Do not bathe the baby after vaccination - either the nurse conducting the vaccination or the pediatrician at the appointment before the vaccination warns the mother about this. Why can't you bathe? Shouldn't you bathe after all the vaccinations? Even experts differ in the answers to these questions.
Instructions
Step 1
Any vaccination causes a reaction in the baby's body. It is stressful and difficult work for a child's imperfect immune system. She is busy developing antibodies against pathogens injected with the vaccine.
Step 2
The reaction to the vaccination is individual for each baby and the passage is at different times. So, in some children, the temperature rises in the evening, while in others the next day or even later. A temperature reaction may not occur at all, but immunity at this time is still weakened. Therefore, if additional external unfavorable factors are also added, then the load becomes unbearable. Failure may occur. In this case, complications cannot be avoided.
Step 3
Bathing, in its essence, is a hardening procedure. Usually, the back and chest of the baby when swimming are above warm water and are doused with it periodically. In between, they are cooled. Any such procedure is useful only for a healthy child. For an organism weakened by vaccination, this is an unfavorable factor that can cause complications for the administration of the vaccine.
Step 4
Bathing a child after vaccination in hotter water can cause a rise in temperature, if it was normal before. In addition, there is a possibility that, as a result of steaming, such a procedure will cause the development of an infiltrate (compaction) at the injection site. To exclude this possibility, most pediatricians do not recommend bathing the vaccinated child, not only on the day of vaccination, but also in the next couple of days, when a temperature reaction may appear. This should be especially observed after the DPT vaccine.
Step 5
But there are pediatricians who have a different opinion about bathing after vaccination. They believe that it is possible to bathe a child even on the day of the bath, if he feels well and his temperature does not rise. Subject to the temperature regime of the water during bathing, this procedure will not do any harm. You can not only allow steaming, rubbing the vaccination site with a washcloth or towel. Bathing should be short-term. It is best to wash your baby with a warm shower. A short-term bath will also not harm the child, provided he has no temperature. It can be taken even the same evening after vaccination.
Step 6
If you still decide to bathe the baby, then during and after bathing, you should exclude the possibility of a cold. To do this, you need to eliminate drafts in the bathroom. Avoid hypothermia of the child in the apartment after bathing.
Step 7
All pediatricians agree that after vaccination, it is necessary to carefully monitor the condition of the crumbs. If by the evening after vaccination the temperature has risen, then you cannot bathe the child.
Step 8
Mom knows and feels the state of her baby best of all. Therefore, it is up to her to decide which recommendations to follow. And if you decide that it would be more correct to play it safe, then your child may well do one or two days without bathing and bathing.
