Parents need to take preventive measures as children have lower resistance compared to adults. Although the weather is warmer in spring compared to winter, it is still necessary to "wrap up" properly. Here are three areas to pay attention to in order to keep your baby warm.
Proper "Wrapping Up" in Spring
Everyone has heard of "wrapping up" in spring, but it does not mean that the more clothes you wear, the better. You should adjust the clothing according to the outdoor temperature.
Generally, when the temperature difference between day and night is greater than 8 degrees, you should "wrap up" and add clothes to your child to prevent coldness.
Especially one or two days before the arrival of cold air, mothers should add clothes to their children appropriately. Proper "wrapping up" can keep colds, indigestion, and other diseases at bay.
When the temperature remains above 15 degrees and relatively stable, you can stop "wrapping up".
Three Areas to Keep Your Baby Warm
1. Back
Keeping the back moderately warm helps the child's yang energy to develop, which can prevent diseases and reduce the chance of catching a cold.
Experts remind us not to overlook a child's cold. If there are continuous symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite, you should immediately go to the hospital. Do not use cold medicine indiscriminately. Treatment should be carried out after examination and diagnosis by a doctor.
2. Abdomen
Keeping the abdomen warm is best achieved by putting a cotton bellyband on the child. This not only protects the child's gastrointestinal function and promotes digestion and absorption of food, but also prevents abdominal pain, diarrhea, and other symptoms caused by chilling.
3. Feet
The subcutaneous fat layer on the feet is thin and has poor insulation. The feet are also far from the heart, resulting in poor blood circulation.
When the feet get cold, the blood vessels in the upper respiratory tract mucosa contract due to neuro-reflex, reducing blood flow and weakening the body's resistance, making it susceptible to infectious diseases.
Therefore, only when a child's feet are warm can their whole body be kept warm, resisting the cold and staying healthy.
Spring Foods Suitable for Babies
1. Cucumber
Cucumbers contain fiber, which promotes bowel movement, accelerates excretion, and lowers cholesterol to some extent.
Babies eating cucumbers can promote diuresis and help remove potential harmful substances such as uric acid from the blood.
2. Black Fungus
Black fungus contains a plant gel with strong adsorption ability, which can concentrate and adsorb dust and impurities remaining in the human digestive system, and then excrete them, thus detoxifying and cleansing the stomach.
Babies often inhale dust and impurities when playing outdoors in spring. Eating black fungus can help detoxify and cleanse the stomach.
3. Lotus Root
Lotus root has a diuretic effect, which can promote the rapid excretion of waste from the body, purifying the blood.
When cooked and cooled, it has the effects of nourishing the stomach, nourishing yin, invigorating the spleen, benefiting qi, and nourishing blood. It is a good food supplement, especially suitable for babies with weak spleen and stomach, insufficient qi and blood, dry skin, and dull complexion.
