The temperature suddenly dropped and many children caught colds. Here is a complete guide to preventing the flu!

Recently, most parts of the country have been hit by a drop in temperature. Due to the poor resistance of children, they are easily attacked by the flu virus. During this period of time in kindergarten, almost every day there are parents asking for sick leave for their children.

In the parent group, mothers ask how to prevent influenza every day. What should we do?

LOOK provides parents with basic knowledge on how to prevent influenza in children.

There are ways to prevent the flu

1. Drink more water: "Drink more water and keep bowel movements smooth" is the most effective way to prevent your baby from catching a cold. If your baby can have normal bowel movements every day, it can greatly reduce the chance of your baby getting sick.

2. Honey water: "Honey" has always been considered to have the function of clearing heat and moistening the lungs. Therefore, mothers can give babies over one year old some honey water or autumn pear paste.

3. Pay attention to keeping warm clothes, with moderate thickness: For babies with good physique, it is correct to cover in spring and cool in autumn. Adding clothes too early is not conducive to enhancing the child's own resistance. Therefore, it is necessary to add clothes for the baby appropriately. Wear two more pieces when it is cool in the morning and evening, and take them off when it is hot at noon.

4. Wash your hands frequently: Because 90% of cold germs are concentrated on the hands, practice has shown that washing your baby's hands frequently is the best way to effectively prevent colds.

5. Ventilate the house frequently and keep the temperature and humidity appropriate.

6. Exercise outdoors appropriately: but avoid crowded places, because high population density makes it easy for cross-infection of diseases. Respiratory diseases are mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets.

Dietary Therapy Tips The biggest headache for parents is the cough caused by a cold. Parents can try the following two dietary therapy tips.

1. Pear + rock sugar + Sichuan Fritillary

Cut the pear in half horizontally at the stalk, remove the core, add 2-3 crystal sugars, 1-2 Sichuan Fritillaria (the Sichuan Fritillaria should be crushed into powder), put the pears in half and put them in a bowl, and steam them for about 20 minutes. This recipe has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, and reducing phlegm.

2. Boil white radish water

Wash the white radish, cut it into 4 to 5 thin slices with the skin on, put it in a small pot, add half a bowl of water, bring it to a boil, then simmer for 5 minutes on low heat. Wait until the water cools down a little before giving it to your baby.

In addition, the temperature dropped

Parents, take care of yourself too

Four tips to help you enhance your child's physical resistance

1. Eat to Build Resistance

Nowadays, children generally love to eat snacks, have partial and picky diets, which leads to unbalanced nutrition. Therefore, parents should pay attention to the nutritional ratio of children's diet, drink more water, and give them more foods rich in vitamin C. For example, kiwi, apple, orange among fruits, broccoli, tomatoes among vegetables, etc., can improve the body's resistance.

2. Sleep to Build Resistance

The quality of a child's sleep is also an important factor affecting the body's resistance. Professor Barry Darby, an immunologist at the University of Florida, said: In addition to eliminating fatigue and giving people new vitality, sleep is also closely related to improving immunity and the ability to resist disease.

The National Sleep Foundation's "Sleep Duration Standards"

Newborns 0-3 months: 14-17 hours

Babies 4-11 months: 12-15 hours

Children aged 1-2 years: 11-14 hours

Children aged 3-5 years: 10-13 hours

Children aged 6-13: 9-11 hours

3. Freeze out your resistance

The so-called "freezing" refers to letting children receive appropriate cold stimulation, including air baths and cold water baths. It will promote children's metabolism, enhance the activity of the heart and lungs, supply body heat, and improve immunity and disease resistance.

4. Play to Develop Resistance

Parents are always worried that the cold weather will make their children sick, but in fact, letting children exercise more outdoors can generate heat, regulate metabolic function, and enhance the excitement of the cerebral cortex and the function of regulating body temperature.

Small sports suitable for children in autumn and winter

1. Take a walk

Walking is a whole-body exercise that can speed up the body's metabolism and promote blood circulation. The most important point is that walking is not only easy and casual, but also has no restrictions on the number of people and age. If adults walk together, they can chat while exercising. If you walk with your children, it can also promote the relationship between parents and children, exercise the children's leg muscles, and enhance resistance.

The recommended time for a walk is between 10 am and 7 pm, and the time should be controlled within one hour. In addition, if you take your child out for a walk, try not to walk too far to prevent the child from being exhausted. Also, you should give him a pair of comfortable cotton shoes with soft fabric and non-slip soles, so that the child can walk comfortably without worrying about him falling.

2. Morning Exercises

Kindergartens will do morning exercises in winter. The content of morning exercises is mostly stretching exercises. Each movement is targeted, which can not only relax the muscles and bones, but also help grow taller. So in winter, parents can also take their children to do some stretching exercises, so that they can grow taller while exercising their bodies. And there is no limit to the place of doing exercises, whether it is at home, in the community, in the park, etc., they can all be done. 2. Skipping rope

Rope skipping is a height-enhancing exercise. If you insist on skipping for 15 minutes every day, you will have a significant height-enhancing effect. However, this exercise is only suitable for children in the middle and senior classes. If the child is too young, it is easy to damage the bones due to excessive jumping.