Hello everyone,
I understand that a newborn does not need or require a bath while in the
hospital. At our hospital, I know that "the bath" is one thing on a long
list of required things for the nurses to do before the baby is discharged.
I honestly don't know of any mom requesting that her baby not get "the
bath." I guess we all have it so ingrained that the bath is good for the
baby. I appreciate the knowledge you all have to share and thank you for
inspiring me to think on this subject.
I remember my son, especially, hated his bath until he was about a month old
or so. I wonder if this could be related to the circumcision? I will say,
however, that once my children were a few months old it seemed that bath
time was a very enjoyable time for both of us. It seemed to calm them and
provided a great time to do some baby massage. Also, even though they were
all breastfed and not sick often, when they were not feeling well, the bath
seemed to help them relax a bit and seemed to help them fall asleep more
peacefully. Maybe it was the Chamomile I used in the bath. Who knows?
Anyway, for whatever reason, I admit I am one of those moms who gives the
baby a bath every day. It just seems like little babies get so dirty
getting into things all day. Once they start to eat solid food too they got
so messy that we threatened to just take them outside and hose them down.
That is a joke, but seriously, they did get awfully messy! As they get
older, say 4 or 5, we switched to bathing every other day. Luckily, their
eating habits had improved by then!
Again, thanks for all the interesting discussion.
Lori McCulloch
WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator and Peer Counselor
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