dumb question: how to bathe a baby?

[pugz]

specifically a newborn obviously.

G's cord fell off last night, woo hoo! So I think we can switch to full baths instead of sponge bathing now, right?

break it down for me, how do I wash this baby? lol. Do we just sit her in the baby bathtub and wipe her down?

[rubytuesday]

Yeah, pretty much. You don't put soap on their face, at least I didn't and I think that's a rule. I was terrified of bathing mine at first.

[thatgirl2478]

Yeah. The water shouldn't be too warm or too cold. I had one of those thermometer ducks - but honestly it always felt too cold to me even when the duck said it was 'hot'. If you have a measuring cup you can use that to rinse her hair.

[oukapu]

We used a bath bathtub with sling. We filled the tub with some water and soaked a washcloth in the tub. Then we set her in the tub and put the wet cloth over her body. Then we took another cloth with a little soap (think pea to dime size) on it and wiped head, tummy, back, arms, leg, folds. The nurse said make sure you clean the folds. We got a towel and quickly dried her off. We only gave a full bath once a week. Make sure you wash the face every day with water.

[birdmom]

Jul 15, 2012 13:10:06 GMT -5 oukapu said:

We used a bath bathtub with sling. We filled the tub with some water and soaked a washcloth in the tub. Then we set her in the tub and put the wet cloth over her body. Then we took another cloth with a little soap (think pea to dime size) on it and wiped head, tummy, back, arms, leg, folds. The nurse said make sure you clean the folds. We got a towel and quickly dried her off. We only gave a full bath once a week. Make sure you wash the face every day with water.

This is how we did it. DS was a winter baby, so we only bathed like once a week when he was little and then sponge bath as needed.

He would get pissed when he was cold, and we had one of these: www.bathluve.com/, instead of a washcloth, but a washcloth works fine. He started liking it when he was a little older.

[satama]

Yes, definitely do the warm washcloth on the belly. Keeps them much happier. I always use a cup to rinse. Start with just water on the face, then ad a dab of soap and work quickly to do the rest of the body. Pay attention to the neck and other places where milk and spit up can hide.

[water*drop]

What everybody else said...and we watched youtube videos to build our confidence before the first time.

[Shreddingbetty]

For the first couple of months I just put a towel in the bathroom sink, filled it and put DD in it. I would rinse her hair under the running faucet

[liamsmom]

Grab a washcloth and a towel, set the towel in the sink, and place LO. Rinse her off with the washcloth, use only a little bit of soap.

[pugz]

thanks everyone, it was a success

[liamsmom]

Jul 15, 2012 20:57:03 GMT -5 pugz said:

thanks everyone, it was a success

Aw, little munchkin

[Deleted]

I just used the baby bathtub in the tub and filled it with just enough water so that I had enough to keep my wash cloths wet.