2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Our children in the country are little helpers. Naturally, all babies get dirty. An excellent option for cleansing from dirt and dust would be a visit to a bathhouse at a summer cottage. In addition, after visiting the steam room, parents and children can pour cold water over them, harden them, which will strengthen the immune system
Going with a child to a bathhouse or sauna, you need to know the rules and features of being in the steam room, so as not to harm the health of the little one. When taking a small child with you to the bath, be careful, but do not specifically lower the temperature of the steam room and at the same time carefully monitor the well-being of the baby. It has now been established that the bath factor affects the cardiovascular system, enhances blood circulation, which improves ventilation of the lungs and the depth of breathing. It is especially useful to visit the bathhouse for children who often and for a long time suffer from colds. In order for the bath to become not just a wash, but to bring real benefits to the health of the child, familiarize yourself with the traditions of the bath culture, and make a visit to the steam room a regular process.
Preparing the child for a visit to the bath
You can prepare a baby for bath procedures long before his birth, even in the womb. Mothers who visited the sauna during pregnancy have a more elastic ligamentous apparatus, low muscle tension, childbirth is painless, without analgesics. But still, before visiting the bath, it is recommended to consult with a gynecologist.
It has been proven that newborns who have visited the bath in the womb are easier to tolerate bath procedures. In this regard, some pediatricians consider it possible for a baby to visit the bathhouse from three months of age. It is imperative to prepare the child's skin for temperature extremes, and for the adaptation to be successful, practice air baths from birth and bathe the "young bathhouse attendant" in two baths with warm water of different degrees.
If for the first time you are taking a child not in a tender infancy, but at 3 - 4 years old in a bath, make sure that he is calm, has a positive attitude to dousing with water, complete undressing, does not be capricious, does not hiccup. At the same time, he is cheerful and does not have chronic diseases and pathologies of the bronchi, lungs, heart, then he can safely take with him to the bath.
Contraindications for going to the bath are diseases: congenital heart disease, acute eczema, psoriasis, acute infectious and viral, skin diseases, purulent skin rashes, high body temperature, epilepsy.
Stages of bath procedures
The basis of the hardening effect is based on the contrast of three cycles - steam room or body heating, cooling and rest.
Remember that children enter the sauna dry, and before the Russian bath, pour warm water over them and put on a hat, which can be previously bought together, increasing the child's interest in the steam room.
In the steam room, a high temperature acts on the child's skin, as a result, the vessels expand. In this case, the baby's skin should turn pink, not red. Mild sweating is a normal response to elevated temperatures. If you notice that the child turns pale, cries, urgently bring him in from the steam room. The initial time the child spends in the steam room is 10 minutes, this is enough for the expected result.
The next stage is cooling, including douche or shower at room temperature, possibly swimming in the pool. This hygienic procedure washes away sweat, toxins and hardens the body.
And here it is - such a pleasant relaxing holiday. Wrap your child in a terry robe, treat with mint or linden tea.
Carry out all the described bathing stages in a strict sequence, taking into account that you need twice as much time for rest as for a steam room and cooling.
Before going to the bath, tell your child what awaits him there, describe all the benefits and sensations of being in the steam room. Turn your trip to the bathhouse into an exciting and rewarding game at the same time.
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