Than gargle a child?

Your baby suddenly fell ill. His throat was red, his voice was hoarse. You certainly want to help him. If you know exactly the cause of reddening of the throat, for example, on the eve the baby got wet feet, ate a lot of ice cream or just froze, then you can limit yourself to carrying out preventive procedures at home. It is not necessary at the same time to stuff the child with antibiotics, it is better to turn to folk medicine. Most importantly, when the first signs of redness of the throat appear, give the child plenty of drink and make sure that the air in the room is wet. It also helps to cope with the ailment of gargling.


How can I rinse my baby's throat?

For rinsing, decoctions of herbs, solutions of soda and furacilin are suitable. But what is better to gargle a child for a year? Such crumbs are seldom sick, but sometimes it does happen. In this case, it is better to start therapy with a decoction of chamomile, it has an anti-inflammatory effect and will help reduce the pain in the throat. Give it should be in a warm form, a teaspoon three times a day.

If your child is older, you can use other means. For example, a solution of soda. For its preparation, take a teaspoon of soda and dissolve it in a glass of warm water. Good help infusions of herbs (marigold, sage, chamomile, eucalyptus, mother-and-stepmother). Broths must be prepared daily and stored in a refrigerator, and preheated before use.

It will be useful not only to gargle, but also drink broths of dogrose, cranberries, cranberries. A plentiful warm (not hot, not cold) drink in general is very important for the child during this period. Do not allow dehydration. Give him warm milk with honey, or tea with raspberry jam.

How to gargle a small child?

How to gargle the children who do not yet know how to gurgle with water in their mouths without swallowing it. In order to make the procedure such crumbs, tilt the baby over the sink or bath and syringe, inject the solution into the mouth, try to get on the tonsils, and not on the tongue.

If your child is old enough, teach him to gargle himself. The easiest way to do this is by turning everything into a fun game ("who can hold water in your mouth longer?", "Who makes you laugh?"). The main interest of the child and show an example. For the first classes use pure boiled water, it is not terrible to swallow. And when the child learns to spit out water, it will be possible to switch to medicinal solutions.