The newborn’s mouth can be properly cleaned, but care should be taken to avoid excessive cleaning.
Newborns mainly to eat breast milk or formula-based, after eating milk, may lead to part of the milk in the mouth in the residue, parents can use their fingers wrapped in a clean, soft gauze, properly dipped in warm water to the mouth for simple cleaning, conducive to oral hygiene, to prevent the breeding of germs.
It should be noted that the cleaning of the newborn’s mouth to avoid excessive, and in the newborn’s mouth to clean the action to be gentle, to avoid the action range or too much strength, because the newborn’s oral mucosa is relatively thin and tender, excessive cleaning may cause damage to the oral mucosa.
It can be seen that the newborn’s oral cavity needs to be cleaned, but parents should pay attention to the child’s oral cavity should be cleaned to master certain skills, to prevent excessive force and cause damage to the oral mucosa.