https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 31 May 2026 04:09:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-los-healthy-during-cold-season#post-2326865 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:05:27 +0000 Greentea 2326865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Obsessive hand washing! No joke. My doc said it is as important as vaccines, and the one time I didn't last year she got a stomach virus that landed us all in the hospital, so that reassured my hand washing extremes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-los-healthy-during-cold-season#post-2326853 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:57:33 +0000 brady80 2326853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is in daycare and when I picked her up yesterday every kid was coughing! I spray her hands with honest sanitizer when we get in the car after pick-up, wash hands the second we get home and before she eats and she gets a bath every night. We don't always use soap, but I feel like it at least gets the germs off from the day. She did get her flu shot last week too. I'm curious if a probiotic does anything for colds? When can kids start taking vitamins? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-los-healthy-during-cold-season#post-2326847 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:53:37 +0000 Sparkler 2326847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought essential oil diffusers and have been diffusing thieves oil in the kids rooms at night. Who know if it works, but it makes me feel like I am doing something! When they are healthy, I diffuse lavender or peppermint too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-los-healthy-during-cold-season#post-2326841 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:51:01 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2326841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We take preventative measures like washing hands whenever we come home and before eating, probiotics, not taking kids to play dates where the other kid is sick. But I feel like I'm mostly fighting a losing battle. I have just accepted that my kids will be sick from October through May every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-los-healthy-during-cold-season#post-2326813 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:30:20 +0000 Mama Bird 2326813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've tried elderberry syrup every morning, and washing hands as soon as DS gets home from day care. And also garlic, honey, and saline nose drops at the first sign of a cold. But mostly you just have to wait for the kids to build up their immunity :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-los-healthy-during-cold-season#post-2326801 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:21:52 +0000 sorrycharlie 2326801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just ordered vitamins for my 3 year old. Entertaining the idea of probiotics - does that even help colds? What about my 9 month old? They've been sick most of the past 2 months - cold after cold after cold. It's ridiculous!!</p> <p>They don't go to daycare or preschool, either. So idk whaaaat is going on. </p>