Up to a year in a personal bath?
Have you got a chic modern ergonomic or trendy bath with built-in thermometer and are going to use it until your child turns one year old? Think about whether a grown-up baby in it is a bit crowded ...
How right?
Babies up to three months of pediatricians recommend bathing in a baby bath, because the baby's skin is now very vulnerable. A large bath does not guarantee sterility (after all it is used by all family members!), No matter how you wash it. However, after three months, water procedures should be performed in a common bath. There, the child can not only lie in the water, but also actively push the legs with pens. And such exercises perfectly strengthen muscles.
With the umbilical wound can not be washed?
Like all young mothers, the neonatologist in the maternity hospital warned you that it is not necessary to water the umbilical wound. This is true, but please do not take everything literally!
How right?
In the umbilical wound should not accumulate liquid. This does not mean that the crumb can not splash in the bath! Simply after the water procedures you need to thoroughly wet the navel, let it dry (before you put on, leave the crumb for a while naked). And after - gently treat with hydrogen peroxide and diamond green. Then you can put on a diaper (preferably with a cutout under the navel, so that the wound "breathed" and soon healed).
Water should be boiled?
If, with the appearance of the little girl, you began to live under the motto: "Sterility is always and everywhere!" - you will not be envied. Usually it is these mummies-hyperchips that boil water every day to buy a baby, and instead of positive emotions from watching a splashing child they think only of how quickly to finish the procedure and relax ... By the way, while the kid does not enjoy any water do not get. Boil water for bathing babies is sometimes advised only in the first seven days after returning from the hospital. It is during this period that the umbilical cord heals. Live in a private house and the quality of water is beyond doubt? The skin of the baby is clean (no sweats, combs, wounds)? Then do not create yourself unnecessary problems. It is enough to pour the right temperature in the tub - 37,5 C and you can swim.
Is it not so scary in the diaper?
Our grandmothers and mothers bathed their babies, wrapping themselves in a flannel diaper. Thus, they sought to create a carapace of a condition similar to those in which he was in the tummy. Do I need to do something like this to modern parents? Let's think logically!
How right?
Maybe a wet diaper and resembles a small wall of the uterus, where he was for nine months. But then the youngster became very cramped, and he asked to go outside. But here you are again trying to limit it ... Do not! Let the child get used to the new conditions. Just do it slowly. Carefully dip a crumb in water and wait until he gets used to it. Then try to drive it from one end of the bath to the other (the baby will push off with the legs). Several such bathing - and the child will get used to, and will wait for them with impatience!
Cosmetics do not happen much?
On the shelves of specialized stores full of tubes, jars, bottles with all kinds of children's cosmetics. And what a bright, beautiful packaging! And I want to buy everything! Hold back! Choose a couple of quality products and use your mind wisely. You washed, wiped the baby and put it on a changing table? On clean skin, you can apply cream, milk or powder. Apply them recommend not only after an evening bath, but also throughout the day after you have washed the little one. Which tool to choose? Will tell the skin condition of the baby. Is it too dry? Take moisturizing cream, milk. But do not put too much! Cream of diaper dermatitis lubricate only wrinkles and problem areas. For reddened places, use powder (or regular starch). First, put a little on your wrist, then spread your finger across the skin. Excess powder forms a moist crust that becomes the cause of a fungal and bacterial infection. In a word, do not overdo it!
Soap necessarily?
Do you sweat a little boy or daughter in soapy foam every day? This is not the best option for a gentle epidermis! Pediatricians believe that soap (even baby!) Overdry the skin, and the natural lubricant is washed away. So use it only once a week. Do not get involved in other similar cosmetics. For example, foam, gel, shampoo for bathing babies (choose one that does not pinch eyes) should not be used more than once every five days.
Are grasses always useful?
To the child already more year, and you till now make grasses for a bath? To say that you are a good boy, you can only in the event that these actions are truly justified.
How right?
If the crumb is not yet three months old, doctors advise to bathe it daily in a decoction of chamomile flowers, succession. In the future, herbs for bathing are used occasionally (enough once a week, because they also overdry the skin) or at the insistence of the doctor.
• Do small sponges tremble, he restlessly asleep? Probably a children's neurologist will prescribe calming baths with a root of valerian, cones of hops, leaves of motherwort, mint.
* For the problem skin (rashes, irritation, redness) shows baths with decoction of broth, calendula. Caught a cold, cough? Brew juniper, pine buds - and you will quickly cope with the disease.
Cold dousing - no?
Some believe that water quenching procedures are not suitable for infants. Because of this they are supposedly catching cold! It is better that the water in which the baby is bathed, was warmer. We really hope that you are not among such people and you protect your little one not only from hypothermia, but also from overheating! Too warm water gives an additional strain on the heart. Small vessels dilate, worsening the work of all internal organs. The baby overheats. In addition, such water significantly exacerbates irritation and inflammation of the epidermis. For the baby, the normal water temperature in the bath should not exceed 37.5 ° C. For the purpose of tempering pediatricians recommend to lower the temperature by one year to 28 C. Only gradually! First, use the "cold spot" method. At the end of the bath for a minute, open the tap with cold water (do not mix it with warm!) And roll on the spot of the youngster. After mastering this method, go to the next - do a crumb of contrast shower or pour from head to toe with cool water.
