Child Health: How to Bathe Children

After the first two years of life, when children begin to develop more and more skills like hand washing, not wearing diapers or toileting and bathing alone, is the time to monitor their hygiene habits. This is a very important step for both boys and girls, who demand more vigilance and attention from parents to prevent children suffer an accident without desk edge guard or contracting an ailment by poor hygiene.

- What position should urinate and evacuate

When toileting, children urinate standing and evacuated sitting on the toilet with pushchair hooks. At first, for 2 or 3 years, children usually urinate and evacuate sitting, but over time, this habit is changing, as both watching how he does his father, brother or other male relative, will try copy them and adopt the habit.

- Learn to go to the bathroom alone

Children take longer to learn to go to the bathroom alone than girls. In others, it is because they are the mothers who often teach more hygiene habits to children. This makes it easier for girls to imitate their mothers than boys. Maybe at first, the child will take a while to point to the toilet, so parents should dress patience and wait.

- The child's bath time

During bathing children, it is advisable that parents also monitor and guide their children about hygiene habits. You should pay special attention to cleaning armpits, knees, neck, legs and feet, to avoid the appearance of fungi or bacteria. Do not attempt to remove the foreskin of a child to clean because it may cause discomfort or injury, and the toddler shower cap might be necessary. You must wash the entire area covered by the underpants and dry carefully. When the child is 3 or 4 years, the foreskin is more loose and can be removed without resorting to force.