In order for your baby to be healthy, cheerful and truly sleep like a baby, it is important to follow several hygiene procedures. Something needs to be done daily, and something every few days. How to properly handle baby's eyes, nose and ears? How often should you bathe and wash your newborn's head?
Necessary
- cotton wool;
- cotton buds with a stopper;
- boiled water;
- baby oil;
- baby soap;
- scissors for children with rounded ends;
- bathing agent.
Instructions
Step 1
Cleansing the face. Remove milk residues on your baby's face using a dampened cotton swab or wet wipes. You can do this not only in the morning and in the evening, but as it gets dirty.
Step 2
Eye rinsing. This should be done twice a day with cotton wool dipped in boiled or filtered water. Movement should be from the outside to the inside. Use a separate cotton swab for each eye.
Step 3
Cleansing the ears. It is imperative to clean your ears if there is sulfur and debris in them. You can not do this every day. Never use simple cotton swabs to clean your child's ears - this is unsafe! Purchase special baby cotton swabs with a stopper or use rolled cotton wool. It is better to take cotton wool. It is extremely difficult to make a flagellum from synthetic cotton wool. Cotton wool is sold in pharmacies as a tightly rolled roll.
Step 4
Moisturizing the nose. The baby's mucous membrane must be moistened. In addition, it is necessary to remove the crusts that often form in the nose of newborns and make it difficult for the baby to breathe. Just twist the cotton wool flagellum, slightly moisten it in baby oil (oil should not drip from the cotton wool) and insert it into the baby's nose, twist the flagellum between the fingers to lubricate the mucous membrane and remove the scabs. Use a different flagellum for each nostril. You can use baby cotton swabs, but they must have a limiter. At the same time, a cotton flagellum is the safest way to clean a baby's nose and ears.
Step 5
Hand washing. The sooner you start washing your baby's hands, the better. Clean hands is one way to avoid intestinal infections so common in children. According to infectious disease doctors, it is better to wash your child's hands up to 8 times a day. Get used to washing your hands with soap and water before each contact with the baby and teach your baby to clean hands from an early age.
Step 6
Cutting nails on hands and feet. To do this, buy special children's scissors with rounded ends. It is better to cut your nails often and little by little. Too long nails in babies break easily.
Step 7
Bathing. You need to bathe your baby every day. If bathing invigorates your child, do it in the morning. And if your baby is sound asleep after a bath, then it is better to swim in the evening. At first, it is better to bathe together with your husband. It is both a help to you and a way to involve the child's father in the process of caring for the baby. Bathing should be used once or twice a week. Bathing too often with soap will dry out your newborn's skin.
Step 8
Washing head. It is necessary to wash the baby's head with just water every time they bathe, as babies' head sweats a lot. But you should use shampoo no more than once or twice a week. It is convenient to purchase a bathing product "from head to toe" for your baby. This product can be used to wash both the body and the hair of the child. Before buying, be sure to make sure that the product is recommended for babies from the first days of life and does not sting the eyes (these marks must be on the package).
