Summer is approaching, and it’s time to wake up at night by mosquito bites, and regret not bringing a sunshade out of the season. Adults are still like this, how about the delicate babies? Don’t worry, take a few minutes to read through the parenting tips I prepared for you, so that your baby a safe summer.
Heat rash prevention.
In the summer heat, babies sweat a lot and cannot evaporate quickly, resulting in blockage of sweat gland openings and inflammation caused by sweat seeping into the tissue around the pores, resulting in prickly heat. How to give your baby a summer without heat rash?
Prickly heat prevention tips.
1, cool environment, reduce sweating
The temperature difference with the outdoor temperature should be within 10 degrees; don’t hold the baby for a long time; choose diapers reasonably; and keep warm.
2, keep the skin clean, reduce inflammation
You can give your baby a bath 2-3 times a day. Choose refreshing bathing products when bathing. Baby’s clothes try to choose loose clothing, conducive to the evaporation of sweat. Light-colored clothes absorb less heat than dark-colored clothes, and sweat-absorbing cotton and linen textures can reduce sweat on the skin, and dry skin is more resistant. If the baby is more active, use an absorbent soft cloth to dry the sweat in time.
3, a reasonable diet to help clear the heat and relieve the summer heat
Bitter melon, loofah, mung beans, horsetail, these heat-clearing vegetables can be eaten properly. Do not eat spicy and oily food and hot fruits, such as lychees, cinnamon, oranges, etc.. To eat more vegetables and neutral fruits such as apples, grapes, lemons, etc. Drink more water to ensure that your body is hydrated.
How to take care of baby prickly heat when he already has it?
1.If it is red prickly heat, use more warm water or herbal boiled water to dispel heat to bathe and wash hair, try to avoid using alkaline soap and do not rub the skin hard to avoid aggravating the inflammation of the skin.
2. After bathing, use diluted ten drops of water, prickly heat flower lotion or furnace mannate lotion to apply on the skin, which can also play a role in eliminating heat rash. If the prickly heat has developed into a pustular prickly heat, you need to use topical Bactrim ointment anti-inflammatory, the area is wider need to go to the hospital.
3. If the heat rash grows on the scalp, you can cut or tie up the hair, but do not shave your head. Lack of hair cover, the scalp temperature will be higher, more likely to cause inflammation.
4.Cut your nails and wash your hands regularly to avoid bacterial infections caused by your baby scratching the skin.
Mosquito repellent chapter.
Summer is the mosquito-infested season, mosquito bites caused by diseases also entered the high season. Baby is in a period of vigorous growth, sweating, and sweat contains trimethylamine, which is the smell of mosquitoes like, so the baby has become a favorite target of mosquito attacks. How to prevent mosquito bites?
Anti-mosquito tips.
1, eliminate the mosquito breeding “hotbed”
Actively clear the water around the house, weeds and rotten leaves, family cleaning.
2, when you go out, try to let the baby touch less flowers, plants and leaves
Do not sleep on the ground directly, do not sit and lie down in the grass and forest.
3.Wear long clothes and pants to reduce the exposure of the body
Wear more light-colored or white clothing. Try to avoid the choice of products containing mosquito repellent amines, you can choose eucalyptus essential oil, geranium, artemisia and other plant ingredients that have a repellent effect products.
4.Reject aroma
Do not use detergents containing fragrance, skin care products, perfumes, etc., because the fragrance is easy to attract mosquitoes.
5.Mosquito repellent products
The best measure to prevent mosquitoes or to use mosquito nets for babies. Can also cooperate in indoor electric mosquito incense to repel mosquitoes, or the use of mosquito lamps, it is best not to spray insecticides, not to use pesticide spray mosquitoes.
6.Other methods
You can properly eat some mosquitoes hate the smell of food, such as garlic, vitamin B1, carrots and so on. You can also plant some plants in the windowsill, balcony to emit the smell of mosquitoes, such as mint, mosquito repellent grass, jasmine, etc..
After being bitten by mosquitoes, how to deal with?
1, try not to scratch, can be used externally furnace glycolate lotion, cool oil, anthritis, etc. to stop itching, anti-inflammatory.
2, a few patients in the bite 24 hours local swelling, blisters or papules, or itching is unbearable, it is recommended that the use of antihistamine drugs such as Benadryl, loratadine, cetirizine, etc. orally as appropriate, while using ointments containing corticosteroids for external use.
3, very few serious patients appear large swollen redness, even swelling pain, adjacent lymph nodes swelling, should be combined with infection, should promptly seek medical attention.
Sun protection chapter.
Skin aging, skin cancer and other diseases are very closely related to UV radiation. For babies, the epidermis is thinner and more prone to sunburn. Therefore, it is very important to prevent sunburn in the hot summer. How to give your baby safe sun protection?
Sun protection tips.
1.Avoid the peak of sunshine
Outdoor activities as far as possible to avoid the period from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., because the strongest UV rays during this time.
2, physical sun protection is the safest and most effective
Bring your baby a wide-brimmed sun hat and wear long-sleeved clothes. Activities are mostly carried out in environments where the sun cannot shine directly to avoid direct skin exposure.
3.Choose the right clothes
In terms of color, dark colors are more sun-protective than light colors, so white has the worst sun protection, while red has the longest wavelength and the widest absorption spectrum, so red is the most sun-protective.
4, eat more sunscreen food
The first choice of food rich in vitamin C, can be antioxidant, whitening, such as tomatoes, kiwi, strawberries, oranges, etc.. Secondly, soy products have a strong antioxidant effect, but also more can reduce the damage of ultraviolet light.
5, eat less photosensitive food
After eating photosensitive food, the photosensitive substances contained in it will also reach the skin, if this exposure to ultraviolet light, it will appear in the exposed parts of the rash, swelling, itching, burning pain.
6.Choose the right sunscreen
Be sure to use sunscreen 30 minutes in advance, and the thickness of sunscreen products need to be 2mg/cm2 to achieve the proper sunscreen effect. It is generally believed that it is okay to use sunscreen for babies over 6 months of age, but it is recommended not to use it before 6 months.
What about baby sunburn?
1, mild sunburn: the main performance of the exposed parts of the skin in a few hours to more than ten hours after the sun appeared clearly bounded diffuse erythema, bright red color, accompanied by a local mild burning, stinging sensation. After a mild sunburn, a wet towel can be chilled and applied to the damaged skin, or chilled milk (not suitable for those with milk allergy) can be applied externally. You can also apply topical glycolic lotion to fight inflammation, and topical sprays and emulsions containing lidocaine to relieve pain. Generally after a few days, the skin can gradually return to normal, without sequelae such as flaking and discoloration.
2, moderate to severe sunburn: in addition to erythema, the skin will also be followed by diffuse edema, burning and stinging sensation is also more obvious, touching the skin has obvious tenderness. Severe sunburn can appear a large number of blisters, burning pain is strong, and even affect sleep. After the blisters break down, the vesicular surface can be seen, and after active treatment, the vesicular surface dries and crusts over, leaving hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation after the scabs are removed. If the sunburn area is extensive, fever, chills, headache, fatigue, nausea and other general discomfort may occur, and individual patients may also have panic and shock. Medical attention should be sought promptly.