For those of you whose young kids never get sick

[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.

What? I do literally none of these things- actually mostly the opposite (day care, ride metro, not a germophobe constantly using hand sanitizer). Kids are rarely sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the kids who pick their noses get a lot sicker.

I have an ASD son who has all sorts of terrible habits like this and almost never gets sick. He got the flu and was better in 1.5 days. Gave it to me (and I rarely get sick) and I was sick for 10 days, recovering for much longer.

I think this thread points out that there is simply no simple answer. Good question for 21st century science.

[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.

And we wonder why we have so many sickly, allergy-ridden children in this generation.

[Anonymous]

My kids got colds and fevers rarely. Did not get stomach bug as often as other kids. Not sure if I did anything right, other than expose them to the world at an early age. That means eating dirt, sand, licking disgusting handlebars or display cases, whenever I wasn’t looking, going to preschool starting age 3. I did breastfeed and I did have them play outside everyday as much as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids got colds and fevers rarely. Did not get stomach bug as often as other kids. Not sure if I did anything right, other than expose them to the world at an early age. That means eating dirt, sand, licking disgusting handlebars or display cases, whenever I wasn’t looking, going to preschool starting age 3. I did breastfeed and I did have them play outside everyday as much as possible.

DP. Very similar. I was actually wondering about this the other day. Breastfed both kids for a year. Both were in daycare at 3 months old. They are rarely sick and certainly not as much as most other kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the kids who pick their noses get a lot sicker.

Gross but I can confirm from personal experience that this is not true.

Not that I don’t correct the behavior because I do but I suspect it continues when I’m not watching.

Many doctors say that more dirt exposure is better. My kids play in mud especially my youngest and he’s never sick!