Air Bath
Release time : 04/22/2025 09:30:01
When the weather is not conducive to outdoor activities, it is also possible to allow babies to have naked air baths indoors.
Before doing the infrared air bath, you should open the window for 20 minutes to exchange the air. When the room temperature reaches about 20 degrees Celsius, remove all of the baby's clothes and place him/her on the bed or a thick blanket laid out on wooden floor.
Air Bathing is the act of breathing in fresh air outdoors, right? No.
Air baths have a specialized definition.
It is a physical exercise method that exposes the body to fresh air. It utilizes various physical factors such as temperature, humidity, air flow, atmospheric pressure, scattered sunlight, and ions, to enhance the body's adaptability to external environments.
The air with different temperature can produce a different stimulation on human body.
According to the temperature, it can be divided into 5 types: cold air (6-14℃), cool air (15-20℃), warm air (21-25℃), hot air (26-30℃) and very hot air (over 30℃).
Air baths should be conducted in conditions of cold air and cool air.
Why air baths are conducted in cold air and cool air? The reason is that the cold stimulation of the body surface causes heat loss, and the temperature of the air and the current often strengthen the effect of cold.
To maintain body temperature balance, cold air baths stimulate the activity of the central thermoregulation center, causing blood vessels in the skin to constrict and reduce blood flow to the skin. This results in decreased sweating, increased muscle excitability and contraction force.
While the skin temperature decreases, the blood flow in the internal organs increases, and the temperature rises. Additionally, the action of ions in the air strengthens the cardiac function, leading to deeper respiration, increased ventilation, oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output. As a result, metabolism is vigorous, fat burning is enhanced, appetite is improved, excretion functions are elevated, and thus, the person becomes cheerful.
Persistent exposure to air bathing can enhance resistance to colds and other diseases.
Air baths should be conducted in conditions of fresh air and cool air. Why is this? Fresh air and cooler air conditions can effectively improve and enhance the baby's self-regulation of temperature, which is beneficial for the healthy development of the baby's body.
As long as you look closely, you will find that babies who are frequently in contact with fresh air tend to have a bright red face, cheerful mood, and strong appetite.
An air bath for your baby has many benefits. The details are as follows: 1. It can make your baby's breathing slow and deep, enhance breathing function, and reduce respiratory diseases.
2. Use the stimulation of the difference between air and skin temperature to strengthen the regulatory activities of the body temperature center, cause skin blood vessels to contract, reduce skin blood flow and sweat gland secretion, and improve muscle excitability and contraction ability.
3. By making full contact with fresh outdoor air, the baby can improve its ability to adapt to temperature and temperature changes in the air.
4. Negative ions in the air can have a good stimulating effect on the brain, making the baby feel refreshed, thereby improving appetite and sleep.
Stimulated by external cold air, the temperature of human organs increases accordingly and blood circulation increases, which can effectively improve the functional status of various organs.
6. Fresh air can activate the metabolism of your baby's body tissues and promote blood circulation and regulation of the nervous system.
During illness, the child should stop air bath exercises. The benefit of newborn's air bath is important for the development of bronchial and mucous membrane, skin in the baby.
It is very beneficial for preventing loss of appetite and nighttime crying.
At the same time, it allows newborns to adapt to new environments and also expand their life scope.
It is recommended to start air bathing from the age of two months.
First, outdoor air bath can make the skin and bronchial mucosa of infants to accept the cold and hot stimulation of the outside air, and these stimulations will be passed to the brain, which can improve the central nervous system's ability to regulate body temperature and enhance the ability of infants to adapt to nature and resist diseases.
Secondly, outdoor fresh air contains more oxygen than indoor confined environments, which is conducive to the development of children's respiratory and circulatory systems.
Thirdly, while engaging in outdoor air baths, one can also receive ultraviolet radiation exposure.
This will allow the child to produce more active vitamin D, which is beneficial for calcium absorption and helps prevent rickets.
Fourthly, children are exposed to a vast array of people and objects outside the home compared to indoors. This abundance of visual and auditory stimuli, as well as interactions with others, all contribute positively to the development of their cognitive abilities.
