How to Keep One Twin Healthy When the Other is Sick

About this episode

This episode discusses strategies for keeping one twin healthy when the other is sick.

One of the challenges with twins is that they get sick. Sickness doesn’t always strike both twins simultaneously . Your twins will catch a cold, get the flu, have a stomach bug, or come down with any number of other contagious illnesses. This brings up the question: how do you keep one twin healthy when the other is sick ? Is it Worth it? Every time one of our twins get sick, we have to ask ourselves: does it matter if the other kids get sick too? Is this one of those colds or stomach bugs that they’ll get eventually anyway? Does this “build their immunity”? These are very subjective questions and the answers really depend on your parenting style. Generally speaking in our house, if the child doesn’t have a fever, we aren’t too concerned if the other kids catch it. That said, when in doubt, always give your pediatrician a call. Many parents of twins find it’s often a losing battle to prevent the healthy twin from getting sick. Rather than focusing solely on prevention, it may be more helpful to also prepare for the inevitable, such as by stocking up on sick-day essentials for both children. Father of twins Aaron Ameen shared his…

Topics covered

• twin health
• sickness
• parenting
• immunity

Keywords

• twins
• cold
• flu
• stomach bug
• pediatrician

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