How to Take Care of Child in Rainy Season – Child Care Tips

Child Health Tips - Monsoon Illness in Children

 

Of course, the monsoon is a fun season and children also love the rainy season. It related to fond memories of playing in the rain, folding paper boats, getting wet in rain. Apart from this, you have to take care of yourself, your family, and your kid’s from monsoon illness.

How to keep your child healthy? Check out simple health tips for children.

 

Protect Your Child from Monsoon Illness

Here is the list of tips on how to take care of your kid's during monsoon season- 

1. Cleanliness of the home

 

Cleanliness is all very important but during rainy season more attention keeps towards cleanliness of your home and a surrounding area like garden, adjoining balconies, and water tanks are very important.

You have to clean up all your drains to avoiding clogging and overflowing because it can give rise to mosquitoes and fungal infection and can grow germs.

You can use disinfectant liquid to wipe the floor, so that it can protect you to spread germs.

 

2. Identity the Symptoms illness

 

Must keep eye on your children, if there is any classic sign and symptoms such as fever, sneezing, coughing, body ache. It is a typical monsoon-induced illness and maybe indicate the onset of viral diseases.

Contact your doctor and take the measures, prevention necessary to combat the infection in its nascent (initial) stage.

 

3. Wear dresses that are warm and breathable

 

During monsoon, there is a weird combination of atmosphere that makes feel cold and hot at the same time.

In such cases, it is best to let your child wear thick cotton clothes preferably with full sleeves, or light fabrics that are made partially from wool.

 

4. Teach your child Handwashing technique

 

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Your hands are the direct gateway through which germs find their entry into your and your kid’s body. Keep hands clean and also teach your kids how to do hand wash or use hand sanitizer by disinfecting before engaging with food or with your baby.

 

5. Keep your kid’s clean

 

During in rainy season, humidity also increases, so wipe your kid repeatedly in a day, because humidity will make him or her sweat. Body areas such as - Armpits, ears, genitals, and other areas can hold moisture and cause infections.  So, keep them dry.

 

6. Vaccinations are the best protection

 

Vaccination your child also helps from preventing water and food-borne infections such as typhoid or hepatitis. As the doctor recommended getting a flu booster shot, Vaccination is the first line of defense that helps to protect from infection.

 

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7. Avoid getting wet in the rain

 

We know that children love a rain al lot, but as much as possible try to keep them away from the rain. Try using alternative ways with a nice warm bath with fun.

 

8. Keep away bugs, mosquitoes, insects, ticks

 

Choose a mosquito net for your kid’s so that they can sleep without disturbance. You can opt for children for fully-covered clothes whenever it is evening. You can use mosquito repellent those are made from natural ingredients.

 

9. Ensure food safety during the monsoon

 

Consuming contaminated food or water is one of the most common ways diseases spread and make enough to ill. Always make sure that the food and water you offer for your kids are safe.

Prefer homemade food for your kids, don't give your kid’s street food, it may not be fresh or have unhygienically stored that may make your baby sick, and can cause stomach infection.

 

 

10. Prevent incidence of water-borne diseases

 

Usually, the incidence of water-borne infection goes up during monsoon often because of flooded or stagnant water, or overflowing drains and water bodies. So you have to clean the home surrounding area to prevent infection, it will keep your family safe and healthy.

 

11. Safe drinking water

 

Care for children becomes a vital part of the monsoon. Specially drinking water, drinking enough water helps us keep hydrated and kill the bad bacteria preventing many harmful monsoon diseases.

Make sure that drinking water shouldn’t contaminate, this can cause your kid’s risk of cholera, diarrhea, or other infection.

 

12. Selection of Diet

 

You can include in children's diet lots of walnuts, almonds, prunes, and dates during monsoon season. These are rich sources of antioxidants, energy and boost kids’ immunity.

You can cook food with the use of spices such as garlic, pepper, and ginger in your kid's diet as they help with digestion and also help in the fight against infection.

Give your kid herbal tea, golden milk (mix turmeric powder) will protect against viral infection and boost the kid’s immunity.

Fruits like cherries, Jamun, litchi, pomegranates, apples, and pears add in rainy seasons to improve the immune system.

 

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