Preterm babies have a thin cuticle and are prone to damage from friction, and infections can easily occur after injury. When cleaning the baby, the action should be gentle, with soft gauze or towel to gently absorb the moisture on the skin. Skin permeability is strong, some bath products contained in the acidic or alkaline substances, easy to be absorbed by the skin, resulting in adverse reactions, so that the skin loses the role of the natural barrier, so you should choose baby-specific bath products. The distribution of the skin sweat glands is more dense, but sweating function is poor, sweat is not easy to discharge and lead to retention, retention of heat and sweat stimulation easy to cause sweating herpes, so when the baby sweats in a timely manner to scrub and change clothing. The immune system is not yet mature, anti-infection ability is poor, but also prone to allergic reactions, therefore, should be maintained every day to clean the skin, and the use of special skin care products for infants to protect. Skin care methods for various parts of the body 1. Face: Use water at a moderate temperature and a soft towel or softer gauze to gently scrub. Gently wipe the eyes from the inside of the corners of the eyes to the outside, then scrub the nose, mouth, forehead, cheeks, chin, and finally behind the ears and neck. 2, neck, armpits, groin and other folds: wash with warm water every day, wash with a soft towel to absorb the water, should not be hard to wipe, and a small amount of corn starch or baby powder coated in the folds. 3, buttocks: preterm babies buttocks are very delicate, easy to urine and feces adverse stimulation of redness, rashes or vesicles and so on. Keeping the buttock skin clean and dry is the most effective prevention method. Every time after the stool to change the diaper and wash with warm water, out of inconvenience, you can use non-alcoholic and fragrance of the wet paper towels gently wipe clean. Male babies in the neonatal period most of the circumcision, cleaning can be gently push the foreskin upward; with the growth of the age of the foreskin can be gradually turned up, this time should be gently turned up the foreskin cleaning, to remove the urine dirt hidden in the foreskin. The groin, penis and scrotum adjacent to the scrotum and the perineum adjacent to the skin is easy to hide dirt, such as not timely cleaning and keep dry, often easy to appear erosion, each time after the stool to focus on rinsing. Female baby urethra is shorter, easy to be contaminated by the feces around the anus, should be in accordance with the order from front to back (i.e., from the perineum to the anus) will be flushed out to prevent fecal contamination from the anus of the vagina and urethra. There are many folds around the anus, which are easy to retain feces. When cleaning the perianal area, attention should be paid to removing the feces remaining in the folds, so as to prevent feces from causing undesirable irritation to the perianal skin. Keep the buttocks dry: dry them after washing and apply buttock cream to form a protective barrier to isolate the skin from fecal contact and prevent diaper dermatitis. 4. Umbilical cord: the umbilical cord stump will fall off in about 1 week, and the stump should be kept dry and clean before it falls off: the broken end of the umbilical cord will not be put on anything, and a clean cloth can be gently put over the umbilical cord. When wrapping the diaper, the diaper should be folded under the umbilical cord to avoid wetting the cord. When the umbilical cord has just fallen off for 1 to 2 days, there will be a small amount of yellow jelly-like secretion at the umbilical node, which is odorless and does not need to be treated. When wet, dirty or a small amount of secretion, you can gently lift the stump and dry it with 75% alcohol or 0.5% povidone-iodine in one direction from inside to outside. 5, the whole body: often give the baby a bath, keep the skin clean, prevent infection. Precautions: 1. If there is no discharge from the umbilical cord, there is no need to apply alcohol or povidone-iodine. Regardless of whether the umbilical cord stump falls off or not, if the umbilical skin appears pink granulation, redness and swelling of the skin around the umbilicus, pus discharge and bleeding, you should go to the hospital in time. 2.Don’t stick to the vulvar mucosa of female babies and the glans (head of the penis) of male babies when applying buttock cream. For some female baby vulva white secretion, do not have to scrub, so as not to cause mucosal damage, or even cause infection. Give preterm baby bathing precautions: bathing can not only keep the skin clean to avoid bacterial invasion, but also through the stimulation of water on the skin to accelerate blood circulation, promote metabolism, improve the body resistance. Bathing is also one of the methods of water bath exercise, the baby’s feeling of the temperature and pressure of the water can promote the baby’s sensory development. 1, the precautions of bathing: when the premature baby’s weight begins to increase can begin to bathe. The bath should be taken about 1 hour after feeding. In winter, it is best to give the baby a bath about 3 times a week, and in summer, when sweating can be washed every day. Bathing local environment temperature at about 28 ℃, water temperature of 39 ℃ ~ 41 ℃ or so appropriate, first put cool water, and then put hot water. Preterm baby thermoregulation function is poor, attention to warmth when bathing, winter temperature is cold bath towel, clothes should be preheated after use. The duration of each bath should be about 10 minutes. 2.Preparation of articles: clothes, diapers, small towels, bath towels, disinfectant cotton, talcum powder, buttock cream, baby skin care products and bath tub. It is appropriate to use small alkaline baby soap or bath; 3, the order of bathing: first wash the head and then wash the face: wash the head to cover the ears, hold the head and neck, head dry and wrapped and then wash the face. Wash the upper body: before the umbilical cord does not fall off, it is necessary to wash the upper and lower body in order to prevent wetting the umbilical cord. Wash the upper body first by removing the baby’s shirt and putting on the clothes after washing to avoid the baby getting cold. Lastly, wash the lower body: wash the buttocks after each bowel movement, so focus on washing legs and feet when bathing. 4, skin care: dry moisture: to use a soft towel to absorb the moisture on the surface of the skin. After washing can be in the neck, armpits, thighs and other folds coated with baby powder or baby moisturizer, hip cream or disinfection of the buttocks cream or vegetable oil; powder and cream, oil, do not use at the same time; apply powdered skin care products, to avoid raising the powder into the air, resulting in baby inhalation. Precautions: neck, armpits, groin, buttocks skin redness, breaks or running water, consult a doctor promptly, do not use antibiotics or powders on your own in the redness or vesicles, so as not to aggravate the condition.