https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:35:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-485870 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:10:27 +0000 blackbird 485870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You definitely have to wash your hands and watch the kind of face to face contact you have with your baby! I know it's hard, but that's how germs are transmitted and you're just passing it back and forth!</p> <p>You're fighting an uphill battle because you're also not getting a good nights' rest. a little exercise boosts your immune system, as does visiting a chiropractor, by the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-485840 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:01:31 +0000 runsyellowlites 485840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Vitamin C &amp; Vitamin D... Vit D is vital for good immunity.</p> <p>You might also add a probiotic since the majority of our immunity is "direct" but the health of our gut.</p> <p>Also, eating healthy.<br /> We do these things &amp;TBH I'm terrible about hand-washing when I'm home but we're rarely sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-485825 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:58:05 +0000 pregnantbee 485825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reviving this thread b/c we're now having the same problem. I was sick, then baby, now me again. Probably 90% is due to daycare, but I also work in a public place that's very germy. I wash my hands or use hand sanitizer maybe 30-40 times a day. Ugh. Tell me it gets better? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-469553 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:29:55 +0000 jedeve 469553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hand sanitizer after wiping runny noses. But really, just time. Your immune system will gear up soon, as will hers. Other than that, sleep, regular exercises, and eating well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-469315 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:41:24 +0000 mediagirl 469315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. My prenatals. I haven't been doing a very good job of remembering them. I'll work on that. I'll also add in more hand washings and maybe a walk around my building at work everyday for some sunshine? </p> <p>@chopsuey119 an apple a day keeps the doctor away? I can manage to eat a piece of fruit a day... Not sure it can be an apple, though. I'll work on that, too. Fruit intake. </p> <p>Thanks. These are such obvious things an make me realize I've been neglecting my body a bit since going back to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-469141 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:13:16 +0000 chopsuey 469141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: take 1000mg vitamin c, an apple a day, and take a daily supplement if you're not taking vitamins already? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-469125 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:56:17 +0000 mrbee 469125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started washing my hands obsessively. It made a huge difference! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-469119 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:53:46 +0000 T.H.O.U. 469119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: I agree, my mom used to say that the best thing is a little bit of sunshine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-469110 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:48:59 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 469110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Make sure you're getting enough vitamin D- preferably directly from the sun, not a pill! Makes a huge difference. Also the usual- eat well, drink lots of water and try to rest as best you can! Hang in there! My immune system was not happy until LO started sleeping better... :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-468976 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:48:41 +0000 Bao 468976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: oh I hear ya! I'm up several times a night still, and it really takes a toll on you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-468969 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:44:55 +0000 mediagirl 468969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: I added "getting up 2-3x/night with a sick baby" to my list of woes. Getting a good night's rest isn't really an option. Haha. Sigghhhhh..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-468960 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:43:10 +0000 Bao 468960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you take vitamins? Plus vitamin C, eating healthy, drinking lots of water. Getting plenty of sleep at night. Keeping your hands clean (I keep sanitizer in the living room)...keeping other areas of your home clean/sanitized... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/suggestions-on-how-to-stay-healthy#post-468958 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:41:10 +0000 mediagirl 468958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so miserable. Every single time M has gotten a daycare cold this year, I have caught it from her. I have been sick more days than I have been well over the last three months. I'm so miserable, I just want to sit down and have a good cry.</p> <p>I can't take decongestants b/c I'm breastfeeding. If I take time off work sick, it's unpaid time. I have no motivation to clean or organize or do anything because I'm so exhausted from being sick! Oh, and I'm getting up 2-3x/night with a sick baby. </p> <p>So, once I get over this one, any suggestions on how to STAY HEALTHY rather than picking up every darn (insert every expletive known to man here) cold my daughter gets for the rest of her life? :( </p>