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Do you have a child who rarely gets a cold?

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2535and3 · 13/06/2026 20:22

Do you have a child who rarely gets a cold? You know, the one who can sit next to a sniffling classmate, survive winter, and somehow avoid bringing home every bug going around?

What are you doing differently?

Diet? Immunity boosting supplements? Superior genes? Force feed them garlic? What?

Have been enjoying fewer colds over the last couple of months and not wishing summer away but come the 2nd week in September and dc13 will guaranteed be down with a high temperature cough sniffles.

So whats your secret to autumn winter that aren't just cold after cold? My dc catches a viral fever cough every 5-6 weeks. Gets the flu nasal vaccine of course.

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herewegoagainonwednesday · 13/06/2026 20:29

Luck. I have one that picks up everything (to the degree that we get antibiotics prescribed on call from the GP ….), and one that had to take Calpol once in his life - he’s 9 years old.

MargaretThursday · 13/06/2026 20:28

Neither me nor the children get colds often.
In all honesty we do nothing to stop it.
Ds in particular has a rubbish immune system, catches anything going of a more serious nature, but for some reason we don't particularly get colds, or sickness bugs.

As a kind younger sister I used to inform my sister that she did only have one cold a year - it just lasted September to May. I didn't catch "it" off her.

ForBusyOliveBear · 13/06/2026 20:27

I think it’s down to luck, none of my family of five ever gets colds. I’ve always opened my windows when I get up and air the bed but other than that I can’t think of anything else we do.

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