Hardening - a complex of measures aimed at promoting the stability of the body of a young child to the effects of environmental factors, whether it is rain, cold wind, frost and so on. Tempering the child must be from the first days of baby's life: from the birth of a healthy baby protect adaptive mechanisms in the body and in the education in the "hothouse" conditions, these defense mechanisms are simply "turned off" as unnecessary. To make sure your baby is easily endured all adverse weather conditions, it is necessary to temper it from an early age.

Hardening of the first days of baby's life

Many pediatricians say that to start hardening the baby must be from the first days of his life .  Of course, this does not mean that you should immediately proceed to the radical methods of hardening - dousing with cold water, prolonged exposure to cold .  In the first few months of life for hardening is sufficient air baths, walks and swimming .  The simplest and at the same time effective method of hardening the baby - is to abandon wraps it: let the child at least a few minutes pobudet no clothes at home, at room temperature with dressing .  Furthermore, it is possible not to bathe the child in hot and warm water .  Very useful for hardening a small child and a walk in the fresh air, one or two hours outdoors in the day, even in a wheelchair, the child will only benefit .  Walking with a small child can be in any kind of weather - both in summer and winter .  Wrapped the baby in such a way that no part of the body is not in contact with the frosty air, it is not necessary - but forget the warm clothes are not worth .  One of the most important rules of tempering children - moderation in all things, and in a choice of warm clothing including .  Do not forget about fresh air in the room: even in winter you can leave the window ajar for a few minutes so that the air in the room does not stagnate, but in the summer, in hot weather, the windows can be left open all the time - most importantly ensure that the baby is not blown .

Tempering water treatments

At home, one of the most effective ways of hardening the baby considered a variety of water treatments, and the easiest method to develop the children's resistance to adverse environmental factors - a contrast shower, which carries young children is much easier than pouring cold water .  For the health of the baby douche - alternating hot and cold water - it is safe, of course, if not alternate scalding hot water with ice water .  The best way to teach a child to contrasting capita gradually: for thirty or forty seconds, the warm (up to forty degrees) water, then ten or fifteen seconds - the cool water, gradually lowering its temperature and time while increasing contrast shower .  Of course, if a child does not tolerate a douche, it is necessary to reduce the time dousing with cold water to a minimum .  Very useful and easy pouring cool water after taking a hot bath (water temperature may be twenty to twenty-five degrees) .

If your child loves to swim, it is not necessary to limit his love of the natural water bodies, even if the water is quite cool. Of course, do not overdo it and avoid overcooling of the child: to prevent colds, after bathing baby Bathing baby   in the cool water is better to rub the baby's skin with a towel to "warm up" the body, or send in a warm shower for a few minutes.

The basic rules of hardening

• It is important that the child was completely healthy: all tempering procedures useless and even harmful if the child is not feeling well or ill.
• Conduct tempering procedures should be regularly - it is very important to make the simplest tempering procedures become a habit.
• The main thing - do not overdo it: extreme methods such as pouring ice water, have questionable benefit, but the harm from them - is obvious. Where better to increase the intensity gradually tempering procedures, or stay at the simple, yet effective methods of hardening, can not cause any harm to the health of the baby.
• Very important and comprehensive approach: tempering procedures must be combined with proper nutrition Proper nutrition: I stopped eating at night   and strengthening the immune system of the child, the child's body to properly respond to additional stress.

Tatiana Smirnova

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