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Bathing
Health
and Care
The Health and care of your baby boy or
girl will be a major priority. The bathing related items listed above will ensure that your
bathroom has all of the basic requirements to help you with
the health and bathing care of your new arrival. Telephone numbers of Doctors and
other Health care professionals need to be at hand for any emergencies - It
might help to put a copy of these in your medicine cabinet.
Health
and Baby Bathing Safety Considerations
Detailed below are various Bathing Safety
Considerations which must be adhered to in the bathroom and when
bathing babies:
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Water
Temperature - Make sure the hot water heater is set at 120 F or below to avoid
any risk of burning or scalding when bathing
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When
water or bathing is involved there is always a risk of drowning. Never leave your baby
unattended in the bathtub
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Slipping
and falling -
Place a bath mat on the bottom of the tub to reduce this risk
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Risk
of cuts - Use a soft cover for the faucet to
reduce this risk
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Stinging
eyes - Use a
shampoo shield to reduce this risk
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Accidents
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Use locks on the toilet and cabinets
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Poison
Hazards -
Put all medicines and tablets on a high shelf or cabinet and for extra safety
put a lock on the bathroom cabinet
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Bathing Baby
Checklists for
New Born Babies !
We have tried to compile a really useful set of checklists indicating quantities as
well as content. We have also added useful information on each category such
as the sections on this page relating to Bathing
baby. The checklists have
been categorised into the following sections - please click the link of your
choice for more useful and non commercial information:
New Born Baby Checklists - A Necessary evil !
It's amazing how much equipment and how many items that you need to prepare for the
arrival of a newborn ! A newborn baby's checklist is
essential - take a look at the following quotes...
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"It sometimes happens, even in the best of families,
that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits
about you and borrow some money !" ~
Elinor Goulding Smith.
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"A baby's a blank cheque made payable to the human
race." ~
Barbara Christine Seifert.
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"If your baby's "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma."
~
Theresa Bloomingdale
We
hope that they bought you a wry smile ! ( Please click the following link if
you want to see some more
Funny Baby Quotes - they're great! )
Bathing Baby
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