‘Tis the season of snot, boogers, coughs, and fevers. The holiday season is a time filled with cheer, family, celebration, and enjoyment. However, this time of year can be the season of anxiety for some parents with a baby or infant. As a parent, it is hard to watch your baby get sick. As soon as that first sneeze or cough comes it is often followed a week full of stress, worrying, and maybe even a trip to your pediatrician. One thing is for sure, most parents are willing do whatever it takes to prevent their children from getting sick, especially when they are in the infant and toddler stage. To help you avoid the stresses associated with sickness in your little tike and enjoy the holiday season more, try following these simple and …show more content…
Germs can be just about everywhere, whether in sinks, on tv remotes, toothbrushes, tables, pets, and so much more! In fact, out of all the rooms in a home — yes, even the bathroom — the kitchen is where germs thrive the most. We’re not saying to lock down your home and go into quarantine mode, but during the cold and flu season it is helpful to frequently disinfect areas throughout your home. Be sure to wipe surfaces, clean bathrooms, and disinfect commonly used items.
Steam Is Your Friend
If not notice your baby is showing signs of discomfort associated with colds or seems to be congested, try the ‘steam cleaning’ method. Steam can be beneficial in loosening up congestion in babies and infants and can help relieve some of the discomforts that come with catching a bug. oogiebear tip: Turn your bathroom into an effective source of steam! With the bathroom door closed and the shower on at the highest temperature possible. Sit in the bathroom for about 10 to 15 minutes so quick relief!
Be Cautious and Protective
As parents there is a lot we can do to help protect our children from catching a cold or flu. But unfortunately that sometimes is not enough. Many people can transfer germs and viruses to your child, especially if their hands aren’t clean. Not to mention, if your child is enrolled in child care, they are at a higher risk of picking up a bug. Plus, with the holiday season here, family and friends at
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As a childminder you have to make sure that if you have a child with an infectious disease that you don’t let the child get in contact with other children. This sometimes means asking the parents to keep their child at home.
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As we head into the fall, that also means that we're headed for cold and flu season. Being sick is terrible and disruptive to both your personal and work life and catching an illness could mean it ransacking your entire family.
Annually there are a number of children who contract the influenza during the influenza season that results in an increase in costs in pediatric office visits and antibiotic and other medications consumption and also in a significant increase in absences from school and work. Thus influenza vaccination of children can help reduce the number of visit to pediatric office, hospitalizations, and help prevent the spread of influenza in the wider community. Moreover vaccinating children is cost effective when considering all the cost of treatment for influenza and its complications. Therefore yearly vaccination of children with the inactivated influenza vaccine save parent money and time away from the pediatric clinic. Influenza vaccine does not
Before we know it the flu season will be here. Which mean a lot of runny noses and severe coughs, germs spreading from person to person. To help keep the spread of the flu down we need to practice:
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As a single mother of two boys, five and thirteen, I have seen and heard a lot about a virus called the enterovirus. Not really quite understanding what I was hearing on the news and reading in the newspaper I wanted to learn more. I am the type of person who worries over everything and with every little cough or running nose my child has I couldn’t help but wonder if I should be calling the doctor to get them in to double check their symptoms. Of course my oldest son thinks I am over reacting and proceeds to give me the “oh mom look” along with the rolling of the eyes and all, anytime I bring up the fact that I am worried about them developing something then the common cold. Being a parent, one of my biggest concerns, is that I will misjudge
Along with protecting people around your child, you also want to be protected too because you could contract the disease as well and in turn, miss days at work. If your
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The time has come, nine long months of waiting, and you’re finally getting to meet your beautiful child in the hospital room. Your precious baby, not even 10 minutes old, and you’re so in love. Already, you want to do anything in your power to protect your child, and make sure nothing ever harms them. What’s the first thing you should do? Wash your hands? Make everyone that’s about to touch your child wash, and disinfect their hands? Never let your child out of your sight? There is so much going on in the world, that the smallest things could harm your child. Tiny, invisible, “can’t be seen with the naked eye” type of things. The first thing you should do is vaccinate your child. Unvaccinated children have a 66% higher risk of contracting
First of all, people prefer staying inside room during the cold time. Because of so many people gathered closely in a small room, it gives germs an easy chance to spread.
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