It is better to start hardening of preschool children in the summer. The procedures must be introduced gradually and performed systematically so that the hardening effect is positive. There are special techniques and everyday, familiar from birth. It is important to consider the temperature regime, the multiplicity of procedures, their compatibility and diversity, so that the baby is interested and pleasant to perform them.
Special tricks
Air baths are good for babies from birth. Preschoolers can be constantly in the room in shorts and a T-shirt, barefoot. The optimum temperature ranges from 18 to 25 degrees, at which you can safely do gymnastics with an open window. While the child is in motion, he does not face a cold. Hardening of preschool children begins with a stay in the fresh air, this is airing the apartment and walking on the street.
When walking in the fresh air in winter, the baby should also be in motion, and not stand in one place so as not to freeze. A walk in the cold can be an hour twice a day. On warm days you can walk all your free time. In summer, in addition to air baths, you can also have solar.
Bask in the sun until 11 in the morning and after 16 hours all small children love. We must not forget about the headgear and undress the child to the panties should be at first for 5 minutes, then gradually increase the time to half an hour. In the summer, you can’t walk outside at temperatures above 28-30 degrees in order to avoid overheating.
Water procedures: washing with cool water, rubbing, dousing hands and feet, contrast shower and bathing in the river or lake in summer. During morning water procedures, first you need to use warm water, then cool and gradually accustom to wash your baby with cold tap water all year round.
Moreover, wash not only the face and hands, but also the hands to the elbows, neck and shoulders, and later the feet. Contrast douche of the child’s legs and hands should end with warm water, if the baby is often sick and cold. When the baby's immunity strengthens, but not earlier, you can end up pouring cold water.
Everyday receptions are connected with regime moments, therefore each family can freely and easily use them every day. This is airing the apartment in the morning and before bedtime. And on warm days, it is good to put the child to sleep with the window open. It is important to avoid drafts and monitor the temperature in the room. So that tempering children 3 years of age is only beneficial, you can not allow the temperature to drop below 21 degrees during sleep.
It is necessary to dress the child easily, in no case to wrap. So at a temperature of 22 degrees and above, a fairly light shirt and shorts or a summer dress are enough. If the room is cooler, but above 18 degrees, you should have long-sleeved clothes and tights. In those days when the temperature in the apartment drops below 18 degrees, it is imperative to wear warm tights, a jacket and slippers on the baby.
The hardening of preschool children involves walking barefoot. Only parents need to remember that it is useful to walk barefoot on an uneven surface, on a thick carpet, on sand, on grass. And on a flat floor surface, you can get flat feet and deformity of the legs at this age, due to the arch of the foot that has not yet been formed.
Parents should never rush to begin to temper their child, blindly follow fashion or the example of neighbors. It is much more necessary to take into account the opinion of the baby, even a small one. If a child cries, trembles, is afraid, then such hardening is unlikely to be beneficial. Most likely, the children will not stop getting sick, but they will also get additional stress.
Begin hardening a child of 2 years old, this is the most suitable option. The main conditions for starting the procedure should be: the baby's well-being so that he has a good night's sleep, is not afraid, is not physically overworked and is not in a state of overexcitation. First you need to introduce gentle methods, gradually move on to more extreme procedures.
In the summer, a cool shower is useful, and in winter it is enough to constantly pour cold water on the legs and hands. Just do it all the time, without interruption. A daily drop in water temperature when pouring on the feet is quite enough so that the baby does not get colds.
The hardening of preschool children in the next stage involves rinsing the throat and mouth with cool water in the morning and at night. This simple technique helps to avoid throat diseases that are so common among preschoolers.
Parents need to remember that hardening is not a course of procedures, but a way of life in the family, and it will be necessary to do this all your life. As soon as the hardening procedures are stopped, the positive effect disappears. Want to be healthy, temper with pleasure, because it is impossible to do unpleasant things for yourself and your baby for a long time.