How to take a proper bath after the newborn is born?
After leaving the hospital, you should arrange to bathe your baby every night. After taking a shower, change your baby's diaper and breastfeeding. After the baby is full, she can sleep very safely.
check Bathroom temperature: It is better to be above 28 °C. Avoid direct blowing in the summer; in the winter, you need to be alert to gas poisoning when burning coal.
Water temperature: test the water temperature with the elbow at around 37 °C, and the temperature should be moderate.
The number of times: once a day, can be increased by l~2 times in summer.
How to wash your newborn baby while taking a bath?
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If the newborn's umbilical cord has not fallen off, wash it separately from the upper and lower sides to avoid wetting the umbilical cord and causing inflammation. Wash your upper body first, take the same posture when washing your hair, and then wash the newborn's neck, ankle, chest, back, arms and hands. Then wash the body, rest the newborn's head in the left elbow, hold the newborn's left thigh in the left hand, and wash the newborn's genitals, buttocks, thighs, calves and feet.
Because the newborn's umbilical cord is a wound, if the care is not proper, bacteria can enter the human body through the umbilicus to cause sepsis, which threatens the health of the newborn. Therefore, the main care of the umbilicus is to keep it clean and dry. Do not touch the wet umbilical part when bathing. Then use a 75% alcohol swab to disinfect the root of the umbilical cord and the surrounding skin, and then cover it with sterile gauze
If your baby's umbilical cord has fallen off, after washing your face and head and neck, you can put your baby's neck below the neck into a supine posture. After washing from top to bottom, change your baby to a cushion. Prone position to wash the back and hips at the anus. Finally, support your hands and hold your baby's shoulders, hold them away from the water, place them on a large bath towel, and wipe the whole body.
During the whole process, the wrinkles and bending parts of the body should pay special attention to washing and drying, and the movement should be gentle, so that the baby has a sense of security.
