Baby Bathing Tips

Parents love the bath time experience with their baby

. It is a fun and happy bonding time for them. Taking the necessary baby bath safety precautions will limit accidents and injury to your infant. When babies get wet from the bath water, they can become very slippery and hard to hold on to, so it is important that you follow these bathing safety rules.

For starters, if there are small children in the house, the temperature on your water heater should be kept no higher than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. This will prevent the child from being burned or scalded resulting in serious injury and even death. In addition to lowering the temperature on your water heater, you can purchase hot water safety toys that will change color if they reach an unsafe temperature. These toys are inexpensive and serve a great purpose.

If you are intending to use your own bath for washing your baby in then it is a good idea to put a slip proof mat or even some towels into the bath on which your baby can be placed. But if you can afford to there are baby bath chairs that can be purchased which allow the baby to sit comfortably in the bath whilst being washed.

It doesn't take a lot of water to harm a baby. They don't understand that water can drown them and don't know to hold their breath if they fall underwater. For this reason, you need to make sure that you have everything needed for bath time with in arm's reach, including baby.

So remember our tips for safe bathing are:

1. Always supervise children of all ages at bath time.

2. Check the water temperature using your elbow or use a thermometer.

3. Get everything you need ready, and place it nearby to make it easy to reach so that you never have to leave your child once they are in the bath.

Remember that bathtubs are often extremely slippery, so you will have to prevent slipping and falling. This is done by placing a bath mat on the bottom of the tub. This will free your hands so that you don't have to hold your baby all the time.

In the bath tub, you should stay with your child until they are school age, which is five or six years old. A child can drown in a inch of water, so it does not take much. A very good water safety tip that many baby sites endorse is the use of a bath seat. In a bath seat, the child sits inside it and his or her legs extend through leg openings. There is a tray around the child, ensuring that he or she can not fall over or slide down.

For the person who has never experienced the joys and the challenges associated with bathing a baby, we have a few tips that will make the process go smoother while keeping safety in mind. Planning for bath time is very important. Make a commitment not to take a phone call or answer the door when you are bathing baby.

by: laura jane

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