Washing is also a bath, only in one place. All the rules of an intimate toilet are quite simple.
Wash the child under running water .
Especially boil water is not necessary. And after urination, and after defecation it is permissible to wash the baby right under running water, under the tap of a shell or a bathroom, to whom it is more convenient. If you have any doubt about the quality of the water, worry about installing a filter on the faucet. Do not forget to wash the child and before going to bed, so he will feel comfortable.
You can use soap.
To wash the buttocks and legs, use specially made baby soap, but not every time, but, as a rule, only after the "great" hike. You can not take household laundry soap or cosmetic for washing your child: in the first case, alkali can dry and irritate the delicate skin of the baby, and in the second one, an allergic reaction to flavors or various additives is not ruled out. Also, carefully use special baby gels and bath foam, the choice of which is now huge. Pick up what's right for your baby.
Right direction.
And the movements of the hands and the stream of water should be directed strictly from front to back so that the remains of feces do not enter the urethra and do not cause inflammation. Just wipe the ass with a napkin, and over time with toilet paper.
It's easy to get wet.
Wiping the baby, you can not rub the skin, clean the moisture with soft touches of a towel.
A children's set of things.
The kid should have his own individual set of bathing items: soap, hairbrush, washcloth, towel, diaper. Do not allow the crumbs in a hurry to wipe the first by the hand of a towel belonging to someone from adults.
We put oil on.
Have you noticed a small redness in your baby? On a dry skin it is possible to put a special oil for babies - it can be chosen in drugstores or shops. Do not use vegetable oil, its quality is sometimes very questionable. If you need a powder, put it first in your hands, shake off excess and only then apply to the skin of a small one. Powder can be replaced with ordinary potato starch. Do not mix cream, oil and powder. Each of these skin care products can only be applied a thin layer separately. Do not wear a diaper or panties until oil or cream completely does not vputayutsya.
Mom's girls attention!
When washing is not every time, but still need to push the large labia. Very carefully, a moist swab should be cleaned by small sex, because between the folds can accumulate secretions. These discharges plus improper care can contribute to such a phenomenon as the synechia (fusion) of the labia in girls. If you notice that the excrement is more than usual swallowing the baby with a warm decoction of chamomile (1 tablespoon of flowers is brewed with 1 cup of boiling water) or a weak solution of potassium permanganate (dilute several potassium permanganate by adding boiled water and stirring thoroughly, otherwise you can burn the skin and mucous membrane). Do the same for a sexual crisis, when mucous or spotting appears from the genital cleft. It is absolutely safe and will pass by itself, when in the girl's body the amount of maternal sex hormones will decrease. Small labia can be washed without soap, and large - sometimes soap.
How to handle the son?
Sexual organs of boys should also be thoroughly washed. Be especially careful when treating the skin around the testicles and cleaning the penis. The secret secreted by the sebaceous glands, which is called the smegma, accumulates under the foreskin of the penis, gently wash it off with a special baby detergent. And do not push back the foreskin on the head of the penis - it can be fraught with pinching the head and then without the help of a surgeon can not do. Do everything without fanaticism.