New born bath

I've seen people wait a week I think I waited about a week and a half honestly as long as it's over a week and under a month I think it's okay, it's good for the mucus to stay on them but also if you're going out a lot with your newborn I would probably bath sooner idk

The umbilical cord has to be healed first!

We bathed in the hospital on day 2 with the nurse and when we got home she didnt have a proper bath for about 3 weeks.

It’s when their umbilical cord falls off. So for that it could be a few days or multiple weeks. Because that area needs to stay dry. So they can’t have a full bath until then. Before that especially if it doesn’t fall off for a few weeks then you can do their hair and head get that wet or use a wash cloth. And then that could be whenever you want. But some wait a few days after leaving the hospital or like a week. Or if your baby spits up a ton or has a blow out probably do it then instead of waiting. Or if they don’t blow out or don’t spit up you could probably wait longer for a bath. I know people like to leave that stuff on their baby but for me I think a few days is good enough and then i can start cleaning to help get rid of crustiness or dry skin or cradle cap

I did it day 10, we had a visitor that day who held him and in the evening he smelled like perfume and I really hated it. I wanted that smelled washed off him.

Our midwife advised to wait until the umbilical cord has fallen off. It fell off after 4 days and we bathed her after seven. We did wash her genitals under the sink 1-2x before that to clean her after nappy changes.