Caring For Baby Cord
Often the fear of caring for mothers umbilical cord of a newborn is still hanging. No need to fear, but do not be tugged to the end that quick off the umbilical cord. Here’s how to correct your baby’s cord care for a newborn.
Naturally, if we feel “horrified” like that. However, for hygiene and health of the baby, the umbilical cord was not loose need to be treated. Thank God, caring for your baby’s cord, which would free itself after 5-21 days, now more feasible and practical.
Until your baby’s cord off (crowbar), a baby should not be bathed directly in the water just wiped alias. Before replacing muslin wrapped around your baby’s cord, prepare all the things you need. After that, do the replacement gauze carefully, but firmly. This treatment can be done twice a day.
Open a dirty gauze slowly. Typically, the umbilical cord a newborn is not sticky and looks clean. However, please note the meeting of the umbilical cord and skin of the baby’s stomach. If necessary, the wet and sticky cleaned with a cotton ball dipped into alcohol and squeezed.
Open the package of sterile gauze alcohol, then fold into three to fit the width of your baby’s cord length to be wrapped.
Slip a sterile alcohol gauze under the baby’s cord.
Wrap your baby’s cord until well covered. Now, the umbilical cord is clean and ready to put on baby diapers.
If you remember the first, the mothers umbilical cord closed with a kind of octopus laces or elastic nets. Now, it no longer recommended by doctors.