For the sake of your baby’s health, don’t use plastic tubs to bathe your little one!

Baby’s cleanliness is something that mothers always pay close attention to, as it is related to the baby’s own health and future development. As a qualified parent, there are many small details that you need to pay attention to, especially the point of washing the baby’s bottom. Nowadays, babies are mainly in diapers, so the number of times a mother has to wash her baby’s bottom will increase. Since the pubic care characteristics of female babies are different from those of male babies, extra attention should be paid when washing the buttocks, otherwise, the baby may contract gynecological diseases at a young age! “Remember the rules: less plastic basin” Error analysis: greedy for the convenience of utensils Many mothers and fathers are not very careful what utensils to use to fill the baby bath water, and most of them are chosen plastic basin. It is true that plastic tubs are easy to clean, light and easy to store. But never noticed that too hot water will have some chemical reactions with plastic, and even release some harmful substances. Another point is that plastic tubs breed bacteria faster, if you choose to use plastic tubs are more likely to bacterial infection. So it is recommended that female babies or stainless steel basin or enamel basin is more suitable. In addition to the above two points, the mother to the baby bath towels also need to pay attention to, in the use of boiling water should be scalded for 15 minutes, can effectively eliminate some residual bacteria, in the case of sufficient sunlight, drying is the best way to disinfection, 3 minutes exposure can easily sterilize. And usually towels to dry in a ventilated and dry place, before each use with boiling water scalding “Remember rule two: do not use tap water with boiling water” Error analysis: laziness and impatience Some mothers will be greedy for convenience, to wash the baby’s bottom with tap water. But they ignore that tap water contains a lot of bacteria and the purified tap water contains a lot of chlorine. If you wash your baby’s bottom directly with tap water, you will easily get infected with germs. Some mothers feel that boiling water is too hot, so they add some tap water to mix it, but in fact, this is also not good. The baby’s own resistance is relatively poor, and the tap water itself is contaminated, which can easily cause vulvodynia in the baby. If you don’t have the patience to wait, then set the alarm clock, put a good basin of water, then hold the baby to play and let the time pass! Another way is for the mother to stick to boiling water, which is treated at high temperatures and can effectively kill most bacteria. If you are worried that the water is too hot and will burn your baby, then you can prepare the water for your baby to wash his bottom in advance and wait patiently for the boiling water to cool down to the right temperature. If you think it is too slow, you can choose to use cool boiled water with 0.9% saline, which can also play a good sterilizing effect on the baby’s vulva. “Remember rule three: wash at most twice a day” Mistake analysis: excessive love of cleanliness Some mothers feel that their baby will easily get dirty with diapers, and every time they change, they Some mothers think that their babies’ bottoms are easily soiled by diapers, so they subconsciously wash their babies’ bottoms once every time they change them, thinking that it is more clean and hygienic and can remove the bacteria left in the diapers. Remember, your baby’s bottom is not your floor, so don’t scrub it several times a day, and don’t scrub it with the force of wearing out the floor. The floor is hard-wearing, but the baby’s delicate bottom is not. It is not a good thing to wash your baby girl’s vulva frequently. A baby girl’s vaginal secretions act as a natural barrier to the delicate mucous membrane of the pubic skin. And like adult women, a baby girl’s vagina itself is self-cleaning, preventing the growth of many pathogenic bacteria. If a baby girl’s vaginal secretions are washed excessively, she is failing to live up to the wonderful physiological design of the human body and removing a protective barrier. So a mother does not need to wash her baby’s vulva several times a day. It is best to wash the baby girl’s pubic area twice a day with warm water. “Remember rule four: never use talcum powder” Wrong analysis: over-reliance on baby products Because babies are now using diapers mainly, many mothers are worried that urine will cover the baby’s little butt, so they always like to apply talcum powder to the baby’s lower body. In fact, this is very incorrect, especially for the girl baby’s private parts is very harmful. If the powder enters the vagina from the vaginal opening, it can cause various inflammation and discomfort. In addition, the applied talcum powder may also mix with the urine and sweat that are not wiped clean and accumulate in the folds of the skin, soaking the delicate skin near the baby’s groin and causing skin ulcers. To take good care of your baby’s little butt, mom and dad must pay attention to keeping your baby’s skin dry and changing clothes and contaminated diapers in a timely manner. And also pay attention to the baby’s little buttocks, when changing diapers, you can use special soft wipes for babies to clean the residual urine and fecal stains on the baby’s buttocks directly, because each soft wipe contains baby lotion, so it can moisturize the little buttocks, and after using it to wipe or can leave a protective film on the little buttocks, and also prevent the baby’s buttocks from getting red. It will also not be as easy as talcum powder to get into the baby’s private parts or cause other harmful effects.