Is it safe to use the air conditionerfamily with the baby? How to escape from the heat, if there is no air conditioner at home? What kind of drink is best to drink? How to wash your hands? The pediatrician Evgeny Olegovich Komarovsky answered these questions specifically for Woman's Day.
A photo: Getty Images The apartment is on the sunny side, so it can be very hot in summer, the temperature goes up to 30 degrees. My daughter is 4 months old. Which is better: a fan or air conditioner? Very much I am afraid, that the child will catch a cold.
The fact is that your parents do not have a personalexperience in raising children through an air conditioner. Therefore, you have fear, you do not know how this achievement of civilization is compatible with the child. It is perfectly compatible. Therefore, if you have the strength to earn an apartment and have a child, you must create adequate conditions for it. Air conditioning is good, it is much more efficient than a fan. He is obliged to be in a house where there is a small child, if you live there, where at least sometimes it is hot. The main thing that you again need to know is that all air cooling systems, air conditioning, this air is driedSo if you use it regularlyair conditioning, do not forget to occasionally ventilate the room and have a thermometer and hygrometer in the room where the child is to monitor the temperature and humidity. Humidity will be more relevant to you, because the air conditioner will give you the temperature. Humidity should not be lower than 40%. If it is lower, then you should use a much cheaper device compared to the air conditioner, which is called a household humidifier. In these conditions, it is not dangerous, use it for your health. By the way, heat is dangerous not only for the child, but also for grandparents, who, as a rule, are the main opponents of the air conditioner. But I draw your attention to the fact that as soon as grandma sleeps a couple of nights in a house where there is an air conditioner, she will become an ardent supporter of it and will say: "My God, why didn't I know about this before."
Photo: Getty ImagesHow can I escape from the heat without an air conditioner? Maybe you have personal experience on this issue?The most wonderful way to fight heat withoutconditioner is to use water. Water, which has excellent thermal conductivity - is 6 times higher than that of air, so it is very easy to drop heat through the water. Therefore, a cool bathroom, a shower is just greatAgain, if the baby is wet, you can'tyou wipe off the skin, then the water evaporating from the skin is a great way to activate heat transfer and stabilize the general condition. Therefore, if there is no air conditioning, there is heat and yet God gave the opportunity to see a shower with water, then shower once an hour, once every two hours, literally 1-2 minutes, do not wipe off intensively, let him run naked after this shower, and then this child has practically no chance of overheating. Well, and do not forget to drink a lot, because once again I draw your attention: water evaporating from the skin, sweat evaporating from the skin - these are the main ways of transferring heat to the environment. It is also useful to know:
