First Aid Kit for your Kids

As a mother of 2 years old, I went through numbers of times with stuffy noses, stomach upsets,

and all sorts of bumps and bruises.

I believe every home should have a well-stocked first aid kit ready for kids.

The essentials required in the kit:

1) Band-aid

Buy them in a variety of sizes for minor cuts, blisters and sore spots.

2) Bandages

Crepe bandages are useful for support or holding a dressing in place.

3) Cotton balls

4) Antiseptic Lotion

Lotion to clean cuts and grazes and help prevent infection. To use them, take a cotton ball and clean the wound, gently working away from the centre to remove dirt and germs.

5) Thermometer

I have digital thermometer, I always use it under her armpit to measure her body temparature.

6)  Antiseptic cream

Apply antiseptic to cuts, grazes or minor burns after cleaning to help prevent infection.

7) Pain Killer

I use crocin which is a pain reliever and fever reducer.

8) Measuring Spoon

To measure the unit of medicine.

9) Saline drops

Saline drops to loosen mucus in a stuffy nose. My pediatricin prescribe Otrivin for my daughter. It really works for her. Although I do not rely too much on medicine, I always prefer home remedies.

10) A basic first aid manual

11) A list of emergency phone numbers

*Never give an infant under 2 years old any medication without doctor prescription.

Home remedies to cure cough and cold

Recently my DD(dear daughter) was suffering from Cough and Cold. Sudden weather changes in Pune causes cold and cough to my dd.

These are some remedies which are really helpful and easy to apply:

1) Honey

Give your kid a spoonful of honey daily. You can mix honey with milk as well. Honey is more effective to cough than a syrup. If your kid is 2+ and cough is worse at nigh time, give him 2 spoon of honey, it improves nighttime coughing for sure.

Caution: never give honey to a child younger than age 1.

2) Ginger

Take a small root of ginger, grate and squeeze out it juice. Give it to your kid, The anti-inflammatory gingerols and shaogals in ginger root will help to relieve a sore throat quickly, and they also kill rhinoviruses, which cause colds in the first place. You can give it with honey to add flavor to it.

3) Carom Seeds (Ajwain)

Take a spoonful of ajwain, boil it with 1 ltr. of water and give it to the baby. These seeds relieves cough, due to presence of thymol in it, You can give it to the baby if your child have sinus problem.
Also, you can crush the seeds, mix it with jaggery and give it to your baby.
You can give ajwain massage to your infant, in a cotton cloth, make potli of it, fill in the ajwain seeds and warm it on hot tawa, now massage your baby chest with this potli. This remedy will relieve congestion immediately.

4) Massage

Mix a drop each of eucalyptus, peppermint and sage essential oils in about 2 TBS of organic olive oil and make your own herbal oil. Massage it with the oil on baby's chest. This remedy will relieve in congestion and nose congestion. Mustard oil massage is also good to prevent cold. Heat up mustard oil with ajwain, when ajwain started to crackle, turn off the stove and calm it down to room temperature. Massage with it on baby's chest and feet.

5) Give lots of love and care

When your baby's sick, there's no greater comfort than holding him close. Your baby will love the attention and it will definitely make him comfortable.

How I know about it..

Things were going smooth and wild. We both were enjoying our days and nights. Suddenly something happened within me . The problem of this constipation was unbelievable. It was so bad and so embarrassing.

Thought of going to the doctor, so took the appointment and went to the clinic. Doctor asked me about the dates but however I forgot about them. Yah!! I forgot them.

Doctor took some test samples but after the results did come negative. That feeling was not depressing but I felt bad at that time.

My hubby suggest me go to some other doctor. There the doctor again took some samples and here after doing some deep studies on the result papers, she declared me the GOOD NEWS to me.

Yah!! the good news was there. That is how I came to know that something is alive within me... a living creature.