How to Keep Your Child Healthy in Daycare

Ways to Keep Your Child Healthy in Daycare

Stay Up-to-Date on Your Child's Vaccinations

Choosing a daycare that enforces an immunization policy, and requires vaccine records for children, helps to decrease the likelihood that your child will be exposed to severe illnesses early on. It's also essential to keep your child up to date on their vaccinations as well, including specific types of pneumonia, meningitis,  and rotavirus.

Immunity Focus at Home

Fostering a strong immune system starts in the home, including how your child eats, sleeps, and stays clean! A diet rich in antioxidants is recommended for children, both for their growth development and for building their immune system. Antioxidants may help to protect cells in our bodies from damage they sustain as we go about our daily routines.

Their sleep patterns and hygienic habits also play a critical role. Proper sleep allows the body the time it needs to rest and restore, as children take in a vast amount of information each day while their bodies are growing at a rapid rate. Basic hygiene habits, such as bathing, washing their hands, and brushing their teeth, are simple yet effective ways to prevent the transfer and overexposure of bacteria.

Sanitize Toys & Other Items

Whether your child takes a favorite toy or other object to daycare with them, or they play with other toys as soon as they come home, germs will transfer regardless. Keeping your child's toys clean and properly sanitized can help reduce the likelihood of them getting sick at home and taking the illness to daycare, or bringing illness home with them. Toys, stuffed animals, pacifiers, blankets, and other objects should be washed regularly.

Contact Our Day Care & Preschool to Learn More!

Wonder Years Child Care & Learning Center is a daycare and preschool that provides after school programs and child care services to families in Fayetteville and Spring Lake, NC. For more tips on how to keep your child safe and healthy as they start to attend daycare, or for more information about our services, contact our staff today!