[author image=”http://hunzanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Dr-Sadia.jpg” ]Dr.Saadia khan Department of paeds medicine Children hospital and institute of child health Multan. [/author]
Mothers are always worried in the start of winter season and feel very tense and helpless about the health of children during the winters and number of admissions at hospitals with pneumonia increases.
These are few tips to spend this winter happily .
1- keep the baby room warm but keep heater out of reach of babies..
2-Cover the head and feet properly and use high necks. Don’t cover the face of babies, change the diapers of your baby frequently as the urine output is a little bit increased in winters and this can be source of cold for baby.
3-Keep nose of child cleared to facilitate easy breathing.
4-Food items like Rice, Bananas, Yogurt have no adverse effect on the chest of the baby. Don’t withdraw these things from the diet of your baby , same is the case with milk it not causes pneumonia, give all these nutritious food to your child along with eggs ,poultry and fish. MOTHER SHOULD BREAST FED THEIR BABIES FOR 4-6 MONTHS AND NOTHING ELSE IS NEEDED .
5-Vaccinate your child according to EPI schedule ,its consists of vaccines for pneumonia ,meningitis and measles along with others.
6-If your child has feeding or breathing difficulty along with fever immediately seek medical advice.
7–Don’t ignore dryness of skin of the baby use moisturizers or baby lotions to be applied on the skin of your baby frequently. Give plenty of fLUId and bath on alternate day.
These are easy tips that can help mothers to fight with winter. NO one can cares your baby more than you so be prepare your self to fight intense cold weather.
