Bathing is a pleasant and healthy activity for your baby. The child receives positive emotions from splashing in water, hardens the body, trains the muscles of the arms and legs. And if you add herbal decoctions to the bath, water procedures will become doubly useful.
It is necessary
- - thyme;
- - a series;
- - oregano;
- - peppermint;
- - Oak bark;
- - birch leaves and buds;
- - aspen leaves and buds;
- - pharmacy chamomile;
- - lavender;
- - valerian.
Instructions
Step 1
For the prevention of diaper rash and prickly heat, thyme, oregano, peppermint, and oak bark are added to the bathing water. A bath with a decoction of birch and aspen leaves and buds will also help to cope with diaper rash. These plants have excellent antiseptic properties. And bathing with a decoction of thyme is also useful for rickets and restless sleep in babies.
Step 2
Girls are recommended to bathe in a decoction of chamomile in order to prevent gynecological diseases. In addition, chamomile soothes irritations on the skin and has a disinfecting effect.
Step 3
For excitable, restless children, a lavender decoction is suitable. It is one of the best herbs to calm the nervous system. Its subtle scent helps to relax, improve well-being, and soften the skin.
Step 4
Another remedy for strengthening the nervous system is valerian infusion. This herb has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, and also has a wound healing effect.
Step 5
Babies suffering from skin diseases are recommended to take baths in succession. It reduces inflammation, helps to get rid of rashes, milk crust. True, you can use the decoction of the train no more than once a week, as it dries the skin.
Step 6
It is necessary to brew herbs an hour and a half before bathing the child. It is not recommended to make an infusion that is too saturated. 30 grams or one tablespoon is sufficient.
Step 7
At first, it is better not to mix decoctions of herbs. Since the child may become allergic to plants, and it is difficult to immediately determine from the mixture what exactly caused the reaction.
Step 8
Do a test before bathing your child with new weed. Wet a small area of your baby's skin with the broth. If after half an hour no allergic reaction occurs, you can safely bathe the child.
Step 9
In addition, it is not recommended to mix more than four plants in a decoction, since combinations of herbs can give an unpredictable effect. It is better not to experiment, but to choose tried and tested fees. For example, classic bathing fees are: chamomile, thyme, oats, string; oregano, nettle, string; leaves of currant and birch.
