negel vasser | Imamother

Frumom ↓

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 8:35 pm

Just cursious,
Do you wash your baby's hands in the morning? If so, starting at how old (or young)?

tzivi ↓

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 8:38 pm

I try to wash my babies as young as possible (infant). For sure, before they start putting their hands or fingers into their mouths (usually very young).

red sea ↓

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 9:00 pm

Do you really have to start so young? When they're so small there is no night and day - right? It's 2 hours awake , then 2 sleeping round the clock. In the the morning I usually ask who needs to wash negel vasser and the toddler age kids come. I figure when they catch on to copying the big kids is the best time to start.

He*Sings*To*Me ↓

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 9:10 pm

It's never too early to start...children, even babies, are so much more impressionable than we give them credit for being! Yes, toddlers are ones to mimic what's lived before them, I personally believe that an infant can have a permanent impression made on them that will be by them the rest of their lives. Should a child stray from Yiddishkeit at an older, more rebellious age, G-d Forbid, who knows that the impressions left upon them from infancy won't rise from their subconscientious and guide them back!

↑ red sea

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 9:20 pm

[quote="He*Sings*To*Me"]It's never too early to start...children, even babies, are so much more impressionable than we give them credit for being! I personally believe that an infant can have a permanent impression made on them that will be by them the rest of their lives. [quote]

So do you really wash them each time they wake up - or just once in the morning for chinuch?

↑ He*Sings*To*Me

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 10:32 pm

Once, in the morning, with the toddlers/preschoolers.

↑ tzivi

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 10:39 pm

I wash my baby every time he wakes up - which is often! B"H!

hisorerus ↓

Wed, Nov 30 2005, 11:28 pm

I have a hard time washing my baby's hands- he SCREAMS from the cold water, and it takes a while for the water to get warm. It also means I can't wash him from Negel Vasser by my bed.

imanut

Thu, Dec 01 2005, 10:06 am

I started at a year which was when she started sleeping thru the night. it took a while before she enjoyed doing it and if she put up a really big fuss I didn't insist.

↑ Frumom

Sun, Dec 04 2005, 2:54 pm

Besides, for your baby, what about for moms? Do you wash negel vasser every time you wake up in mid of the night to nurse?

Personally, I don't, I'm barely even awake while nursing.

↑ hisorerus

Sun, Dec 04 2005, 8:26 pm

SaraYehudis-
How do you keep the water somewhat warm by your bed? I have a hard time doing it standing by the sink. Sad

I think I'll be able to make it his Hachlata from when he learns to sit up (I.e. can support his upper body enough that it doesn't take 2 hands to keep him upright).

mummy-bh

Sat, Apr 08 2006, 8:47 pm

Okay, here's another negel vasser question. For those who have kids who sleep in a bunk-bed, where does the one who sleeps on the top bed keep their negel vasser?

amother

Sat, Apr 08 2006, 11:28 pm

What age do you think is appropriate to put negel vasser next to the bed.

I just started with my 5 year old and the younger ones wash when I get up...

shalhevet

Sun, Apr 09 2006, 7:46 pm

We were told by our rav (this is not halacha, but a way to add kedusha which is recommended) to wash negel vasser the first time a baby gets up once it's light. This is from the day they're born. With a child who already touches food you wash negel vasser if they slept in the night (I.e. in the morning or an afternoon nap if they wake up after it's dark)
Incidentally, it's a segula for the baby not having jaundice to wash negel vasser from the day they're born until the bris.