Being behind, as usual, I hope I'm not repeating someone else. My midwife told us to clean the tub with bleach before the baby and I got into it. My daughter and I took baths together starting when she was about 2 hours old. If the tub is clean there should not be a problem. We also put petroleum jelly on the umbilicus until it fell off. Traci in Texas ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html