A baby compress including: a strip sized to be wrapped around the abdomen of a baby a pocket on said strip adapted to hold a liquid-soaked wipe, wherein the pocket has: an inner wall facing the baby and comprising mesh adapted to allow the liquid to permeate there through and a back wall lined with impervious retention layer, adapted to reduce evaporation and leakage of the liquid through the back wall of the pocket and a fastener for fastening said strip while it is wrapped around the abdomen of a baby.