From babycentre:
"Although some parents bath their babies every day for the sheer pleasure of it, newborn babies don't need a daily bath. Until a baby is crawling around and getting into messes, a bath isn't really necessary more than once or twice a week. Provided you wash off any obvious muck, your baby will stay clean enough (Kuller et al 2001).
The overuse of strong cleansers, and even tap water, may damage the developing skin of the newborn (Gfatter et al 1997; Yosipovitch et al 2000). Look for pH neutral cleansers or mild soaps designed especially for babies (Kuller et al 2001), and use them sparingly in the first few weeks. "
Suprise - Olive oil will be fine. You can put olive oil directly onto the skin to moisturise so in a bath would def be fine. It is more stuff like baby bath/wash that is all chemical rubbish basically. In fact, I hadn't thought of putting olive oil in the bath - I think that is a great idea!
I can't find my camera to post a picture - I will check it again at the next nappy change (she is fast asleep) and if I am still not sure, I will do a mega search for my camera. If not, do you think getting an appointment with the GP tomorrow wil be ok? As in, it's nothing that needs seeing to tonight?
In fact, we are going to the hospital tomorrow (different one to where she was born) for a breastfeeding help group thing. There will be a MW there as well as BF support people. Maybe the MW would look at her belly button? Or do you think that is cheeky to ask?