Umbilical care for babies

Parents need to change tapes and cleaning her navel for at least 1 second.

When the umbilical stalk is also new, can mixed alcoholic iodine to hygiene. When the umbilical stalk has dried, use alcohol only 70 degrees to the umbilical hygiene for babies. Do not use high concentration alcohol wipe around the navel to do baby pain burning or skin burns.

Parents should note, if she's not navel navel care properly and clean can cause the baby to be septicemia, meningitis, yellow pus. The mistakes parents often make when umbilical care for children is: do not dare to touch the navel of the child until the child new navel loss hurt; bring the umbilical tape too, lasting 2-3 months to unfold. This influence habits not good to the health of the child.

The bath, wiping the umbilical care for children, does not affect the navel to navel but have to dry ventilated after care. Avoid pepper up navel older after the loss of the navel; do not sprinkle the powder antibiotics, does not obliterate the red pill on the navel; not up, identify the creature ... including smoking up the navel.

If in the process of care, see the navel bleeding, bleeding (both when the navel navel or loss not fall), foul, watery yellow navel, navel redness, pus, there u have the seeds to the navel, not dry ... need to get the child to a health facility immediately. At the medical facility, as the case, the child will be sewn tie the navel, taking vitamin K against bleeding, antibiotics against infections.

How umbilical hygiene for babies:

-Need to prepare thin gauze sterile, umbilical tape clean, thin, sterile cotton wool.

-Wash your hands clean with SOAP, then use alcohol antiseptic before replacing the umbilical tape for baby.

-Use your left hand lightly lifting the head up the umbilicus stalks to the foot of the navel.

-Take the cotton swab soaked in a solution of 10% povidin smeared around the navel, then obliterate from the umbilical umbilical stalk up legs, from in the footsteps of the navel skin around the outside.

-Wait when dry, taking baby navel bandages sterile wrap around the navel and elastic tape loop with tape.

Parents need to do this every day until the baby's navel and the loss of complete dry clean.

A few notes about the care of the umbilical stalk for baby:

The umbilical stalk of the baby should always be kept clean and dry. The mother should fold baby diapers under the navel to navel stalks can be exposed to the air. Avoid absolutely the making of urine or feces to stick the umbilical stalk, at the same time clean up the bottom of her belly button with piece of cotton or gauze seep a little antiseptic tincture 1-2 times per day. Should avoid wetting the navel navel yet if shed.

Don't be impatient when she's not navel at the time loss. Umbilical in loss time each baby is different, so the mother should not use hand or jerk the umbilical cord. You should not try to pull off the umbilical cord, even if it seems very loose and the mount only a little. When the umbilical stalk fall, the parents can detect a little bit of blood on diapers, this is normal. So, I don't worry that using topical medications or sprinkle on baby belly button if not specified by the doctor.

If you feel anxious because the slow loss of baby belly button than normal, you can bring the baby to the hospital to visit. Always interested in the signs around the navel. The parents should not ignore any signs of abnormalities.

If detected abnormal signs around the baby's navel area such as swelling, leak, bleeding, yellow pus epidemic fever or at least suck then take the baby to the hospital for treatment in a timely manner.=