the newspapers are making a big deal of tomkats baby suri not being washed for 24hours after birth....

[misdee]

is that really unusual?

ok i dont agreee with anything about about scienctology but agree with this one. am i mad?

Aw Tipex bless you that's so sweet

(Must show DP as he thinks i'm psycho pregnant Bitch from the depths of Hell at the moment)

DSs first bath was at 3 weeks jsut before he came out of hospital, DD had one the night she was born as she did a poo that no wet wipe or cotton wool and water would clean up!

so we are not taling about Tomcat but Tom andf Kate who have had their baby??? what was it?? and when did it happen????

over here (ireland) they tell you not to wash them for the first week as it damages the protective oils on the skin. dd had loadsa hair though and there was blood and gunk dried into it so the nurse took pity and gave her a shampoo!

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OMG! I knew it, our hospitals have been taken over by scientologist midwives!!!

yep - our hospital wouldn't let us bath ds. they said it's not worth it,and it's bad for them as they get really cold.

he smelt like steak..or so dp said..lol

dd wasn't washed until she was about 12 hours old. Bathed on day 2

Dses weren't bathed for well over a week, in fact ds1 was 3 weeks as I just couldn't pluck up the courage to try to bath him. They were just wiped down after birth and had face and bum washes until first bath.

I was quite surprised that the hospital insisted on her having a bath on day 2. I had been told that she just needed a wash with cotton wool and water

Bob,I remember that steak smell so well.
I seem to recall liberal overtones of parsnip and tea too.

lmao moondog

It is the smell of an unwashed newborn that makes me really really wanna have number four.

My dd had a bath about two days after birth, but didn't have a hairwash for ages. The result was that various gunky bits (innards, maybe!) set hard in her hair, where they still sit six months on, gathering clumps of hair and refusing to let them go. She has a mohican full of dreadlocks - quite a natty look on a small baby, I think

Didn't bath DS for a couple of weeks. DDs said he smelt of bacon!

DD was washed until day four, only as the midwife showed me how to bath her! They said to leave it as long as possible because the vernix (or placebo as my sister called it!) was good for their skin.
stoopid newspapers!