‘You need to stop bathing newborns in the kitchen sink’

There are some places that a child is simply not supposed to be: after the wheel of a car, for example.

And there are locations that many babies have been traditionally, but maybe it’s best not to continue doing so, like the kitchen sink.

“Newborns have zero immune system”

A pediatric doctor has gone viral in tiktok explaining the “unique dangers” of baths in the kitchen sink ..

Beachgem10 explained the story of a child that she recently encountered in her work in the Emergency Department.

“I had a three-week baby present with fever. He also had some foolishness and poor food,” she began.

“Newborns have zero immune system, and so they get full training as every time. So blood, urine and CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) to control meningitis. We are really looking for serious bacterial infections.”

While waiting for the young man to be accepted, the doctor received an update.

“I received a phone call from microbiology saying,” Hey, his blood culture is positive. He is growing, it looks like salmonella, “she revealed.

So she returned to parents with questions in an effort to understand what this might be like. After asking some questions, the parents found that the child takes the bathroom in the kitchen sink.

She asked them, “Do you guys prepare the chicken around the kitchen sink?”

They responded yes; However, they explained that the area was disinfected.

“Although parents did their best to clean the sink before the child took a bath, this is likely to be the source of exposure to salmonella,” the doctor explained.

“In addition to the potential of bacteria pollution, the sinks can be very slippery, they also have faucets and levels in which infants can hit themselves, or slip into the water and hit themselves.”

Temperature also poses a risk.

“I’ve seen babies before the water is lit, and it was hot water, and then they burned,” she shared.

The doctor recommends using a small baby bath to keep the baby clean.

“No matter where they take the bath, they never have to be just for a second. They need your full, inseparable attention,” she warned.

“Salmonella all over your sink”

Commentators were divided into the doctor’s advice.

Many agreed to the danger.

“That’s exactly why I don’t trust people who say they wash their chicken. As, oh great Salmonella all over your sink,” commented one viewer.

“More for Boomer’s parents in the back, who will say ‘I left you in the kitchen sink and you turned out well,” another agreed.

“I’ve always thought that putting your baby in the sink was bad, like why?” a third common.

Others did not see the damage.

“I washed the mines in the sink just fine. Just wash your sink like you a tub. What are you missing?” argued a parent.

Another echoed, adding, “Don’t people sanitize their sink after every use?”