How to Give Bath to a Baby

A few months ago when some one asked me, "What is the scariest and difficult thing on earth?" I would have said "Bathing a baby". But now it has become an every day routine and I am able to manage it very easily, thanks to the latest baby bather products in market.

The main difficulty in bathing a baby is our confidence level. If we are a bit scared of the wet slippery baby, the baby would be scared too. Babies are very intelligent in reading our mind with our body language and expressions. I could not believe my eyes when I found that my 1 month old daughter could read our expressions. She would look at her father with fright if he shouts at her (just for fun) and would change her expression to loud laughter when he smiles at her immediately. So the first rule is be confident while handling the baby.

Things you need:-

In your baby room:

1. One baby bath towel

2. Dress for the baby

3. Diaper

4. Baby cream

In your kitchen sink or Bathroom

1. Baby bather

2. Bath tub/kitchen sink

3. Hot water in a bucket with a small cup or mug. Water temperature between 90 to 100 F

4. A towel spread on the bather

5. A hooded towel to wrap the baby

6. Liquid baby wash or soap

Place the baby bather inside a tub or a kitchen sink. Spread a thick soft towel over the bather so that the baby does not come down when you give her the bath. Dip your elbow inside the hot water to feel the heat. It should be bearable. Undress the baby and place her inside the bather. A bather looks like an easy-chair which gives lot of support and comfort even for a new born. Apply soap or liquid baby wash after pouring a couple of mugs of water all over her body. Wash off thoroughly.

Until this point it is smooth going. Now when it comes to the face, most of the babies do not feel comfortable. Put yourself in your baby's shoes. If some one wets your face, applies soap and washes it off, do you like it? How breathless you become. The same holds good for babies. But there is no other go. She can't do it herself. So try to gently wet her face, apply soap and then wash off gently with your fingers. Do not pour or splash water on her face which is extremely dangerous. See to that her mouth and ears are safe and no water gets into them. Some babies open their eyes while washing their face. Use a tear-free baby soap or baby wash. After thoroughly washing her, wrap her in a hooded baby towel and take her to the baby room.

Place her on the bed and wipe her gently with a soft baby towel. Apply a baby cream through out her body and face. Tie the diaper around her waist and dress her up. Now you have a fresh baby who will fall asleep as soon as you feed her :)