What is an air bath? Is an air bath to breathe fresh air outside? No. Air bath has a professional definition. It exposes the body to fresh air and uses physical factors such as air temperature, humidity, airflow, air pressure, scattered sunlight and negative ions to improve the adaptability of the body to the external environment.
Air with different temperatures has different stimulating effects on human body. According to the temperature, it can be divided into five types: cold air (6 ~ 14℃), cool air (15 ~ 20℃), medium air (2 1 ~ 25℃), warm air (26 ~ 30℃) and hot air (above 30℃). Air bath should be carried out under cold air and cold air conditions.
Why take an air bath in the cold wind? Here's the reason: the cold stimulation on the body surface makes the body temperature lose, and the temperature and airflow in the air often strengthen the role of cold. In order to maintain body temperature balance, cold water bath can strengthen the activity of body temperature regulation center, make skin blood vessels contract, reduce skin blood flow, reduce sweat gland secretion, and improve muscle excitement and contraction strength. Skin temperature drops, visceral blood circulation increases, and temperature rises. Coupled with the role of negative ions in the air, it can strengthen myocardial function, deepen breathing, increase lung ventilation, oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output, vigorously metabolize substances, enhance fat burning, enhance appetite and improve excretion function, thus making people feel happy. Long-term adherence to air bath can enhance the resistance to diseases such as colds.
Why does the baby use cold air to wash the air bath? A healthy body that allows the baby to swim can effectively improve and improve the self-regulation ability of the baby's body to temperature, which is also a benign stimulus to the baby's growth and development. As long as you observe carefully, you will find that babies who are in close contact with fresh air often have the characteristics of rosy complexion, happy mood and strong appetite. There are many advantages for babies to take an air bath, as follows:
1 can make baby breathe slowly and deeply, enhance respiratory function and reduce respiratory diseases.
2. Stimulate the temperature difference between air and skin, strengthen the regulation activity of body temperature center, make skin blood vessels contract, reduce skin blood flow and sweat gland secretion, and improve muscle excitability and contraction ability.
3. Babies can improve their adaptability to temperature and temperature changes in the air through full contact with outdoor fresh air.
4, negative ions in the air can have a good stimulating effect on the brain, making the baby feel comfortable, thus improving appetite and sleep.
5. Stimulated by external cold air, the temperature of human internal organs increases correspondingly, and the blood circulation increases, which can effectively improve the functional state of various organs.
6. Fresh air can activate the metabolism of baby's body tissues, and promote the regulation of blood circulation and nervous system.
How to carry out air bath simple air bath exercise
Generally speaking, a simple air bath is pure contact with air, and mom can do it at home. What problems should mother pay attention to when washing this air bath for her baby?
1, charged with:
At first, you can wear some fat and breathable clothes for your baby, and then gradually reduce it; The location of air bath can also be changed, such as bedroom, living room, closed balcony, etc. Let the baby feel fresh all the time, so that he will be more willing to accept such activities.
2, grasp the time:
After the full moon, the baby can take an air bath. However, we should pay attention to the duration of each air bath. At the beginning, it should not exceed 10 minute. In the future, it can be extended by 3 ~ 5 minutes each time according to the baby's specific situation, or combined with gymnastics or game activities.
To give your baby an air bath, you must strictly follow the principle of step by step, haste makes waste.
3, take a breath in advance:
Ventilation is an essential link before giving your baby an air bath. Indoor air should be kept as fresh as possible at room temperature 18℃ ~ 22℃.
4, air bath place:
Air bathing should be carried out in places with fresh air, generally in parks, trees, green spaces, vegetable gardens, terraces, Shan Ye, hillsides, beaches and other places with clean environment, fresh air and no obvious pollution.
Active air bath exercise
The so-called active air bath is actually that mothers often take their babies to the playground, go to the street garden, go to the park to see flowers, see trees, play games and often get in touch with fresh air. So what should I pay attention to for a mother with such a lively baby who likes to go out?
1, increase the heat:
Babies need food to supply energy to generate heat, and they need more heat in winter. Therefore, before going out, you must let your baby eat some high-calorie foods, such as milk, sugar and meat. In addition, lively babies will inevitably sweat when they go out to exercise, and they should also give their babies some soup and water.
2. Preparatory activities:
Adequate, reasonable and scientific preparation before exercise can help your baby improve neuromuscular excitability and effectively prevent sports injuries. Mothers can massage the baby's hands, feet, ears, cheeks and other parts that are easy to freeze for 5 ~ 10 minutes, and massage the hands to enhance the baby's local blood circulation, while assisting some hands-on games.
3, balanced dress:
The baby must not wear too much and too tightly when going out, lest the baby's hands be tied and unable to move, but it is not easy to generate heat. Mother can touch the baby's little hand, as long as it is still warm, it means that the baby is not cold. In addition, when the baby's body is hot and sweaty, you can also take off some clothes appropriately and pay attention to wiping the sweat in time. If you can change your underwear in time after exercise, it is naturally better.
The best time for baby air bath Air bath is suitable for babies of any age. The length of each air bath should be flexibly grasped according to people, places and times, and the principle of no chills should be followed. Mothers can do it step by step in the following ways:
At the beginning, the indoor air temperature 1 child was 22℃, and1child aged 0 ~ 3 was 20℃. You can wear clothes first, then gradually reduce them, and finally only wear shorts, so that a large area of skin can be fully exposed to the air.
After getting used to indoor air bath, when the outdoor temperature is not lower than 20℃, the humidity is 60%-70%, and there is no strong wind, you can transfer to outdoor air bath. After that, the temperature can be gradually reduced to 15℃, and the duration of each time is gradually increased from 20 minutes to 1-2 hours, 1-2 times a day and 1-2 times after meals.