Here are my top 9 Essential items for your Baby Medicine Kit! (Outside of the obvious thermometer, and band-aids.)
When you become a parent it doesn’t take long to realize that Mary Poppins had the right idea with that bag of hers. When your baby is hurting, sick or not feeling well you just want to have or will do anything to make it better. So here are some of my mommy tips for stocking your baby medicine kit.
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1. Pain/Fever Reliever – For fevers and teething, never let your pain/fever reliever run low. Last thing you want is at 2:00 a.m. running to the nearest 24 hour drug store for infant Tylenol or Motrin. For pain I feel Motrin is the best. Stock up!
2. Cough Soother –For babies under one, there isn’t much you can do to help. But once they turn one, a honey-based cough soother can help. I use Zarbee’s Naturals Children’s cough syrup.
I use it by syringe or spoon.
3. Little Remedies Gripe Water– You may be saying to yourself really? This is on your essential list? Yes. Trust me again when your baby is crying/screaming in the middle of the night, you don’t want to have to run to your nearest 24 hour to get this. (Why is it always at 2:00 a.m.??) Listen, you want this Gripe stuff on hand. Newborns get gas or can have colic Little Remedies Gripe Water will help!! Here is a tip on helping ease gas, take a swaddling blanket and put it in the microwave for about 20 -25 seconds. It should be warm, not hot, and lay it on your baby’s stomach (over their clothes). The blanket will act as a heating pad, and help soothe the cramps.
4. Hyland’s Baby Teething tablets– (Local grocery story should carry) It is homeopathic and dissolves on their tongue. Really seems to help. Sofia would actually use baby sign language to ask for this. When your baby is teething, I feel you will give anything a shot. Frozen wash cloths or frozen bananas never worked. Those teething amber necklaces, sort of put a ding in it, but these tablets and the baby nighttime Orajel worked wonders. I did wait to use the Orajel until she was about 8 months old.
5. Fridababy NoseFrida Babies can’t blow their nose, so you gotta suck it out. I know it looks funky, but this is a game changer. Instead of those bulb plastic things, this actually works amazingly well. In no time your baby will be able to breathe through their nose again.
6. Simply Saline Nasal Mist–
This helps with stuffy nose. I make it a game with Sofia and she can spray me too.
7. Baby nail clippers– Babies fingernails are razor sharp and they grow freaky fast. You for sure, will use these.
8. Vicks baby rub– I can’t even remember how many times I have used this. Works great, put on their chest, back of neck and tops of feet. *Please be advised that this product is meant for babies 3 months or older.
9. Benadryl cream or Hydrocortisone cream– I live on the west coast of Florida. There are bugs: ants, mosquitoes, gnat’s, etc. At some point, your baby will get a bug bite. When Sofia first got bit by a mosquito, her bites were so big they looked like welts. Try telling a 6 month old not to scratch, because it can get infected. Ha! In a pinch you can also use calamine lotion. This is another essential product you want on hand in your medical kit.
So these are my 9 essential baby medicine products I carry. Did I forget anything? What are some of your medicine kit essentials? Liked this list? Please comment or share with other parents!
Thank you
Carrie
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