Handling a newborn can make you nervous -- babies are so delicate and tiny! While duties like feeding and diaper changing can be mastered with time, bathing a newborn is always a challenge. It is important that you keep your baby clean and maintain a good level of hygiene. If you don t want to give your newborn a complete bath every day, it is fine. However, make sure that you, at least, give your baby a warm sponge and wipe her with a dry towel regularly. Sonali Shivlani, an Internationally Certified Pregnancy, Lactation and Child Nutrition Counsellor and our panel expert say, It is not necessary to give a bath to your newborn every day. However, make sure the folds of the skin in the groin area, armpits, and folds of the thigh are cleaned regularly to avoid infection and rashes. First understand the correct way of bathing you newborn.
Here are few things to keep in mind when bathing your newborn
If you are staying in areas where the temperature is low, it is fine to avoid bath daily. However, keep the privates clean. It is important to keep your son's penis clean.
If you stay in a hot and humid area, probably you should consider bathing your child every day to make her feel clean and relaxed.
Giving a head bath once a while is fine. Make sure you do that to keep the scalp clean. Use a mild baby shampoo for this purpose.
Never rub the block of soap on your baby s skin directly. Instead, make a soapy solution and use the water to clean your child. It is important to keep your baby clean the correct way.
Towel dry your baby thoroughly. Rub the fold of the skins so that there are no remnants of water or oil on her skin.
When bathing your baby always check the temperature of the water by dipping your elbow, else it could cause an accidental burn on your baby s delicate skin.
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