My daughter's birthday is in mid-July, and I remember the two or three months when I just gave birth to my daughter, dog days, and it was very hot.
My child sweats profusely every time she feeds, so I usually dress her less and rarely give her socks, and I don't cover anything when I sleep without turning on the air conditioner.
However, every time my mother-in-law sees me dressing my daughter less, not wearing socks, turning on the air conditioner, etc., she will output it to me for a while, and the general meaning is that "children have no June", and they have to take the baby according to her method in summer, otherwise they will be easy to get sick.
As a novice mother, at first, although I didn't believe my mother-in-law's remarks, I didn't dare to disbelieve it completely, after all, she was the child's own grandmother, and she had raised several children, and she had more parenting experience than me, and she loved children more.
However, with the accumulation of parenting experience, consulting pediatricians and reading parenting books, I realized that the "experience talk" of the older generation with children seems to be for the sake of children everywhere, but in fact, there are some hidden risks.
Especially for the following mentioned things, mothers must adhere to scientific parenting methods, and don't easily do what the old man says, otherwise it is the child who will suffer.
1. Do not turn on the air conditioner
When my daughter was a child, as long as my mother-in-law saw the point of going to bed at night, and I hadn't turned off the air conditioner, she would advise: "Remember to turn off the air conditioner before going to bed, the child is so small, how can you stand the air conditioner after blowing it all night, be careful that the child is cold." ”
When I went out to work, I repeatedly told her to turn on the air conditioner for the child when it was hot, but she would rather fan the child with a fan all the time and make herself sweat than turn on the air conditioner.
As a result, one day I found that my daughter had a lot of small red bumps, and when I went to the hospital for an examination, I found out that she had prickly heat and eczema.
Affected by factors such as global warming, the urban heat island effect, and the heat emitted by various indoor household appliances during operation, the current room temperature has increased significantly compared with before.
Therefore, when taking care of children, we also need to keep pace with the times and use air conditioners and other household appliances scientifically and reasonably to ensure the healthy growth of children.
As long as you pay attention not to let the air outlet of the air conditioner blow directly to your child, and clean the air conditioner filter regularly, it will not cause adverse effects on your child.
2. Don't let your child go barefoot
I remember when I was confined, every time my mother-in-law saw my daughter and I not wearing socks, she would talk about the child's barefoot and easy to get cold and diarrhea, and I had to put it on for the child no matter how unwilling I was.
At first, I thought she was right, after all, sometimes I have been barefoot for a long time, and sometimes I have stomach pain, let alone children?
However, with the deepening of parenting knowledge, I realized that for children, barefoot girls are still very necessary.
A child's little feet are like a window to the world, with dense nerve endings that can keenly detect changes in temperature, hardness and humidity.
Brain scientists have found that walking barefoot can quickly transmit the signals received by nerve endings to internal organs and cerebral cortex, thereby enhancing the development of the brain and senses.
In addition, some experimental studies have also found that infants and young children who have undergone barefoot training have significantly improved physical fitness and a reduced incidence of colds and other diseases.
Barefoot has so many benefits for children, mainly because the feet are far away from the heart, and walking barefoot can not only stimulate the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet, adjust gastrointestinal function, promote digestion and absorption, but also make the soles of the feet more strongly stimulated and promote blood circulation.
Of course, children need to be barefoot.
First of all, make sure that the ground is safe and free of sharp objects; Secondly, the weather and occasion also need to be considered, when it is cold and wet or when going out at night, keeping warm is the priority; Finally, respect your child's choice and go with the flow if they don't want to go barefoot.
3. Shave your child's head
When my daughter was one year old, I took her back to my hometown, and my father-in-law took my daughter to the barber shop to shave her head without saying hello to us.
Unexpectedly, after staying in his hometown for a few days, his daughter was bitten by mosquitoes on the head for several bags, and then her father-in-law realized that his approach was not considered and began to blame himself in distress.
Shaving your child's head in the summer will not only cause your child to suffer from mosquito bites, but also sunburn.
Anyone who has studied biology knows that the reason why people have evolved into a state of having hair and no body hair is because the air in the fluffy hair can block ultraviolet rays and high temperatures, and prevent the scalp from being sunburned.
And after shaving the hair, the child's scalp is directly exposed to strong sunlight, which undoubtedly increases the risk of sunburn.
Therefore, for the sake of children's health in summer, we can cut our hair appropriately short, but it is never recommended to shave the head, especially for infants and young children with delicate skin.
4. Dress your child in open crotch pants
There are three reasons why the elderly love the "open crotch pants" with the baby artifact:
First, compared to pants that don't have an open crotch, open crotch pants are cooler to wear;
Second, wearing open crotch pants can make it convenient for children to go to the toilet at any time, and they don't need to take off their pants hard, and squatting down can solve the problem.
However, when it comes to parenting, if you look closely, you'll find that summer is especially unsuitable for crotch pants compared to other seasons for three reasons.
The first is unhygienic, young children, curious, like to crawl and sit around, and the design of open crotch pants makes the child's private parts exposed, easy to contact with environmental pollutants, such as dirt, insect eggs and bacteria.
These unclean substances can easily enter the urethral opening, causing urinary tract infections, and even infection and kidney lesions. For girls, it is more likely to cause infections of the urinary tract and vagina due to the fact that both the vagina and urethra are open in the vulva.
Second, it affects children's gender cognition, as children grow older, they begin to gradually realize the difference between men and women, and wearing open crotch pants may blur this gender boundary, which is not conducive to the formation of correct gender awareness and self-protection awareness for children.
Third, it is not conducive to toilet training, when children learn to go to the toilet, wearing open crotch pants may make them feel bothered, unable to provide the same training effect as wearing diapers or normal pants, thus delaying their normal toilet habit development.
[Written at the end]
Although it is hard for the elderly to help young people take care of their children, we should be considerate and considerate as juniors.
But if there are four situations in the hot summer, if there are four situations in the process of helping you take care of your children, then we should stick to the principles or have to adhere to the principles, after all, this is related to the health and ability development of the children.
As juniors, as long as the attitude is sincere and the tone is gentle, in short, it is to make the old man aware of the existence of the problem without breaking his heart.
I believe that the elders will also understand and accept our suggestions and work together to create a better environment for the healthy growth of children.
If there are elderly people with babies who see this article, I hope you can take a good look at it, and if there is one, it will be encouraged~