River
As a rule, such a body of water has a doubtful color, so that its crystal clearness can not be said. However, thanks to the current, the water in the river is much cleaner than in the pond, but for this same reason it is much colder. If the river is turbid, before letting it into the body of the baby - investigate the bottom for snags and sharp objects. To watch should also restless water. If you see how it spins into the funnel - it's better not to take risks. It is safer to bathe in a calm river with a sandy bottom. Do not forget, as a rule, equipped and clean beaches are within the boundaries of cities. To launch a baby in freshwater reservoirs is possible only when he learns not to swallow in large quantities of water. Approximately in the age of 2-2,5 years.
Lake
In the lakes there is no such current as in the river, but at the bottom there are cold keys. Because of this, water rarely warms up to a comfortable temperature. With a constant heat the reservoir can warm up by the shore, and at a depth of a couple of meters be icy. Therefore, even if your child swims well, let him go for a long swim in the lake recklessly. First, a large temperature difference (in the event that the air is heated to the limit) will affect the child's body with imminent stress. Secondly, because of the ice sources at the depth of the leg can easily cramp. Keep in mind: fresh water irritates the inflamed mucous of the nasopharynx. Therefore, if a child often suffers from angina, bathing in a river, pond or lake can only exacerbate the picture.
Pond
This pond is the most suitable conditions for the prosperity of all living creatures. The water in the pond has a frightening color. All because she has nowhere to go - she's standing up. If dry, hot weather is established, the pond starts to bloom, and toxins that are harmful to health are released into the air. The bottom of the pond is usually covered with mud, having stepped on which it is possible to get stuck to the knee. The pond is not the best place for bathing a baby. The child here will be useful to sunbathe on the green lawn, but do not swim. As an entertainment, offer the crumb to watch the herons, count on the shore of frogs or catch the fish.
Just in case
Even if you watch closely your baby, who is swimming in the water, it is not superfluous to know what to do if he is drowned. Pull the baby out of the water, put your belly on your knee so that the head was below the level of the stomach. Check if there is any mud or sand in your mouth, if you have - clean the cavity with your finger. Pushing your palm on your back, try to remove water from your lungs. If the child is already unconscious, first of all call an ambulance and start making artificial respiration.
Inflammatory bathing
Before the opening of the bathing season, the local department of Rospotrebnadzor thoroughly checks all official beaches for the presence of dangerous diseases for humans. The safe population must be notified. But small epidemiologists ignore small rivers, ponds and lakes. Most often the composition of water in uncontrolled waters resembles the periodic table. Moreover, most of the local reservoirs are a favorable breeding ground for various bacteria, especially for ponds and calm rivers. What can your baby get?
"Itchy bather"
The most common consequence of a beach holiday. To make it, just swim in a place populated by ducks. These birds are carriers of worm larvae (Chescaria). Once in the water, they easily penetrate the human skin and can cause severe dermatitis.
Symptoms
If the larvae still settled on the skin of the crumbs, then, coming out of the water, he almost immediately complains to you of a feeling of slight tingling. Parasites, as a rule, attack the lower leg and thigh, but the places with rough skin - palms and soles of the feet - suffer seldom. Skin blushes, rash appears, sometimes the temperature rises. In the first half hour, swelling may appear, and on the surface - small nodules. All these delights are accompanied by severe itching.
How to treat?
Rinse the itching areas with 30% hydrogen peroxide, make lotions from a solution of soda or ordinary cold water. Then lubricate the areas with a cooling ointment. It is not superfluous to take antihistamines.
Helminthiasis
To catch the eggs of the worms the child can in any local pond - it is enough to swallow the water. Protective barriers in the baby are not strong enough, so parasites easily take root in his body.
Symptoms. Abdominal pain due to gas and bloating, diarrhea or constipation, decreased appetite, sleep disturbance. How to treat? Today in pharmacies - a large selection of drugs to get rid of these parasites. Include in the crumbs menu more garlic: its constant use reduces the risk of developing helminthiosis.
E. coli
Any standing water is an excellent medium for the habitat of these bacteria. In some pond there is more, in some less. To get infected with it, the minimum concentration is enough. Getting into the body, it can cause a whole bunch of diseases: from dysbacteriosis to inflammation of the small or large intestine. Symptoms. Abdominal pain, upset stomach, vomiting and fever. General weakness, malaise, loss of appetite. How to treat? It is necessary to clean the stomach by drinking a solution of potassium permanganate, then give the child a remedy for dehydration and immediately consult a doctor.
