Many children do not tolerate a strong wind, fog, frost, so with the onset of cold weather, some moms dramatically shorten walks, fearing colds. But even in the autumn-winter period, a walk can be useful and enjoyable for the child, if properly prepared for it. Walking with a small child in the winter is not only useful, but also important.
Minutes or hours?
According to pediatricians, if the window is above + 10 ° C, a child can spend up to four hours a day outdoors. If the temperature is from 5 to 10 degrees, stay on the street with the child should be reduced to an hour and a half. And if the thermometer shows from 0 to -5 C, then walking with the baby of the first months of life is not worth it. With a child of 6-12 months you can walk at temperatures up to -10 C. The dream in the open air is certainly favorable for the child, but only on the condition that the baby is dressed warmer than for an active walk. Children over the age of the movement only benefit - it disperses blood and improves heat exchange. Therefore, if the child is active, the walk can be extended.
Choosing a wardrobe
Fearing hypothermia, some mothers carefully wrap the baby in multilayered clothes. This is an incorrect approach: clothes are shackled by movement, the child does not become hardened and can overheat. He starts to sweat, overcools - huck and to catch cold nearby. It is advisable that in the cold season all the clothes of the baby consist of three layers: underwear - for comfort, one layer of warm clothes - for warming, outer clothing - to preserve heat and protect it from wind and moisture. For children who walk in a stroller, you need a fourth layer of clothing - a blanket. For linen the best choice is cotton fabrics, for the main costume - wool. You should buy your outerwear according to the season and according to the age of the baby - it can be a coveralls, a suit or an envelope insulated with synthetic fibers or natural fibers. Things intended for colds should not be too loose (with a large margin of authenticity and width). Wear a baby warmer than you dress yourself, but no more than one elephant.
The most necessary things
In the cold season, the requirements for a children's bag, which mom takes on a walk, change. It is necessary not only to take along baby food, but also to keep it warm. All drinks for children in the autumn-winter period should be stored in a thermos bottle or bottle containers. Particularly convenient in this regard are bags equipped with a compartment with thermal insulation. Thermal bowls-drinkers maintain the initial temperature of the drink, so they preserve the quality of baby food longer, even in cold weather. Together, the thermometer and the thermos bottle will keep the temperature of the baby food at an acceptable level for several hours. In the autumn, feeding the baby on the street is a difficult and not always a safe task for mom's health. Continue the natural feeding, without interrupting the walk, you can, if you express the milk in advance, put it in a bottle or a sealed container and take it for a walk in a thermos bottle. Especially convenient if the design of the breast pump allows you to express the milk immediately into the bottle - it saves the time for the walk and reduces the chance of bacteria entering the milk. In the same way, you should also store complementary foods - mashed potatoes, juices, Hermetic containers in a thermos bottle and a clean spoon - the necessary things, if you decide in the autumn to have a picnic with a baby in the open air. At temperatures below zero, to feed the baby on the street is undesirable: during sucking, he breathes more actively, and the air does not have time to warm up.
To walk or not to walk?
A disease with high fever is a contraindication for any walk. Heavy rain, wind, snow and other seasonal troubles can temporarily delay the walk. Do not go out in the cold season on the street with the baby right after the vaccination or other medical manipulations.