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Hand washing is the best way to prevent the spread of disease. Build healthy hand-washing habits now. Help wash your baby's hands after every diaper change-when you wash your own. Your baby can go with you into the bathroom. Help him stand at the sink. Keep a stepstool, liquid soap and a drying towel handy.
Talk about what you are doing as you wash. For example, say, "Up on the stool. I'm turning on the water. Let's wet your hands. The water is warm. Now we'll add a little soap and rub, rub, rub. The soap gets your hands nice and clean. Now we'll rinse off all of the soap. We'll dry with this towel. This is where we hang it up. Down from the stool now. I'll close the bathroom door behind us. Let's go and look at a book."
It's fun to sing a song while washing. Try this one. Sing it to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." Wash, wash, wash your hands. Wash them to this rhyme. Rub and rub and rub and rub, Away goes all the grime.
Month By Month has been adapted for Fathers from Healthy Start, Grow Smart, Your Newborn, Washington, D.C. 2002 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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