During childhood.
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cleanliness is essential to the health of the baby. The main points to which special attention should be given by the father for this purpose are as follows:
Firstly, that the child should be washed daily with warm water; and a bath every night, for the purposes of completely cleaning the body, it is highly necessary. To bathe a baby delicate few days or even weeks old in cold water in order to "harden" the Constitution (as it is called), is the most effective way to damage your health and imply future diseases. By degrees, however, the water with which it is cleaned in the morning, lukewarm should be made the evening bath continued hot enough to be thankful to the feelings.
Having passed through, a few months the water temperature may be gradually reduced until the cold is employed, with which it can be cleaned or even dipped, every morning during the summer. If immersed in cold water, however, should be maintained but a minute; In this period, especially, the feeling of cold continued by any considerable time depresses the vital energies and prevents healthy glow on the surface which usually follows the momentary action and cold, and upon which depends on its usefulness. With some children, in fact, there are so extreme delicacy and poor reaction to make the dangerous cold bath; No warm glow over the surface takes place when their use inevitably damage: their effects therefore must be carefully observed.
The surface of the skin should always be carefully and thoroughly rubbed with dry flannel, in fact, more than dry, the skin should be heated and stimulated by the gentle friction made frequent use of. For this process of washing and drying should not be done languidly, but sharply and expeditiously; and then it will be found to be one of the most effective means of strengthening the infant. It is especially necessary to carefully dry the arm-pits, groin and nates; and if the child is too fat, will also be the dust on these parts with hair powder or starch: This avoids abrasions and wounds, which are often very problematic. SOAP is only necessary for the body parts that are exposed for the reception of dirt.
During childhood.
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When this period arrives, or shortly after, the bath is but too often left hands and the face of the child are clean, and with that the nurse is satisfied; the daily ablution of the whole body, however, is still needed, not only for the preservation of cleaning, but because it promotes the health of the child in a high degree.
A child of a vigorous Constitution and robust health, he increases his bed updated and active through rest of their night, should be put into bath shower, or, if that excites and alarms you much, should be cleaned from head to toe with salt water. If the time be very cold, the water can be made a little warm, but if your Constitution will endure, the water must be cold throughout the year. Then the body should be dried quickly and hastily, but well rubbed with a towel a bit rough, and the clothes put without undue delay. This must be done every morning of the child's life.
If a child is on the side of the sea, should take advantage of this circumstance and seabathing must be replaced. The best time is two or three hours after breakfast; but it should not be previously shuddering, for if so the cold shower can not be used without danger. You will need that it does not stay in a long time, the animal heat is reduced below the appropriate degree, that would be more harmful. In children of a fragile Constitution, great damage is often produced in this way. It is a question also of great consequence in bathing children that they should not be terrified by immersion, and all precautions should be taken to prevent this. The robust and healthy boy, too, should soon be taught to swim, whenever possible, because it is serviced with more beneficial effects; is a more invigorating cold shower, and therefore becomes doubly usable.
If a child is of a delicate Constitution and strumous, the cold bath during the summer is one of the best tonics that can be used; and if they live on the coast, sea bathing will be found of singular benefit. However, the effects of sea bathing after such a Constitution must be particularly observed, for unless he is succeeded by a glow, a feeling of increased strength and an appetite sharpened, it will do no good and at the same time should be abandoned for the warm bath or hot. The opinion that hot baths, generally, relax and weaken, is erroneous; because in this case, as in all cases when used correctly, they would give Tom and force for the entire system; in fact, the warm bath is that child that the cold bath is the most robust.
In conclusion: if bathing in any form cannot circumstances be obtained and then cold saltwater sponge should be used daily and all year round, provided that the appropriate reaction or brightness follows its use; but when this is not the case, and this usually will occur, if the child is delicate and the cold weather, warm water and vinegar or warm salt water, should be replaced.
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