July 18, 2016 at 12:57 am

@peachpurple That’s really quick you learned how to bathe your first baby. Was it just the second day after she was born? I was going through the c-section surgery and my wound still gave me much pain, so I just learned to bathe my first baby after the first month.

I heard about using “black tiger beer” to bathe the baby, and I always thought it’s good for the hair of the baby, I did not know the traditional belief you mentioned.

@sauda It is good that you have that experience before doing that for your first kid. I always hoped my elder brother got married and have baby first, then perhaps I could learn how to take care of children while helping out. But, I was the first who married and had kids in my family, so my first kid gave me all the first experiences of taking care of a child.

I still remember I was quite scared wiping the cord for my first child too, I was afraid I might hurt him. I was fine to do so for my second and third child. 😀

July 18, 2016 at 2:01 am

@kaka135 In my son’s case, it’s part of his autism. But I know a lot of kids don’t like water to get into their eyes or around their mouth and nose. They become frightened that they will drown or that their eyes will burn. It panics them, which just makes matters worse.

There are now some specially made jugs for bath small children. A friend of mine had one that was shaped so it would only pour over the hair, and not get any water into her daughter’s eyes. I think tools like this can make bathing children a lot easier. I wish those jugs had been available when my children were very little!

July 18, 2016 at 3:24 am

@ruby3881 I did not know such jugs exist as well. When my baby was in the first month, I bathed him in the basin in the bath room. Well, I actually put a small wash bowl in the basin, held him with my left hand, put him inside the wash bowl and use a handkerchief to “wash” him. As I was going through the c-section surgery, it was not convenient for me to squat, so I prefer to stand and bath my baby.  Now, he is more than 6 week old and bigger now, so I have to put him into a bigger baby  bath tub to bathe him.

I forgot to mention I always sing song while bathing my baby, or changing diapers. I just think singing will sooth the baby, and it makes me feel more relaxed even though hearing the baby crying too. Even if the baby is not afraid of taking bath, when he is hungry and we are bathing him, he cries too. I started to make up songs and sing to my children since my first child.

July 18, 2016 at 7:13 am

I don’t know how to bath a newly born, but I am watching at my mother when she is doing it to her grandson, my nephew. It is hard from watching it as you will be scared to hurt the baby and the skin of babies are so delicate that you would prefer to use gentle/mild soap, that are especially for babies because it will hurt their eyes and leaves to irritation of their skin. Actually, this is one of the hardest for taking care of babies even if I haven’t tried it because it requires full attention to not hurt the baby while taking the bath, also not to scare them with water as they will get traumatized easily.

July 18, 2016 at 7:15 am

@kaka135 Well, I guess I am not good at normal babies. However, I had given hope to children with impairments or disabilities. I made their lives functional despite the medical conditions such cerebral palsy, ADHD, and other congenital disorders. I am connected to the medical field and had once provided free service in Central Asia. It was an overwhelming experience to help these children.

Of course, it is also another context of taking good care of normal infants. I had seen my only little niece grows up to a young girl at present. It is like taking a short course when the family takes good care of her. At this point of time, I must say the family had a good job in bringing out the best of her.

July 18, 2016 at 8:46 am

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I had normal birth delivery, not cesarean , so I can move about the next day.

my mother in law wanted me to learn how to bathe my baby as early as possible

Furthermore, she cannot squat down often, she had knee caps problem

July 20, 2016 at 5:55 am

@kaka135 The bathroom basin is very small here, and would not fit even a newborn! But many parents will bathe very small children in the kitchen sink, as it’s similar to the sink where the nurses show parents how to bathe their babies in hospital. We did that for many months with our children. Most of them were bathed in the kitchen sink at least until they could sit up on their own.