Newborn Skin: What's Normal and Skin Care Tips

Sources Medically Reviewed on 09/01/2020 Reviewed by Renee A. Alli, MD on September 01, 2020
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford: "Bathing and Skin Care," "Newborn Appearance."
American Academy of Pediatrics: "Bathing Your Newborn."
DrGreene.com: "Guidelines for Bathing Your Newborn."
The American Academy of Pediatrics: Caring for Your Baby and Young Child. Bantam Books, June 1998.
March of Dimes: "Giving Your Baby a Bath."
Nemours Foundation. KidsHealth.org: “Looking at Your Newborn: What’s Normal,” "A Guide for First-Time Parents."
"The skin." Darmstadt, G. and Sidbury, R. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th edition. Behrman, R., Kliegman, R., and Jenson, H. (eds.), Saunders, 2004.
Reviewed by Renee A. Alli, MD on September 01, 2020
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