Novel coronavirus
The main routes of transmission are droplet transmission and close contact transmission
So wear a mask, reduce going out, maintain hand hygiene, etc
Not only adults, but also children
An important measure for prevention and control
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However, children's own sense of protection is not strong, unwilling to wear masks, coupled with younger children are not suitable for wearing masks, what can be done?
Today we will study it:
What should I do if my child does not want to wear a mask?
How can I protect my child from COVID-19?
What aspects should parents pay attention to in home epidemic prevention?
Children's masks
▲ Children under 1 year old are not suitable for wearing masks, the only thing that can be done is to do a good job of parental protection, reduce children's going out, and do a good job of disinfection, cleaning and safety at home.
▲ For young children, some methods can be taken, such as playing games, telling stories, doing some mutual role play, letting children wear masks for toys, and wearing masks in the mirror with children.
▲ For older children, you can directly tell your child why we are wearing masks at this stage.
The way children wear masks and remove masks is consistent with adults, and it is particularly emphasized that parents must buy disposable masks for children, and do not use adult masks instead, because this cannot achieve a good prevention and control effect.
Child protection
Because children's awareness of self-protection is not strong, mainly based on passive protection, the so-called passive protection is to rely on the protection of parents, family members, caregivers to indirectly protect children.
1. The caregiver should wear a mask himself.
2. Do not sneeze or cough at your child. If coughing and sneezing, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or arm.
3, do not share tableware with children, feed children, do not use their mouths to blow food, and do not try or chew food with their mouths before feeding them to children.
4, children's items must be disinfected regularly, toys, learning, daily necessities and other high temperature can be resistant to boiling water boiling disinfection for 30 minutes, can not tolerate high temperature can choose to be placed in the sun to dry or wiped with a clean rag, rag after use boiling and drying can be.
5. Hand hygiene should be done before playing with and holding children. When you go out and go home, you should change the clothes you are wearing outside, wash your hands and then hold your child.
6, regular ventilation at home, generally 2-3 times a day to regular ventilation, each time about 20-30 minutes, ventilation when the child moves out of the ventilated room, do a good job of warm measures, to avoid children cold.
7, keep the home environment clean, the ground clean and dry, do not have wet corners, avoid the breeding of virus bacteria, wipe 1 to 2 times a day, after the use of the mop after the use of water washed in the outdoor drying or sun drying.
Information for parents
1. Teach children to develop good hygiene habits on a daily basis
Strictly urge children to wash their hands frequently, wash their faces frequently, and do not touch them. The disease comes from the mouth, avoid young children eating hands, do not use their hands to pull out their nostrils, do not rub their eyes with their hands, and tell children not to touch the surfaces of objects in public areas, especially surfaces that are frequently touched such as elevator buttons. Teach children to wash their hands before eating and after going to the toilet, wash their hands in time after touching unclean objects, and teach children the seven-step handwashing method.
2. Let the child exercise appropriately and work and rest regularly
During the period when children are at home, parents should pay attention to not letting children watch TV or play electronic products for a long time, and arrange exercise or activities appropriately. School-age children should not interfere with learning and can participate in home cleaning with parents while completing school assignments. In addition, children should rest on time to ensure adequate sleep.
3. Parents should pay attention to their children's psychological state in time
In the face of the epidemic, for children, they have high sensitivity to uncertain events, immature psychological adjustment mechanisms, and are more likely to have anxiety and depression. In such a special period, children need parents to help them understand what is happening now and reduce their anxiety and fear of unknown changes.
Parents should pay attention to the state of their children's cognition, emotions and behavior. Cognitively, children play with mobile phones or tablets at home for longer, and may have inattention when returning to the desk to study and write homework; emotionally, children's words or expressions may express fear, panic, worry, anger, irritability and other emotions; behaviorally, children may cry frequently, and adolescents may have nightmares, poor sleep, impulsive behavior, etc.
Mild stress responses are normal and do not affect a child's daily life; moderate stress can trigger physical and mental reaction symptoms, such as insomnia, grumpiness, nightmares, etc., and generally disappear within a week. If the child overreacts and is depressed for weeks, then parents should pay close attention. If necessary, you can go to the hospital for help.