Common Myths About Child Health

People of the older generation are the most valuable source of knowledge, which they collected bit by bit year after year. And when parents or grandparents advise us how best to strengthen the health of the childWe are listening to their words. After all, if they brought us up normally, they know what to do.

But the world doesn't stand still. Science moves humanity forward and refutes many beliefs that people believed in a couple of decades ago. So before you blindly trust another person’s experience and do as they advise, think hard, especially when it comes to childcare.



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Health myths

1. Wrap up the baby to sleep the temperature
   Popular myth. The fact is that the skin regulates heat exchange, and if the child is wrapped, then this function of the body will be limited. Therefore, the temperature will either not decrease or even rise. It is much more effective to ventilate the room, free the child from tight clothes and drink it with room temperature liquid.
   
   
   
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2. Don't bathe a sick child
   It was believed that when bathing, the baby can freeze and become even more ill. But you're not going to bathe in the hole, but in the warm bathroom. Bathing a child can not only if he has a temperature above 37.5 ° C or there are skin diseases in which doctors do not recommend bathing.
3. Up to a year, potty training
   If the child is not ready to make friends with the pot, then you should not force. The fact is that each baby develops individually: one sits on a pot a year, and the other – only two, and both options are considered the norm. Therefore, it is not worth listening to the strict opinion of older people on this matter.
   
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4. Follow a special diet when breastfeeding
   It was believed that the bright foods that a young mother eats will definitely affect the quality of milk and cause allergies in the child. In fact, from bananas or tomatoes eaten by the mother, the baby will not have any problems. Another thing is that you need to eat everything in moderation. And if you still worry, then try to eat a little bit, watching the reaction of the child.
   
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5. If the baby is shaved, the hair will be thicker.
   Often, newborns shaved their heads to make their hair grow thick and silky. But it's a fiction that doesn't work with kids or adults. The roots of hair when shaving in no way hurt, and everything that happens above the hair follicles does not affect the growth of hair. But home remedies for hair growth are very helpful.
6. Put butter on burns.
   This mistake many people make today, and after all, smearing a burn with oil, you isolate the affected place. Such an oil film on the burn will not allow you to smear it with something truly therapeutic. And washing the oil, you only hurt the skin once again. Doctors advise to immediately wash the burn with a stream of cool (but not ice) water, give painkillers, apply a remedy for burns and seek medical help, if necessary.
   
   
   
   
   
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7. Retrain left-handed
   In ancient times, the left-hander was a real burden. In the working environment, such a person could not handle the scythe, sickle, saw normally. So left-handers were isolated, given easy work, ridiculed. It is not surprising that left-handed people were tried to retrain, not paying attention to the fact that left-handedness is a special way of working the brain, not a whim. In the modern world, a left-hander can live without feeling discomfort, so it is not worth retraining a child. Remember that many great people were left-handed, but this did not prevent them from achieving success: Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, M. V. Lomonosov, A. S. Pushkin, L. N. Tolstoy and many others.
   
   
   
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There are still enough myths in the world that live in people’s heads. And perhaps the most fictional topic is health. Be attentive to the advice of other people.

Maybe they really want you and your family well, but there’s always a chance they’re wrong. Therefore, always consult only with knowledgeable people. Only they'll tell you for sure. How to maintain the health of the child And make him happy.