SLIGHTLY off topic, but not really...

I usually bathe our baby boy, and it takes me about 1/2 hour. I use the softest of baby washclothes. I use only this wonderful lavendar soothing baby "milk" (soap). I gently but thoroughly wash his hair. I'm sure to get behind his ears. Under his arms and all the crevices within. Then I wash under his chin, being sure to get in the skin folds. Then to the torso, and the legs, again crevices, and of course, "the parts" . Again, all about getting every inch of his skin gently massaged and cleansed. Then for the rinse, same thing. I am sure that all of the soap is rinsed out of every crevice. Then it's time to dry. Again, I make sure that all the crevices are dried to avoid chafing! I use a cotton swab on the outer parts of his ears. Then I "dress" certain parts with either diaper creme or baby powder, and finish off with a comb of what little hair he has.

My husband's version? Fill tub, dunk baby, scrub baby with one long pass using regular Johnson's baby shampoo and a regular adult washcloth, miss the crevices, not a complete rinse, just a diaper, and no hair brushing. He's back before halftime is over.

Now, I'm not TOO OCD, am I???

 

Does he at least add Hyro before taking him out?

 

I hope your using a waffle weave to dry.

 

very nicely done. you are now on my team. hehehe.

 

wannamini- i use to "wash" my son every night in the early days (like the first
3months or so while wife was resting) and i did wat you did. took me
a while to bath him and covered each cm. so this is probably the
way we pamper our 'babies.'

 

I use the waffle weave for the first absorb, and I finish with a monster fluffy.

No! My husband dries with a regular cotton towel! Whatever is in the linen closet! And uses no hydro.

 

Hahaha. Hydro on babies = slipery slick finish.

 

He's undoubtedly hopeless. Keep the baby. Throw out the husband.



Might be easier to train him.

 

I wish I'd known about Hydro when our son was a baby. He held his poop for five days. When he finally decided it was time to go, we had to put newspapers under him to catch the mess. I took him outside and hosed him down when he finished. He was totally disgusting. OMG, I hope he doesn't read NAM's posts.

 

Wait, what are you washing?

 

confusing bunch we have here isnt it?

Glad I can learn parenting from all of you. I may one day have a gf...that may lead to a wife, which will lead to a child..and then I get to hydro the baby. Does the hydro extend period between washes?

 

When buffing out "spiderwebs" or other skin imperfections, be sure to use only the LOWEST setting on your Porter Cable Random Orbital polisher. Because of their delicate skin, using a rotory polisher on children under 4 years of age is only recommended for professional infant detailers.

 

Hahahaha....I wonder if a Rotary would take care of winkles when I become elderly.

 

Don't count on it.

 

Thanks ...I needed a laugh this morning!

 

Trust me, it's not good to use an air compressor to get water out of ears....

Annette

 

Really!!!!! That's the only way we could get the impacted ear wax out of my son's ears. All this time I thought he was hard of hearing because of all the boom boxes he installed in his cars.

 

At 40, wet sanding with 2000 grit will take care of it.
At 50, wet sanding with 400 grit and finishing off with polishing compound will do the trick.
At 60, dry sand 100 grit, followup with 400, then 2000 wet until smooth, the polish. Any blood emerging is just lubricant.
At 70, there should not be any skin left to wrinkle.

I made it past 50, and will report when I hit 60.

 

That's when you need a skin depth meter. To determine how much skin is left!

 

Sorta like Joan Rivers?

 

Joan took it a step farther and applied copius amounts of Bondo after she reached 60 so she could continue the sand and polish routine.

It is not something I recommend. When Bondo gets too thick it has a tendency to float off the surface. I figure one day Joan will be on TV, and her face is going to fall off and shatter on the ground. And of course, Joan will be in mid-sentence bashing some starlet for her appearance when it happens.

 

Hahaha


I am thinking about what is going though the heads of new forum people.

 

Come ON - that's not gonna happen. Joan Rivers is an embalmed corpse, contrlled by marionette-like wires. She'll look the same in 2060 as she does today.

 

Think she spends more on Bondo in a week than we spend on shampoos, clay, polishes, waxes, trim treatment, glass cleaner, rubber protectant, PCs, pads, accessories, etc., for our Minis?