5 Ways to Prevent Sickness | Richmond, BC Daycare

There are a few ways you can help prevent your child from getting sick or getting sick quickly during the winter season.

Following these steps should ensure your child from getting sick often and spreading it in your family.


1. Wash Hands - Teach your child how to wash their hands with good warm water and soap.
Keeping on top of them regarding this is important.
Sounds times just having set times where they was their hands get them into
a good habit. ie. Right after they get back home, before dinner, after they
use the washroom.


2. Coughing in the Elbow - Teach your child to cough NOT in their hands, but in their ELBOW area of their sleeve or shirt. This helps prevent germs from
spreading to toys or other hands.


3. Dressing Warm - The reality is that most of what hits our kids is them getting cold while
doors, so dressing them warm with a good jacket, toque and scarf helps.




4. Cleaning Toys and Doors - Most of the time germs are spread through toys and the door
nobs. So disinfecting these things always helps.



5. Cleaning your Computer - Wipe downy our computer Keyboard and mouse at least once a week during the winter months to prevent spread of germs and sickness.
Using something like 99% hydrogen peroxide or isopropyl alcohol
will burn off the germs and clean your keyboard and mouse with out
damaging your electronics.

GREAT HELP:

Lysol Disenfectin wipes are so great and handy to use to just wipe things down with to get the germs taken care of.