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Over the past few weeks our little girl has come down with a number of coughs and colds. Poor thing just keeps picking up germs wherever we go! Luckily the rest of the family has stayed fairly healthy but a blocked nose and irritating cough can really disrupt sleep for a baby, which means broken sleep for everyone else in the house. Not to mention irritability during the day which makes going through the regular routine quite tricky.
Here is my go-to list for helping bub get through the day when she’s under the weather:
Make sure she has plenty of time to nap. This means I try to cancel any plans that were made around her regular nap time as she might need to sleep earlier or longer than usual.
If we do need to go out, use a baby carrier or stroller so she can take it easy.
Give her lots of fluids to stay hydrated.
Have plenty of her favourite healthy snacks available for when she gains her appetite. Berries, watermelon, cucumber, and bananas are some of her personal faves.
Use trusted products to relieve the cough and cold symptoms. We use the Little Range because they are gentle on little bodies and they work!
For stuffy noses, FESS Little Noses® is a non medicated solution that loosens the mucus. After a few sprays you can then use a nasal aspirator to suction the mucus out of the nose in order to avoid tissues (which can irritate the sensitive skin around a baby’s nose). It is Australia’s #1 selling baby saline solution.
For gunky stuff around the eyes, Little Eyes Gentle Cleansing Wipes® give us an easy way to clean the eye area when bub has blocked tear ducts, pink eye, allergies and other eye related conditions. The rinse free formula is preservative and fragrance free, and they are also Ophthalmologist and Dermatologist recommended.
Little Coughs® offers temporary relief of coughs and chesty congestion using ivy leaf extract, which has been used for centuries as a traditional medicine. It is sugar, artificial colours and gluten free.
Just a little tip for giving medicines to little ones, it can be helpful to let them explore the tools (like the aspirator and syringe) and role play how they are used. This way they are comfortable with what is going to happen and are usually more agreeable.
Of course whenever I have questions or concerns about how baby is doing, I always call the GP.
Since we have needed to spend a few more days at home so baby can rest, I created some Sick Day Activity Cards as something for my older boys to look forward to. It is hard for big siblings when they can not go out to the pool or playground like we do on normal afternoons, so these little surprise activities just helped break the monotony of staying at home so baby could take it easy.
Printable Sick Day Activity Cards
To download my printable Sick Day Activity Cards click here. I hope your kids enjoy them!
What do you do when your baby wakes up with a cough or a cold? Do you have any more “sick day” activities to suggest for older siblings?
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Such great tips. Thank you.
Thanks Kelly!
I remember those days! We don’t have a baby in the family but when we’re stuck around the house my kids can be absorbed for a long time with the craft supplies or their lego
Oh yes LEGO is definitely a winner for my boys as well!
Oh wow, the Fess nasal spray and aspirator!!!!! not so long ago my little kiddos were little babies and that thing was such a help when they got colds!!!! I used it all the time and was always telling other new mums to try it too – such a great way to help clear out their nose without annoying them trying to get it out with a tissue. Gross but satisfying to see how much you could clear out, lol. Funny the things that bring back so many memories of baby days, It worked so well too. Those activity cards are a great idea, i have a cold myself so this might buy me some time this afternoon 😉 Great tips xx
What a great idea to use them when mama is sick too!! Yes I would have been lost without the nasal spray all these years… my first son especially had a lot of colds as we lived in cold New Zealand, it was a life saver!
Love Fess nasal spray, so helpful when my girls are stuffy!
Yes!!
Great ideas. And we’ve not tried the nasal spray for the kids, I will keep that in mind!
Oh Kelly it’s amazing! Especially before young babies know how to breathe through their mouths when they sleep. Saves them waking up the whole night!
I have 3 boys under 6 years old & one of our favorite activities (sick or not) is fort/tent/cave building! We switch it up every time with which room we do it in, with what materials, how we play pretend, etc. Usually encourages resting when they are sick. Good for bad weather days too. In addition to Lego, we do lego, painting, any arts & crafts really. Depending on the type of sickness & lethargy, we might also just watch videos & play video games in our pjs. 🙂
Oh building forts, it’s been so long since we’ve done that! Thanks for reminding me 🙂 Arts and crafts are great too.