Hello Doctor,

Just wanted to check how should the water temperature for bathing babies be, should it be very hot or normal hot or warm?

Question

Hello Doctor,

Just wanted to check how should the water temperature for bathing babies be, should it be very hot or normal hot or warm?

Accepted Answer

Be gentle, dont rub hard or do forcefully,.
Make sure he is not hungry or sleepy.
U can bath him 20-30 Mins after feed.
make sure the water temperature is not too hot or cold.

Accepted Answer

warm in cholly winters, lukewarm otherwise

not hot
The purpose of giving a gentle massage to your baby you can make use of any natural oil like coconut oil, almond oil, olive oil, sesame oil which ever you wish to.
 the massage should be given in a very gentle manner that relaxes your baby and puts him to a better sleep

Accepted Answer

If Put your hand into it and you can easily be the temperature of water during that time that means it would be an appropriate temperature for a child to take a bath with it should not be really very hot or not really very lukewarm it should be somewhere in between where your child should not feel cold while taking a bath at that water