If your child hasn’t got sick yet after heading back to school, you’re doing mighty well.
Experts suggest the rise in respiratory viruses after the summer holidays is largely down to the return to group settings and indoor environments, as well as changes in daily routines (think: waking up earlier, getting less sleep, feeling stressed about school, and eating differently).
It’s thought children catch around five to eight colds a year. Tummy bugs; flu; Covid-19; chickenpox; hand, foot and mouth are all added extras. (And spare a thought for the toddlers among us who can expect to catch up to 19 illnesses during their first year in nursery.)
With the sniffles, shivers and spluttering well under way, we heard from health experts abou...
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