Cold and breastfeeding
I’m exclusively breast feeding and have woken up with a sore throat - it’s just me with her during the day, is it worth me trying to stay away from her at all? I’m assuming my breastmilk will protect her?
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Just keep up good hand hygiene. Your body will add in immunity to your breastmilk to help baby try to fight it off
Also if baby gets a cold give them lots of kisses cause your body responds to their germs!
You'll be fine if BF. You will pass on antibodies to baby x
Just continue as normal but probably avoid kissing her and obviously turn away when coughing/sneezing :) you’ll give her plenty of antibodies to help her body fight whatever you have
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I had this last week. When reading online it seemed to suggest feeding her still would be the best protection rather than staying away. So I just made sure I sanitised and washed my hands all the time. While fighting a toddler who just wanted to kiss her baby sister while she had the same cold as me. Baby got a bit congested but otherwise seems to have avoided most of the germs.