It is very important to walk often with babies even in the winter. Fresh winter air strengthens immunity of the kid, helping to avoid many diseases. That walk brought only benefit, it is necessary to be prepared for it correctly.
Winter walks with the baby
It is possible to arrange short winter walks to the child from two-week age. At the same time the first such walk has to last several minutes, and temperature on the street should not be lower minus of five.
You should not walk with the baby if temperature is lower minus of fifteen as small children lose heat in similar conditions too quickly.
With babies aged from a month it is necessary to walk of an hour to one and a half in the winter if, of course, temperature did not fall below minus ten degrees. It is worth beginning with twenty-minute walks to accustom the child to low temperature.
In air at a temperature near minus ten degrees microbes freeze that does it actually sterile. However there are also carriers of viruses – people with which it is necessary to communicate in the closed spaces like shop, the elevator or public transport. To secure the child against viruses, it is possible to address antimicrobial oksolinovy ointments.
It is worth forgetting about walks if on the street strong wind or high humidity. In similar conditions the cold is perceived much more sharply therefore overcooling can occur much quicker.
Whether it is worth wrapping up the child?
If temperature on the street is not lower enough comfortable minus ten degrees, do not wrap up the child in a hood over a warm cap as such double protection against cold can cause unpleasant greenhouse effect. Scarfs are not so useful to kids too as it parents would like. In a neck there is a number of important arteries if to overheat them, they extend, to the head flows too large amount of blood, and legs and hands at the same time can strongly freeze from a lack of blood circulation. At the most hard frost you should not close the child's mouth a scarf. Even not too strong children's breath will humidify a scarf cloth, it will freeze, and the child should breathe through it very cold air. To understand whether the child froze, it is enough to feel his neck under a collar from the back. If this area cold, wrap up the child in a plaid or come back home and change clothes of it more warmly. If skin warm and dry, everything is all right. If it hot and sweaty, your child overheated so go home better. Pay attention and to the child's cheeks. If they strongly turned pale, to you it is time to go home as the child froze. However you should not be frightened a healthy flush – pink cheeks say about what everything be all right.