Cold Treatment Of A Child

During cold treatment procedures, an organism gets a signal that it has gotten in a stress situation and needs to adapt to it. Thus, the immune system gets used to the different changes of environment. The thermoregulation of an organism also improves; in fact the children's thermoregulation is far from being perfect. An organism learns to save surpluses of warmth at cooling and vice versa to give warmth away to avoid overheating. At the periodic reiterations of the procedures an organism gradually gets used to it and at once reacts as desired. The earlier you start tempering of a child, the easier his organism stands the procedures and the more effective the result will be. Besides, not only his body practices at cold treatment, but also the brain reactions accelerate.

Every child is different!

If you decided to engage in cold treatment of a child, study his inclinations first. Maybe, your kid is afraid of water, thus do not start from the affusion at once. Such measures can frighten a child and kill your desire of tempering for a long time. If a kid is easily excitable, too fearful or capricious, the cold treatment has some complications. Try to begin procedures as softly as possible, without the harsh changes of water or air temperature, for a child at once did not have a negative attitude toward the cold treatment.

If a child often gets ill, conduct tempering only under a control of a doctor. But do not think that if a kid is sickly you do not need to harden him. Vice versa, small "stresses" in the form of cold treatment are necessary for formation of his organism.

If your child is very active and mobile, do not perform affusion right before going to sleep. It will excite him even more. And children with some sluggish temperament should better have the affusion right after waking up. Such procedures will help to awaken an organism.

Do not hurry!

There can be a benefit from cold treatment of a child only in case the degree of affecting an organism grows up gradually and slowly. At tempering of new-borns and sickly children no other methods are possible to be applied, but in general this principle is for all children. Starting with small steps, you follow a good sense, a state of child and got knowledge and gradually increase the influence. Remember that if for a long time you pour a child with water of the same temperature, even cool one, he gets used and tempering does not take place. The gradual decline of temperature is therefore obligatory. Never let the cyanosis or a "gooseflesh" appear, a kid should not tremble. Such signs show that water is too cold and a child has overcooled. Rub him quickly with a terry towel.

Remember that you either make the procedures constantly or do not make them at all. If you execute them from time to time, you will get no effect. If a kid is a bit ill, do not interrupt the course of tempering procedures, only decrease the level of influence.

Never start cold treatment of a child, if he is in a bad mood or capricious. Try to quiet a child and only then begin a procedure. If you ignore this recommendation, a method can even cause the disease.

The sun, the air and the water!

These are your main helpers in child's cold treatment. Just do not think that breathing with the polluted air of megapolis can improve a child's health. Only the clean air of the forests, steppes or parklands really can bring health. Be careful with the sun-baths. Do not take them from 11 to 16 hours, when the sun is the most active.