How to protect your baby's skin from the cold
Dès l’arrivée du froid et des chutes de température reviennent aussi les petits maux de l’hiver. La douce peau de bébé s’assèche, rougeurs et gerçures apparaissent… Autant de désagréments qui influencent le bien-être et l’humeur de votre tout-petit.
The skin of the small child is particularly fragile because it does not keep the water well.She therefore dehydrates faster than that of adults.More fragile, it must be well protected, especially in winter.
Avoid skin dehydration
Confronted with external aggressions (cold and dry air, wind, limestone water ...) which promote the evaporation of water from the surface of the skin, a baby's skin is struggling to defend itself and dry out very quickly.
Your child ends up with small rough cheeks, charts around the mouth, split lips, darters, not to mention the itching and the pain that these ailments cause.
What to do :
Good gestures at the time of baby's toilet
To prevent any dehydration of the skin, it is also necessary to adopt the right gestures at the time of your child's bath.
Increase the humidity in the baby room
If you can do nothing against the attacks due on the outside air, you can at least act on those of the indoor air.One of the causes of dry dry skin in winter comes from heating.The hot and dry air of houses or apartments causes skin irritation.The ideal is an ambient temperature which is between 18 and 19 ° C.
Install an air humidifier in the baby's room.Equipped with a tank, this device fights against dry and confined air by continuously diffusing (for ten hours) of the water vapor in fine particles.Ultrasonic devices are today the quietest and propagate a very fine misting.
The container filled with water placed on the radiator is, on the other hand, a real microbial nest ...
Choose suitable clothes
Solutions against dartres
Dartres are these dry, sometimes red plates, which sit on the cheeks or around the lips.They are particularly frequent in children whose lathe is permanently humid.
The solution: Hydrate the irritated area several times a day.Clean with very soft products (bath oil, etc.).Consult the pediatrician if the lesions extend.
Solutions against lip and thumb charts
By dint of tickling his thumb, his pacifier, or because he makes his teeth, your toddler tends to drool a lot.Consequence: small chapters around the mouth and its thumb (if it sucks it) appear.
The solution: Apply a restorative cream based on trace elements (zinc, manganese).
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Élisabeth de la Morandière
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