What happens if the baby wears too hot?

If the baby stays in a relatively hot environment for a long time, many rashes will appear on the body. If the baby wears too warm clothes, the skin will not be able to breathe, which can easily cause skin diseases. Especially in the early stages of infancy, the self-regulation ability is relatively poor and cannot resist external viruses and bacteria. Therefore, as parents, you must change your child's clothes every day, and take them outdoors appropriately and breathe more fresh air. This will help the child grow up healthily.

Babies who are dressed too warmly or in too many layers of clothing may develop a fever because their body temperature regulation mechanism is not yet fully developed and cannot regulate itself like older babies.

Therefore, the body functions of infants and young children must be kept in a normal constant temperature state in order to function normally. Too high or too low body temperature can be harmful to the baby. Short-term hypothermia may not have a big impact, but if the body is in a high temperature state for a long time, it will accelerate the metabolic rate and consume more protein and energy; if the body temperature is too low for too long, it may cause the body's organs to function more slowly. In short, it doesn't matter whether you wear too much or too little.

The golden rules for dressing your baby

The simplest and most intuitive way to judge whether the baby is cold or hot is to touch! Touch the back of the baby's neck and back. If these parts of the baby are warm, it means the clothes are just right; if there is sweat, or even the clothes are wet, it means the baby is wearing too many clothes.

1. Newborns: one more layer than adults. At the same temperature, baby clothes should be 1-2 layers thicker than the clothes that adults feel comfortable wearing, so as to avoid sweating.

2. Infants under 1 year old: warmth in the neck and back. As long as the neck and back are warm and the hands and feet are cool, it means the cover is suitable. If your hands and feet are very warm, you are over-covered.

3. Children aged 1-3 years: less than adults. Babies exercise more than adults and have a faster metabolism, so the number of clothes they need to wear should be less than that for adults, not more. If a baby who cannot walk is always moving, he or she should also wear less clothes.

4. Over 3 years old: There is no need to dress the baby more if he doesn’t feel cold. Babies over 3 years old can usually tell whether they are cold or warm by themselves. If the baby says he is not cold, there is no need to dress him in extra clothes. If you are worried, you can touch the palms and back of your baby's hands. If they are warm and not sweaty, it means the clothes are suitable.

The above is a detailed answer to the question “What will happen if the baby is dressed too warmly?” I hope it can help everyone. In short, the criterion for judging how much clothes to put on your baby is to touch the back of his neck and back to see if they are warm and whether he is sweating. In addition, babies' resistance is inherently weaker than that of adults, so their underwear should be made mainly of pure cotton, which is more sweat-absorbent.