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You can temper the baby right in the bath. Let him first warm up in warm water, and then you should invite him to play: for example, turn on cold water, and he will substitute his heels and palms. And so at least 3 times. After the last exposure to cold, it is necessary to wrap the child in a sheet and a blanket, hold him, not wiping, but blotting the water, then dress him in night clothes and put him to bed. For a better hardening effect, the procedure should be gradually changed by increasing the time of cold procedures. Subsequently, the child himself begins to demand more cold douches, and often refuses hot water altogether. When the child gets used to dousing his feet with cold water, in winter, you can enhance the hardening effect by running barefoot in the snow. You need to choose a snowy place: the snow must be clean, while under the snow there must be earth, not concrete and not an asphalt path. The baby should be dressed in such a way that the shoes can be easily removed and put on. Better, for example, a tracksuit, woolen socks and felt boots. First, he needs to run a little to warm up. If the baby is reddened, you can be sure that his feet are not cold. Then he can take off his boots and stand on the snow, at first literally for seconds. Then quickly wipe the feet from the snow with a diaper and put them on, starting with the foot that he first put on the snow. Then again you need to run in felt boots. The duration of a run in the snow is very short at first, then you can increase it. The child will especially like this procedure if performed by the whole family 2 times a week.Hardening is a training of the body's defenses, which teaches it to better endure cold, physical activity, etc. Hardened children later endure changes in humidity, cold and heat more easily, and are less susceptible to colds and other diseases.