At last a long-awaited holiday came, and you all family go to the sea. It is a high time to think of how sea bathing will affect for your baby.
When to begin?
It is not recommended to bring the child at the sea before the expiration of two-year age. It is better to begin water procedures with easy ablution of a body of the kid in a paddling pool with sea water. Many tots can be frightened of a large amount of water so acquaintance to the sea coast has to happen gradually.
With special attention it is necessary to watch water temperature. To bathe the kid advise in water of 20 degrees and only 3-4 minutes. If water got warm up to 25 degrees time of bathing can be increased up to 8-10 minutes. Also mummies need to watch wind at which to the kid it can become cold after it leaves water.
Safety.
As soon as you with the baby came to the beach, do not hurry to go at once to water, let the kid will sit on a sand or a laying by all means in a shadow or under an umbrella, within five minutes. As for the scorching sun, the little person is strictly forbidden to be under it more than 10 minutes. Always have with yourself an umbrella or the children's balsa with a canopy. An opportunity to take a children's small tent will become the excellent decision. Also do not forget to put a cap or a panama on the child. Surely buy cream or spray from solar burns for children's skin.
Constantly be with the child in water. Take care of a rubber ring, the balsa or an oversleeve. Kids adore playing with sand and small shells near water. In this case try to arrange a laying or a plank bed in close proximity and whenever possible do not take off oversleeves from the child.
About advantage of sea bathing
Sea air and water is a treasury of useful elements. Physicians can tell about one advantage of iodine for hours. For kids the sea procedures are useful to strengthening of bodies of a respiratory system and also to cardiovascular activity. Bathing has beneficial influence on the musculoskeletal device and is excellent prophylactic of vertebral illnesses. Besides, sea tour perfectly calms nervous system.
Acclimatization period
It is good if you live in the resort area near the sea and the child since the birth got used to this climate. And what to do in case you came to rest from northern areas. Experts do not recommend children to subject up to three years to sharp change of climate.
The acclimatization period at children lasts about 7-10 days therefore it is one rest better to go term of three weeks. During adaptation to climate of the kid it is recommended to hold as little as possible in the sun, not to allow it to arrive long in water, to monitor water ingress in a mouth and ears and also to watch digestion of the child – less to give it exotic fruit and berries.
Holding of above-mentioned councils, observance of a measure and safety rules is a guarantee of the good, successful and memorable rest.