There is no definite answer to this question. To be guided, solving whether to bathe the child, mom can on the recommendations of doctors, a condition of the child and on own maternal intuition. There are situations during a disease when it is not recommended to bathe the child and vice versa when bathing facilitates a condition of the kid.
Temperature
The majority of children's diseases proceed with temperature increase of a body. If that does not rise higher than 37.5 degrees, then it is possible to bathe the child quietly. You should not do water in the bathroom too hot - it will provoke temperature increase. The best option is to gather warm water.
If the child has a high temperature (higher than 37.5), then by means of bathing in warm water (36.6 degrees) it is possible to reduce it. It will allow to resort to use of febrifugal medicines less. In that case bathing – a way to bring down temperature, but not the hygienic procedure. You should not use gels and other cleaning means. Just it is better to place the kid in warm water and to wait a little.
When it is impossible to bathe the child
There are contraindications to bathing of the child. First, at otitis it is better to avoid water procedures. Secondly, at skin diseases too you should not take a bath. It not only dermatitis, but also chicken pox. In case of chickenpox the doctors do not recommend bathing in the first 6 days of a disease until sores crust. After sores dry up, it is possible to bathe the child – it will facilitate an itch.
Hygienic procedures during a disease are necessary. If doctors do not recommend a bathtub for the child, then it can be rubbed off a damp towel or to wash under a shower.
Bathing and cold
The most frequent diseases at children have catarrhal character. If the child has cold, then damp air is quite capable to facilitate its state. Slime in a nose – protection of an organism. So bacteria are late in a nose and do not get inside. Many parents make a cardinal mistake, trying it is excessive to dry cold at the kid. Whereas the return actions – damp air indoors help, for example. Therefore bathing in the bathroom is good help in treatment of congestion of a nose at the child. All this belongs to cough. Bathing in the bathroom can replace the procedure of inhalation. But at the same time it is necessary to consider the general condition of the kid, his temperature and desire to bathe. If the child does not want to take a bath during a disease, you should not force him. When it comes to cold, when bathing it is possible to add broths of medicative herbs or essential oil to water (for example, an eucalyptus). Before application of herbs and oils it is necessary to make sure of absence of an allergy to them. It is very important not to chill the child after bathing. It needs to be rubbed off and dressed well at once according to temperature indoors, to give warm drink or a breast (if it is about the baby). You should not muffle up the child excessively. The sick child should not neither freeze, nor sweat in clothes. Thus, it is possible to bathe the sick child, but it is previously necessary to estimate his condition, to listen to the recommendations of the doctor and to take body temperature at the child. It is necessary to estimate all contraindications to bathing every day while the child is ill.