With the recent cold and hot weather, it’s hard to know how to bathe your baby. Some parents just choose not to wash, and some mothers take their babies to bathe in outside institutions. Recently, we have received a lot of messages or inquiries from parents because they did not pay attention to bathing their babies at home, but just tried to wash them without scalding, without thinking about how hot the water temperature is, and after taking their babies to outside bathing centers, they heard people say that bathing them in hot water will affect their babies’ fertility in the future. Is this true? Will bathing with hot water affect my baby’s fertility? This argument is mainly for male babies because testicles don’t like heat and are usually a bit cooler than the body temperature. So, there are some rumors that say using hot water for bathing can kill sperm and affect fertility. This argument does not apply when it comes to children. The so-called effect is a condition that requires the testicles to be immersed in hot water for a long period of time, such as regularly soaking in hot springs with water temperatures of 40 degrees or more. Is the temperature of the bath water that I feel with my hands okay? Some mothers will ask, in order to save time, usually use their hands to feel the bath water, will this be a problem? In fact, this is not to worry, when the water temperature exceeds 36 ℃, there will be a warm feeling, when more than 45 ℃ will obviously feel a hot feeling, the general adults feel hot water temperature, used to give the baby a bath will be very hot, will make the baby uncomfortable. Therefore, experienced parents, you can use the wrist to measure the temperature of the water, feel slightly hot not hot. For babies, the optimal water temperature is 37 to 40 degrees Celsius, the water temperature in the baby acceptable range, the baby will also be more comfortable. How to measure the water temperature correctly? The most accurate is of course the use of water thermometer measurement, some cartoon thermometer, or better to use, there are a variety of animal shapes, such as bears, frogs, ducks, fish, etc., but pay attention to the measurement of the water temperature, the water should be stirred well, although these thermometers are very cute, but is not recommended as a water toy, so as to avoid damage to the baby to play with lead to the leakage of mercury. 37 ~ 40 degrees Celsius is the appropriate temperature of the baby’s bathing Parents can adjust the temperature in this range according to the season and the weather’s heat and cold. In addition to the water temperature, parents should also control the time of bathing the baby Some babies may like to play in the water, feel more novelty and fun, parents have been letting the baby soak in the bath tub for a long time. This will destroy the protective barrier of the baby’s skin. Moreover, if the bath time is too long and the hot water is not added in time, the water temperature will drop, which may cause the baby to catch a cold. Meanwhile, if you are not careful in adding hot water, it is easy to cause burns. The best recommended time to bathe your baby is about 10 minutes, not too long. Give the baby a bath, pay attention to the following points: In addition to the above, the appropriate water temperature of 37 ~ 40 degrees Celsius, the best bathing time for about 10 minutes, for new mothers, there are also the following points need to pay attention to. 1, first put cold water, and then hot water debugging; 2, each bath time between two breastfeeding is appropriate, to avoid excessive hunger before feeding the baby and milk after the bath occurs overflow; 3, for the baby sleep is not very good can be washed before going to bed at night, will make the baby sleep peacefully; 4, the temperature of the bathroom is appropriate for the 26 to 28 degrees. Some parents belong to a particularly easy to anxiety type, read these, or will worry about the impact. If this is the case, parents can observe at home, after the bath baby’s external genitalia, there is no redness, swelling problems. If it’s the same as usual, parents don’t need to worry.