The skin of babies is very vulnerable and tender for any infection. This applies to the genitals. Observing the norms of hygiene, it is possible to prevent such diseases in boys as: balanoposthitis (inflammation of the foreskin and glans penis), and in girls vulvovaginitis (inflammation of the vagina and genital organs). What hygiene rules should children observe from the very first days of their life? How to keep intimate hygiene?
Hygiene of boys
- Boys should be washed when he wet the diaper three times. If a child wears disposable diapers, it should be washed every three hours.
- The boy's penis is washed without any effort, with soft movements, uncover the head. For washing use baby soap. Remains of moisture after washing, remove with a powder, pour a little powder on your palm and "powder" the baby's crotch, very carefully - inguinal folds and skin around the scrotum. Then moisten cotton wool with baby oil and grease at first folds in the middle of the thighs, then between the buttocks, wrinkles and inguinal.
- Before going to bed, see if the excess of smegma has accumulated in the foreskin, such as curdled crumbs. it is necessary to take a piece of sterile cotton wool and moisten it in sterile vaseline oil, then with gentle movements, without any efforts, to expose the head and remove the curdled crumbs of smegma. Do not leave fiber wool. Then drip the oil on the index finger, lubricate the head and close the foreskin. When the boy sits down on the pot, it can be less often washed away, but you can clean up the smigma every day.
- Observe the hygiene of clothing. It should be on a season, not to press anywhere, to correspond to growth of the child and to be from natural fabrics.
- Overheating and supercooling in boys "bottom" is harmful.
Girls' hygiene
- After birth, the girls can have spotting for several days. And this is considered normal. Because of the body of the child so hormones are excreted by the mother. At this time, every two hours to wash the child and change disposable diapers.
- You can not wash the baby's genitals in the bath, but just wash it in boiled running water. If you do hygienic procedures on the changing table, then use cotton swabs for this purpose. After changing the diaper, you need to wash the baby. To wash genitals it is necessary a hand beginning from a pubis and to coccyx, differently particles of feces will get on labia labiums and will cause an inflammation.
- In the 1st year of life, use water for hygienic procedures. Manganese, cosmetic products are not allowed, because they violate the protective function of the skin and dry it. If the feces get on the genitals, then after a year you can use liquid soap for intimate hygiene of girls or baby soap. Detergent should not enter the genital gaps. If the girl has an opacity or irritation, you can wash away with a weak solution of sage, calendula, chamomile. Keep in mind that before 7 years, detergents do not overdry the skin of the genitals. You can use soap not more than once in seven days. And it is better to use one water.
After the hygienic procedure for babies, you need to dry the baby's skin with a clean separate towel. It is not allowed to use this towel by other family members. In addition, the child should have his own washcloth and soap. When the girl's genitals are washed and wiped, the external part of the genitalia should be lubricated with baby cream.
The baby's underwear should be made of natural material, it needs to be changed daily. This clothing should not tighten the genitals. Wash linens and children's clothing should be separate from adult things.
From three months to four months, from 7-9 years and from 13-14 years on the sexual lips of the child appears a white coating, which is called smegma. It is formed as a result of the sebaceous glands of the external genital organs. Girls need to remove the smegma swab, which must be previously moistened in boiled water or in boiled olive oil. In more mature age, the mother must teach the girl how to take care of her sexual organs herself, that is, the basics of intimate hygiene.