How to Care For Babies Belly Button

Tuesday, November 22, 2011


How to Care For Babies Belly Button - Navel, or in everyday language called udel in Indonesian, is part of the body shaped like a button that 'stick' in our stomach. In the fetus, the navel is shaped like a channel that connects the baby to the placenta, serves as a channel supplier of food, as well as the disposal of the remnants of roads metabolism and excretion system of the fetus.

How to Care For Babies Belly Button
At the time the baby is born, doctors usually leave a few inches from the navel of a baby who will be off by itself. Our society is familiar with the term 'whistle navel', which usually occurs around 10-21 days after birth.


Before the umbilical cord off, body parts need to be extra careful to get treatment, because if there is infection in the navel, the infection can spread to the baby's body quickly. But do not be afraid of caring for a newborn navel. The important thing is be careful and meticulous.


Step-by-step how to care for infants navel is:


1. Clean the navel area with a soft cotton ball that has been dipped in boiled water. Do it gently, do not need to rub or push the navel. Then dry with a soft towel.


2. Replace the pads with gauze navel new baby. No need to panic saw drops of blood which was then blackened, especially in its first week. At this time, the navel of a newborn is usually still looks like a wound.


3. Wear a diaper by folding the top away from the navel to avoid seepage of urine on the navel.


Some things to remember when caring for infants navel, among others:


1. Keep the navel and the surrounding area, and try always in the dry state.
2. Use a new cotton on each sweep.
3. To be quicker off the umbilical cord, use gauze at the navel, which hold 4. wrapped so it gets enough air.
5. When cleaning, make sure the room temperature is not too cold.
6. To be practical, wear a diaper and T-shirt tops of loose material.
7. Perform clean-up event is 1-2 times a day.


If the skin in the area around the navel, the small red and hot as fire, immediately visit your doctor. It could be that there is an infection caused by fungus or something else.


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