It can be said that the origin of modern infant swimming is the evolution of the "water birth method" proposed by the Russian pediatrician Tchaikovsky, but the matter of infant swimming has long been recorded in history, of which the "Old Five Generations History" mentioned that boys in the Jiangnan region have just reached the age of one year, they will be sent to the water to practice swimming, and ancient times are also very recommended for infant swimming.
For example, as early as in the "Book of Poetry", there is "on its shallow, swimming in the swimming", and it is also recorded in the "Natural History" that an ethnic minority named "Fangzi" in the Jingzhou area made women give birth to children in the river water, "floating to feed it, sinking it to abandon it", which is similar to the "water birth method" above. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, infant swimming can help babies achieve a state of yin and yang balance, water and fire, and there are three main reasons:
First, infant swimming can dredge up qi and blood. As we all know, when the baby swims, the muscles, bones and joints of the whole body participate in the exercise, which can quickly dredge the meridian qi and blood, remove cold and dampness, the baby's internal organs can be exercised, the baby's resistance is strengthened, and the body is stronger.
Second, the health care effect of infant swimming on the spine. Everyone knows that infants and young children have strong qi and blood, metabolism is faster, generally suppress the pulse, suppress the yang, and swimming can stretch the baby's spine, help the baby's yang to loosen, especially in the summer after swimming to properly pinch the baby's back, there is a role in warming the yang.
Third, babies swimming can be good. Swimming belongs to a kind of aerobic exercise that helps the heart and lungs, can cultivate qi and blood, often swim the baby's heart blood supply capacity, lung capacity is stronger, the baby's respiratory circulation is helpful, such as asthma babies swimming can be relieved and conditioned.
It should be noted that Chinese medicine also reminds the baby that the swimming time cannot be too long, too long swimming may be invaded by cold and wet, and this point is introduced in the common sense of infant swimming in our baby swimming network, the baby's swimming time needs to be based on age and physical condition, the general newborn to six months baby swimming within ten minutes, six months to one year old baby swimming no more than fifteen minutes, one year old to two years old baby no more than twenty minutes, two years old baby swimming no more than half an hour, It is because excessive exercise makes the baby overworked, the body load increases, the baby's physical development is not good, and it will also reduce the baby's love for swimming sports.
It can be said that whether it is Chinese medicine or Western medicine, it is a supportive attitude for infant swimming. Modern medicine and kinematics have also proved that infant swimming helps the baby's height development, promotes digestion, improves sleep, enhances cardiopulmonary ability, improves exercise ability, increases immunity and other effects, which are very obvious for babies and have been recognized by parenting experts and pediatricians at home and abroad.
It can be said that infant swimming has been widely recognized all over the world, and it is an early education activity that is truly beneficial to the baby's body, psychology and intelligence, and it is worth the active participation of the majority of babies.