Is a bath good for babies with colds?

Taking a bath can speed up the baby's blood circulation. It is easy to sweat during the bath, and sweating helps recover from a cold. However, you must be careful not to catch a cold during the bath, as catching a cold will make the cold worse. The bath time should not be too long. Remember to drink a cup of ginger soup after taking a bath, which will help you recover from a cold. After taking a bath, remember to dry your baby's body and hair, and avoid being exposed to cold wind.

Bathing precautions:

1. Maintain a suitable room temperature: The room temperature is generally 26-28℃. If it is a newborn baby, the room temperature should be 28-30℃.

2. Turn on the bathroom heater and space heater before taking a bath. (The bathroom heater is very dazzling, so it should be turned off when bathing.) Turn on the electric oil-filled heater when bathing. This is the first choice for mothers in winter. It is safe and can heat the baby's clothes and underwear. The best thing to do in a bathroom without air conditioning

A waterproof heater so that the baby will not catch a cold due to the temperature difference when he/she leaves the water for a moment. 3. To drain the water, it is recommended to use a shower head to drain the water directly into the bathtub from above, so that the whole bathroom will have warm steam. The amount of water should be sufficient to cover the baby's body.

4. Wash your baby’s hair. When washing your baby's hair, pay attention to keeping the baby's body warm. You can leave the underwear on first, or wrap the body with a large towel. After washing the baby’s hair, wrap it in a “horn bun”. Then wash the body and immerse the baby's body in the water. If the water feels cold, add hot water in time. Before adding hot water, be sure to hold the baby away from the water filling area to avoid scalding.

5. Do not take a bath for more than 10 minutes. After washing, quickly wrap your baby's entire body with a large bath towel and absorb the moisture.

6. Wear clothes that have been heated in advance. When getting dressed, exposed limbs should be protected with a large bath towel. Warm up the clothes first. Before giving the baby a bath, the mother should place the bath towel and the clothes prepared for the baby to be changed around the heater to warm them in advance to prevent the baby from feeling cold when putting on the clothes.

7. It is best to choose a tub bath: It is best to bathe your baby in a tub. Place a towel at the bottom of the tub in advance to prevent the baby from slipping. The water in the basin should not be too full; just keep it above the baby's abdomen and below the shoulders. You can also let your baby play with a favorite toy.

8. Keep the water temperature constant: the water temperature should be kept at around 38°C. If you don't have a thermometer, you can try it with your wrist or the back of your hand. Generally, it should feel hot but not scalding. If it doesn't feel cool, it means the water temperature is not high enough. During the bathing process, you should also add hot water at the right time. The weather is cold in winter, and only by adding hot water 3 or 4 times in the middle can you ensure that the baby is not cold. A special reminder is that when adding hot water, you must first hold the baby out of the water, otherwise not only will the water temperature be difficult to control, but it will also easily scald the baby.

9. Don’t leave the bathroom immediately: After taking a bath, don’t rush to take your baby out of the bathroom immediately. You should dry your baby’s body and hair thoroughly, wrap him tightly with a bath towel, then open the bathroom door, wait for a few minutes, and then take the baby out. This will prepare the baby to adapt to the temperature change.