Many parents, thinking how to strengthen their child's health, remember hardening, realizing that it helps strengthen the immune system and contributes to better development. But often the choice between traditional and unconventional hardening of the child. To make your choice correctly, let's try to figure out what is unconventional hardening of children.
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What does hardening mean?
As a rule, any hardening is an artificial increase in the protective properties of the body against adverse environmental impacts. The hardened body makes it easier to transfers stress, temperature drops and faster fights with the diseases that have arisen. Hardening is divided into three types:
- Traditional hardening - when a person gradually leads all its actions to a maximum. For example, if it is hardening with water, then its temperature decreases in a few days per 1-2 degree, producing the body to get used to the body.
- Contrast hardening lies in a gradual increase in the difference between the cold and warm temperatures.
- Unconventional hardening of children or adults - when the naked body sharply comes into contact with ice water, with snow or cold air.
Non-traditional hardening
Starting unconventional hardening towards a small child, it should be remembered that the reverse reaction is most often begins, and instead of raising the baby immunity, it can be significantly reduced. No doctor welcomes unconventional hardening towards the child. But if parents too want to practice these methods too much, they advise for small children to begin at least with a contrast hardening, which serves as a transition step between traditional and unconventional views.
Before starting any hardening, it is necessary to understand several recommendations that will help everything to do correctly:
- First of all, it is necessary to take into account the age of the child and his state of health during the start of the procedures. The sick child is categorically forbidden to start any hardening. Even if the kid looks healthy, it is better to pass a medical examination to make sure that there will be no unwanted complications.
- Starting non-traditional hardening of the child, it is impossible to interrupt. After at least a small pause, all efforts will be reduced to zero.
- In no case, you can not make a child forcing hardening against his will only because the parents want this. All procedures should be held at will and on a positive.
- The effect of stimuli on the child's body should increase gradually.
Some hardware techniques
The most common handling procedure is the punch of the legs with contrasting water. There are two bowls in the bathroom, in one of which the water in the kid to a child is 40 degrees, and to another 5 degrees below (for the first time). Lower the legs first in hot water for 2-3 minutes. And then in the cold. Repeat the procedure 4-6 times, and cold water down to 1 degree every week, bringing up to 10 degrees. With this procedure it is necessary to remember that the legs should not be cold before you do also and cold downturn.
If the child is older, you can carry out running procedures not only with legs, but also with all the body, starting with a contrasting soul. On the first day, the hot water temperature is 40-50 degrees (for 1-2 minutes) and cold 15 degrees (for 10-20 seconds). Repeated procedure - 4-6 times.
Non-traditional hardening of the child can be carried out with the help of a Russian bath. It is necessary to start from one reception when the child is in the steam room 3-5 minutes, after which they should be vested from the bucket with cold water. After some time, the frequency of goals in the steam room increases to 3-5 times, and the time of being there is 5 minutes.
Well, when parents care about the health of their child and are looking for any ways to improve it. But before you make a serious step, you should seek advice to specialists. Especially their help will be appropriate when it comes to unconventional hardening of the child.