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Marlaena Lowe
When do I give my baby his first sponge bath and how lol I'm clueless he can't regulate his temperature very well right now so he can get cold fast and I don't want that to happen.. Any other preemie moms with a 35 week and 6 day old baby? I don't have any clue on when to give him a bath and how to do it since he's so small..
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aphrodite2014

@rockysmommy, here is a like to kangaroo care also referred to as skin to skin! ссылка

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aphrodite2014

@rockysmommy, here is a like to kangaroo care also referred to as skin to skin! ссылка

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aphrodite2014

@rockysmommy, then skin to skin should help you quite a bit from what I've Hurd doing skin to skin at least once a day for an hour or so can help pumping mom's produce more effectively.

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rockysmommy

@aphrodite2014, I'm pumping because he can't latch very well..

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aphrodite2014

@rockysmommy, yeah and that's kinda strange we encourage skin to skin especially for bonding, but it helps regulate body temperature also.. it will also help you with breast milk production of your breast feeding..

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rockysmommy

@aphrodite2014, really?? They only let me do it once..

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aphrodite2014

@rockysmommy, doing skin to skin will help him regulate his body temperature. I work in a nicu and we encourage it with all babies that are well enough to do skin to skin. I even did it with my full term little man when his temp dropped too far after his first sponge bath it works really well!

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aphrodite2014

@rockysmommy, with the circumcision just wash around the scrotum but not the scrotum or near the circumstances. sight.. just make sure to ring out the washcloths and what not

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rockysmommy

@aphrodite2014, thank you :) I've only done skin to skin once because he can't really regulate his body temperature

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aphrodite2014

if you do a sponge bath I would be by a sink with warm water running undress the little one and put them on a towel then wash the body wrap baby in a clean warm towel and wash hair under running water while they are swaddled in the blanket.. then do the skin to skin

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rockysmommy

@aphrodite2014, I can do a submersion because he's circumcised and it's not fully healed. @tatiananoelani my baby is 4 lbs exactly

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aphrodite2014

if the umbilical cord is off you can do a submersion Bath but best was is to have everything ready, and my suggestion is to wash fast then plan to do skin to skin afterwards with a warm towel from either the dryer or microwave.. skin to skin will help with the temperature regulation

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tatiananoelani

It was 39 weeks gestational age. My daughter was 4 lbs 5 oz and my son was 5 lbs 6 oz, so they were really small, but my husband helped and was really gentle, they love the bath too. I use the nighttime bed & bath and they absolutely love it

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wyatts_mommy_0106

I had my son at 35.5 days I gave him a sponge bath the night we came home I turned my heat on and got it really warm in my house and then made a bowl of water with soap and another bowl of just plain water and I bathed on my couch and after I wiped him with a clean rag and water I towel dried him lotioned him and dressed quickly so he didn't get cold.

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rockysmommy

@tatiananoelani,

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rockysmommy

How old were they when you gave them their first bath like gestational age or was it past your due date at that point?

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