Zara is 7 days old! Where has the time gone?
Today was the last home visit with Sharon and time for her first bath. Again, Sharon's way is different to what we are used to. She ran a deep warm bath. By warm I mean the kind of temperature that we adults like to bath in and by deep I mean the same. This was going to be like an olympic swimming pool for our little girl.
With the bath run, the fun began. First things first and that's to take all her clothes off and leave her nappy on. While lying on the changing mat, wrapped in a towel to keep her warm, Sharon gently washed Zara's face. Next she held her over the bath (still wrapped in the towel) and wet and soaped her hair. Then it was time for the real fun..... towel and nappy off and all soaped up, Zara had her first bath! She loved being in the water! She floated around as if in pure heaven. The only minor squawk was when she was transferred from Sharon to Chris, but within a second or two all was calm and quiet again. As you can see, even her ears are in the water. Often, we are told not to get babies ears in the water.... however the theory behind this way of bathing is that it reminds them of when they were in utero and they find it very soothing and calming.
We have seen how much Zara enjoyed her first bath and will now continue to bath her this way!
Today was the last home visit with Sharon and time for her first bath. Again, Sharon's way is different to what we are used to. She ran a deep warm bath. By warm I mean the kind of temperature that we adults like to bath in and by deep I mean the same. This was going to be like an olympic swimming pool for our little girl.
With the bath run, the fun began. First things first and that's to take all her clothes off and leave her nappy on. While lying on the changing mat, wrapped in a towel to keep her warm, Sharon gently washed Zara's face. Next she held her over the bath (still wrapped in the towel) and wet and soaped her hair. Then it was time for the real fun..... towel and nappy off and all soaped up, Zara had her first bath! She loved being in the water! She floated around as if in pure heaven. The only minor squawk was when she was transferred from Sharon to Chris, but within a second or two all was calm and quiet again. As you can see, even her ears are in the water. Often, we are told not to get babies ears in the water.... however the theory behind this way of bathing is that it reminds them of when they were in utero and they find it very soothing and calming.
We have seen how much Zara enjoyed her first bath and will now continue to bath her this way!
1 comment:
I was interested in Sharon's thoughts on warm water as I always ran a hot bath for my babies. After all, how would we like to be in a bath that was only blood temperature!
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