How to bathe a newborn baby at home?

In the process of raising a baby, parents will encounter many problems, especially now that many young parents are raising children alone outside. Due to lack of experience, they don’t know how to take good care of the baby. The baby’s skin is very delicate, so it is very important to bathe the baby regularly to ensure that the baby’s skin is clean and refreshed. If you don’t know how to bathe your baby, let’s learn the detailed methods below.

How to bathe a newborn baby at home?

1. Do a good job of preparation

Before giving your baby a bath, you need to prepare relevant supplies, including baby-specific bath towels, shower gel, shampoo, talcum powder, swaddles, clothes, etc. There are many bathing supplies for babies. If you don't prepare them in advance, you will be in a hurry when the time comes. You can't let go of the baby and it's inconvenient to hold the baby to find things. The baby is more likely to catch a cold when the body is wet.

If the mother is bathing the baby, it is best to prepare a bathing table of appropriate height that can hold the baby's bathing supplies, so that the mother can sit down to bathe, without having to bend down, reducing the burden on the waist.

2. Water temperature control

Although every home has a shower, do not use it for your baby. The water temperature for a shower will change with the length of the bath and is not easy to control. It may seem a slight change to a baby, but babies have delicate skin and can get scalded easily if the water temperature is too high, and catch a cold easily if the water temperature is too low. When taking a bath in a tub, be sure to put in cold water first and then hot water.

3. Bathing in sections

The main purpose of segmented bathing is to avoid the baby's umbilical cord wound. The specific method is as follows:

(1) First, let the baby sit with his back against your chest. After taking off the baby's clothes, hold the baby's head with your left hand. Use your index and middle fingers to press the baby's ears forward so that they are against the cheeks. This is to prevent water from entering the baby's ears.

(2) Use the armpits to hold the baby's hips and waist, and support the baby's upper body with the left arm so that the baby's upper body is slightly lower than the lower body. Hold a towel in the right hand, dip it in water and pinch it slightly. First clean the baby's eyes and gently wipe from the inner corner to the outer corner. Then clean behind the ears, neck, chest, back, armpits, and upper limbs in turn. When cleaning the abdomen, wring out the towel slightly first to prevent excess water from flowing onto the wound.

(3) Then let the baby turn over and place his head on your left chest. Hold one of the baby's thighs with your left hand and use a towel in your right hand to clean the private parts. Girls must be cleaned from front to back, and then the lower limbs and feet.

(4) After giving your baby a bath, you should immediately pick him up and wrap him in a large towel. After drying him, apply talcum powder on him, put on his shirt, diaper and other clothes.