You’ve spent your life making sure your health is in tip top condition, or not in a lot of cases. But when you have your first child, everything seems to change. They become the most important part of your life, so protecting their health at all costs will become your biggest mission. Children seem to be very resilient when it comes to health, but when they do become ill, they become ill fast. Their bodies are stronger than ours in terms of showing signs of illness, so it is detected slightly later. So to make sure your child is always healthy, here’s a few ways in which you can protect them.
Early Treatment
This should always be your main objective. It isn’t like with our own health, you shouldn’t be shrugging things off for weeks or months until you can no longer ignore the problem. There are plenty of things that can go seriously wrong with your child in a couple of weeks, so taking the time to go to that ten minute doctor's appointment is really going to pay off. Some things you just might not pick up on until they’re a little older and they can start telling you themselves. Take hearing for example. People always associate issues with old age, but this so isn’t the case. Plenty of children are born with hearing impairments that can be solved with pediatric ent surgery. All you need to do is look out for the early warning signs such as them needing to have the TV really loud, or not catching every word you say. Children’s hearing should be the sharpest out of everyone, so little things like this should alert you.
Awareness
The best way to protect your child’s health is through making them aware of issues. We’re not talking about health issues like the one above, we’re talking about their safety. Crossing roads, playing in the street or at school etc. It is so common for children with poor knowledge of road safety the be injured. It can be fatal, so educating them is so important. Even things in the house like staying out of the cupboards, or away from the hot oven or hobs. Children are too curious for their own good, but this can often cause serious injury. Some people say the best way to help them learn is by letting them make the mistake in the first place, but this is so risky and should never really be practiced.
Diet
We as humans are bad enough with our own diets, but putting this onto our children is just so bad for their health. There’s so many issues out there with childhood obesity. You should know the harm it does to our bodies as adults. Well imagine the harm it does to your children. A well balanced diet has so many benefits for them as well. It helps to promote healthy growth, attention in school, and generally just a healthy attitude towards food. Rather than giving them a chocolate bar as a snack, give them a piece of fruit to help give them that healthy mindset from an early age.
