Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Day 9: Washing her hair

The doc has said that she cannot have baths, but sponging is ok and so is washing her hair. Fortunately, both were easy to set up. 

We sponge her everyday using warm water and a Konjac bath sponge. Once in a while we wipe her down with the Mustela no rinse cleanser, which not only does a great job with cleaning her but also leaves behind a gentle fresh scent. We can do this at the changing table itself, so it needs no additional set up. 

Washing her hair is a slightly different story. In the master bathroom we have 'his and her' sinks and a just-wide space separating the two. We have a portable changing pad (part of a nursery essentials set that she got as a gift at birth). So i laid that down between the two sinks, tucking one end under the tap of the first sink to secure it. I put her down on it on a bath towel and had another towel at hand to help dry her hair after washing. I secured her to the pad using the straps that come with it and handed her a bottle or tube of lotion of some kind to play with. I pulled her head slightly out holding her head securely with one hand. Then running the hot and cold water and using her bath mug, I shampooed her hair as usual. It was pretty straightforward and simple once I got down to it. Here are some pictures to show you how it was done.





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