Good hygiene practices are fundamental to your child’s overall health and well-being. That’s why it’s important to start them on a journey towards good personal hygiene from a young age, so they build the right habits as they grow.
Personal Hygiene for Kids
Personal hygiene for kids involves instilling the daily habits and practices that help maintain their cleanliness and overall health. It’s about teaching your child to care for their bodies, which promotes good health and prevents the spread of germs and infections.
Teaching personal hygiene to your child comes with numerous benefits. Besides preventing diseases and infections, it promotes self-care skills and creates a sense of responsibility and independence that will be good in the long run.
How to Instill Good Hygiene Habits in Your Child
Make the learning experience fun and engaging. Use vibrant visuals, interactive games, and age-appropriate books to explain the importance of each habit. Lead by example; show them how to do each task correctly and get them to mimic you.
Most importantly, be sure to establish a routine. Set specific times or situations in which they should carry out the habit, i.e. brushing teeth is for before sleep and after waking up. Washing hands is for before and after eating or using the restroom. Showering in the morning and in the evening. Creating a ‘trigger point’ for these hygiene habits will help them remember exactly when they must do it.
Hygiene and the Immune System
Your child’s immune system is likely still developing, and as such, good hygiene is the first line of defense to keep germs at bay.
A good balance of good and bad bacteria is essential to keep our immune systems functioning, as the presence of bad bacteria helps train the immune system to fight against diseases and illnesses. Good hygiene helps to ensure that the amount of bad bacteria doesn’t exceed the amount that’s healthy for our immune system to develop.
Of course, good hygiene habits aside, there are also other ways to help strengthen the immune system, such as choosing the right formulated growing up milk powder for your child, such as NANKID OPTIPRO – formulated with Immunity Guardians comprising of 2’-FL Oligosaccharide and Probiotic B. lactis to help strengthen your children immune system.
Now that you know a little more about personal hygiene for kids, it’s time to start your child on a journey to good hygiene habits.
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*Immunity Guardians refers to 2'-FL Oligosaccharide & Probiotic B. lactis to support immune foundation
^Compared to Key Formulated Milk Powder For Children aged 1-3 years (as of March, 2024)