Bathing girls is slightly different from bathing boys due to the different structure of the genitals. There are some rules to follow when washing your baby. What are these rules?
Instructions
Step 1
40 minutes before the baby's bedtime, fill the bath with water, its temperature should be exactly 37 degrees. If water is of poor quality in your area, it is best to boil it in buckets beforehand and cool it down to the desired temperature.
Step 2
While the bathtub is filling with water, undress your child. Before bathing, air baths are required for 5-10 minutes.
Step 3
If your baby's umbilical wound has not yet healed, it is imperative to add a solution of potassium permanganate to the water so that it becomes slightly pink. In order not to spoil the bath with manganese, it is better to buy your child a baby bath for bathing.
Step 4
Gradually lower your daughter into the water. Support your back and head.
Step 5
Place the child so that water does not run into either ears or mouth. It is best to use a slide for bathing, then it will be much easier for mom to bathe her daughter alone. The most comfortable bathing position for the baby is on the mother's left forearm. It will be convenient to wash your hair with your right hand.
Step 6
The girls begin bathing with their hair. They wash their forehead with their right hand and run their hand to the back of the head. Use only baby shampoo to wash your hair. They need to be used no more than 2 times a week. Then wash off the foam with your hand or a washcloth also, from the forehead to the back of the head.
Step 7
Now gently wash behind the ears, rinse all the wrinkles on the neck, under the armpits, palms. Last but not least, wash between the legs. Rinse your buttocks and crotch. When bathing girls, the genitals are washed from front to back. Preferably with boiled water without soap.
Step 8
Do not dwell too long on washing the genitals so that the child does not have sexual arousal. Girls start to get horny as early as 4 months, so be extremely careful.
Step 9
Wrap the girl in a diaper, turn her back to you (the child lies with her stomach on her left hand) and pour water over her from a jug, the temperature of which will be 36 degrees.
Step 10
Immediately after you bathed or washed the girl, first of all, you need to dry the genital gap with a cotton swab or soft napkin, then remove moisture from the labia majora, then dry the folds, and only then the perineum. Sprinkle the external genitals with baby powder or lubricate with cream.
