Stop arguing! Whether the child can go barefoot or not, finally has an answer, regret knowing too late
Recently, the temperature has started to get hotter and hotter across the country, and many little babies have begun to refuse to wear too much.
Especially a pair of small feet, always want to be exposed, just put on socks, and catch themselves. But at this time, I can always hear someone say:
Chill starts on the soles of your feet!
It's easy to get cold without socks!
Last week my grandson slept without socks at night and caught a cold...
Forced by the "ding" of the community and neighborhood aunts, many new mothers can only put thick socks on their children.
In contrast, the little baby's feet appear more helpless, weak, and pitiful:
In the weather of more than 30 degrees, due to the natural weakness of language expression, I can only "live" in thick socks, oozing sweat.
Barefoot, can it really make children sick?
If you want your child to go barefoot, can't you?
In fact, barefoot not only does not make children sick, but also has many benefits.
Barefoot, will not make the child sick
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➊ The child's hands and feet are cold≠ and he feels cold
The hands and feet are cold to the touch, and it is cold at first sight!
Many elderly people will judge whether the child is cold or not according to the temperature of the hands and feet.
In fact, the fact that the child's hands and feet are cold does not mean that it is really cold.
A child's circulatory system is inferior to that of an adult and is not yet fully developed.
The hands and feet are at the end of blood circulation, far from the heart, blood circulation is relatively poor compared to adults, the skin is relatively thin, and it is normal for the hands and feet to be cold.
The way to really judge the child's warmth and coldness should be to "touch the back":
● The back is warm, and the child's body temperature is just right;
● The back is sweaty and the child is wearing too much;
● If the back is slightly cold, you need to add clothes.
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If someone still tells you that children can't go barefoot, it's better to ask the past:
Small hands and small feet belong to the ends of the limbs, when the weather is warm, the little hands can be exposed, why should the little feet be tightly wrapped?
➋ The child's illness has nothing to do with "catching a cold"
Take 10,000 steps back, even if the child feels cold, it is not directly related to getting sick.
The nagging of neighbors is back to nagging, and what mothers are most worried about is still being said: in case the child is really barefoot and sick, this pot is not carried by the mother herself?
The truth is that the child's illness is caused by the invasion of viruses and bacteria, and there is no direct connection with the outside temperature.
For example, a cold is caused by the virus invading the child's upper respiratory tract, causing the body's immune response, such as fever (which is conducive to the immune system destroying the virus), runny nose (mostly mucus secreted by the nasal mucosa, which contains white blood cells that die fighting the virus).
For example, diarrhea is likely to be because the child is infected with enterovirus, and the turn of spring and summer is the period when enterovirus is active.
To prevent diarrhea in children, the main thing is to pay attention to strictly prevent the disease from entering the mouth. Pay attention to food hygiene (such as separating raw and cooked cutting boards, washing raw vegetables and fruits, fully heating and cooking food), hygiene of tableware (such as disinfection of baby bottles, disinfection of tableware after adding complementary foods) and hand hygiene (washing hands before eating and after using the toilet, washing hands before going home when going out).
Instead of blindly wearing socks for the child, adding clothes according to the season, climate and the actual needs of the baby is the right way.
Barefoot, let the child walk more steadily
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Barefoot is the child's second pair of eyes.
Some studies suggest that bare feet can give children better balance.
Because when barefoot, children can better feel the message from the ground, combine the vestibular system in the inner ear, adjust their walking posture, direction, and gravity to balance and guide themselves forward.
When we put socks or shoes on a baby, it is as if the child's second pair of eyes are blinded and the information perceived by the brain is weakened.
This is also easy to cause children to keep looking down at the ground when walking.
From the perspective of growth and development, we also recommend that children go barefoot.
When a child is born, the bones of the feet are soft.
In direct contact between the foot and the ground, it can give the child better control of his foot strength, promote the development of the arch of the foot, and give the baby a better grip.
At the same time, bare feet can also stimulate the muscle development of the feet and legs, which is an indispensable link for children to learn to walk.
Barefoot, stimulates the development of the baby's tactile nerves
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On one foot, there are countless nerve endings.
The stimulation from the ground gives the child information feedback and stimulates the development of tactile nerves.
When nerve endings are exposed to external stimuli, they will connect the externally acquired "feelings" with the brain, so as to better help children complete various movements related to walking.
Because of this, we not only encourage children to go barefoot, but also encourage children to experience different materials of ground with bare feet:
Planks, carpets, cement, lawns, sand, stone tiles.......
Rough, smooth, hard, soft, cold, warm... A series of tactile sensations can be obtained through bare feet, from the ground of different materials.
In Europe, there are many barefoot sensory parks that encourage adults and children alike to step on muddy paths, wade through stone-strewn rivers and stroll along brick-paved roads to experience the rich sensory experience that the earth has to offer.
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Many kindergartens and early education classes will also arrange children's barefoot activities, such as jogging and jumping in circles, which is the so-called "barefoot education".
Some people say that if summer comes, don't ask, don't ask about watermelons, just ask your feet, whether you want to wear shoes and socks again, you will know.
The weather is getting hot day by day, and when it comes to wearing sandals to find cool weather, don't stop your child from being barefoot.
As long as the children themselves wish, let them happily go barefoot in this season when the temperature is just right.
(Tips: Although it is good to be barefoot, do not go barefoot on the ground where foreign objects such as glass shards and nails are present, and on the ground such as the bathroom.) ）