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tub bathing is the recommended method of
bathing your baby
you want to make sure the room is free
from draft and at room temperature
you want to have all your supplies ready
and at easy reach
and you also want to make sure you never
leave the baby unattended or alone
always keeping a hand over the baby at
all times during the bath
the bath is best done either right
before feeding or a couple hours after
feeding
and you do not need to bath the baby
every day every two to three days is
recommended
the bath temperature should be warm to
the touch and you can test it by
dripping it on your inner wrist
you want to use a mild unscented
hypoallergenic soap
when bathing the baby to start with you
want to
clean the eyes with a clean washcloth
and warm water and you wash from the
inner
part of the eye to the outer part and
use a different part of the washcloth to
wash the other eye
again from the inner to the outer
once you're done washing the eyes you
can use a clean washcloth with warm
water
and wash the face wash all around the
face
get in around the ears behind the ears
on both ears never use a q-tip when
cleaning the ears
a washcloth on the inside and around the
outside is sufficient
and now you want to start with the hair
you get the hair wet
and then you get a bit of body wash soap
on the washcloth
and make a little bit of suds with it
and then you wash the hair with a bit of
soap
gently washing all around the hair you
notice how my hands
are on either side of the head blocking
the ears so there's no water getting in
to the baby's ears as you do wash the
hair
once you've done soaping the hair you
want to rinse that soap off so use the
same washcloth
and keep getting it wet through the tub
through the tub water
and washing rinsing the hair now you
bring the baby over and dry the hair on
the towel
drying the hair thoroughly
and you can take the diaper off and now
we can bath the baby in the tub
babies are always bathed with no clothes
on
but for purposes of this video we have
chose to cover the genital area
so now we put the baby we immerse the
baby right in the tub
and we start to bath the body use again
a little bit of soap on the washcloth
and we wash the body with the soap and
water
making sure to get under the arms and
down
either arm and under the neck the whole
body
and then you want to rinse that off so
again get your washcloth wet with the
tub water
and rinse all that soap water off
once you've done that you can turn the
baby gently onto their
tummy supporting them with your hand as
you wash their back
and we want again use a little bit of
soap on the back
wash all the way down from the top of
the neck right down to the bum
washing gently and then use a little bit
of warm water again from the tub to
rinse the baby off
after you've completed washing the back
area you can turn the baby back over
and finish off by cleaning around the
genital area
this is normally done in the tub but
we're going to show you on a towel
which is often what you can do in
between diaper changes
for girls you want to clean from front
to back
cleaning in between the folds and around
the creases
using a washcloth and warm water you can
use a little bit of unscented fragrance
free soap
and clean all around sometimes you see
blood tinge mucousy discharge for the
first five days and that's quite normal
and will clear on its own you want to
clean from clean to dirty
and rinse well with the washcloth of
warm water and then pat dry as you bring
the baby out of the tub
and now to clean the diaper area for a
boy you want to hold on to the ankles
and raise the legs up and use your
washcloth with warm water
and clean from front to back being
careful to clean around
the scrotum lifting it up and cleaning
around the penis area
and then around the bottom you can use a
little bit of unscented fragrance-free
soap
and clean all around getting in the
folds between the legs
you don't want to pull back on the
foreskin of the penis if the baby's
uncircumcised
after the baby's about three years of
age the baby will
do that on their own they can be taught
how to loosen that on their own and
clean the area
so then you rinse the area all off with
a washcloth in warm water
and then use some dry towels to take the
baby out of the tub
and thoroughly dry in among all the
creases making sure you dry the baby
well
you also want to make sure you remove
any wet towels that the baby is in
and so the baby does not get cold