The thought of bathing your newborn can be panic-inducing. What if they get too slippery? What if you get soap in their eyes or water up their nose? What if they lose that precious new baby scent?

Bathing your baby is a joyous experience, a great opportunity to bond with your little one and watch them enjoy the sensation of warm water on their soft skin. However, the ritual can often breed ...

New thinking on the cause of eczema is prompting some scientists to investigate whether how parents care for their infants’ skin has contributed to the disease’s growth. How often a baby gets a bath, ...

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Unfortunately for new parents, babies don't come with instruction manuals. So when it comes to new parenting tasks, such as baths and nail trimming, some parents feel nervous or confused. If you're ...

Ashleigh Tieszen smiled at her newborn daughter in the small tub at the foot of her hospital bed. Her 3-year-old, Aubrey, helped rinse her baby sister. Nursing assistant Kylee Gladson bundled the ...