How to dress a newborn

Lots of newborns find the dressing and undressing experience upsetting. The quicker and calmer you are, the less stress for both you and your baby!So how to help the newborn dress?

Here are some tips that might help:

  1. Turn on a beautiful piece of music.
  2. Make sure the room is warm enough, then place your baby on a soft surface.                                                                                                         
  3. Put a nappy on your baby in case baby does a wee.                                                                                                                                         
  4. Stretch the neck of a singlet and, supporting your baby’s head, put the singlet on from the back. Be careful it doesn’t touch your baby’s face as you pull the front over baby’s head – little babies  can get very upset by clothes scraping their faces.
  5. Do the reverse when undressing, once again trying not to let the clothes touch your baby’s face.
  6. Gently place your baby’s arms through the arm holes.
  7. If you’re dressing your baby in a jumpsuit, unbutton or unzip it and lay baby on top.  Place baby’s  arms and legs into the holes and do up the zip or snap fasteners.
  8. Make sure your baby’s legs and arms are clothed for going out in the sun.but it’s better to keep baby out of direct sun altogether if you can.

                      

  • PS:This article is reprinted from Raisingchildren.net.cn
  • The original article is linked below:https://raisingchildren.net.au/newborns/health-daily-care/dressing-newborns/dressing-a-newborn#how-to-dress-a-newborn-nav-title