When to start cleaning baby ears
CLEANING BABY'S EARS | Baby Care with Jenni June
I'm here to teach you how to clean your
sweet little baby's ears this is really
important because if we don't do this
and do it well by the time they're
teenagers they won't hear anything we
say trust me I know I've got four of
them
so let's get down to business there's
two ways you can do this the first makes
parents a little bit nervous because we
don't really want to use a standard
cotton swab for fear of inserting it too
far into the baby's ear canal and
damaging their eardrum so stay away from
these standard types Johnson and Johnson
makes a wonderful cotton swab that's
specifically made for cleaning baby's
ears safely look at the shape it's a lot
different
it's whiter down at the bottom so that
we can't even accidentally insert this
too far into the opening of the ear all
right now before we get started we want
to make sure that we're cleaning the
baby's ears preferably after bath time
that's when the skin is most supple and
moist there's a little extra water maybe
in the ears that we can get out at the
same time so it's not fitting in your
baby's ears and the wax and the grime
will come off much easier all right so
first we want to hold baby a little bit
firmly because you're going to be Wiggly
and we don't want them to get hurt so
take a firm grasp right here maybe your
hand on their chest and start by getting
the inside of the outer ear get into
those cracks and crevices there and get
all the water out and the oil then flip
the cotton swab over and use the clean
part to clean out the wax at the
entrance of the ear canal we're not
going all the way in we're just getting
the wax in the gunk that's right there
all right we're done the second way to
clean your baby's ears is to use a thin
damp baby washcloth they're less bulky
than a standard washcloth wrap it around
your finger
this and we're just going to go through
the same motions we did when we used a
cotton swab start with the outer part
here get all the excess water and oils
and wax and then move your finger into a
different position a clean place on the
washcloth and clean out the best you can
get in there at the entrance of the ear
canal and get the wax that's right there
at the surface like so both are safe and
easy choose the method that works best
for you now remember we only need to do
this as often as we paid our baby that's
not as often during the newborn stage
maybe two or three times a week at most
but as they grow older closer to the
three-month age we want to try and use
bath time to establish that
all-important bedtime routine and that's
when you clean your baby's ears all
right it's as simple as that I hope this
was helpful to you
I'm Jenny June enjoy your baby
you
