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Topping and tailing tips, you may find the following step by step guide to washing your baby useful.

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topping: hold your baby on your knee or lay them on a changing mat.

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Take off all their clothes apart from their vest and nappy and wrap them in a towel.

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Dip the costume wool in water, make sure it doesn't get too wet and wipe gently around the baby's eyes from the nose outward, using a fresh piece of cotton wool for each eye.

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This is so that you don't transfer any stickiness or infection from one eye to another.

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Use a fresh piece of cotton wool, clean around the baby's ears, but not inside of them.

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Never use cotton buds or clean inside your baby's ears.

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Wash the rest of your baby's face, neck and hands in the same way, and dry them gently with the towel.

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Tailing: Take off the nappy and wash your baby's bottom and genital area with fresh cotton wool and warm water.

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Dry very carefully, including between the skin folds and put on a clean nappy.

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It will help your baby to relax if you keep talking while you're washing them.

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The more they hear your voice, the more they'll get used to listening to you and start to understand what you're saying.