Allergy to dirty water
It can occur even if the baby was swimming on a checked beach. The composition of the water changes after rain or discharge of sewage. This will be detected by the following check, though, dozens of babies will have time to swim before it in water ... Symptoms. Itching all over the body, rash and redness. How to treat? Rub the skin with a hard towel, give the baby an anti-allergenic drug and immediately consult a doctor.
Pool
If it is left to dream of a competitive reservoir nearby with the house, it makes sense to acquire an inflatable pool. How to choose? When buying a swimming pool, consider the age of the child. The smallest - a depth of 15 cm - ideal for babies from 7-8 months, when they are already sitting well. For children older - 2-3 years - the depth of half a meter will be just right, and the diameter of the pool can reach two meters. Preschoolers like the depth of 70 cm. We advise you to buy pools with an inflatable bottom - it will smooth out any irregularities on the ground. How to care? In a small pool, it is easy to change the water after each bath, and buy the remaining models with a sink. To keep the water in the pool clean, do not climb into it with your feet to the knee in the mud, periodically catch the garbage net, and when the pool is not used - cover with a special protective tent. If the pool is very large, then you can not do without a special vacuum cleaner - it will collect any garbage from the bottom.
pros
♦ You are sure that no infection threatens your child in such a pool.
♦ A shallow pool is a universal thing. It can easily become dry if it is filled with balls (usually they are included in the kit). You can fill the dry pool with clean sand. In this case, you will not be afraid that the pyramid building the kid stumbles upon something sharp.
♦ Inflatable pools are very convenient for their mobility: they can easily be rearranged from one place to another.
♦ The water in them quickly heats up: on average for ~ 4 hours, if you put the pool in the morning to the sun.
Minuses
♦ The more water in the pool, the harder it is to clean. In large-sized water can blossom wildly, even after your constant maneuvers with a net and careful care of the inflatable pond with awning. In this case, you have to spend on a pump with a filter.
♦ Large inflatable pools can not stand sharp objects, in case of a puncture it is unlikely to be completely patched, due to the high water pressure.
Sea
Enumerate the dignity of staying on the seashore with the kids can endlessly. Such rest temperes, returns immunity to the norm, successfully heals the spinal curvature, relieves respiratory diseases and skin diseases. And for a trip to the warmer lands like and remember your crumb, in advance, think over all the little things of the trip.
♦ The first time to go to the coast with a child under the armpit pediatricians advise when the child turns 2-3 years old. Although often parents travel to the sea and with crumbs for up to a year. If there are no contraindications for this, you can also try this option.
♦ The benefits of marine recreation will be greater if you plan to travel to May: early June (for hot countries) or end of August - early September. The sun during these periods is not so scorching, the sea is well warmed up, and people are not so much.
♦ Give up the exotic resorts of Asia and Africa: the children's organism will be hard to get used to new climatic conditions for a long time. Especially for such long trips it is necessary to make special vaccinations, which are categorically contraindicated to children before adolescence.
♦ It is important that the sea water is necessarily warm and not very salty: the minimum temperature of water is 22-24 ° C, air - 26 ° C, and sea waves - not more than 3 points.
♦ The main comfort criteria for a young traveler: a climate similar to the familiar, low humidity, minimal difference in daytime and night temperatures.
♦ Choose a resort with a sandy and gentle beach, the ideal option will be a shallow bottom, far out to the sea - in such places the water is very well warmed up, and the baby can splash with pleasure in shallow water. To ensure that rest does not turn into a nightmare with diseases, allergies and temperature, you need to go to the sea for at least 3 weeks. Take into account, the first 5-7 days of the child's organism undergoes acclimatization and can give the slack: the runny nose starts, the throat hurts, the temperature rises. For the remaining 7 days, if the holiday is only a couple of weeks, the weakened children's organism simply does not manage to recover and recover completely, and already it's time to return home, where acclimatization awaits it again.
♦ The first days of staying at sea simply wipe the child with water on the shore and only, then release the swim. Do not throw the cub at a depth, even if he masterfully knows how to swim. For a child's body hot in the sun, a sudden change in temperature is just like shock therapy. Let it enter the water gradually.