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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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plasters, kids neurofen, tea tree oil for stuffy noses, aloe vera for burns, arnica cream for bumps and bruises and an ice pack in the freezer!

i am completely paranoid and check i have a good stock of pain relief and the expiration dates.

We always have painkillers in. Also antiseptic, plasters, muscle rub, antihistamines, icepacks and heat packs.

Definitely Calpol! It's a lifesaver in our household!

I've had two prem babies. We've always got kiddy paracetamol, ibuprofen, saline drops, vitamins, a thermometer and vicks with us. I'm quite paranoid about germs, so also carry milton wipes everywhere.

I have special "chocolate" that cures all known ills, be it a bloody knee, sniffles, a man flu style cough, a 40 a day capstain cough and of course the iconic bee sting. I also have the usual fare such as plasters/cream/ointment, calpol but the chocolate works a treat.

I've got a full medicine cabinet for every eventuality, although it's usually me with the cuts and bruises not the kids :D

When my son was a baby, he was CONSTANTLY constipated! We were advised by our health professional to wean him on lots of vegetables, and then, as he was older, to put prune juice in his food! So it was Spaghetti Bolognese with prune juice, casseroles with prune juice, shepherds pie with prune juice, cottage pie with prune juice.....you get the idea!!

Now he's older, I make sure we have plasters, paracetamol and neurogenic in our first aid kit at all times. And no prune juice in sight!

Always have a thermometer,calpol and ibruprofen in your medicine cabinet and NHS telephone number.More important don't panic and use your mums advice.

When every my child fell ill my first reaction was always to wrap them up but now with hindite I know this is probably the worst thing to do as it can push their temperature up even further and even cause seizures with little ones, Now I strip them off to their nappies and give them regular doses of calpol and plenty of cold fluids to drink, if they are still very warm I put a fan nearby to help bring their temperature down. In my fridge is always a bottle of Calpol and a bottle of Junior Ibuprofen suspension.

For us it's child Nurofen, Calpol, child Bonjela, thermometer, plasters and gauze.

I always keep Kool n Soothe cooling strips for when my little ones get high temperatures and plenty of Calpol and plasters for little scrapes!

Pretty much the same as most people though we also have worm medication in our box too boak

Calpol, Aveeno and plasters with pretty pictures on them!

Calpol!

My children are now adult, but when they were young, Calpol was always handy as I see from the posts above, it is now. Also Sudocream.

i always have paracetamol and ibuprofen medicines in our cupboard as my 3 year old since starting nursery picks everything up going. The worse thing i find is when her temperature wont go down , its very scary as a parent

I've always had a medicine /first aid drawer stuffed full of 'must haves'! - main ones include Calamine lotion, Calpol, Germaline, Plasters, Arnica etc and a bunch of various cough and cold remedies.

Calpol, plasters, a cool pack in the freezer and anti histimines

calpol and calpol 6 plus all the way

Another one here who swears by calpol! And sudocrem...they're our two main staples. I can no longer remember life without these two in the bathroom cabinet at all times!

Much like other threads - we stock up on Calpol & Nurofen, Arnica cream for bruises (works a treat!), Olbas oil & Vicks.
I read many times about putting Vicks on soles of LOs feet at bedtime, socks over the time - really works to stop coughing during the night & helps them get a better sleep. I'm not sure if it's psychological (maybe it just makes me sleep better!) but it does seem to work!
Other than that - lots of snuggles, loads of stories & a big nest on the bed or sofa made up of as many duvets & pillows as I can muster!

I swear by Nurofen for Children, it has literally made such a difference when my son has been ill. I also keep a ready stock of antiseptic cream, piriton for kids, a strip thermometer, Diarylyte sachets and old towels that can be placed on the bed so if he is sick then I don't have to change too much bedding underneath, it just goes on the towel... I also keep muslin cloths so that if he is feeling feverish I can wet one and place it on his forehead to soothe him.

Paracetamol, plasters, J Collis Brownes Mixture and the magic butter which cures all blocked noses

It has to be Calpol - nothing keeps a late night fever down as well as this product. I also use Germoline for those scratches and scrapes, and Vicks to manage late night wheezes and blocked noses. Only today, I had to collect my dd aged 6 from school as she's been running a bit of a temperature. She was most happy cuddling up on the sofa with a Disney movie - sometimes they just need lots of mummy hugs!