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In this new normal period, your little one’s nutritional intake must be paid more attention. Proper and balanced nutrition can help maintain a child’s immune system so as to prevent your little one from getting sick. Increase the child’s immune system naturally by giving breast milk from birth to 2 years of age or more, diligently washing hands properly to prevent disease transmission, completing child immunizations according to the recommended schedule, getting enough sleep every day, and eating foods with balanced nutrition. (Read: Can a Wife Postpone Pregnancy?)
“If necessary, bring your little one to consult a pediatrician to ensure that their vitamin intake has been fulfilled,” said Dr. Cynthia Rindang Kusumaningtyas SpA from Pondok Indah Hospital – Puri Indah. In general, multivitamins and minerals or immune-enhancing supplements are not needed in children who grow normally and want to eat a variety of foods. The best natural source of various nutrients is food that children consume themselves.
In general, a variety of children’s diets including snacks can meet the daily needs of children, including when children eat various fortified foods such as cereals, milk and juices. Dr. Cynthia reminded that excessive vitamin administration has the potential to cause toxicity.
He emphasized that parents should take extra care of their children during a pandemic. Given that many people are infected with the Covid-19 virus but do not show significant symptoms. This person can still transmit the virus through airway droplets from their mouth or nose when they are talking, laughing, sneezing, or coughing. Sparks containing the virus can be inhaled by other people who are 1–2 meters away. The longer and closer the child is when interacting with other people, the risk of the child becoming infected.
Especially if the child is in a closed room because it is more difficult to keep a distance from other people around him. In addition, air ventilation in a closed room is not as good as air exchange in an open space. (Also read: Internet Quota Assistance, Teacher Association: Kemendikbud Is Not Serious)
Especially for toddlers, according to Dr. Cynthia, it would be very difficult to provide understanding so that they stay in one place and maintain a minimum distance from other people around them. It will also be difficult to do is prohibit children from touching various objects around them because this age group is indeed happy to explore new things they encounter.
“Therefore, staying at home during this pandemic is the main recommendation in the new normal era, especially for the child age group,” he said. He also reminded not to miss immunizations so that children are protected from various other infectious diseases besides Covid-19.
All vaccines included in the immunization schedule can be given, especially basic immunization in the first 18 months of a child’s life. If conditions do not allow it to be carried out according to schedule, then immunization may be postponed with advice no more than one month from the schedule.
For children with coughs and colds with or without fever, this is a sign of a respiratory tract infection that can be caused by various kinds of germs, including Covid-19. When the child still looks active and wants to eat / drink, then just observe the child’s condition at home first.
Meanwhile, parents can do several things to make children more comfortable. Such as giving more fluid intake to make the phlegm thinner so that it is easy to expel, making the room temperature warm and humid enough so that the child can breathe more freely, and exposing the child to the sun. (See the video: DKI Pemprov Decides to Extend Transitional PSBB Period)
The use of a sterile saline solution for drops / sprays and baby balm can also help open a blocked nose. Parents can also give paracetamol or warm compresses to children to help lower the temperature.
If the fever lasts more than three days, the child begins to look weak and difficult to feed, begins to look short of breath, or has bluish lips, then the child should be taken to a pediatrician for further assistance. (Sri Noviarni)
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