Is it good to always give your baby a bath?

Families are always concerned about the baby's cleanliness and hygiene. The children are still young and must develop good living habits so that they can develop and grow better and protect their own health. So is it good to give the baby a bath all the time? What should we pay attention to? Bathing the baby is very good. It can keep the body clean and the baby will feel comfortable sleeping after bathing. However, it is not suitable for newborns to bathe every day.

Babies' skin is different from adults'. Their skin is thinner and more delicate. Bathing them every day can indeed keep them clean, but it may also cause dry skin. Especially for children with dry skin, soaking in water every day may cause the skin to become dehydrated, drier, and even peeling. If you bathe your child for too long, the outermost stratum corneum of the skin will absorb water and become soft, reducing the skin's resistance.

In addition, you don’t have to use shower gel every time you bathe your child. Just wash with clean water. There is a layer of oil on the outside of children's skin, which plays an important role in keeping the skin moisturized, reducing external irritation and keeping warm. Many shower gels are alkaline, which will destroy this layer of oil and easily make the skin dry and rough. Repeatedly rubbing the body with shower gel may cause sensitive skin in severe cases.

The first thing to do is to prepare all the items needed for bathing. For example, disinfection materials for the umbilical cord (before the newborn's umbilical cord falls off), pre-changed baby blankets, clothes, diapers, as well as small towels, large bath towels, bathtubs, cold water, hot water, baby powder, etc. Also check your fingernails to avoid scratching your baby, and then wash your hands with soap.

Therefore, if the child is not too dirty, there is no need to wash him every day. It can be washed every one or two days depending on the specific situation. Bath gel can be used once a week. If you need to take a shower every day when the weather is hot, just rinsing with clean water will be enough. It is worth noting that when bathing, you should avoid being directly blown by gusts of wind to prevent catching a cold and getting sick. Bathing time should be arranged 1 to 2 hours after breastfeeding the baby, otherwise it is easy to cause vomiting.

The above article clearly introduces whether it is good to bathe babies all the time. Mothers and their families should have a correct understanding of this. After all, children's skin is very tender. If they bathe their babies all the time, it is easy to irritate the skin. Therefore, when bathing your baby, just rinse it with clean water. It is best not to scrub it. Of course, you can bathe your baby more often in the hot summer.