Are babies afraid of heat?

An experienced confinement nanny will tell mothers that there is no need to dress babies in too many clothes, and that the same amount of clothes as adults is enough. Is it because babies are afraid of heat? In fact, it is not that babies are afraid of heat, but that their body temperature is higher than that of adults. If they wear too many clothes, they may get sick. Therefore, the correct way to raise a child is to keep him three parts cold and three parts hungry, which is good for the baby's health.

In the minds of many elderly people, newborn babies are afraid of cold but not heat. They think that newborn babies are not afraid of heat even in such hot days as June. In order to prevent their children from catching colds and getting sick, they always like to dress their babies very thickly, just like they are spending winter. In fact, this practice is incorrect.

Are newborns afraid of cold but not heat?

1 In fact, newborn babies are afraid of both cold and heat. Their skin is very tender, their nervous system is not very perfect, and their body temperature regulation function is not very sound. Therefore, the most suitable temperature for newborn babies should be neither cold nor hot. Their ability to regulate their own body temperature is limited.

2 When babies are in an environment with very high or very low temperatures, they will become too cold or too hot and catch a cold. Therefore, newborns are not afraid of cold but not heat. They are not only afraid of cold, but also afraid of heat.

Why do newborns fear cold?

1. The baby's body surface area is relatively large, so the heat dissipation area is large and it is easy to dissipate heat;

2 Newborn babies have relatively thin subcutaneous fat and lose heat easily, so they are afraid of cold.

3 Babies are often held by their mothers, and their body postures are quite special, so more skin is usually exposed, which can easily cause heat loss.

4 Newborn babies have poor self-regulation ability for body temperature. When the baby is exposed to cold for a long time, a large amount of heat will be lost from the body, and the skin will become hard over time.

Why are newborns afraid of heat?

1 Babies have a relatively active metabolism and require more energy and water than adults. Therefore, if you are not careful, your baby will become dehydrated and hypoxic.

2 When the baby is in an environment with too high temperature, a large amount of water in the body will evaporate, causing insufficient effective blood circulation in the body and causing the baby to have a fever.

How to tell if your baby is cold or hot?

1. Cold hands and feet does not mean the baby is cold

Babies cannot accurately express their physical condition, so many times we touch the palms and soles of their feet to determine whether they are hot or cold. When you feel your baby's hands are cold and his feet are icy, you quickly put on a thick coat and wrap him in a quilt to keep him warm, but this often makes the baby sweat all over and even cause heat stroke syndrome.

This is because young children have poor peripheral blood circulation. Sometimes their hands and feet are cold, but it is only because of air convection or low temperature that the peripheral temperature is low. In fact, as long as the central body temperature is within the normal range, it is fine.

However, everyone's physique is different. For some babies, the temperature of their palms will gradually "warm up" as they grow older; for some babies, the temperature remains relatively low. Parents should pay more attention to the baby's physiological changes. To sense their baby's "core temperature", they can place their palms flat on the skin of the baby's back or chest.