In the cold winter, the warmth of children is the most worrying thing for mothers. Children wear more, afraid of sweating and wind; wear less, and are afraid of colds and colds, then parents need to be flexible and control.
The "Words to the Mountain Doctor" records: "If you want children to be safe, you must bring three points of hunger and cold." Gai Yan Yi Fu makes too warm, eating and drinking too much, and there is no problem of stagnation of heat, which is also one of the laws of infant protection. The "Selected Commentaries on Words and Doctors" records: "Because parents take appeasement as their heart, lest they freeze, often their clothes are too thick, and even if they are used as qiu, although the heavenly order is hidden, and the true qi has been secretly vented, there are many warm diseases, is it not appropriate?" "All of them show that the child's whole body should not be tightly covered because of the cold weather, otherwise it may cause the stagnation of heat and the leakage of true qi." In fact, there are 4 parts of the child's body that are most afraid of cold, and it is necessary to focus on protecting these places when dressing to greatly reduce the risk of cold.
The feet are afraid of the cold
There are three reasons for the fear of cold in the feet: one is that the feet are the lowest in the human body, and the yin and evil of cold and dampness are easy to accumulate, as the saying goes, "cold starts from the feet" is also this truth; the second is that the feet are less fat and have poor warmth; the third is that the feet are the farthest from the heart, and the blood circulation is slower, so we must pay special attention to the warmth of the feet.
Children must wear shoes with good thermal performance when going out in winter. Babies under 6 months of age generally do not wear shoes, and when they go out, they can choose a one-piece suit with a foot cover, and then wear thick socks inside.
Fear of catching a cold on the back
Children are lively and active, go out to play for a while is easy to sweat, then we must pay attention to the warmth of the back, to avoid colds.
So how to judge whether the temperature of the child's back is appropriate? Try "One Finger Divine Exercise".
Parents just put their fingers from the back collar of their children into the back of their necks and sweep them from side to side. If the fingers feel warm and comfortable, it means that the child's clothes are enough; if there is a feeling of hotness, even dampness, there is a sense of sweating, indicating that the clothes are worn too much; if the fingers feel cool, it means that the child's clothes are not enough and need to be dressed.
The face is afraid of catching a cold
In the winter, many children will have two "plateau reds" on their faces, and some will even crack and frostbite. This is mainly because the winter climate is harsh and dry, which is easy to lose a lot of moisture in the skin, and the child's facial skin is more delicate than that of adults, so it is more prone to problems.
It is recommended to wear masks, scarves, etc. for children when going out, eat fruits appropriately to supplement water and vitamins, and apply children's cream regularly every morning and evening to strengthen moisturizing. Children who already have facial frostbite should pay attention to not rubbing vigorously when washing their faces.
Little belly is afraid of catching a cold
Although children wear more clothes in winter, the possibility of a cold in the abdomen is unlikely, but for children over one and a half years old who can climb and walk around at will, the abdomen is easy to expose when playing. If you are accidentally attacked by wind and cold, it is easy to have diarrhea, abdominal pain and other conditions. Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the old people to say that "autumn clothes are rooted into autumn pants".
You can give your child a small tank top inside the clothes. Although the northern family has indoor heating and the temperature is higher, it is also necessary to pay attention to covering the child's stomach when sleeping at night.
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