How to organize solar baths for a child?

Almost all parents know that you can raise the child's immunity by hardening with water, air, changing the temperature mode. Solar baths occupy far from the last place in the development of the immune system and the health of the kid.

Sunber baths and their benefit for a child

Solar bath (or heliotherapy) is the impact of the rays of the Sun per person in preventive or therapeutic purposes. Ultraviolet rays that are reproduced by the Sun, help the body to purchase vitamin D, act on the body, as a bactericidal agent, increase immunity in that all protective properties of the body are activated, contribute to the development of vitamins and biological substances that are formed on the skin.

Solar baths for newborns are important primarily in the acquisition of vitamin D, which is good prophylaxis of rickets, and also helps to absorb calcium organism, which is the basis of bones, teeth. This vitamin is so important that the kids who were born in winter and do not have the opportunity to receive him from the sun, doctors attribute it in the form of droplets. Babies, who were born at another time of the year, lucky more. But parents should be strictly observed the kid's stay under sunlight after all, the baby's skin is very gentle and thin, which leads to a rapid overheating and dehydration.

A large role of sunbathing is performed for the developing brain of the child. Doctors found that rays that fall on the retina of the child's eyes are beneficial to the brain. At the same time, the energy of the Sun well affects the entire vital activity of the children's body. Therefore, parents must take care of the room well-lit by the sunshine, where the baby plays and spends most of the time.

Correctness of solar bath

Sunbaths for newborns under direct sunlight are not recommended. But this does not mean that the sun must be avoided. Thoughtful mom can equip the place on a wide windowsill and lay a baby there for 5 min, excluding drafts.

IMPORTANT: In no case do not leave a child one unattended.

Solar baths for children should be taken in growing mode. On the first day, the duration of the child's stay in the sun should be 3-4 minutes. Every day, the time of hardening the sun is increased by 2-3 minutes.

Before starting hardening the children with the Sun on the street, parents conduct procedures in the room with an open window. At the same time, it is important that the temperature regime is met, and not through, otherwise, instead of hardening, the child will just get sick. After domestic hardening in the summer, you can go to the street, where the child's stay should not exceed 45 minutes.

1. For the right hardening by the sun, the child on the street must be located under a canopy or in the shade of fixing trees, where small rays will be bought through the crown.
2. Panamka, cape or scores to avoid a sunshine is put on the baby's head.
3. Before taking sunny baths for children, it is advisable to smear the baby with sunscreen. Cream must be children's child and have a protection factor of 15 or more units.
4. When the redness appears on the skin of the child, it is urgently transferred to the place where the cooler and there is no sun in order not to get the overheating of the body.
5. A child who lives in the southern zone (especially near the sea), should be dressed in a thin spray and sliders.

IMPORTANT: Hardening of children by the Sun must pass under the strict observation of adults, taking into account all the rules and recommendations. At first signs of overheating, the child urgently need to contact the children's doctor.