How to temper a sick child?

The child is constantly ill - what should I do? Parents who face frequent illnesses of their offspring (especially if the child is often sick in the kindergarten), at some point make a "revolutionary" decision - to temper the baby.

And most often make two mistakes. These mistakes can be called the most common extremes in the business of tempering children.

1. As though that did not turn out

In the first case, parents treat questions of hardening with great care. Because they believe that watering after bathing baby heels - this is a big step in the way of recovery. But in fact, such exposure to cold is such a small stress for the child's body that he can simply not notice it.

2. Temper without restrictions

In another case, parents understand that tempering means giving the body such a load that, reacting to this stress, the child's body will multiply its own strengths and next time with minor problems it will be dealt with easily. However, they do not understand that the movement on the way to hardening should be progressive. Such brave parents immerse the child on Epiphany in an ice-hole, allow the child to eat ice cream in a cool cafe while on the street there is a 40-degree heat. Certainly, the body of the child will not bear any burden.

The third way or the golden mean

So, how to properly temper the child? How to begin to temper the child? How can we prevent the consequences after which the child can not recover even in order to lead his habitual way of life?

1. Rule of gradualness. Watch for the gradual decrease in the temperature of the child's water while bathing, for the child to start walking on the cold floor, starting from short time intervals, during the first month - 5 minutes, the second - 10 and so on.
2. The earlier the better. Strive not to wrap the baby, since the very first days of the baby. The fact is that the child's body gets used to the conditions in which you keep it. And if in his first envelope you create a 40 degree heat, the baby's organism will decide that he was born not in the Russian open spaces, but in Africa. After this, do not be surprised by the child's particular colds during rainy, cool weather.
3. The rule "from warm to cold". Do not put too much strain on the body. If the child has come after a walk with wet cold feet, allowing him to walk barefoot on the cold floor of the house, you will surely cause him extra hypothermia. But if the child woke up in a warm bed (however, and did not sweat!), Feels well, he does not have a runny nose and a cough, there is nothing wrong with doing a simple gymnastics, standing barefoot on the floor.
4. The rule of "tempering a healthy body." Before embarking on an additional impact on the child's body, make sure that he feels well, that he does not have a viral infection, he has been vaccinated long enough. Since, if the body is "busy" overcoming existing diseases, a new difficulty may be beyond his ability.

What activities can contribute to tempering a child?

1. Walking barefoot on the floor, on the grass, on the forest (in the summer season).
2. Bathing in cool water (below 34 degrees).
3. Rinse with cold water after bathing.
4. Admission to the child's food cold foods (for example, a child can, and you need to be allowed to eat ice cream, provided that his tonsils are not inflamed and the amount of the product increases gradually).
5. The child can also be allowed to be without a hat at a temperature above 13 degrees, provided that it moves and there is no strong wind.
6. Night sleep with an open window (or even with an open window) at any time of year (provided that in winter, when the air in the street is very dry, the humidity of the air will be normalized with the help of an air humidifier).
7. Frequent walks in any weather with a minimum of clothes on the child (the amount of clothes should also be reduced very gradually, then you will see that with each season the child can manage with lighter models, even winter jackets).

We talked about the basic rules that describe how to temper the often sick child, and in conclusion we want to wish all members of your family good health.