The care
As a privileged moment of exchange, the baby participates in the anticipation of the care by recognising the descriptive words and the organisation of the preparations, which reassures him/her.
Bathing : At home, the baby is washed like his mother, every day.
As a privileged moment of exchange, the baby participates in the anticipation of the care by recognising the descriptive words and the organisation of the preparations, which reassures him/her.
Bathing : At home, the baby is washed like his mother, every day.
- Bathing is daily in our temperate regions where water is abundant.
- Every day because only soaping prevents the proliferation of pathogenic germs on the surface (hydrophilic germs) and deep down in the skin (hydrophobic germs).
- This practice prevents the appearance of pimples.
- First of all, a phase of awakening in a 37° water bath to relax and regain the sensations of floating and weightlessness known before its birth.
- Then a gentle soaping with a superfatted soap even in the folds, the face and the hair too.
- Rinse with the showerhead to remove the soapy water from the skin.
- Dry then massage with a cream if necessary or shea butter.
- This practice is different from the one often shown in maternity wards, but is close to what you do for yourself.
- You dress her with one more layer of clothing than mum in her first year.
- Look for the claws that are the sharp end of the nail, round it off with a nail file gently. No more than 3 to 4 passes each time to preserve the skin from the pulp of the fingers.
- Umbilicus care : Soaping, rinsing, drying, daily then a secant solution (Cytelium). Avoid antiseptics which favour the formation of inflammatory granulomas.
- Avoid very unpleasant nasal cleansing, favour mother's milk drops directly from the nipple into the nostrils, then blow your nose well.Change it after feeding because the gastro-colic reflex makes him evacuate the stools when he fills his stomach.