When did you shower your newborn?

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Any pros cons?

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You can only sponge bathe until the umbilical stump falls off and that takes at least several weeks.

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The nurse did a sponge bath about 12 hours afterwards.  You can’t submerge the baby in a tub until their umbilical cord falls off, so I just wiped my kids down once or twice between coming home and it falling off.

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When the umbilical stump falls off. Newborns aren't dirty. My newborn didn't get a bath for basically a month and a half

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They did a light rinse at the hospital to get the blood and fluids off her, but I intentionally waited well over a week to bathe her because I wanted to keep the vernix on her as long as possible (it helps protect the skin).

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I just gave my baby a sponge bath everyday until her umbilical cord fell off, then gave her normal baths

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The nurse washed her hair about 24 hours after birth to get the last gunk out and wiped her face from the gel the put in the eyes at birth that ran a little but otherwise we did her first sponge bath at 4 days old then when her cord fell off did a "real bath" 2 days after.

When did you shower your newborn?

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