A Few Things to Know About Bringing Your Baby in Winter

First of all, wearing clothes, recently in the clinic, often see some baby moms with children over, wrapped bulging, more than seven or eight pieces, but also some wear less than one or two pieces, but also not close to the body. Too much clothing for children in winter is not conducive to their mobility and is not conducive to strengthening their resistance. Appropriate less clothing can enhance the skin’s ability to regulate the temperature, so as to improve the ability to resist the cold and prevent the purpose of the disease. Therefore, in winter, you should choose light, breathable and warm clothes for your baby to wear, as long as there is one more piece of clothing than an adult overall. Clothing should be removed during activities to avoid catching a cold after sweating. When the average daily temperature drops to below 5 ℃ or windy, the child should go out wearing gloves and hats, not only can maintain good blood circulation in the head, at the same time can enhance the resistance of the respiratory tract. Then there are some baby clothes are tied with a rope (or elastic band is very tight), also strangled very tight, this is very unfavorable to the baby. On the winter bath, some mothers give baby a bath every day, there are more than a week without a bath, this is not good, generally according to the situation, about 3 days to take a bath, winter bathing is needed to turn on the heater, the water temperature in the 37-40 degrees (the home should be equipped with a thermometer), bathing time is not too long. Pay attention to the baby heating, heating to blowing to pay special attention to the baby’s skin is more delicate, pay attention to the distance with the heater, the air is easy to dry, the need to put a pot of water in the room, increase humidity. Winter weather is cold, many baby parents (especially the elderly) like to take the way of tightly closed doors and windows, to resist the cold. However, winter is the high season of children’s respiratory diseases, long-term closed room is not conducive to air circulation, viruses, bacteria are easy to grow, the disease is also easy to cross-infection. It is recommended that even in very cold weather, doors and windows should be opened for half an hour every morning and evening to allow air exchange and circulation. It is important to strengthen children’s outdoor activities. Outdoor activities not only exercise the body, but also increase the exposure to ultraviolet rays, which promotes the absorption of calcium and ensures the growth of children’s bones and teeth. Note that you can’t get UV exposure by sunbathing through glass inside the house. On the road in winter, many children are wearing hats, earmuffs, masks, vehicles, pedestrians, collision response is poor, especially cycling to school for older children, the security risk is even greater. Parents should train children to cross the street to take the good habits of pedestrian crossings, it is best not to wear earmuffs or wear a hat when the ears will be covered, so as not to affect the sense of hearing, and lead to accidental injury.