Here’s the deal on how to keep baby flu at bay, and what you can do if your child does wind up sick.
. But the best way to treat the flu in babies is to make sure they get plenty of rest and drink lots of liquids.There’s a pretty wide range in how long babies can be impacted by the flu. For some, baby flu is short lived, with a fever that lasts a few days and a cough that hangs on for a week, Posner says. In others, the fever can last a week and the cough can stick around for a month. “It’s hard to tell who is going to get it the worst,” she says.
The flu shot can potentially prompt some side effects, but they tend to be incredibly mild, Cohen says. “Occasionally we see a low-grade fever or runny nose, but they’re temporary side effects and usually last for 24 to 48 hours,” he says. “I haven’t had any babies have any kind of severe reaction from the flu vaccine.”
Babies under 6 months old are too young to get the flu shot, so the best way to protect infants from the flu is to make sure baby’s caregivers get vaccinated. If you get the, your body produces antibodies that then pass through the placenta to baby, Cohen says, helping to protect your little one even after they’re born. Once you begin to breastfeed, you continue to pass antibodies onto baby through your breast milk.
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