We see not infrequently, that while going out with the child in the stroller, when it is hot, the parents cover it with a light and thin cover with the aim of protecting it from the heat.

According to a Swedish pediatrician, this is actually a very wrong practice. Svante Norgren, a doctor at the pediatric hospital in Stockholm, confirms that this action is very wrong because it starts to get very hot inside the stroller where the child is. This is caused by poor air circulation. But the cover, he says, also prevents you from seeing and checking the condition of the child.

To confirm this, some journalists in Sweden conducted an experiment. They left two carts in the open air for 90 minutes: one was covered with a cover, and the other was not. After an hour and a half has passed, they measure the temperature in each of them. In the open carriage the temperature was 22 degrees, while in the covered carriage the temperature had gone up to 37 degrees. The same effect would be created even if the cover you would use is very thin.

Parents should know that a child’s body heats up 3-5 times faster than a teenager’s body, while little ones don’t sweat like adults, which means they can’t easily regulate their body temperature. Not to forget that young children do not have the opportunity to show that they are feeling the heat.

It is very important that parents be as vigilant as possible towards their children and stop using this practice that unfortunately was used by our grandparents and parents.

Source: prizrenpost