re: Does your baby really need a bath right after birth?

Quoting TantricLemons:" the vernix sits in amniotic fluid for 9 months, i doubt the bath washed it off lol. Its not like you scrubbed him."

Nah, just kinda spashed some water on him. MW told us not to bathe or submerge him since the cord was still just kinda hanging there all wet and stuff lol. And I wasn't allowed to get cord wet. We haven't bathed again since then though. He smells good like a fresh baby still.

Quoting ♥ darah ♥:" Nah, just kinda spashed some water on him. MW told us not to bathe or submerge him since the cord ... [snip!] ... lol. And I wasn't allowed to get cord wet. We haven't bathed again since then though. He smells good like a fresh baby still."

Why cant you get the cord wet when its still attached? That makes no sense. I mean babies are born in the h20 all the time

Quoting TantricLemons:" Why cant you get the cord wet when its still attached? That makes no sense. I mean babies are born in the h20 all the time"

It was after we burned it. She just suggested not wetting it while it's drying up. Before we burned it she let us hang out in the bath for a pretty long time, until the water got cold.

Quoting ♥ darah ♥:" It was after we burned it. She just suggested not wetting it while it's drying up. Before we burned it she let us hang out in the bath for a pretty long time, until the water got cold."

Oh that makes more sense lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting TantricLemons:</b>" My daughter didn't have a "bath" till two weeks. I would dab her off and rub her down with coconut oil. ... [snip!] ... about once a week anyways. Not great for their skin to take to many baths. The coconut oil baths leave them smelling great!."</blockquote>




I love coconut oil  

We didn't bathe my daughter til the day we left the hospital which was 3 days after she was born. Her skin was sooo soft