Many parents do not see the difference between the child and dip wash. But actually bathe children need not only to ensure that they are clean. How and why you need to bathe your baby, so happy was the whole family.
According to a well-known pediatrician Eugene O. Komorowski, bathing the child until such time as he began to crawl on your own apartment is rather developing and hardening than hygienic procedure.
According to him, a well-organized bathing baby gives him healthy sleep and allows parents to sleep at night. Therefore, bathe the baby need in the first place, to make your parenting the first year of a child's life comfortable and happy.
When to bathe your baby?
The shared bathroom with a dip it is advisable not to spend up umbilical wound healing. Until that time, enough to moisten the cloth with warm water and wipe with a child, or, if necessary, to undercut the baby.
No need to buy a baby bath and baby bathe in the hot kitchen with the included gas burners, says Komorowski. bathe your baby better to a large bathroom.
Such a swim there are a number of advantages. First, the child roomier in a large bath and plenty of it may move the arms and legs, and secondly, it slowly cools the water so that swimming is long (20-40 minutes), and the child will be able to spend enough energy.
Bathe your child is desirable before the last feeding.Nakupavshis baby will eat well and sleep soundly until the morning, which will allow parents to relax.
Preparation to bathing
According to Eugene O., bathe the child in boiled water is not necessary. And that water was clean enough, even at the stage of planning a baby should take care in order to establish a good filtration system in your house or apartment.
No need to fear, if water gets into the baby's nose or mouth, We should not allow him to drink the water in the bathroom. This may be due to the fact that he was just thirsty, so Napo baby before bathing or keep a bottle of water. Also, do not need to close the ears kid, preferably after bathing dry them with a cotton turundochki.
At what temperature water to bathe the child?
Initially bathe the child, according to the pediatrician, you need water 33-34 degrees in a large bath and 36 degrees in the small, where the child's movements are limited. To accurately determine the temperature of the water used fototermometr doctor recommends.
Gradually lowering the temperature of the water you need (About one degree per week), so it was quite cool and pipsqueak could spend energy. By six months old baby water temperature can be lowered to 26-27 degrees. If the water is too warm - it will not tempering and can cause overstimulation of the nervous system.
Do I need to add something to a baby bath?
Best of all, according to Komarovsky, bathe the child in ordinary tap water. or use infusion of medicinal herb, such as a string. Cook it very simple. Need to sleep during the day to take the child-liter jar, put the glass to dry pharmacy series and pour boiling water. In the evening, the infusion need to strain through cheesecloth and pour into the bathroom. Bathe your baby in the infusion of succession doctor recommends up to 2-3 months.
The doctor advises against adding potassium permanganate in water in the water disinfection purposes. The fact that a light solution of potassium permanganate can not cope with this feature, and concentrated - burn the skin remains.
Also, according to him, it is necessary how you can use various detergents often.This will lead to the drying out of the skin of the child and dermatitis.
How to bathe a baby?
According to pediatrician with proper bathing baby should be fully submerged in water, only its head should be on the surface. This is a fundamental moment because, when the chest is completely under water - it completely changes the breathing technique. Underwater with standard breathing baby muscles work more efficiently, to straighten out his lungs, and body strengthening. This method of purification is breathing respiratory system and excellent prevention of respiratory diseases.
To make it easier for you to buy (or make) swimming cap with foam floats, which will keep the crumbs on the surface of the head. It is desirable that the amount of foam can be gradually reduced. This will help the child to float.
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