Is it not good to dress the baby too much?

There is a saying that mothers in Taiwan Province Province are used to wearing too many clothes and schoolbags for their babies, which makes them lose the ability to control the temperature at an early age and are more likely to get sick. This paper interviewed pediatricians and infant experts, looked at the problem of how much babies wear from different angles, and gave suggestions to parents. The old man has a saying: it is better to feed a child than to warm him! So according to the traditional belt method, the baby should be wrapped tightly as soon as it is born. As children grow up, parents will pay great attention to whether their hands and feet are cold, which is the standard of dressing, and they are used to dressing their babies more for fear of catching a cold. People's body temperature will be adjusted according to the environment. Xu, a pediatrician at Enzhuren Hospital, said that "cold" is a feeling. The amount of clothes is not necessarily related to the climate of that country, but more related to "local customs", which is acquired. For example, many parents in Germany go out to play with their babies who are only 2 or 3 months old on snowy days, and they don't see German babies, so they are particularly prone to catching a cold. The human body has its adaptability and will adjust with the environment. Therefore, the biggest principle of dressing your baby is "comfort". Of course, it is not good to wear less, and it is not good to wear more. The baby's physiological characteristics Dr. Xu said that physiologically speaking, the baby's body surface area is larger than that of adults (the ratio of volume to weight), so it dissipates heat quickly. However, because the subcutaneous fat of babies is thicker than that of adults, the ability of "keeping warm" is actually very good. According to its physiological characteristics, babies don't need to wear too much to keep warm. Dr. Xu pointed out that in his clinical experience, many parents are anxious to take their baby to see a doctor, saying that the child has no cold symptoms, but has a fever. What should I do? At this time, the temperature is a little high, around 38℃, but look carefully at the tight package of the child, and he has red spots (heat rash). It is highly suspected that the baby wears too much, which leads to sultry and poor heat dissipation. At this time, loosen and reduce the child's clothes, and take the temperature again after a while, and it will return to normal. It can be seen that wearing too much and wrapping too thick will cause the baby to "have a fever". And prickly heat and heat rash are not patents in summer. Wearing too much clothes for children in winter will suppress a heat rash, which is easy to appear on the forehead, cheeks, body, neck, groin and armpit. In these hot and humid environments, bacterial infections such as candida may also occur, causing more serious skin symptoms. Parents should not be careless. Where does the baby's heat come from? There are three main sources of heat energy: 1. ㄋㄟㄋㄟ (food metabolism), 2. Muscle activity and 3. Basic metabolism. There are mainly two cooling pipes: 1. Sweating (skin), 2. Breathing (respiratory tract), 3. Urinating takes away the heat. Dr. Xu emphasized that people are warm-blooded animals, and their body temperature is maintained at around 37 degrees Celsius. No matter what the ambient temperature is, the human body has its own natural way to control the temperature. Parents must believe that their children are born with this ability in order to put on the most suitable clothes for their babies. It's too cold. How to regulate body temperature? When the ambient temperature is too low, the human body will tremble and give off heat, and the vertical hair muscles will contract, resulting in "vertical hair", shrinking pores and reducing heat dissipation, and skin blood vessels will also contract, reducing heat dissipation, which can increase the thermal insulation ability of the human body. Catch cold = catch a cold? As a matter of fact, parents in Taiwan Province Province are used to helping their children "put on more clothes" for fear of catching a cold. Can a cold be equated with a cold Dr. Xu said that there had been such an experiment. A group of people soaked their feet in ice water and were exposed to a cold virus. The other group kept their bodies dry and not cold, and they were also exposed to the same cold virus. It turns out that the main reason for catching a cold is not whether the body is cold or not, but the most important thing is that they are exposed to virus infection. There is no denying that the virus is not easy to survive in high temperature environment, but it will be very active in low temperature environment, which is why winter is the season when colds are prevalent. However, Dr. Xu stressed that the occurrence of a cold requires the existence of a virus. I just feel cold. Without the virus, I won't catch a cold, and a cold can't be equated with a cold. But many people have experience. When they feel cold, they will have sneezing, runny nose and other symptoms similar to a cold. Dr. Xu Dengqin explained that this may be just a sensitive reaction of nasal mucosa to cold air and cannot be regarded as a cold. Therefore, to prevent your baby from catching a cold, instead of paying attention to whether he has a cold, it is better to pay attention to not letting your baby contact germs. Family members form the habit of washing their hands frequently, and people with colds wear masks to isolate them, which is better than letting the baby wear more clothes to stay away from the threat of the virus. The principle of baby dressing Dr. Xu believes that babies don't need to wear more than one piece, as long as they wear as much as adults. Parents are used to touching their baby's hands and feet to judge whether he is dressed enough. But some children have poor peripheral circulation and cold hands and feet for a long time. If they only add clothes according to the temperature of their hands and feet, they will make him wear too much. Text/Zeng Yongzhen Interview Consultation/Attending Physician of Pediatrics of Enzhuming Hospital Xu Guangmu Kindergarten Director Qiu Photography/Zhan Jianhua? Bennett's advertising style * * * ※ The original text was published in May 20 14 of Mommy Baby magazine. See mombaby/ for more exciting content. ※. 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