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From birth, your baby needs you to feed, to ensure its cleanliness and show him the affection necessary for its growth. The body of your baby requires simple care and appropriate then you must inform the early days on what to do or not do.
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 Cord care
Your baby is nourished before birth by means of a cord, two arteries and one vein. At birth, the doctor or midwife cut the cord leaving 8 to 10 centimeters, which will dry up and fall into the eighth and fifteenth day. Meanwhile the natural fall of the umbilical cord, you mamma the cure by applying daily alcohol eosin 1% or mercurochrome and must be covered with a sterile gauze.
The umbilical cord when it falls, it leaves a scar that should be cleaned every day with boiled water and disinfect. If it persists, you should consult your doctor to perform the appropriate care.
Toilet of baby's skin
The skin of your baby is very fragile and often prone to irritation in the form of redness. To avoid these rashes, you need each time you apply the change of the powder, ointments or creams. For a healthy skin of your baby, it must change frequently whenever it is soiled, wash her bottom with warm water and dry thoroughly.
Toilet baby eyes
The baby's eyes are cleaned every morning with a cotton soaked in saline or warm water. First aid is given to the hospital where you put a drop of an antiseptic in each eye.
Toilet nails baby
At birth, the baby nails, which are often long, must be cut from the earliest days using scissors suitable for babies and disinfected to prevent it does not scratch.
Toilet ears and nostrils of baby
Wipe the ears and nostrils with a damp cotton pad, go to the edges of holes and especially do not force the cotton.
Toilet genitals of baby
If your baby is a beautiful boy, you can pull the foreskin slightly to clear the tip of the glans and wash.
If your baby is a beautiful girl, take care to clean the vulva in removing wrinkles because it is in this region "often forgotten" that may be of maceration.
Toilet scalp Baby
During the early months, your baby's hair does not require special baby shampoo. You can use the same soap for his body. It is from the 3rd month you can use special baby shampoo. Babies perspire a lot of heads and some have a scab on their scalp. Simply apply every night a little almond oil to coat, clean the next day in the bathroom with a cotton pad soaked in soap. After a few days the scab will disappear. It is safe to wash your baby's head, you should clean your baby's skull with the palm of your hand in circular motions.
Cleaning the body of baby
The bath is quickly becoming a time of fun and relaxation for your baby. This is the best way to make a complete dress your baby. The first bath is often given to the fifteenth days ie from the fall of the umbilical cord and wound healing. You can give any time of day. But it is better to choose the evening before the last feeding because the bath relaxes your baby and gives it a quiet sleep. The bath should not last more than 5 to 10 minutes. We must put in the tub with cold water then hot water. It does not add hot water when the baby is already in the bathtub. We must test the bath temperature with a thermometer or default with the elbow. The water temperature is 37 °, the part where they bathe the baby between 20 and 22 °. In winter you can warm the room where you bathe your baby. |
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The output of the teeth is accused of many evils by many mothers who mistakenly attribute high fever, prolonged diarrhea, acute bronchitis, persistent pain ....
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