Giving Your Baby a Bath, Make Sure Your Doing It Right Home

coachb51 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:11:29 CST

Bathing your baby is so much fun and when you think of it you imagine a happy baby laughing at the water. Then why are you so stressed? Well, this is only normal. The important thing is to make the bath safe and everything else will come with time.

The first thing you have to do is to prepare the bath. Chose the room if not the bathroom that you will use to give your baby a bath. Now that your baby is small, you can use any room of the house that suits you to give the baby the bath, although the bathroom is recommended as you will have everything you need. However, if for some reason your bathroom is not ideal, for example if it is the coldest room in the house, you shouldn't pick it. Then you have to think of all the things you might need. Towels, a mild soap, to unplug the telephone so that no one disturbs you. Have everything ready before you start the bath. If you start the bath and realize that you need something, ask someone to get it for you or not use it at all. Otherwise you have two choices. The one is to leave the baby alone in the bathroom and the other to carry it with you. You should never leave the baby alone not even for one second. You should avoid carrying the baby with you as it will be cold and is slippery and this will cause accidents.

Newborn babies are not ready for a bath, nor do they enjoy it that much. So avoid bathing your baby at the early stages of life. Newborns won't get dirty either. The one thing you should do is to sponge clean the baby. Use water at room temperature to clean parts of the baby that get dirty such as the face and behind the ears. Babies don't like too hot or too cold water as it damages the skin. Newborns shouldn't be having a bath every day. Just use common sense and clean the baby when it is needed.

Bathing the baby has a few things you should pay attention to. Make sure that everything you use is clean. Clean the sink or the baby tub after each bath as still water is a friendly environment for germs. Make sure that the area or the room you use is not cold and is away from drafts. Babies can easily catch a cold that can have severe affects. Always support the baby's head when in the tub and never leave the baby alone not for one second. You should wash the baby's hair once a week if there is a need. Don't overdo it with washing as it is dangerous and really not needed.

You should not use bubble baths as they can irritate the skin and cause rashes. You can use plain water or a mild soap. For newborns plain water is enough as you only have to clean the area behind the ear and parts of the body. Babies are not dirty, they need the bath for other reasons. If you see that the baby is not really at the mood for a bath, you should schedule it for another evening. Have fun.

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