Bathing a newborn will be a pleasant and favorite procedure for parents and a baby with the proper organization of the process. Bathing is designed not only to ensure the purity of the skin, but also promotes hardening and physical development of the baby. Very often, young parents who brought a baby from a maternity hospital are wondering how often to bathe their newborn child.
How often to bathe the baby in the first month?
The opinion of pediatricians about when to start bathing a newborn and how often it needs to bathe diverge. Some experts are confident that healthy full-term children can begin to bathe immediately after discharge from the hospital, but do not soak the umbilical wound. While other pediatricians advise starting to bathe the baby only after the umbilical wound has fully healed, i.e. in 1-2 weeks. Parents who choose to wait for the full healing of the navel should carefully process the baby's skin, especially the folds and area of the diaper with a cotton swab dipped in warm water. After each chair, you should wash the child with running water. In the first six months, babies should be bathed daily not because they get dirty, but in order to develop and temper faster. In addition, bathing in the evening has a good effect on the child's falling asleep: he will quickly fall asleep after being fed and fed. Some babies on the contrary become more cheerful after bathing, then this procedure is better to be moved to daytime.
How often do you wash your newborn with detergents?
Today there is no shortage in the choice of children's cosmetics, but young parents can get confused as to whether to bathe the baby with detergents and how often it should be done. According to many pediatricians, the best way to bathe a newborn baby is clean water. For babies, especially those who have not yet healed an umbilical wound, boiled water should be used, for children older it is not necessary to boil water. It used to be that a bit of diluted potassium permanganate can be added to the water, but now this approach is irrelevant. Any means for bathing a baby can cause allergies, ranging from herbs to expensive foreign soaps. In addition, frequent use of cosmetic detergents can dry the skin. To bathe a child with soap enough once or twice a week. Children's shampoo can be used from 3-6 months, using it too, not more often than once a week.
How often to bathe a newborn in the winter?
In the hot season, the child can be bathed several times a day in order to avoid overheating. If bathing delivers pleasure to a newborn baby, then bathe it as many times as you want. In the cold season many parents are confident that one should not often bathe a newborn child so that the child does not subcool. But here you should focus on individual living conditions. If the apartment is at least 21 ° C, then bathing can not be the cause of a child's cold, moreover, it contributes to the natural hardening of the child. If you bathe the baby in the bathroom, then
How long does it take to bathe a newborn?
Usually children bathe about 10 minutes, in the first month the procedure can be shortened, if the child is crying heavily, but completely from bathing should not be abandoned. For children who like to swim, you can extend the "bath procedures" to 30 minutes, while you do not need to top up hot water. The baby will gradually get used to the cooling water and will feel comfortable in it.