For those of you whose young kids never get sick

[Anonymous]

Maybe a genetic thing? I rarely get sick, myself.

[Anonymous]

Mine were both very healthy. No daycare but PT preschool starting at age 3. Maybe 1-2 colds a year. Can’t really think of other illnesses they have had. We don’t really get stomach stuff in our family. All vaccines including regular flu shots. Plenty of handwashing. No shoes indoors. Early bedtimes.

[Anonymous]

My mom grew up on a farm. We rarely got sick as children.

[Anonymous]

Anybody kid or adult who touches their face, rubs nose or eyes, will be sick more than if they didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:- No daycare.

- No public transportation if we can afford it (like school bus).

- Everyone is vaccinated against flu. Kids up to date with vaccination.

- Stay home and rest if falling sick. No medicating with Tylenol and then sending sick kids to school.

- Mask when outside in public spaces that you don't care about (like Costco or grocery store)

- Hand washing, hand sanitizer, no shoes inside home, good personal hygiene, clean home.

- No pets and no smoking household.

- Make sure that you let people know that they cannot come to your house if they are sick - be it cleaners or other kids or relatives.

- Change clothes once you come home.

- Change your home filters regularly, keep a dust free home, have a UV light installed in your HVAC system.

- Eat and drink - healthy, nutritious and fresh food. Go organic. No cold drinks.

- Keep their heads warm. Dress appropriately for the weather. Make them have warm drinks.

- Make them rinse their mouth with warm salty water after every meal. Good oral hygine. Gargle with salt water if they are old enough to gargle - twice a day when they brush their mouth.

- Nourish their gut bacteria - lots of fresh produce and yogurt.

+1 We do this too! Except we have pets. Might help with preventing allergies who knows? We alos spend a lot of times outdoors digging in the dirt and have a bunch of indoor plants

Bubbleboys.

We never used daycare and we’ve had no real illnesses. Neither have needed antibiotics or any other medications. I’ve never worried about germs. Unless you have a compromised immunity children’s bodies can handle germs. As for runny noses or basic coughs without any underlying reason for them they are just normal responses to get stuff out of your nose or throat or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom grew up on a farm. We rarely got sick as children.

Farm people are sturdy. My mother’s family going back generations to France were farmers and the women lived to be 100 and they had 6-10 kids each.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you do differently?

My younger daycare kid eats healthier than you older one does and gets way less sick but wondering if its a coincidence

Just stop with the junk thought process.


My kids hardly ever got sick in daycare. One ate only fruit and bread for years and years...... Your sample is stupid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also saline in a nebulizer at the first sight of a runny nose or sniffle.

This one has actual evidence to support it.

My toddler gets sick every 2-3 weeks, she's in her first year of daycare. I get maybe half of them, my husband gets a quarter of them. He's significantly less healthy than me but has always had a better immune system.

[Anonymous]

It’s a lot of luck but child has only been sick strikingly few times and: everyone washes hands when home from day care (and wash hand towels frequently), child uses nasal spray (helps protect ears, etc), everyone vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

We wash hands and prioritize outdoor over indoor play. Three illnesses requiring doctor visits in five years.

[Anonymous]

Nothing.

One kid sick with covid 3x and flu at least once in 2025.
Another kid never sick but did have frequent ear infections.

It's luck & genetics.

[Anonymous]

It's definitely just luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you do differently?

My younger daycare kid eats healthier than you older one does and gets way less sick but wondering if its a coincidence

Nothing I have one who always got sick and one who never did. It just happens.

Same - one kid always got sick and the other didn't. I did nothing different.

Yep. I have two of each. Did nothing different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:- No daycare.

- No public transportation if we can afford it (like school bus).

- Everyone is vaccinated against flu. Kids up to date with vaccination.

- Stay home and rest if falling sick. No medicating with Tylenol and then sending sick kids to school.

- Mask when outside in public spaces that you don't care about (like Costco or grocery store)

- Hand washing, hand sanitizer, no shoes inside home, good personal hygiene, clean home.

- No pets and no smoking household.

- Make sure that you let people know that they cannot come to your house if they are sick - be it cleaners or other kids or relatives.

- Change clothes once you come home.

- Change your home filters regularly, keep a dust free home, have a UV light installed in your HVAC system.

- Eat and drink - healthy, nutritious and fresh food. Go organic. No cold drinks.

- Keep their heads warm. Dress appropriately for the weather. Make them have warm drinks.

- Make them rinse their mouth with warm salty water after every meal. Good oral hygine. Gargle with salt water if they are old enough to gargle - twice a day when they brush their mouth.

- Nourish their gut bacteria - lots of fresh produce and yogurt.

Oink

[Anonymous]

Myv26 yrar old son was only on antibiotics when he cut his wisdom teeth out. Daycare at 6 months. Normal hygiene. Normal eating (ok but not perfect(. I think it's just genetics and luck. The rest of us are pretty healthy too. My last cold was Covid in 2021.