How Can You Use Something Like This on a Baby?

Su Ningwei's breast milk was highly nutritious, and the babies changed every day.

The babies had shed the reddish-purple color they had at birth and had become much fairer and chubbier.

Their eyes were big, round, and bright black, and they looked a lot like Su Ningwei.

They were absolutely adorable.

Ye Chen carefully washed Dabao, paying special attention to places with folds, like her armpits.

Looking at the adorable baby, Su Ningwei joked, "Wanwan is so cute. You were right, she really has become prettier the more we raise her. Good thing we didn't throw her away back then."

The three babies were fraternal multiples and did not look alike.

Dabao resembled Su Ningwei more.

Xiaobao resembled Ye Chen more.

Erbao had inherited the best features of both Ye Chen and Su Ningwei, making her especially beautiful.

Ye Chen smiled and replied, "I could never bear to throw them away. They're our children. No matter what they look like, they're still my babies."

"Mm, I couldn't bear to throw them away now either. It feels so amazing, like seeing a tiny version of myself." Su Ningwei said with crescent-shaped eyes.

After bathing Dabao, Ye Chen carried her onto the bed and dried her with a bath towel.

The heating in the room was on full blast, so there was no need to worry about the baby catching a chill.

Dabao's umbilical cord had not yet fallen off, and there was still an umbilical patch over her navel.

Throughout the entire umbilical cord care process, it was important to keep the navel clean and disinfected every day.

At the same time, diapers needed to be changed frequently to prevent urine from seeping into the navel and causing an infection.

Ye Chen gently peeled off the baby's umbilical patch.

Dabao's navel was dry, without redness, swelling, discharge, or any strange odor.

It was not a serious issue. It should fall off in another day or two.

A newborn's umbilical cord usually scabbed over seven to fourteen days after birth and fell off naturally.

Su Ningwei handed Ye Chen a cotton swab dipped in 75% iodine tincture.

Ye Chen used the swab to gently apply it to the base of the umbilical cord and the surrounding skin for disinfection.

After handling that,

Ye Chen took a fresh waterproof umbilical patch and placed it over Dabao's navel.

"Baby Wanwan, it's massage time."

As Ye Chen spoke, he dripped a few drops of baby oil into his palm.

After rubbing it warm between his hands,

he followed the techniques in his mind and gently massaged and stroked the baby's entire body.

"Wow, A-Chen, you're amazing. Your technique looks exactly like the one in the instructional videos. You must have secretly practiced." Su Ningwei said with a look of admiration.

Ye Chen smiled. "Of course. Newborn massage has so many benefits for babies, so I had to study it properly. Actually, I also learned full-body massage techniques for adults. I guarantee I won't miss a single spot, and it's especially good after a bath. Once you're done with your confinement period, do you want to try it? It feels really good."

"You're awful... I suspect you're making a dirty joke, and I have proof." Su Ningwei's little face flushed.

Not missing a single spot.

Just thinking about that scene was so naughty, wasn't it?

Ye Chen was so improper.

But she liked it so much...

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She liked that Ye Chen was serious and proper outside, but so playful and romantic behind closed doors.

Ye Chen saw through Su Ningwei's insincerity and teased her with a smile. "So do you want to or not? Sigh, if you don't want to, forget it. I'm not the kind of person who forces others..."

"I do... When did I say I didn't?" Su Ningwei replied shyly. "I think you shouldn't be called Ye Chen anymore. You should just be called Big Orange."

"Why? Because my name has the character Chen in it, so you're making a homophonic pun?" Ye Chen asked with a smile, his hands still gently massaging Dabao. Once he was done, he led Dabao through a brief set of exercises.

Ye Chen thought to himself that his wife truly understood him. The ID he had chosen, Singing Orange, was indeed a homophone for the character Chen.

Su Ningwei smiled and said, "Mm, aside from the homophone, the most important thing is that you're as yellow as an orange."

"Nonsense. I have principles. I'm only dirty with you. To outsiders, I still look perfectly innocent. How am I yellow both inside and out?" Ye Chen froze for a moment, not expecting the joke could be played that way.

"Mm, then you're a green orange. You look proper, but you're actually both naughty and dirty. Haha..." Su Ningwei could not stop herself from laughing, but she accidentally pulled at her wound and grimaced in pain.

Holding her abdomen, Su Ningwei groaned softly, "Hiss... ow... that hurts..."

"Serves you right for laughing at me. You pulled your wound, didn't you?" Although Ye Chen said that, his face was full of worry and concern as he stopped what he was doing and went to check on Su Ningwei. "How are you? Does it still hurt?"

"N-No, I'm fine. It doesn't hurt if I don't laugh." Su Ningwei quickly waved at Ye Chen. "Just keep massaging the baby."

"Are you really okay?"

"I'm really okay."

Seeing that Su Ningwei was not faking it, Ye Chen relaxed. "Don't forget that you're still in your confinement period. You need to be careful."

"I know." Su Ningwei replied with a smile.

She loved Ye Chen's nagging, which was full of concern for her. It made her feel so happy.

After Ye Chen finished the baby's massage,

Su Ningwei quickly picked up the diaper cream, moved closer to Ye Chen, and said with a smile, "I know how to do this. Let me."

"Mm, go ahead." Ye Chen said, moving aside a little.

Su Ningwei carefully applied the diaper cream to Dabao to prevent diaper rash.

"Alright, hand me that baby powder. I heard that putting some on the armpits and places like that makes babies less likely to get eczema." Su Ningwei said to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen picked up the baby powder from the table and smiled. "Looks like you've done quite a bit of homework too."

"Of course. I'm a qualified good mother." Su Ningwei replied without the slightest embarrassment.

Ye Chen picked up the baby powder and habitually glanced at the ingredient list and expiration date.

He inspected things meant for babies even more carefully.

After looking at it, Ye Chen frowned.

The manufacturers on Blue Star were a little too unreliable.

The baby powder was actually talc-based, with so much added fragrance.

Talc carried a potential risk of containing asbestos.

Having just become a father, Ye Chen immediately got angry.

How could something like this be used on a baby?

The words "for babies" on the powder container were especially glaring.

On the market, anything with the word "baby" added to it sold for an especially high price.

On Earth Star, most baby powders had already replaced talc with pine pollen or cornstarch, and none had added fragrances.

Baby powder contained magnesium oxide and magnesium sulfate, which could easily enter the respiratory tract.

Because newborns' respiratory systems were not yet fully developed, if too much was inhaled and entered the bronchi, it could damage the ciliary movement in the airways, weaken their defenses, and easily trigger respiratory infections, lead poisoning, or allergic asthma.

Holding the baby powder, Ye Chen asked, "Where did you buy this?"

Su Ningwei asked with a puzzled expression, "At the supermarket. I saw that it was for babies, and it was a major brand, so I just grabbed a box. What's wrong? Is there a problem? I checked the date, and there was nothing wrong with it. Is it fake?"