How To Clean A Girl?
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Topic: How To Clean A Girl?
Posted By: Salifer
Subject: How To Clean A Girl?
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 8:13pm
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DOn't want to sound like a terrible mother who doesn't know what to do......but can you mothers of daughters out there tell me how you clean your girls "BITS"???
Just wondering if you're supposed to get on in there and THROUGHLY clean out everything??? Or are you supposed to just wipe the area (not too throughly???). When I bought our daughter home from the hospital I'm sure my midwife said to not clean out her private parts too throughly as there is good antibacterial stuff that should stay? In saying that my baby is now over 3 months old...so should I clean away EVERYTHING? Sometimes there is a build up of nappy rash products (eg MUSTELA talcum powder etc)....is it time to throughly clean everything away? Also how do I get her to hold still while I do it! Thanks for your help :) |
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 8:27pm
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Lol I asked the exact same thing when Caprece came home.
What I do is wipe what you can see and if theres quite a bit of poos in there I get a clean wet wipe and get all the poo out. When shes in the bath I wash it with a face cloth but don't go in just over it. I don't dig around to get the nappy rash cream off just wipe down the middle that you can see. Its pretty self cleaning down there so if you just wipe away the stuff at the surface it clean the rest itself. |
Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 8:31pm
Not a stupid question. I remember wondering the same things with Samantha
I pretty much only wiped the general area until Sam was over 6 months. My midwife told me not to wipe away the white stuff as it is sterile and quite ok to be there. I would occasionally just give the whole area a good clean every now and again in the bath with a bit of water and a flannel. Now that Sam is 9 months I do give her bits a good clean most days after a dirty nappy as they now tend to get poo in there.(sorry probably TMI)  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 8:38pm
We're the same Sterryn, I didn't find the gremlins got poo 'in there' when they were smaller but they sure do now, maybe it's coz they're sitting and moving so squish it around more?
But when the girls were smaller I just cleaned what I could see, my Plunket nurse told me when I was tiny that you can actually make things worse by 'over-cleaning' coz you can transfer bacteria etc. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 8:39pm
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PS. Girls I can do, I am pretty much an expert, but I am terrified this bub will be a boy and I won't know where to start! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 8:48pm
We're the same as Sterryn also...if there is obvious poos or basically stuff that shouldn't be there, then we'd give a wipe.
And no not a silly question at all! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 8:49pm
I hear that boys are easier if it makes you feel better Emma
And I never thought about it like that in regards to the movement getting poo everywhere. Sam usually has what DH calls a shark fin poo, where it molds to the butt crack and stays like that in the nappy LOL.
Oh, and by the way Salifer, the holding still question. If you figure that one out please let me know. Best bet seems to be holding both legs by the ankles and trying not to smear poo everywhere Gets way more challenging when they start rolling and crawling though. I am tempted to sit on Sam at times ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 9:28pm
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Boys are really easy. I'd be so lost if I had a girl, I would be standing there with the wipes and nappy going um WTF!?!?!? How??? ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 9:46pm
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Hehe, I found Benjy scary to clean at first! Even though its all on the outside there seemed to be more places for it to hide and stick!!
------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 9:48pm
Easy, just make sure you get the bits that hide under the balls ------------- 
 
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Maya wrote:Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 10:03pm
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urgh, i find it much harder to clean boys naps at work, probably cos i am soooo used to girls.
I second what the other's have said though, generally you won't have to "get in there" and clean too much, everything kinda stays closed-ish and not much gets it, baths usually do the trick of washing it away. One thing that's important to remember though.. always wipe front to back and once you have done that, dont go back up to the front again.. simple rule that as females we remember but i have found that alot of new mums don't realise the same thing applies to baby girls. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 02 February 2008 at 10:16pm
I can't help much as a mum of a boy however I have found that Jack stays pretty still if I give him a toy. I have a couple of rattles that stay on the changing table and I give him one each time I change his nappy during the day. Good luck ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Salifer
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 12:53pm
Thanks so much for your tips! You had me laughing a few times there with thoughts of sitting on my baby to get her to stay still!! tee hee hee 
And the shark fin poo MUMTOSAM - thats hilarious!!! |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 2:29pm
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Could you stick her in a safety sleep type arrangement to keep her in one place. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 2:35pm
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I'm... all of a sudden turned off the idea of having a girl bring on 3 boys! -------------  
 
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Posted By: Mummy2three
Date Posted: 03 February 2008 at 3:47pm
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Lol I had the same question when I had my first daughter and then had a son and had to find out how to clean him
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