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How to wash your baby

Advice on cleaning your little one from her head to her tiny toes

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Posted: 16 November 2011
by Jenny Stallard

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Hair

Your baby might not have very much hair, or she might have a very full head of it! Either way, you can still wash her scalp with mild baby shampoo.

“Only use a grape-sized drop,” says midwife and health visitor Gill Thomson (www.reflexology4pregnancy.co.uk). “You’ll need to rinse thoroughly, so do this at bathtime.”

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Simple baby shampoo is 100% free from perfume and colour – perfect for newborn tresses. £2.05 from Boots.

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