Nail care for a newborn
Some newborns enter the world with such long nails that they have to be cut off, without going far, so that they do not scratch their faces. Prepare for the fact that your newborn's nails will grow very fast, and do not be afraid to cut them. If you are scared to touch your child's nails with scissors, as well as many
parents, here's how to ease the procedure:
• Cut the nails in the arms of the child while he is in a state of deep sleep, recognizable by the following sign: the child's handles and legs fall gently aside, and the palms are wide open.
• Use small nail tweezers, specially manufactured for newborns. Use them much easier and safer than scissors or tweezers for adults, and thin, like paper, the child's fingernails are cut off without difficulty. If you are not used to using tweezers, use safe scissors with blunt tips, in case the baby is scared while you cut his nails, and jerks.
• To not cut the skin on the tip of the finger while cutting the nail, press the finger pad to remove it from the nail when you cut it. As a beginner, ask your spouse or partner to hold the child's pen while you are manipulating with your finger and tweezers. After a short time you will be able to cut your baby's nails alone.
• Drop a few drops of blood - the usual part of the practice of cutting nails. Lightly press on the damaged area and apply a little ointment with antibiotics.
• If the need to cut a tiny nails leads you to
horror, close them by putting thin cotton gloves on the child's handles.
On the legs, the nails of a newborn do not appear to grow as fast as they are on their hands, and very often the nails are surrounded by raised skin, which complicates the process of cutting nails. Do not worry that the toenails can grow into the skin. Infants with ingrown nails are brought to the doctor very rarely.
Most children swim excessively. In fact, newborns are not very dirty. Before games in a muddy puddle are still far away.
When bathing a child for the first time - a controversial issue. It is still common practice to recommend that parents get by using a sponge until the umbilical cord disappears and the wound is healed after circumcision. Some pediatricians question the advisability of this advice, believing that bathing in the bath does not increase the risk of inflammation. Solve with your doctor. Our own personal recommendation: wash the baby with a sponge until the umbilical cord stumps and the wound completely heals after cutting. We also recommend wiping with a sponge if there is purulent discharge around the base of the stump or in the circumcised area or if the stub produces a fetid odor. If both places are completely clean and dry, we do not see any harm in going directly to bathing in the bath.