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As part of our partnership with Fairy Non Bio, we’ve produced the Mumsnet Babies Podcast. There are ten episodes in the series, and so far we’ve released five. Episode four is about health, and you can listen to it here. Fairy Non Bio would like you to listen to the podcast whenever you can and then discuss your experience with commonplace baby health issues.

There’s nothing like the new found responsibility of a brand new life, and it’s easy to let anxiety take over and maybe worry too much when that new little one gets the sniffles. Fairy Non Bio would like to hear about your experience with baby health. So, whether you have experience with coughs and colds, eczema, chickenpox, colic or other minor illness - share your experience below.

What do you ensure you always have in your medicine cabinet to avoid a wild goose chase for an open pharmacy on a Sunday evening? Maybe you have tips for keeping your LO comfortable and yourself sane while they’re unwell, or have advice for dealing with common ailments?

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Keep lots of calpol

Seems to be just one illness after another but Calpol seems to fix most of them

Calpol and plasters - never know when they'll be needed

I've always got calpol, plasters, neurofen, thermometer and anti histimines !

calpol, ipubrofen, teething gel.

I have been super lucky, we have had the odd cold and a few vomiting episodes so nothing more than Calpol was needed, but I also have a bottle of cough medicine in the cupboard just in case. I'm still waiting for the dreaded chicken pox!

always have calpol in the cupboard and now its summer lots of things like suncream, antiseptic wipes, etc

I always keep children's paracetamol in the house, and I've got a thermometer which helps put my mind at ease when any of my children are ill.

Calpol and cuddles solve most things round here. Those plug in vaporiser things get used when small people have snotty noses - I've no idea whether they actually make a difference but they make us feel like we're doing something to help!

its imperative to have remedies to hand for simple coughs and colds but i still believe in the old remedies of steam etc for breathing problems.

We have stock piles of calpol & ibuprofen just like everyone else. Also plasters, antiseptic, bandages, cool packs and heat packs.

Calpol is the main medicine at hand for little ones illnesses. A lot of remedies handed down over generations still apply, for instance, Vick's Vapo rub massaged into the chest at bedtime when wheezy or blocked up and Rose hip syrup which was a favourite medicine when I was little. It didn't taste yuk.

Calpol, nurofen and piriton are never left to run low in this house!

Always make sure there's a bottle of Calpol in the cupboard along with a thermometer

We keep stocked up on calpol... and TLC goes a long way too.

Calpol was a life saver.

Keep socked up with the main things suchas calpol and iburpfoen but use them as little as possible so they retain their effectiveness. I try to do natural things, camomile teething powder, etc

I'm a mum of a one year old and my experience has been one of constant worry! I mean what's normal?!? We always have stocks of calpol and nurofen, also teething powders and various creams. The freezer always has ice packs, just in case, as we are at the walking stage now ......

Plasters and calpol

Calpol, teething gel, plasters :)

My children are older now, but we always had calpol in and plasters and sudocream.

A mr bump kept in fridge can cure a multiple of scrapes and accidents

I always make sure I have a bottle of calpol or similar and some plasters. When my kids are ill I always find a bath and then lots of cuddles helps them feel better.

As a mum of 5 little ones my initial reaction when I saw a tiny red rash used to be ~ "Quick get them the hospital it's got to be something serious" and I'd have everyone in a panic as I maniacally fumbled to get everyone dressed and ready to go! But now I am a lot calmer because after a few embarrassing doctor visits where we've arrived only to find the rash has gone completely . I have learnt to stay calm and check the rash out myself first. Now I do the glass test to see if it disappears and if its only a small patch then I bath them in just cool water no soap and see if it disappears and is due to heat rash, allergic reaction etc, check for symptoms that could mean a viral infection rash, clothes rubbing etc and if after a hour it has spread or gotten redder etc then I do take them to the doctors.
It's so easy to totally lose your head no matter if it's your 1st or 5th child and go into panic mode that your child has the most serious illness when you notice your child is sick but sometimes you have to think rationally about the cause and rule out things yourself first. I always keep a bottle of medicine for allergic reactions/hayfever etc so I'm prepared for any little rashes as 9/10 times its just the heat of them running around or a reaction to clothes or food. Even after 5 kids I find Parenting can be the most scariest experience ever they have your nerves a wreck when they are sick incase its something serious

We always make sure that we have cough medicine in along with children's paraceetamol and ibuprofen as them you can alternate doses and they sort most stuff out.