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Teaching child hygiene importance

          There is certainly no parent who would want their kid to be a smelly one in his class, but to be honest, making your child understand the importance of basic hygiene might be quite tricky and even frustrating. There will be some time until little ones reach the teenage years and will realize how people appreciate the use of soap, shampoo and toothpaste. Even the teaching that taking care of their hygiene is essential to health can be a challenge. Lucky for you, there are always ways to solve any problem, including this, here are some of those.           

          Basics are very important         

Washing your hands is one of the most important hygiene practices you can ever teach your child. You also cannot forget to teach your little one good hygiene includes to clean yourself several times daily and how it is important to do everything properly. In an opposite way, hygiene loses its purpose. By the way, if you want to encourage your child to wash his hands for an appropriate amount of time, you might want to try suggest him sing a short song he enjoys listening to. You might also try singing with him, perhaps it will become your little tradition.         

          Having fun is the best         

Turn simple things of hygiene into amazing time for your kids. It is honestly the best thing you can do. Shampoo suds can easily turn little one’s hair into a fabulous hairstyle, or maybe something punky, bath bubbles can go on your face and turn into a huge beard, no one forbids you to dance a little while you are brushing your teeth each and every morning, as well as no one said that hygiene has to be boring. So enjoy it.          

          Be a role model         

Child always sees you as a superhero, so be sure to use it. Make sure your little one observes your routine, never forget to invite him into the bathroom while you brush your teeth, so you both could do it together. If your kid will see you taking care of yourself properly, he will be more likely to follow suit.         

          Visual thing help         

If you are the one who wants to teach your child to groom himself, which you probably are, make sure you use nowadays technologies. There must be at least something good about those, right? There are plenty of fun videos you can easily find online, so find those and show at least few of them to your kid. He will surely enjoy it and will probably take at least a little bit information into his tiny head, you can be sure of that.         

          Make it exciting         

You want to encourage your child to groom himself? Then do not allow yourself to forget to pump up the excitement for the task of hygiene by adding in a little incentive. It might be something very simple, like buying toothpaste in child’s favorite flavor, perhaps a brand new rubber duck or an awesome tooth brush. You do not have to do anything extraordinary to make it special for your little ones.          

          Of course, routine         

If you are already a parent, you possibly heard it not several times. People often say that routine is very important to learn anything. And honestly, children thrive on routines. That is why you need to turn anything linked to hygiene to your morning or evening ritual. As a child will start to perform hygiene tasks daily, he will begin to accept them as a part of his daily life. You might even be surprised when you will be reminded you have to wash your hands before meal.

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