As the weather approaches late autumn and early winter, Bao’s parents must have prepared for the low temperature early: sweaters, cotton-padded jackets, thick quilts and electric blankets are all arranged for the baby slowly for fear that the baby will catch a cold.
However, many parents do not know that colds have little to do with whether they are warm enough or not. Only exposure to viruses can lead to colds.
Therefore, wearing less may not necessarily lead to illness. However, if the warm keeping work is done too well, the consequences may be even more serious:
May lead to children [heatstroke], babies under one year old may even suffer from [heat-covering syndrome], and failure to find out in time will lead to shock!
There are still many seemingly common-sense things like this during the autumn and winter seasons, which must be paid attention to by treasure parents.
Baby’s body is very sensitive, so we have prepared this super-full season change strategy covering getting up in the morning and going to bed at night. Let’s take a closer look at what from morning till night:
Babies may also suffer heatstroke in winter.
Children’s metabolism is vigorous and they are more afraid of heat than the elderly.
Wearing too much will make the baby uncomfortable, with prickly heat and even heat stroke-commonly known as heatstroke.
What is more dangerous is that parents often do not think of this disease in autumn and winter, and will treat it as a common fever. Not only will they not give their babies any clothes, but they will also add two more.
At this time, it is very easy to cause baby shock.
Therefore, it is very important to learn to judge whether the thickness of clothes for your baby is appropriate! Here is a simple method:
The number of clothes the child should wear should be similar to that of the father. The father wears a few pieces and the baby wears a few pieces. After wearing clothes, you can touch the back of your neck again. If there is no sweat, it is appropriate.
In addition, the temperature of the child’s small hands will normally be lower than that of the neck. If the palms are warm, it also means that they are wearing a little more.
In addition to thickness, we should also pay attention to the material of close-fitting clothes. Pure cotton fabric is the first choice, not only keeping warm and breathable, but also preventing static electricity in autumn and winter.
Eating oranges won’t [get angry]
Autumn is the season when citrus fruits come on the market, and citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C and cellulose, which is very suitable for babies to eat.
However, many parents think that eating too many oranges will make them angry. In fact, this is unscientific.
If there are sore throat, dry mouth, constipation and other [excessive internal heat] symptoms, it is likely that it is due to other reasons, such as catching a cold due to infection with the virus, which has no what relationship with oranges.
However, if you eat too much, the high sugar and acidic ingredients in oranges will stimulate the oral and throat mucosa.
Therefore, if the child likes it, give it to him with confidence and pay attention to the right amount.
In addition to providing fresh fruits for the baby, other nutrients should also keep up.
Fish, shrimp, eggs, milk, meat, seasonal vegetables, coarse cereals, bean products… In short, rich food varieties are the most important principle.
In addition, cleaning after meals is also very important. If saliva, milk stains and food residues remain on the baby’s skin, they will cause irritation to the skin. In addition, in dry weather in autumn and winter, eczema and saliva rash are easily formed.
Therefore, soft, non-irritating, clean and sanitary care products should be used to clean the baby’s delicate skin, such as soft cotton towels for babies.
It is unreliable to supplement calcium in the sun.
The weather is cold, parents love to take their babies out to bask in the sun. One is comfortable, the other is that [basking in the sun can supplement calcium].
I want to tell you here that calcium cannot be directly supplemented in the sun.
When exposed to the sun, the skin can synthesize vitamin D when exposed to ultraviolet rays in the sun. Vitamin D is an important component involved in the absorption of calcium by babies, so sunlight can indeed help babies absorb calcium. But what is more important is whether the calcium content in children’s food is sufficient.
Moreover, although the sunshine in autumn and winter is not as fierce as that in summer, it is still easy to sunburn the baby’s delicate skin and increase the risk of skin cancer.
Especially for babies under 6 months old, it is not recommended to let them be exposed to direct sunlight.
Going out for a walk is indeed good for the child’s health, but there is no need to deliberately put the baby in the sun. The baby should be allowed to go out during the period when the sun is strongest.
Adults think that the right bath water may burn the baby.
Parents will bathe their babies like wearing clothes. They are not afraid of heat or cold.
In fact, adults touch only the relatively hot water temperature, which is quite harmful to babies with delicate skin and may cause cryogenic burns.
Parents are advised to use the skin on the inner side of their arms to feel the water temperature. If they feel warm, it is enough.
In addition to the water temperature, bath time also can’t be too long. Because the baby’s skin stratum corneum is already very thin, blisters for too long will soften and fall off, more intolerant to external stimulation. Generally speaking, 10 ~ 15 minutes per wash is completely enough.
In autumn and winter, as long as you wash your baby’s small fart every day, the frequency of bathing should not be too high, and you can wash your whole body 2-3 times a week.
In addition, the baby does not need to use shower gel every time when taking a bath, which can better protect the skin.
When drying, in order to prevent the baby from catching cold, you can wrap the baby with a soft and water-absorbing pure cotton bath towel, then take the baby back to the bedroom, apply skin cream and wear clothes.
Don’t sleep with your baby in winter
The temperature difference between day and night in autumn and winter is large, and the baby is easy to catch cold at night. Parents break their hearts to ensure that the baby does not kick the quilt and sleep warm.
In order to be at ease, many treasure parents will still sleep with their babies in their arms. In fact, this is very dangerous! Especially for babies under one year old.
Because parents may press the baby when turning over in their sleep, or cover the baby’s head with quilts, causing suffocation; However, too thick quilts are also easy to cause hypoxia and even asphyxia during sleep.
Therefore, in autumn and winter, it is also necessary to ensure that babies and adults [share different beds].
So how can we ensure that the baby will not kick the quilt or catch cold when sleeping alone? You can use baby sleeping bags instead of quilts. How to choose, mainly depends on three points: material, style and thickness.
- Material, autumn and winter are more recommended to keep warm, skin-friendly pure cotton material. Style can choose the most common envelope sleeping bag, if the baby is not willing to be bound by sleeping bags, can also choose leg-splitting sleeping bags. The choice of thickness is similar to wearing clothes. If the child is not stable when sleeping, crying and sweating, it means that the purchase is too thick.