Do newborns need to be bathed every day?

Bathing is quite important for the human body. It can effectively maintain the hygiene of people's skin, prevent skin diseases, prevent odor and so on. After a newborn is born, it is easy for him to poop and pee because he cannot control his excretion behavior. Not only is it not clean, but it also has a peculiar smell. Therefore, many parents will take measures to bathe their newborns every day. So, do newborns need to bathe every day?

Do newborns need to take a bath every day? How long is the appropriate time to take a bath?

First of all, it is recommended that the newborn baby be bathed by a professional nurse in the hospital.

Generally, a normal birth requires staying in the hospital for 3 days, and a caesarean section requires staying in the hospital for 7 days. The hospital nurses will take the initiative to come and bathe the newborn. First, newborns are soft and delicate, and new parents don’t know how to bathe them and are afraid of hurting the baby; second, when new parents bathe the baby, they must pay attention to the care of the newborn’s navel to avoid infection of the navel. It is better to watch and learn first and then do it yourself at the beginning.

Secondly, newborns have a fast metabolism, so it is recommended to bathe newborns once a day after discharge from the hospital.

When bathing a newborn, prepare a waterproof belly button sticker and use medical cotton swabs and iodine to disinfect and care for the belly button until the umbilical cord falls off. If parents do not know how to operate, they can go to a regular maternity and baby store or hospital baby swimming area for swimming and bathing, and let professionally trained staff help with the operation.

Finally, the temperature regulation center of the newborn is not yet fully developed. When bathing, you should pay attention to keeping warm and maintaining indoor air circulation to prevent the baby from catching a cold. If you bathe the baby yourself, you should pay attention to protect the baby's eyes, ears, and nose from water. You don’t need to use baby shower gel and shampoo every time you bathe or wash your baby’s hair, even if there is vernix caseosa on the baby’s body (it will fall off over time). For washing hair, you can use Thai style shampooing. For bathing, you can buy a recliner and let your baby lie in the water to bathe. It is easier to bathe your baby once he is able to sit up.

If parents are interested, they can learn passive exercises and touch massage techniques for babies. Every day after the baby takes a bath, they can listen to music and do touch massage and passive exercises for him. This is a good interaction to cultivate the child's sense of security and promote parent-child attachment!