What are the benefits of hot water foot bath for young children?

Foot soaking has many benefits, especially it can prevent respiratory diseases, but parents may be a little worried about whether children should soak their feet. Children can't stand it if it's too hot, but they are afraid that it will be ineffective if it's too warm and they will easily catch a cold. Is it possible? In the following article, we will put forward some opinions based on this question to help parents and friends eliminate your concerns.

Especially for infants and young children, their sense of temperature is different from that of adults. Adults feel that the water temperature is slightly hot, but for children it is already very hot. But they are not very good at expressing themselves, so it is easy to burn their delicate skin. From this perspective, it is not recommended to soak your feet in hot water.

Just wash your feet thoroughly with warm water every day. After washing, you can gently massage your feet to relax your muscles and bones.

When washing feet with warm water, parents should control the time and not let it be too long. Children like to play in water and splash their feet, which will make the water cold. It is equivalent to soaking their feet in cold water, which makes them more likely to catch a cold.

When children are washing their feet, parents are most afraid that their little feet will splash around and make the ground full of water. Here are two tips: one is to place a large rag under the foot basin; the other is to use a larger basin to cover the small basin where the child soaks his feet, so that the water made by the child will be collected in the large basin and will not splash everywhere.

Infants and young children feel temperature differently from adults. For adults, the water temperature is slightly hot, but for children, it is already very hot. But they are not very good at expressing themselves, so it is easy to burn their delicate skin. From this perspective, it is not recommended to soak your feet in hot water. Just wash your feet thoroughly with warm water every day. After washing, you can gently massage your feet to relax your muscles and bones.

When washing feet with warm water, parents should control the time and not let it be too long. Children like to play in water and splash their feet, which will make the water cold. It is equivalent to soaking their feet in cold water, which makes them more likely to catch a cold.

I thought that Western medicine, which is against foot soaking, would be more tolerant of this issue. First of all, it denies the claim that soaking feet in hot water can sprain ligaments. It also suggests that parents can soak their children's feet to relieve fatigue. However, there is an age limit, that is, foot soaking is still suitable for children after school. The temperature feels close to that of adults, and can clearly express whether the water temperature is suitable. Even so, the time should not be too long, and you don't have to sweat profusely like the elderly.

Tips: When washing children’s feet, parents are most afraid that their little feet will splash around and make the ground full of water. Here are two tips: First, you can put a large rag under the foot basin. Second, you can use a larger basin to cover the small basin where the child soaks his feet, so that the water made by the child will be collected in the large basin and will not splash everywhere.

Through the above explanations, you have roughly understood the effects of soaking feet in hot water on children. You can also decide whether to soak your child’s feet in hot water frequently in the future based on the above suggestions. I hope this will be helpful to you and also help alleviate some of your concerns.