Diving is very dangerous?
To teach a little dive is a senseless occupation. He will be able to learn the basics of diving later! But earning an otitis from such an exercise is easy! So many believe. But do not believe them! After all, this skill will probably come in handy! Proved: the ability to hold your breath under water perfectly develops the lungs! In addition, he "trains" the ears. The congenital swimming reflex is preserved in children for up to three months, and later ... disappears if it is not backed up by practice. So hurry with the training! How will we train? There is a good technique that you can use at home! When the baby is bathing in a large bath, loudly say: "Dive!" - and blow the baby in the face. He must hold his breath. Have you achieved such an effect? Proceed to the next exercise. Say again: "Dive!" And sprinkle the child's face with warm water. Only after mastering these skills on the command "Dive!" For a couple of seconds, immerse the crumb completely into the water. After such bathing it is very important that the ears of the crumbs emerge. Do not forget to get wet with the ears of the baby with cotton sponges. And when he falls asleep, turn it over and over and over and over to the other barrel several times. Then no otitis is scary to you!
Is the float to be long?
It's simply impossible to do everything: to bathe, to dive, to wash with soap or soap ... Yes, it will take at least an hour, and then two! Such thoughts terrify more than one caring mother. Let's get rid of them!
How right?
If you plan your time well and thoroughly prepare for the bathing of the child, then you will manage everything. For example, on Monday, plan a bath in the herbs, and with foam or gel, my crumbs on Saturdays, just do not dive in soapy water! It's better to do this before it becomes foamy! It is desirable that in the bathroom the child was not more than twenty minutes! And now let's try to paint in detail the time of each procedure. Training in underwater diving will take about ten minutes (exercises need to be done on a daily basis!). Soap-washing-off - five more (when you do not use soap, let the little girl play with waterfowl a little). Pouring or contrasting shower - also no more than two minutes (this is a regular procedure!). That's all, time's up. But you're not going to stand over the child with a stopwatch? In addition, if the young couple will stay in the water for a couple of extra minutes, nothing serious will happen! However, a prolonged stay in the water can threaten hypothermia (it quickly cools!).
It is impossible to bathe itself?
Every evening you wait for the husband's return from work, to wash with him a little son or daughter. Sometimes he is late, and water procedures begin when the little eyes are already sticking together, and you are extremely irritated. A familiar picture? Redraw it!
How right?
Try to understand your beloved. He hardly delayed on purpose. Take the situation in your hands, because, frankly, you can do it yourself without anyone's help. And to facilitate this process you will be helped by special adaptations - a hill for swimming (suitable for infants), a bath seat (for children from 6 months old).
Taboo on the pool?
Even realizing all the benefits of swimming in the pool, you can imagine how the baby splashes there, and you are covered by fear? Admit it, are you afraid that a baby will choke on chlorinated water, will it choke or is it all an infection? In any case, your anxiety is absolutely groundless! Do not even think about the negative! After all, bad thoughts often materialize. In the future take it to note! It is better once again to look through the books about the benefits of swimming for babies, read the reviews of moms on one of the forums on the Internet and, after consulting with the pediatrician (he will write out a certificate), choose a good pool. For infants - with ionized, and not chlorinated water! Surely there will be an experienced instructor who will consult and teach you a couple of pirouettes (do not forget to take everything you need for yourself, including a certificate of health, because in the pool you will be engaged with the child!). Believe me, from such exercises you both will have great fun! And undoubted benefit!
Does not need a comb?
After all the water procedures, you thoroughly soak the baby's body with a towel, wipe his head, wipe your ears and ... everything? But this is not enough!
How right?
Do not forget that the hair crumbs (and curls, and even light fluff) also need special care. Hair dryer, drying them, is strictly contraindicated (even after visiting the pool, it is enough to wipe the head with a towel and wait until the hairs dry). Combing the crumb is better right after bathing, until the hair is dry and tangled. Then the little one will not have unpleasant sensations. In the first months of life you will need a thick scallop with rounded teeth. It will help to save the child from the parietal crusts (pre-oil the strands with oil and put a hat on it for a short while, so that everything is absorbed properly). A brush with natural fibers not only helps to make "styling", but also a head massage. And this stimulates the hair roots to further growth. True, for such a comb you need the right care: often my it under running hot water, shake it, and then thoroughly dry it. By the way, do not forget about the fact that once a week you need to do a manicure, and once in 14 days - a pedicure. To do this, you should purchase a special kit. To all the rest, including knowledge, you are already armed!