The baby's head is the main part of heat dissipation, and overheating the head will not only cause the baby to be irritable, but also cause the phenomenon of fever rash. However, due to the recent sudden drop in temperature, bao moms and dads have to pay attention to the warmth of the baby's head.
Some parents even wear hats for their babies all day in order to prevent their babies from catching a cold. However, is this way of keeping warm really right? When is it right for parents to put a hat on their baby? Which hats are not recommended for babies to wear... And a series of questions about hats, let's explain to parents one by one...
Wearing a hat for your baby should pay attention to "timing"
What are the circumstances in which you don't need to wear a hat for your baby?
Indoors: When the temperature is suitable or the heating is sufficient
Outdoor: When there is no wind and the temperature is high
Reason: This is because infants and young children are active, have a strong metabolism, and the head belongs to the main heat dissipation part, if you wear a hat in the above situation or environment, it will affect the heat dissipation. Removing the hat immediately after sweating is also very easy to make the baby catch a cold.
Risk of wearing the hat incorrectly: If your baby has a small red rash and a white pus top due to overheating of the head, this is considered to be a blast of impetigo caused by heating. Parents should first avoid the heat of the baby, and secondly, they can apply calamine lotion to the affected area three times a day to relieve symptoms.
In what circumstances do I have to wear a hat for my baby?
Indoors: When the room temperature is low
Outdoor: wind and sand environment, cold season
Why: Most of the time, your baby doesn't need to wear a hat indoors unless the room temperature is very low. Wear a hat in an environment with low room temperature, mainly to keep warm and warm. For the windy and sandy outdoor environment, wearing a hat in addition to keeping warm is also to prevent the wind from blowing directly on the baby's head.
How do I choose a hat for my baby?
Cotton hats are preferred
Your baby's small head is tender and tender, and its ability to adapt to climate change is poor, so choose a cotton hat with a light texture, soft feel, and warm and breathable.
For example, hats that are easy to lose hair, rough texture and impermeable are not recommended for babies. Because the shedding fluff can cause damage to the baby's respiratory tract. The rough texture of the hat will cause damage to the baby's skin. The impermeable hat can indeed withstand the cold, but the sweat stains are difficult to volatilize after the baby sweats, which is easy to cause the baby's head rash.
The size is the right size for the head
Parents should enlarge 1-2 cm according to the baby's head and tail circumference when choosing a hat for the baby, otherwise the hat is too tight and will affect the baby's blood circulation and head development. And it's too big, the baby moves back and forth, and it's easy to cover the eyes or fall off.
Don't just look at styles
Some parents choose hats for their babies to blindly look at the style, only thinking about how to wear foreign air, how to take pictures to look good, and ignore the real purpose of buying hats for babies. Imagine how comfortable your baby can wear a clumsy, heavy and hard hat?
Therefore, parents must remember why you buy hats when buying hats for their babies! Moreover, choosing an overweight and hard hat for the baby will not only make the baby uncomfortable to wear, but also compress the baby's brain nerve development, which is not conducive to the baby's growth.
Which hats should not be worn for babies?
Hats that are too tight or too loose
When parents choose a hat for the baby, they should enlarge it by 1-2 cm according to the circumference of the baby's head, otherwise the hat is too tight and will affect the baby's head development and blood circulation. If the hat is loose, as long as the baby moves slightly twice, it will cover the baby's eyes or cause the hat to fall off.
Hairless, rough or airtight hats
If the villi of the hat are very easy to fall off, it is not recommended for the baby, because the shedding fluff can cause damage to the baby's respiratory tract. The rough texture of the hat will cause damage to the baby's skin. The impermeable hat can indeed withstand the cold, but the sweat stains are difficult to volatilize after the baby sweats, which is easy to cause the baby's head rash. Therefore, parents should choose a lightweight, soft, warm and breathable cotton hat for the baby.
The style is too fancy hat
The color of the baby hat can be brighter, but it is best not to have complicated ornaments on the hat, because the object is easy to cause the baby to eat by mistake, and the sharper decorative objects will also be easy to scratch the skin.
Always wear a hat with a brim
Many moms and dads believe that hats with brims can block ultraviolet rays and prevent damage to the baby's vision. That being said, it's also important to wear a hat for your baby according to the environment. For example, it is best to wear a hat with a brim when the sun is strong. In the room with low room temperature, it is best to wear a hat without a brim for the baby, which is convenient for the mother to hold and breastfeed, and will not affect the baby's vision.
Precautions for wearing a hat for your baby
1, do not go out to wear a hat
In the eye day, sunlight can provide valuable nutrition for children, and the exposure of sunlight can convert T-dehydrocholesterol in the skin into vitamin D, which plays an important role in preventing the occurrence of rickets.
In addition, sunlight has a strong bactericidal and disinfection effect, and children are exposed to sunlight, which can improve disease resistance and prevent infectious diseases. If babies put on their hats as soon as they go outdoors, they will be exposed to less sunlight. Therefore, wearing a hat should be determined according to the time and weather.
2, can not wear other people's hats
Can not mess with other people's hats, such as tinea capitis, lice and other skin infectious diseases can be transmitted through the hat, some children have strong sebum secretion, scalp oil secretion is particularly much, can make the hair more oily and shiny, should wear breathable, light letter hat, and to wash frequently to keep the hat clean.
3, do not suddenly take off the hat
Take off the hat for the baby to wait for the baby to adapt little by little, especially like now the weather is cold, from the outdoor home must wait for the baby to sweat, adapt to the indoor temperature, each time to lift a little, mention a little, and then completely remove, can not take off the hat at once. Otherwise, the baby is easily cold!
4. Baby should pay attention to taking off the hat after exercise
In winter, some children who wear hats at the beginning and wear more clothes take off their hats immediately after strenuous exercise, which is also wrong, because this heat dissipation is fast, heat dissipation is large, and children are prone to colds and colds, and they are prone to illness. Therefore, do not remove the coat and hat too quickly and prematurely after exercise, the mother can first unbutton the baby's jacket to slowly dissipate heat, and wipe the sweat off the baby's head with a dry towel.
A family of four suffered from leukemia one after another, and the doctor was angry: Don't give the child these things anymore!
Hats should also be changed and washed frequently
The metabolism of small babies is more vigorous than that of adults, sweating more, and secreting more sebum, so the hat should be changed every month to keep the hat clean.
Having said all this, I believe that mothers will pick hats.
Speaking of strong metabolism, it is necessary to remind one more sentence: wearing a hat is originally intended to make the baby warmer, but if the temperature is higher or the indoor heating is sufficient in winter, there is no need to wear a hat for the baby, it is easy to sweat. Babies are really not so afraid of the cold Oh~