Baby bath in the winter: important tips that are very useful for you
One of the things that helps in the healthy growth of the child is hygiene, and one of the important hygiene matters that most mothers find fear and extreme caution in implementing is the baby’s bath, especially the newborn child, especially in the winter season due to the cold weather and fear of colds and illness in the infant that causes insomnia and fatigue at the mother.
Here are some tips in order to ensure a safe bath for the child and to preserve his safety from any harm:
1. The duration of a baby’s bath does not exceed 10 minutes, and it is recommended that you start by washing his body at first, and then his head.
2. Newborns up to the age of 6 months, it is better and safer for them to bathe them in the bedroom, and the door and window must be closed, and make sure that there is no air in the room.
3. You must prepare yourself in advance so as not to be disrupted and avoid entering and exiting and opening the door. Put next to you all you need for bathing, including clothes, diapers, towels, and shampoo.
4. Check well the temperature of the bathing water before you remove the child's clothes so that he does not get sick.
5. The most appropriate time to bathe a child is at night to warm him up to sleep and not be exposed to any air current after bathing.
6. For clothes:
1.6 Dress your child in appropriate clothes for his surroundings. As a mother, you are the most person who can feel your child's body and heat.
2.6 You must always make sure that his clothes are clean and not wet from leakage of the diaper or due to rewinding or from breastfeeding, especially the chest and abdomen area.
3.6 You must warm the child's limbs well in his arms and legs, and wear socks and a woolen hat to warm his head and ears.
4.6 If you light the electric heater in the room, it is forbidden to take your child out and expose him to an atmosphere other than the room. You must first turn off the heater and then open the room door so that the room temperature is close to the average temperature of the rest of the house.
Help yourself and help your child to clean and bathe until you get used to it, the bath activates the child and makes him relax and helps him sleep comfortably and safely.