Can't you pick your belly button?

We all know that the belly button is a very important acupuncture point in the human body. It must be well protected in normal times, especially for babies whose skin is very delicate. Wrinkles will easily appear in the belly button. Children with active metabolism will cause some dirt to accumulate in the belly button. Careless mothers may forget to clean the baby when bathing him, which will cause a lot of dirt to remain in the child's belly button. Over time, the belly button will be infected. Should it be cleaned?

How to clean your baby’s belly button? When cleaning your baby's belly button, you must not pick it.

Misunderstandings about Cleaning Baby's Belly Button

1. Pick your baby’s belly button with your hands

I always hear the older generation say: Don’t pick your belly button, otherwise you will have a stomachache. There is some truth in this. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the navel is a very important acupuncture point in the human body and plays a very important role in human health. Therefore, we must be more careful when caring for the navel of babies. Why can’t you pick your belly button with your hands? The belly button is the closest place to our internal organs. If you pick your belly button with your hands, it will cause gastrointestinal disorders. The stomach and intestines of babies are even more fragile. If you use your hands to pick the baby's belly button, it will increase the baby's gastrointestinal motility, causing diarrhea, abdominal pain and other problems.

2. Not cleaning your belly button

In the past, washing too much with unclean water would cause inflammation of the navel, so it was better to develop the habit of not washing it. Nowadays, the living environment has made great progress in all aspects. The tap water has been specially treated and disinfected, and the quality of the soap used for bathing is also better. It is effective in cleaning the skin, killing bacteria and removing scale. Some of the previous concepts and practices should be changed.

How to clean your baby's belly button

1. Preparation

Items to prepare: 3-4 cotton swabs, baby lotion, iodine or 75% alcohol

Wash your hands thoroughly: Before doing navel care for your baby, you must rub your wrists to the fingertips with soap for about 20 seconds to achieve the sterilization effect.

2. Specific steps

If your belly button is shallow, you can just wash it with water; if your belly button is deep and dirt is easily accumulated in the folds inside, then use a cotton swab to apply some shower gel or soap to wash it. After washing, rinse the soap off and then wipe it dry with a soft and absorbent towel to make it dry and clean. You can also scrub it with peanut oil. After taking a bath, put a little oil on cotton and put it in your belly button and wipe it gently. It has the effect of preventing disease.

Things to note when cleaning your baby's belly button

1. Keep your navel dry after taking a bath

Taking a bath is a happy thing for babies. Don’t be afraid that water may be bad for the baby’s belly button. After the umbilical cord is tied, the blood vessels outside the umbilical cord have basically shrunk and will not cause infection due to the entry of water. After taking a shower, just wipe off the water immediately and wipe it with an alcohol cotton ball and you'll be fine.

2. Keep your navel warm

Parents must be extra careful when cleaning the baby's belly button. To avoid diarrhea and other problems caused by cleaning the baby's belly button, be sure to use warm water to clean the baby. Secondly, after cleaning the belly button, immediately wrap the baby's abdomen with a small blanket to prevent the abdomen from catching cold. When sleeping, you should also cover your baby's abdomen with a small blanket to keep the abdomen warm.