Dad's Guide to Pregnancy for Dummies by Matthew M. Miller; Sharon Perkins Rn

Author:Matthew M. Miller; Sharon Perkins Rn
Language: eng
Format: mobi
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ISBN: 9780470767900
Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 2010-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Figure 10-1: A circumcised penis (a) and an uncircumcised penis (b).

Cleaning baby girls

Baby girls aren’t likely to spray the room when you remove their diaper, but they have their own set of problems. Keep these points in mind when changing a baby girl:

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Girls have lots of cracks and crevasses, and getting all of them clean is difficult. A runny, poopy diaper goes everywhere. Use moistened wipes or cotton balls to make sure you remove all the stool.

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Girls are more likely to have urinary tract infections because of the proximity of the anus and vagina to the urethra, so it’s really important to make sure the whole area is clean.

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Always wipe from front to back. Doing so helps to avoid introducing fecal matter into the vaginal area, which can cause infections.

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Don’t be too gentle. Make sure to thoroughly wipe the opening of the vagina or it can close up. If that happens you will have to apply a steroid cream to help reopen it, or, even worse, have it surgically reopened.

Bathing Basics

Few things strike fear into the hearts of inexperienced parents like the first bath. Take a squirmy baby, soap him all over to make him incredibly difficult to hold on to, and then put him in a tub of water. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, or at the very least, parental heart failure, but it doesn’t have to be. Many hospitals now do a 16_9780470767900-ch10.indd 18316_9780470767900-ch10.indd 183

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“trial run” bath to make sure you won’t drown the poor child right off the bat, but even the least experienced new dad can learn to give the bath. Remember these suggestions when getting ready for baby’s first bath:

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