Someone asked about baby baths the other day.
The effect of timing of initial bath on newborn's temperature. Varda, JOGNN 29 (1) Jan Feb 2000
Bathing Newborn Babies & Infection Prevention, NSW Health Nov 10, 2011 (basically don't do it soon, do it later.)
Delaying the bath and In-hospital Breastfeeding Rates, Preer, Breastfeeding Medicine. 2013
"a delayed newborn bath was associated with increased likelihood of breastfeeding initiation and with increased in-hospital breastfeeding rates."
Also found an old one from a talk by GC Anderson, saying immersion bath was less chilling than other types of washing.
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