Why Children Are Cold Magnets

 

The rainy season is coming and cough and cold along with runny nose and fever will be a common happening in most of the houses that have small children. Colds are common in young children and kids under the age 3 catch six to eight times cold attacks a year. Colds can be a miserable experience for toddlers. Cold happens due to viruses. Since most of the children are encountering the viruses for the first time, their immune systems remain low and cannot kill the viruses quickly says a pediatrician in a Montessori school in Cypress, Ca.

 

A Montessori caregiver says that it is very common that cold viruses spread from one child to another very fast. Since kids are not properly concerned about hygiene and infection, the viruses tend to end up on their hands, clothing, and toys – where they can live for 30 minutes. When another child touches an infected toy and then touches her nose or eyes, she can catch a cold. For this reason, Montessori caregivers in a school in Cypress CA request parents not to send their children to school for a few days to help in the spread of the cold virus among children.

 

Children are so cold magnet. Most of the kids suffer from colds now and then. Parents often become anxious about the frequent attack of cold on their children. But most pediatricians say that having lots of sniffles in childhood days is good because it may protect kids later on. A survey done on kids shows that children who suffer from frequent colds in preschool suffer from frequent colds later in life because their immune systems have learned to recognize the cold and the body has become ready to fight the virus. The study also said that these children are less prone to asthma.

 

The most common symptoms that the Montessori expert has noticed among the children are sore throat, runny nose, congestion, cough, and in acute cases, it may bring fever. Kids may have a temperature of 101 to 103 degrees Fahrenheit for the first two or three days. Child specialists make anxious parents aware that colds are viruses and antibiotics do not work. In most cases, colds eventually go away of their own. But if it remains for a long time like more than five days, a doctor should be consulted.

 

There are some home remedies that may give some relief to your children when they are suffering from it. Steam inhalation is one of the effective ways if your child suffers from congestion. Give your children lots of warm drinks if they catch a cold. Hot chicken garlic soup works a lot. Garlic has an antiviral property that helps to fight cold viruses. A glass of warm milk mixed with a pinch of organic turmeric helps a lot to give relief to a sore throat.

 

Teach your children some anti-cold Strategies like washing hands, covering mouth while sneezing, skipping good night sleep when any one of parent and child has already caught a cold, etc. These strategies may help to stop the spreading of the cold attack.