How To Clean Your Baby's Ears, Nose, Eyes & Nails

Never put anything directly in your baby's ears, eyes or nose. Wipe any material from the eyes, mouth, nose or outer ear with a soft, moistened cotton round.

Baby Ears

Focus on getting the outside clean. Even though the drugstore holds lots of ear cleaning tools and formulas for the inside, only your healthcare provider can tell you if they're necessary.

Be very careful when cleaning your baby's ears — clean what you can see — never put anything deep into your baby's ear canal or nose.

Baby Eyes

Holding your baby's head, gently cleanse around each eye with a cotton round dampened with clean warm water. Use a new cotton round for each eye and always wipe from the inside corner of the eye outward.

Baby Nose

If your baby is congested, there are a few things you can do to provide gentle relief. Talk to your baby's doctor or other healthcare provider about using saline nasal drops or a rubber bulb syringe (to suction nostrils) to ease congestion.

You can use a moistened cotton round to gently clean any debris from around baby’s nose, being sure to wipe away from the nose. For irritation under or around the nose, you can use a skin protectant formulated for babies.

Baby Nails

Cut your baby's nails regularly to prevent him from scratching himself and the spread of infection, as nails can harbor dirt and germs. Cut them right after a bath when they are softer. Use blunt scissors or baby nail clippers with a magnifying glass attached so small nails are easier to see, and follow the natural line of the finger, depressing the finger pad away from the nail so you can avoid cutting the skin of the finger.

If your baby is frightened, try:

• doing your own nails first — show him what fun it is
• distracting him with a song such as "Sampung Mga Daliri”