Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary and Germs

Your child is ready for preschool, kindergarten or elementary school. 

School has either started or is just around the corner.  Have you thought about your child’s physical health?  Yes, they’re fine, you might say.  But what about those other children who sneeze out into the air or worse yet, into your child’s face!  Just exactly how contagious can a child be and still go to school.   How can you keep your child from getting sick?

Here’s How Illnesses Spread Among Children:

• Colds and flu are spread from person to person from respiratory droplets.
• Viruses enter your child’s body through the eyes, mouth, or nose.
• A sneeze sprays into the air at 200 miles per hour, and up to 3 feet
• If children don’t cover their mouths and spray other children or an object, such as a doorknob, and other children touch it and wipe their noses or mouths, they’re more likely to get sick. 

Stress with your child they need to wash their hands, sneeze into the crook of their arm, and keep their fingers out of their mouth and eyes.

When You Should Not Send Your Child To School:

•  If your child has a temperature higher than 100 degrees,
• body aches, and
• extreme sleepiness or is
• coughing or
• vomiting,

Keep your child  home until they’re symptom free for 24 hours.  It’s a good idea to keep them out of a church nursery or Sunday School also.

If you’re really concerned about germs and your child, be sure you feed them good healthy food and snacks.  Don’t compromise their immune system with too much sugary food, juices and other drinks.  Give them a simple children’s vitamin and be sure they understand about germs, the spread of germs and keeping germs under control.

Do you go out of your way to avoid people who are sneezing into the air?  You’ll have to move faster than 200 miles per hour if your within three feet of them!

Any suggestions for moms with little children regarding germs?  Leave your comments for our readers!