From the bottom of our heart we wish our relatives and friends health. But most of all we worry and worry for our own children. With the onset of winter, we begin to think more often about how to save a son or daughter from viruses, colds and prevent them from getting sick. It is in winter that the opportunity to catch an infection is great. It is associated with the need to often be in enclosed spaces. Walking on the street becomes more rare, and temperature changes, overheating or hypothermia negatively affect the child's condition.
There are several ways to help the baby's body to fight off attacking sores. From the TV screen, we are persistently offered various drugs to strengthen immunity. Some help them, and they are very successful and parents continue to give their children as prophylaxis for colds.
The use of this kind of drops or tablets has long been controversial not only among mothers, but even among doctors.
Some believe that this is an excellent way to reduce the likelihood of the disease during epidemics of influenza. The second half is sure that these drugs, although they can help, but on the verge of doing a disservice, not allowing the body itself to learn to fight blowing.
How best to do, decide only you. For example, you can apply to the wings of the nose the same oxolin in front of the polyclinic. But with the same success, it is replaced by the usual children's cream, which will hold on to itself all the mucks that try to penetrate the organism through the spout of the baby.
Well and besides medicamental solution of a question how not to give to be ill children in the winter, there are also other variants. Let's consider them.
Water balance outside and inside
Not in the summer, but just in the winter to the child (yes, however, as well as the adult) it is desirable to drink more liquids. Warm teas and clean water should be drunk daily in sufficient quantities.
Black tea would have long ago been abandoned and go to green, and in the cold season it was good to add herbal drinks. The main thing is not to overdo it, and then so and you can finish doping.
Try to treat your baby with a lipstick or chamomile tea. Do not brew too strong and try to do without the addition of sugar.
Do not seal the window with the rest of the window. Fresh air is vital to us always, and if it is cold, it does not mean that it is harmful. It is much better for the body to sleep not in shorts and a vest but in warm pajamas, but at the same time to breathe cool, moist air.
The baby will have dream dreams, and nothing will interrupt them if the spout remains clean and does not clog up in the morning. Batteries in rooms too dry the air and mucous, thereby opening the microbes to the airways, without delaying them "at the entrance." Over the last few years, humidifiers (steam or ultrasonic) have ceased to be a wonder and settled in homes for most people. The ideal temperature in the apartment is 19-22 C and humidity 55-65%.
While you are engaged in the study of characteristics and the acquisition of a humidifier (unless, of course, until now this has been done), try to master the improvised means. Throw a wet sheet before going to sleep on the battery. If there is a room dryer for clothes, then it's time to use it and hang wet things close to the baby's bed.
Believe me, after a few more nights you will feel how much easier it is to breathe and sleep when the air is cool and moist.
Healthy food in the cold
The winter ration of the child, as well as the adult, is noticeably scarcer than in the warm season. But right now the growing organism needs vitamins. Of course, you can consult a pediatrician and select a complex of vitamins for children. Breast pinches, practically always appoint vitamin D, in view of impossibility to receive UV-rays under overalls.
But you also need to pay attention to the natural storage of nutrients. You can easily and with special expenses prepare in the winter apple-carrot sauce, natural juices, compotes, decoctions of dried fruits. It is advisable to freeze the vegetables from the summer and store them in the freezer, just in cold weather, but if you do not have time or have not found a place for stocks, then you will always get a supermarket. Look for reviews on manufacturers and not afraid to buy frozen vegetables in stores. On sale you will find both mono packages, separately different kinds of cabbage, peas, asparagus, spinach, and mixes, where all the summer useful vegetables are collected. It's us, adults, we can sit all winter on soups and porridges (which, by the way, is not at all useful and negatively affects the figure), and the kids need another food. Vegetables with steamed fish, stew, cream soup and other vegetables can be prepared from frozen vegetables. Persimmon, bananas, pumpkin, all this is useful for snacks and will cheer up the kids. As an option, you can give the child cranberries, grated with sugar, malinka, currants.
Honey and citrus are a wonderful assistant in the fight against colds, but it's also a strong allergen, be careful and watch out for the amount of food eaten.
Buy or prepare dairy products themselves. Whole milk is often poorly digested, but sour-milk yogurt, yogurt, ryazhenka, almost all the children weave for both cheeks.
Snow walks
Mommy, do not be afraid of the streets in time for viruses. Some people prefer to sit out at home, discovering a child's headache. On the contrary, get dressed, put on shoes and run to fresh air. Of course, there is no need to contact other children, but if the baby has a low temperature and the doctor has not assigned bed rest, then huddling in a room that already teems with microbes is not an option. By the way, while you are aired, leave the windows in the apartment open. Let the draft pass good through all the nooks and overtake the stagnant air.
When the child is healthy, walk at different temperatures "overboard". The thermometer readings at -10 are more than acceptable for active walks. And if, in addition, it snows, give the child freedom. Sledges, snowballs, snowmen and other winter fun will not only please your child, but also strengthen the body, which has already stayed at home.
It is important not to overheat the restless, be sure to take into account when dressing the fact that you are most likely to sit in a snooze and wait until the child plays, but the child will be active and will surely sweat if there are too many layers of clothing. Choose the right clothes, but pay special attention to the feet, which should be warm and dry, and the head, because in windy weather the hood will clearly not be superfluous. After a walk, rinse the spout with any saline solution. Dress the child in warm, warm clothes. Razotriterochki, if suddenly during snow games the gloves got soaked and the fingers became cold.
We are all worried about our children, especially when they talk on the radio or TV about the imminent epidemic of influenza or ubiquitous ARVI. But in fact, we can only help the child's organism to cope with the attack of viruses or on the contrary not to interfere with it in this fight. Common sense and unanimity of all family members in disease prevention will help children and their parents stay healthy.