Pediatrician Ekaterina Kiryukhina said that bathing in water with potassium permanganate to disinfect the baby’s skin is one of the grandmother’s harmful tips that can harm a child’s health. According to KP-Irkutsk, she explained that the water is now well disinfected, and potassium permanganate can leave burns on the child’s skin.
In order for potassium permanganate to work as an antiseptic, its amount should be 10 g per 10 liters of water. And this is the most dangerous dose even for an adult, not to mention a baby. Today, water is most often well disinfected and completely safe, the doctor explained.
Kiryukhina noted that you should not listen to the advice of grandmothers and wrap the child in a blanket if it is warm at home or outside. According to her, in the first months of life, a baby should be dressed a little warmer, and then focus on their own feelings, since thermoregulation of children is similar to an adult. The pediatrician advised to use three layers of clothing in winter, two in spring and autumn, and one in summer. You should choose things in which the child can move freely. Also, children should not be tightly swaddled.
In addition, in no case should you lick a spoon or nipple, and then pass it to the child. The pediatrician advised, if possible, to protect the child from such contacts, as this is fraught with the transmission of viruses, including herpes, influenza and SARS. In addition, Kiryukhina noted that after six months the child should learn to eat on his own – this helps to develop intellectual abilities. Children should also eat as much as they want, even if it seems to the parent that this is not enough.
Firstly, the baby does not form an interest in food, which in the future will necessarily affect appetite. Secondly, he does not realize what he eats and in what quantities, because of which there is a risk of unhealthy weight gain. Thirdly, the child does not understand when he is hungry or full. Fourth, there is a risk of choking or coughing, the doctor explained.
Kiryukhina warned against folk methods of treatment, including rubbing a child with vodka at a temperature, warming the chest with potato cakes, and treating a cough with honey. The pediatrician advised me to follow all the recommendations of the doctor and not to self-medicate in the grandmother’s way.
Source: Rosbalt
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