Why keep the children outdoors even when it's cold

The secret to not making the puppets sick is ... getting them out, even on the coldest days. And if the noses and little noses begin to drip uninterruptedly, never mind, we are cutting our teeth

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Autumn and winter time of colds. Sure, but don't think, by locking yours in the house children, they are immune to it. On the contrary! The secret to not making the puppets sick is ... getting them out, even on the coldest days. And if the noses and little noses begin to drip uninterruptedly, patience, we're cutting our teeth.

In short, even in winter allow them more outdoor games: this means running less risk of contagion than when they are in closed rooms. Simple truth and the why is soon said: staying in poorly ventilated places for a long time contributes to the transmission of infectious diseases.

And it is precisely the term "infectiousWhich makes the difference, that is, when a germ, a virus or a bacterium enters our organism, transmitted as it is from one person to another through droplets of saliva. With one sneeze, for example, about 20 thousand would be eliminated, as well as with a cough! And this is the most common way we get sick.

Then, if well covered and taken out in the middle of the day, children have less chance of being exposed to infectious agents than they have if they remain in poorly ventilated places for a long time. In fact, close contacts with other children or, more generally, with sick subjects, are one of the main modes of transmission of infectious diseases. This is why, at least for the first year, children in the nursery often get sick. And the cold has nothing to do with it!

Outdoors there is no direct contact with other people and more it is the ideal place especially because there is the Sun. That's right: let's take advantage of it, we are the beautiful country for this too, and let's remember that the sun is a cure-all. Its rays knock out an infinite number of germs and viruses and are capable of producing large quantities of vitamin D to our body, useful for absorbing the calcium we take in our diet and making our children grow strong and healthy.

How to cover the children to go out?

A little more than an adult person: never forget a scarf, hat and gloves to avoid ear infections and bronchiolitis. 

In short, we get sick more in winter than in summer, not because it's cold, but because because of the cold we lock ourselves in the house, turn on the heaters as much as we can and let viruses and bacteria take over. Let's take them all to the park, then, even when the temperatures are decidedly colder, and their immune systems will thank you!

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