lukewarm water....

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