Each person needs to take care of personal hygiene. This is especially important when it comes to newborn babies. The fact is that young children are susceptible to various infections and diseases. When preparing to bathe your baby, you must remember how to properly hold it.
Instructions
Step 1
Think in advance about all the moments of bathing your newborn. The air in the room should be neither hot nor cold. Try to avoid drafts, and the door to the room is open so that a sharp temperature contrast is not created.
Step 2
Make sure you have all the items you need for bathing close at hand. This list includes oilcloth, clean diaper, clothing and diaper. Newborns also need special products that can be used to treat their skin and navel. In particular, these are cotton swabs, potassium permanganate, cream or talcum powder.
Step 3
To make it convenient for you to swaddle your baby, it is better to lay out all the items in a row in advance. Don't forget about baby soap, a towel, a jug of clean water, and a thermometer.
Step 4
If your child is still very young, it is worth buying a special bath so that he is not afraid of water procedures. Before using it, it is better to wash it with baking soda or pour over boiling water.
Step 5
In order for you to treat the still unhealed wound on the navel of your child, dilute the potassium permanganate in a small jar. Strain the resulting liquid with gauze or a bandage. As for the bathing procedure itself, ordinary running water is suitable for it, to which diluted potassium permanganate is added. The optimum temperature for newborns is 34-37 degrees.
Step 6
Before immersion in the water, the child can be given a massage to prepare for bathing.
Step 7
Now it remains only to take the crumbs correctly. It is not necessary to lay the child on the bend of the elbow, because in this position, you will not be able to wash it normally.
Step 8
In order to redeem a newborn, you need to take it by the back of the head with your left hand, placing your palm on the neck and back. At this time, the right hand holds the baby's legs and buttocks. In this position, the baby is unlikely to slip out of your hands.
Step 9
Having immersed the child in the bath, you can free your right hand, and with the left you continue to support the head. This will give your baby a little freedom. Surely, it will be pleasant and interesting for him to move his hands in the water. Now you need to thoroughly rinse all the folds on the newborn's body, wash the hairs, the space between the fingers, etc. The water procedures are completed with rinsing.
