The tempering procedures to children are carried out with the purpose to increase resistance of an organism to action of different temperatures. Due to hardening it is possible to prevent many diseases. It is necessary to carry out it with the permission of the pediatrician.
The tempering procedures help strengthening of nervous system of the child, contribute to the development of bones and muscles, make active a metabolism, improve work of internals. Children worse perceive influence of pathogenic factors.
The majority of the tempering means are quite available and simple. Adhering to the basic principles of hardening, it is possible to achieve good effect:
- you carry out procedures systematically;
- it is necessary to consider mood of the child, and it is better to carry out procedures in the form of a game;
- at implementation of procedures change time and temperature gradually;
- hardening can be begun at any age;
- do not allow overcooling of the child during the procedures;
- when hardening avoid strong irritants, such as too low temperatures or overheating in the sun;
- correctly choose clothes and footwear – it has to correspond to temperature condition and to be made of natural materials and fabrics;
- combine the tempering procedures with massage, physical exercises;
- it is better to carry out the tempering procedures for all family at once.
Before beginning hardening of the child, surely get advice of the pediatrician. Newborn children it is possible to begin to temper from age of 6-7 days. Such procedures as airing of the room, walks in the fresh air, air bathtubs, rubdown and douche are applied by water.
For kids it is absolutely simple to organize such tempering procedure as air bathtubs. During disguise, swaddlings of the kid leave to lie down without clothes on a changing table – absolutely small 2-3 minutes, and to age of 6 months lead up duration of the procedure up to 15 minutes. Temperature indoors has to be 20-25 degrees.
Apply intensive methods of hardening which mean short contact of a body with cold air, snow or ice water to children of more advanced age. They are carried out in combination with traditional and contrast procedures (foot bathtubs, contrast rubdown, a shower, a bath).
To children is more senior than two years it is possible to carry out contrast douche of feet. In two basins pour water to such level that it reached the middle of a shin. In one basin the water temperature has to be 38-40 degrees, in another in the first few days 4-5 degrees below. Show to the child that he lowered feet at first in a basin with more hot water and there would dangle them 2-3 minutes, then for half-minute would move legs to other basin. To change 5-6 times. The procedure has to be daily. Water temperature in the second basin should be lowered each 5 days by 1-2 degrees and to bring so to 17-12 degrees.