Everyone knows that the hardening - is the key to health and longevity. But this process has to be gradual, strictly dosed and appropriate. Do not start hardening of children 2-3 years of sharp, shocking the body with unexpected changes. The right thing to start a light hardening of the child from birth, while the age of two the child's body will be prepared to increase the length of the procedure.
So, what hardening proceduresshow children 2-3 years of age to strengthen the immune system?
air baths
It is important to combine the fresh air to find a child with physical activity. It can be outdoor games and gymnastic exercises, as long as the child is constantly breathing apparatus worked. The place for such procedures to choose away from the busy routes to the air inhaled by the child was fresh, non-toxic.
Bad weather - this is not a reason to give up air baths. But do not force the baby to engage in physical exercise in the rain or in the piercing wind. If the weather does not have to walk, open and engage with the child in the exercise room. Make sure that the apartment did not have a draft, or hardening of the turn of the useful procedures in the cause of the disease.
sunbathing
UV exposure is essential child, it not only strengthens the immune system, but also has beneficial effects on brain development and skeletal system. Incorrect dosage of sun exposure can be extremely dangerous, therefore it is necessary to observe all safety precautions.
Do not let the baby stay in the sun too long. Headdress bright colors optional! Also worth to take care of a protective cream that should be applied to all exposed areas of the skin of the child. It is not necessary to spend too much sunbathing in hot weather, as the sun is too aggressive in these days and there is a risk not protect a child from burns and heat stroke.
Water treatments
decrease in water temperature in the bath should be gradual, about one degree per week. For a child of this age, the minimum water temperature is 27 degrees. With good adaptation of the child to lower temperatures, widespread tempering procedure is alternately dousing legsbaby warm and cool water. Here the minimum temperature +20 degrees.
An important point in the tempering procedure is their regularity. Through hardening from time to time, you will not achieve the strengthening of the immune system. Such ad hoc procedures are fraught with diseases that lead to further weakening of the body of the child. Quenched with the baby - this will please him. At the age of 2-3 years, the child tends to be like their parents, so happy to perceive the opportunity to appear as a hardening adults.
Also be sure to ask about both in the form of a game to teach a child not to be afraid of water
