subject: Several Ways To Prepare In Case Your Baby Gets Ill [print this page] When the illness hits our children, it often takes a toll on us as well as on the child. But you can prepare yourself for your child's illness through the use of a few simple steps that can make it easier to manage.
Simply washing your hands is a great way to avoid illness in the first place. You should wash for at least 20 seconds and with warm water. Then rinse, rinse, rinse. Above and beyond that, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, found in most grocery stores.
Another prevention method is keeping your environment clean. This is especially true of your bathroom and kitchen. No where are you more at risk of developing infection than in a dirty bathroom. That's because of all of the gross stuff that is in there. You shouldn't eat of the counter. There are bugs on the counter.
You can get rid of bacteria and viruses by steaming your floors with a good steam mop. There is nothing quite as effective as a steam mop for maintaining sterility on a high-trafficked surface like a bathroom or kitchen floor. There is no better way to keep your place clean than with a steam mop.
If you have small children, you will want to keep their clothes and playthings clean and germ-free, which may be easier said than done. This is a chief culprit in disease transmission. Use some warm bleach water to make the germs melt away.
Door knobs and telephone handles are two other things you will want to be careful to investigate. And you want to keep your baby's bottles and rubber nipples clean and sterile as well.
So, mom? Dad? You have your work cut out for you. But don't over do it. Some germs are actually essential to the healthy development of a child in a home and in the world.
You actually want your infant or toddler to pick up some germs from around him or herself. It's essential to the development of a healthy immune system as well.
