Can children take a bath every day?

For children, taking a bath every day should be something that needs more attention. Some parents think it is not good for children to take a bath every day because taking a bath too often will cause them to catch a cold and have a runny nose. However, if children don’t take a bath, they sometimes exercise a lot and their bodies will be sticky. So can children take a bath every day? Now let’s find out whether children can take a bath every day.

When bathing your baby, pay attention to keeping him warm and safe. It is best to bathe with clean water, and each bath should not exceed 10 minutes. Babies' skin is different from adults'. Their skin is thinner and more delicate. Bathing them every day can indeed keep them clean, but it may also cause dry skin. Especially for children with dry skin, soaking in water every day may cause the skin to become dehydrated, drier, and even peeling. If you bathe your child for too long, the outermost stratum corneum of the skin will absorb water and become soft, reducing the skin's resistance.

In addition, you don’t have to use shower gel every time you bathe your child. Just wash with clean water. There is a layer of oil on the outside of children's skin, which plays an important role in keeping the skin moisturized, reducing external irritation and keeping warm. Many shower gels are alkaline, which will destroy this layer of oil and easily make the skin dry and rough. Repeatedly rubbing the body with shower gel may cause sensitive skin in severe cases. Therefore, if the child is not too dirty, there is no need to wash him every day. It can be washed every one or two days depending on the specific situation. Bath gel can be used once a week. If you need to take a shower every day when the weather is hot, just rinsing with clean water will be enough.

For most people who work in environments where sanitation is not very poor, daily showering during the dry winter months can easily disrupt normal skin structure. The outermost layer of human skin is the stratum corneum. The stratum corneum that falls off automatically and the dirt mixed with skin sweat will not be much. Washing this part every day can have a certain protective effect on the skin. If you bathe too frequently, the stratum corneum will be damaged and its function of protecting the skin will be lost. The moisture in the skin cells will evaporate more easily and the skin will become dry. According to traditional Chinese medicine, "dryness creates wind, and wind causes itching." "Wind" here refers to a cause of disease that wanders around in the body, causing itchy skin. Therefore, it is more appropriate to take a bath 2-3 times a week in winter.

When bathing children, you must pay special attention to the water temperature. Water that is too cold or too hot is not good for the child's body. Water that is too cold can easily cause a cold, while water that is too hot can make the child's delicate skin unable to withstand it. As a parent, you must be sure to use your elbow to test the water temperature during the water release process.