Hygiene: hygiene rules for what my child

How to give the baby bath and wash his hair and face? What products should I use and what precautions to take? Here are our tips about the health of babies.

Clean the baby face

Avoid soap! one hand because it may sting baby's eyes (even if it does not pique supposedly), and secondly because the baby to "eat" a little.

Of warm water just so: a whale of a cotton or gauze soaked with water on his cheeks, chin, nose, forehead. Then wipe gently.

Note:
- You can also use a single fogger! In addition, it will amuse baby
- If the edges of the nostrils of babies are very dirty, use a cotton coated with saline to remove the "boogers". But beware, never use a cotton swab, a false move and you could push him into the nostrils;
- You can also use the cleansing water, milk or toilet wipes.

Wash baby's ears

Forget cotton buds ... you could hurt your baby and push the wax in the ear ... then to wash the baby's ears, use a cotton roll or gauze around your finger and content yourself with the outermost portion of the ear of baby (you can also use the spray of Doculyse Quies to treat or prevent earwax).

Clean baby's eyes

For eyes, use a compress soaked in saline (or if Dacryosérum eyes that ooze). In cases of conjunctivitis are requesting a specific treatment to your pediatrician.
Go compress at once (without return): start with the inner corner of the eye, and end with the outer corner.
Change the compress for the second eye.

Wash baby's hair

Wet the baby's head with the washcloth, or immerse the area to wash in water. Put a little shampoo (just a nut!), Gently massage the baby's skull into a lather and rinse, the glove or the bath.

If you wash baby's hair in the bath, be aware that this will be a little more athletic and he'll have to keep her neck to avoid to drink the cup! 

Warning: some babies hate having not even a part of the head in water.

Wash the baby's body

Baby soap with your hands or a clean washcloth.
You can use soap directly in the bath or on the changing table if you fear that you baby slipping out of hand. Wash from top to bottom and do not forget the creases!

Note:
- Warm bath product in your hands before applying it;
- Remember to place the napkin on a hot radiator, even when careful not to burn ..

Wash baby's hands

Baby loves to put his hands to his mouth, even if they hang around ...
To prevent baby "eats" too many germs, use soapy water, a liquid alcohol-based wipes or special.
Think especially at this gesture of hygiene before meals and before bedtime .

Clean baby's bottom

Change baby, it is something you need to perform several times a day until your baby is clean. 

Always clean your baby's bottom from front to back to avoid infections.
Why use a glove with soapy water, a wipe or a cleaner on a cotton like liniment for example, which allows both a thorough cleaning of the buttocks, and protection of the skin, avoiding the redness.

If you clean with soapy water, make sure the baby's skin is dry before closing the diaper. In case of diaper rash (red buttocks), using a special cream (eg Oxyplastine), or simply the liniment.

Wash baby teeth

From 18 months, you can give your baby a small toothbrush , no toothpaste, for he imitates you.

Caries prevention also starts with a special diet , no sugar added, no snacking and no bottle of sugar water during the day or evening.

Essentials of baby toiletries

- Washing gel "two in one" for children or soap surgras;
- Liniment;
- Soft bristle brush;
- Lotion or wipes;
- Saline;
- Cotton;
- Compresses;
- Nail scissors rounded end;
- Small toothbrush (for larger).

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