Burping, Bathing and Bathroom Basics
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Video Description:After pregnancy, get ready for newborn baby care! Feeding, burping, and diaper duty go on non-stop - and baby bath time seems to be an invitation for your little boy to pee all over you! This video has some newborn care tips to help you make it through!
Transcript:A word of comfort to new moms and dads: You WILL figure this out! Newborns are a lot of work, but knowing some baby basics will help. Of course, one of your more unpleasant (and frequent!) jobs will be diaper duty. This isn’t hard and will become second nature in no time. Before you start, be sure that you have everything you need at your fingertips. That means diapers, baby wipes, diaper rash ointment, and a change of clothes (just in case!) Lie your baby down and open the diaper. Parents with boys, watch out for that penis! Keep it covered with a cloth when he’s undressed to avoid a spray surprise. Now fold over the diaper so that the clean side touches your baby’s bottom. Lift your baby’s legs and wipe the area well. If you have a girl, wipe her from front to back to keep her vagina bacteria-free. If you have a boy, prevent leaks by quickly fastening his diaper. As you replace the dirty diaper with a clean one, remember that disposables have tabs that go in the back and wrap around to the front. So what if your baby’s made a REALLY big mess in his or her diaper? Bath time! Once again, have everything you’ll need handy before you begin. Ensure that the room is between 75 and 80 degrees. Because babies lose body heat very quickly, this keeps them comfortable. Use an infant tub, or the sink, until your baby can sit up unassisted. Once the sink is filled with enough water to cover your baby’s bottom half, slide him or her into the tub. When washing a newborn, use soap sparingly and stick to the hands, bottom and genitals. The rest of your baby’s body can be washed with water alone. If you want to shampoo, use a drop of tear-free product once a week. If you have an uncircumcised boy, it’s fine to wash his penis with soap and warm water. But a circumcised boy shouldn’t be bathed until his penis is healed, so stick to sponge baths for now. It seems like when babies aren’t dirtying diapers, they’re nursing, and feeding babies need to be burped. Burp your baby when you switch breasts, or halfway through a bottle. Remember to have a burp cloth handy in case the baby spits up! The classic burping position is to hold your baby upright, with his or head on your shoulder. Support the bottom with one hand and use the other to pat the back firmly. If this doesn’t work, try placing your baby stomach side down across your lap, turning him or her sideways. Or hold your baby in a seated position, supporting the neck and chest with one hand, and patting with the other. A newborn baby is a lot of work. But take heart in knowing that every couple DOES get the hang of burping, bathing, diapers, and everything in between!
Category:Labor & Delivery/Newborn Baby Care
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Comments
corie 1 month ago
nice
aleman3 1 month ago
thank you for the info but don't loose your temper for some big words that the medical staff are using! have a great day
PoizonedFate 7 months ago
I am new to the site so I am unsure if there is one here, but I would like to see a video on baby CPR or what to do in case the baby isnt breathing or is choking.
Chava 8 months ago
As a mother of intact boys I find it very insulting that you would use the word UNcircumcised. Do we address American women as UNcircumcised? If we have all our limbs are they unamputated? If you still have both of your breasts are you unmastectamised? Intact is the default. It is normal. Being circumcised requires surgical intervention. Having all that you were born with isn't UN doing anything. Its an oxymoron to say you're subtracting from the body when you've actually kept all that you were born with. Also, its important to include the care of the intact penis and not make it some scary mystery. There is a lack of awareness about the male prepuce in American medicine. This perpetuates fear which makes an easy sale for any physician soliciting unwarranted genital reduction surgery on healthy newborns. Intact care is simple. Never retract the foreskin since it is still bonded to the glans just as the fingernail is to the finger. Separation will begin well after infancy. Wipe like a finger. That's all there is to it. A child with a retractable foreskin can simply retract rinse and replace. Sometimes full retraction doesn't occur until late puberty. There is a wide range of normal development in the healthy male. Just as girls develop at different pace, so do boys.
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