Especially this issue is important when you go on vacation with a child, for example, at the sea, where a vacation without the sun is simply not possible. But do not be discouraged, we all grew up under one sun, to this day are alive and well, that means there is a way out. Just need to follow some rules that will protect the child from evil rays. First you need to understand what is the general sun for children and how it affects the children's body.
What is the use and harm of the sun?
Let's start with useful moments, the sun's rays are necessary for the vitamin D to start synthesizing in the body, this synthesis occurs thanks to solar ultraviolet, this vitamin does not allow the development of rickets in babies. Perhaps, only vitamin D can adjust the relationship between the intestine and calcium, so that the latter is absorbed as correctly as possible. Bezcaltsiya children's body, more precisely the bone system is weakened, and rickets, contrary to the opinions can develop even in three years, so it is extremely important that the calcium entered the body constantly, even after three years.
In addition to strong bones and healthy teeth, calcium is very necessary to ensure that the blood has the right coagulability, children are very often cut and scratched in childhood. In addition, calcium is useful for the digestive system, for the proper functioning of the intestine and stomach.
It is important from childhood to make a gradual adaptation of the child's body and skin to sunlight. Sunbaths are very necessary and useful for crumbs, but you need to be very careful with ultraviolet doses, you need to start from the shortest time in the sun and gradually increase the bio-dose. On proper training and biodosis will be discussed at the end of the article. It is necessary to know how much the child can be in the sun, so that it does not have time to harm the child.
How to use the sun properly and how to protect the child
There are some rules, observing which you will protect the child and he will get a real pleasure from the rest:
- the first and the main thing is a headdress, and it does not matter, for a while the kid goes out into the sun, even for 10 minutes. Today, the variety of headdresses is huge, one can choose large and comfortable panama or caps, and very small ones feel themselves well in kerchiefs;
- also it is worth to pay attention to the time of walks, it is not only about the duration, but also about the choice of the right interval. It is not necessary to walk in the midday heat, the optimal time for walking with a baby is from the morning to 11 hours, and then the day can be spent in the shade, and after 17-18 hours you can again go out into the street. In the interval from 11 o'clock you can be on the street, just picking up a natural shadow or canopies for this. If the kid is already over a year, then walks can be lunch time, but short;
- it is still very important to understand how your baby's skin is fitted for the sun. It is worth saying that if a child has excessively white skin, a lot of freckles, green eyes or red hair, then such children are sunburned by the open sun simply prohibited. The fact is that their skin does not get sunburned, aochen quickly burns, children with such skin should not open the body for more than 10 minutes, this is their maximum burn threshold. If you say clean blondes with green or blue eyes, then the burn threshold for them is higher - up to 20 minutes, but this is also a limiter;
- it happens that it is necessary to move at an uncomfortable time, frying, then you need to wear light baby clothes made of cotton and long sleeves on your baby. The skin of the hands also appetently absorbs ultraviolet and is burned;
- do not forget that children, like adults, need to protect their eyes from harmful ultraviolet radiation, no matter at what time of the day you are walking. Many parents buy glasses as an accessory and do not watch for their children to wear it, but this is wrong, glasses should be of high quality and protect the eye.
After a walk
Having come home, the child also needs to be pampered, it is very important that the baby takes a shower, the water will cool the body, and it's just a good after-the-fire day, and even more so if you were at sea, wash the salt and sand. Then, it is necessary to use skin protection products after sunburn, so after sleeping and shower, cover the child's body with such a means, naturally, it must correspond to the skin of the child. Today, there are a lot of different baby creams, soothing milk for skin, etc. In addition, be sure to take panthenol, this is a good remedy in case you still have a little baby.
Do not be lazy and do not neglect such rules, even when the child once burns and will experience night and night pain, then he may develop an allergy to the sun, in addition, it is dangerous to health.
Choosing a protective cream for a child
- as already mentioned, a protective sunscreen for a child is necessary necessarily, whether it is rest or everyday life. Children's skin is very quickly exposed to ultraviolet light, you should carefully choose the optimal product, it can be a cream, spray or milk. The level of protection should be a minimum of SPF-30, and better than SPF-30, it will be an ideal protection. The protection tool should be stored at home or in the field medicine chest if you are climbing out with a baby to rest;
- except that it must contain the correct level of protection, you should take care of it to be hypoallergenic, it is recommended not to get strongly flavored. Read also the annotation, that there was no preservatives and dye. The composition of creams and spray is always written on the label, carefully examine it for the presence of parabens and PEG emulsifiers, also avoid the content of essential and mineral oils;
- if you are thinking about what kind of protection you choose, then experts recommend better to buy milk or cream, in contrast, they contain fat and do not dry the skin. In general, the use of all means of protection from the sun, as a rule, begins with 2-3 years, it is not necessary to disturb the skin of these creams before, it is better to walk in the shade until a certain time;
- As for mousses, gels and spray, they have a minus - this is a dryness of the composition, which means that for many types of baby skin they will be harmful;
- also it is worth knowing that the cream is applied not only once a day. After all, after bathing part of the cream is washed off and washed with a towel, it means it needs to be additionally applied. And every time you go out into the street, you need to keep track of the baby's skin being smeared;
- but this cream does not change the conditions of being in the sun, and does not change the time interval for sunbathing, it is still the same hours - until 11 am and after 17-18 pm;
- now many mothers will have a question, but how does this vitamin D be synthesized by the body if the child walks only in the shade, or is the sun under the cream armor?
Do not worry, everything is perfectly produced, even the cream on which it is written that it protects against ultraviolet radiation 100%, it is not able to do it, in addition, the child is mobile and the cream quickly wears out, in general, what the child needs is a child.
Children's sunnorms
Solar biodosis for the child. It is necessary to understand what it is and how to measure it correctly. Biodose is an indicator that characterizes how long a baby received that same ultraviolet until the moment when his skin turned red slightly. One biodose is taken for the measurement point, starting from 1 year old, the child in the sun can be from 1/8 and gradually raise up to 1 biodoza.