New parents must know: How to keep newborns warm in autumn and winter

How to keep newborn babies warm in the cold autumn? New parents must not know the right balance. They can neither cover them nor let them freeze. What should they do? In order to ensure that newborn babies spend their first autumn safely, the following editor will give new parents some tips.

How to keep newborns warm in autumn and winter

1. Ambient temperature

In the cold autumn, the room temperature of the newborn should generally be maintained at 20-24 degrees Celsius. The autumn and winter are relatively dry, and attention should also be paid to the indoor humidity, which should generally be maintained at around 50%. A humidifier can be used to increase the indoor humidity.

2. Baby's clothes and quilts

It is best to use new cotton and soft and comfortable cotton cloth to make baby's clothes and quilts.

To ensure good warmth retention. Pre-warm the baby on a heater or stove before wearing and wrapping. Do not wrap too tightly to avoid affecting the baby's limbs. If the warmth is not enough, add a blanket or use a hot water bottle to keep warm. However, special attention should be paid to the water temperature in the water bag, which should be around 40-60℃, and the hot water bag cap must be tightened. Place the hot water bottle outside the blanket and do not stick it directly to the skin to prevent scalding the baby.

3. Changing baby's diaper

Newborns urinate frequently and need to have their diapers changed frequently. Since the temperature of the diaper is lower than the temperature of the baby's abdomen, be careful not to place the diaper on the baby's abdomen to prevent the abdomen from getting cold. If conditions permit, pre-warm the diaper on the heater before changing it.

4.Baby bath

When the ambient temperature is low, do not put your baby in the bathtub to bathe him, wash him part by part.

After washing, wipe dry with a dry towel, put on a small cloth cap, then wash the neck, armpits, and elbows. When the upper body is washed, put on a shirt or wrap it with a bath towel, then wash the groin, buttocks, lower limbs, and clean the baby's private parts with running water. After washing, do not let the baby sleep immediately, as it is easy to catch a cold. It is best to move with the baby. Do not feed the baby immediately. When bathing, the blood vessels in the skin are congested, the blood is redistributed, and the gastrointestinal tract is in an ischemic state. Feeding the baby immediately is not conducive to digestion and absorption. In addition, please note that there should be no air convection around when bathing. The indoor temperature should be above 24℃. Take a bath 2 hours after feeding to avoid milk spillage.

5. Use a sleeping bag

Babies tend to be more active when they sleep at night. Parents should check their babies at all times and be careful not to let their heads and faces fall under the quilt, which may cause suffocation. Using a sleeping bag can not only keep them warm, but also solve this problem.

6. Keep warm when going out

When the weather is not particularly cold, you can take your baby out more often to get some fresh air. Wear thicker clothes when going out, and wrap your baby in a blanket if necessary. Also, make sure your baby's head, ears, and hands are covered to prevent the wind from blowing and causing skin cracks. Outdoors, if you want to take your baby out of the car, be sure to cover the baby's mouth and nose with clothing or a thin blanket, because the baby's nasal mucosa is rich in blood vessels and the nasal cavity is relatively narrow. When exposed to cold wind, the nasal mucosa is easily congested, causing nasal congestion.

Three Misconceptions about Keeping Newborns Warm

1. Judging whether it is cold or not by the temperature of your hands

Many parents often touch their children's hands to judge whether their clothes are appropriate. In fact, this is not appropriate in autumn. Because hands are exposed to the outside for a long time, they are naturally easy to get cold. Even if you put three layers of clothes on your child, the child's hands may still be cold even if he sweats. If parents make a wrong judgment, it may cause the child to catch a cold and be more likely to catch a cold.

2. Wrap your child in a candle bag

Wrapping babies in a "candle wrap" with several layers of clothing, cotton cloth, blankets, or even using ropes to secure the body not only restricts the child's movements, but also easily compresses the child's chest, restricts breathing, and affects lung growth and development. Parents are advised to dress babies in loose clothing.

3. Indoor air conditioning temperature is too high

Some parents use air conditioning to set the room temperature to around 30 degrees, while the outdoor temperature is often only a few degrees. With such a huge temperature difference, children are prone to getting sick when going in and out of the house. If the baby is dressed warmly, it is recommended that parents control the air conditioning temperature to around 20 degrees and pay attention to regular ventilation.

How to keep your baby warm in winter

It is very common to use heating products to keep warm in winter, but if these heating products are used improperly, they will become "warmth killers" and harm the baby. Therefore, mothers are advised to use them less for their babies. The following 4 types of heating products should be used with caution:

1. Hot water bottle

Danger factor: ★★★★☆

In fact, whether it is a traditional hot water bottle or an electric hot water bottle, it should be used with caution, because the hot water bottle is in direct contact with the body. If the lid is suddenly loosened during use, the hot water will flow out and scald the baby. It is even more dangerous if a short circuit occurs or an explosion occurs in the middle.

2. Electric blanket

Danger factor: ★★★★☆

Electric blankets are contact-type electric heating devices. Although they have good insulation and can generate heat as soon as they are powered on, long-term use and continuous heating will cause a large amount of moisture loss from the baby's skin. If the baby is covered tightly and the heat is not dissipated well, symptoms of "heat stroke" will appear in winter. In addition, the heat from electric blankets will irritate the baby's skin, causing redness, itching and other discomforts.

3. Heater

Danger factor: ★★★★☆

The bathroom heater raises the indoor temperature through the heat radiation of infrared bulbs. It will produce strong light when in use. If the strong light shines directly into the baby's eyes for a long time, it will cause damage to the baby's retina. In severe cases, it may even damage the baby's eyesight, making it difficult for the baby to reach normal vision.

4. Heater

Danger factor: ★★★☆☆

The hot air from the heater is very hot. If the baby gets too close, he or she may get burned. In addition, frequent use of the heater will make the indoor air dry, causing the baby's throat to become dry.

The harm of over-warming babies in winter

Many mothers make the same mistake of dressing their babies in too many clothes, making them look like "steamed dumplings" with three layers of clothes inside and three layers outside. In fact, this can easily induce "heatstroke syndrome". So what is "heatstroke syndrome"? How to prevent it?

"Muffling syndrome" is also known as blanket hypoxia syndrome. It is one of the common emergencies in winter. It is more common in infants under one year old. The main cause of the disease is that the baby wears too many clothes and stays in a warm state for a long time. The body temperature continues to rise, and there are symptoms such as high fever, sweating, dehydration, pale face, etc. In severe cases, there are even symptoms of hypoxia and nerve damage, which may also leave sequelae such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy, blindness, aphasia, etc. Therefore, prevention is necessary.

To prevent "sweating syndrome", you need to know the right amount of clothes to wear when dressing your baby in winter. It is recommended to observe the baby's two parts to understand the baby's temperature and reduce the amount of clothes appropriately. If the baby's palms and back are warm, it means the clothes are appropriate, and do not wrap the baby too tightly. If the baby's palms and back sweat a lot, it means the baby is wearing too much and needs to take off some clothes.