How to bathe a newborn baby how to take care of the umbilical cord

Newborn bathing and umbilical cord care is recommended under the guidance of professionals, newborn bathing is generally cleaned in the order of head to foot, pay attention to avoid umbilical cord infection. Newborn bathing water temperature should be controlled between 38 to 40 ℃, pay attention to warmth, to avoid colds, first wash the face, respectively, wipe the eyes, nose, around the mouth; wash the head, rinse clean; wash the upper body, the newborn will be placed in the bathtub, you can go from the neck to the armpits, chest, and then to the abdomen, and finally to the two arms and hands; and finally wash the lower body, and dry the water in a timely manner. The care of the umbilical cord of the newborn is mainly to avoid umbilical cord infection, when the umbilical cord is contaminated by certain substances, you can use 75% alcohol to disinfect, after disinfection to completely expose the umbilical cord, the umbilical cord redness, swelling and secretion should be timely to the hospital, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.