DO NOT assume some new mothers of newborns are still 'fragile'. They are afraid to bathe her baby. The more panic when the baby cries. In fact, normal for babies to cry louder as a bath.
Although the first time, new mothers must be brave. Get rid of feelings of worry. Remain calm and think of fun activities to bathe the baby. So baby does not fall, the mother may use waterproof mat and cloth. Reduced risk of slipping. So the baby does not take in water, the higher the position of the head from the body. Do not flush baby face. Use a washcloth only.
Consider the steps to bathe the baby:
1. Place the baby on waterproof, one by one remove the shirt. Clean up first if your child wets or pup. Wipe off with a washcloth that has been dipped in warm water. Starting from the head, face, neck folds, hands, chest, folds of the armpits, thighs, legs, last of the most dirty of the groin, genital area and buttocks.
2. menyabuni baby, who drops a washcloth with soap, from top to bottom.
3. Lift the baby by stuffing his left hand under the neck (if you're not left-handed), then hold on tight armpit. The right hand holds his body to put in a bathtub. Hold the baby's back and neck with the palm of his left hand, while the thumb and forefinger close the right ear and left the baby so as not to take in water. Rinse with his right hand when washing the entire body, starting from the head. Do not stay long, so the baby was cold. To clean his back, turn over the baby's body in a way to hold the prop his body and arm with his left hand. The right hand can start rinsing the back.
4. After it left no marks foam soap and shampoo, lift the baby and place it on a towel that has been prepared. Close the baby's body with the towel on the left and right, then dry head. After that dry the whole body, hands and feet. Make sure the folds such as the neck, groin, armpits dry of water. In infants there is a lot of fat folds.
5. Move the baby to the arrangement of her clothes. Note the umbilical cord. If no discharge or crust on the edge or the inside of the navel, clean with cotton buds moistened with alcohol which has 70 percent. Brush the abdomen and back of the baby with talon oil(mica talon in Indonesia). Powder may be given, though not necessarily. In the folds may also be given cream. After that put the diaper, then dress.
6. After the baby is wearing clothes, clean the eyes, mouth and ears. Clean the eyes with cotton wool soaked in boiled water, from the tip of the eye toward the nose. Use a different cotton for each eye. Clean the nostrils and ears with cotton buds. Do not put cotton buds into the ear hole. Clean the outer ear only.
7. After all is finished, the face of baby powder may be a way to wipe it. Then we cuddle babies so that no transfer of warmth from the mother to the baby's body.
Although the first time, new mothers must be brave. Get rid of feelings of worry. Remain calm and think of fun activities to bathe the baby. So baby does not fall, the mother may use waterproof mat and cloth. Reduced risk of slipping. So the baby does not take in water, the higher the position of the head from the body. Do not flush baby face. Use a washcloth only.
Consider the steps to bathe the baby:
1. Place the baby on waterproof, one by one remove the shirt. Clean up first if your child wets or pup. Wipe off with a washcloth that has been dipped in warm water. Starting from the head, face, neck folds, hands, chest, folds of the armpits, thighs, legs, last of the most dirty of the groin, genital area and buttocks.
2. menyabuni baby, who drops a washcloth with soap, from top to bottom.
4. After it left no marks foam soap and shampoo, lift the baby and place it on a towel that has been prepared. Close the baby's body with the towel on the left and right, then dry head. After that dry the whole body, hands and feet. Make sure the folds such as the neck, groin, armpits dry of water. In infants there is a lot of fat folds.
5. Move the baby to the arrangement of her clothes. Note the umbilical cord. If no discharge or crust on the edge or the inside of the navel, clean with cotton buds moistened with alcohol which has 70 percent. Brush the abdomen and back of the baby with talon oil(mica talon in Indonesia). Powder may be given, though not necessarily. In the folds may also be given cream. After that put the diaper, then dress.
6. After the baby is wearing clothes, clean the eyes, mouth and ears. Clean the eyes with cotton wool soaked in boiled water, from the tip of the eye toward the nose. Use a different cotton for each eye. Clean the nostrils and ears with cotton buds. Do not put cotton buds into the ear hole. Clean the outer ear only.
7. After all is finished, the face of baby powder may be a way to wipe it. Then we cuddle babies so that no transfer of warmth from the mother to the baby's body.