The correct method of baby air bath is many, such as outdoor activities in the infant period, outdoor games, open windows sleep, outdoor sleep, reduce appropriate clothing number and so on.
However, when giving your baby an air bath, it is important to ensure the correct method.
The air bath should be conducted in an environment with fresh air. It is generally possible to carry out the air bath in places such as parks, shady areas, green spaces, vegetable gardens, outdoor terraces, mountainous and hilly areas, seaside areas, etc., where the air is clean, fresh, and free of significant pollution.
Do not force the baby to take air baths under conditions of heavy fog, strong winds, and cold. The appropriate time for taking an air bath should be flexibly determined according to individual, local, and temporal circumstances, with the principle being that one should not feel chilled during the process.
Moms can follow the method step by step: The indoor temperature is appropriate for a 1-year-old child to be at 22°C and for a 1~3-year-old to be at 20°C.
Initially, clothing is worn. Then it is gradually decreased until only a short skirt is worn, exposing large areas of skin to the air.
Once accustomed to indoor air bathing, children can only be taken outdoors for air bathing when the outdoor temperature is not less than 20°C and the humidity ranges from 60% to 70%, with no strong winds. Only then can they move outdoors for air bathing. Subsequently, the outdoor temperature can gradually decrease to 15°C, and the duration of each session should increase from 20 minutes to 1-2 hours, once or twice a day. The timing for outdoor air bathing should occur between meals, preferably at 1-1 hour after lunch. If the child sweats excessively, it's important to wipe them off promptly and ensure they drink enough water to replenish their fluids.
How to help your baby enjoy air baths-what we often refer to as active air baths, is essentially the act of frequently taking your baby to playgrounds, parks, gardens, and other outdoor areas to observe flowers, trees, and engage in playful activities.
So what should we pay attention to for a mother who has such a lively little baby who loves going out? 1. Ensure adequate caloric intake: The body of the baby needs energy to generate heat, and it requires more calories in winter.
Therefore, it is important to provide your baby with high-calorie foods before going out, such as milk, sugars, and meats.
Additionally, children who are lively and engage in outdoor activities inevitably sweat, so it is also advisable to provide them with some soup-based foods.
2. Preparation activities: A thorough, reasonable, and scientific warm-up can help improve the nervous muscle excitability of infants and children and effectively prevent sports injuries.
Mom can massage the baby's easily cold areas, such as hands and feet, ears and cheeks for 5-10 minutes. By massaging the hands, she can enhance the local blood circulation of the baby. At the same time, she can also help some games that involve moving her hands.
3. When wearing clothes, ensure that babies do not wear too many or too tight clothes to prevent them from being constrained and unable to move, which could hinder their ability to generate heat.
Mom can gently touch your baby's little hand, as long as the hand remains warm, it means your baby is not cold.
Additionally, when a baby's body is feverish and sweating, it is also appropriate to remove some clothes and pay attention to promptly wipe the sweat. If possible, changing underwear after physical activity is even better.
Different temperatures of air can irritate different people. What should one pay attention to when baby air bathing? 1. Air bathing exercise should be stopped during the period when a child is ill.
2. Do not attempt to proceed when conditions such as heavy fog, strong winds, and cold are present.
3. When undergoing outdoor air bathing, it is important to dress appropriately; do not wear too much clothing, and refrain from wearing a mask or hat. However, one should not wear too little either, especially at the beginning of an air bath when there is no innate cold resistance capability and dressing too lightly can lead to catching a cold or illness.
When outdoor activities become more frequent, it is best to wear less clothing.
4. Exercises should be tailored according to meteorological conditions and individual cold tolerance, aiming for no shivering.
In case of strong wind, fog or cold current, it can be suspended or carried out indoors.
Under normal circumstances, you must persist regularly and do not interrupt for no reason.
Children with fever and weakness, and patients with serious heart or kidney diseases, should not undergo air bathing.
The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
In case of discomfort, it is advised to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on the professional assessment by a face-to-face medical practitioner.