Sick Day Survival Kit for Natural Mamas
With these tools in your survival kit, you can build your own Natural Mama’s Sick Day Survival Kit to make your next sick day go smoothly.
Sick days are bound to happen when you have kids.
With school back in session, cold and flu season starting up, and more people staying inside due to colder weather, there’s just no way to avoid it forever.
Luckily you can help your child bounce back and keep them content while they heal. With these tools, you can build your own natural mama’s sick day survival kit to make your next sick day go smoothly. I have used affiliate links to make it easier for you to find these products.
Sick Day Survival Kit
Grab a plastic storage bin with a locking lid next time you are at the store. This will the base of your survival kit. This bin can be filled with everything you need and hidden away ready to come out when needed.
First things first pack your kit with natural medicines you trust.
- Saline solution is perfect for unclogging stuffy noses.
- Honey will help calm your child’s cough and soothe sore throats (for children two and under, please use your own.
- Elderberry syrup will be your best friend for boosting the immune system of your whole family. This will allow the illness to run its course faster and keep the healthy family members from falling prey. Keep an extra bottle in your survival kit and one for regular use.
- Any natural products you use such as any Hylands or Zarbees.
Bottles of your favorite essential oils. Add a small stash of your favorites right to your kit so they are ready to go in the middle of the night. Plus your diffuser.
- Peppermint
- Lavender
- Oregano
- Basil
- Thieves
Add basics you will need handy such as:
Place a small rolled throw blanket in your kit. If someone throws up in bed it will be nice to have a blanket ready for them to cuddle on the couch while you handle the clean up.
Keep your sick child entertained in bed or on the sofa by having a few things in your kit just for entertaining on sick days.
- books
- DVDs
- board games
- drawing supplies
- stamp kit
- a clipboard
- deck of cards
Adding a small variety will help you keep your child calm and resting.
In the freezer keep a stash of favorites like chicken soup (store the noodles dry and cook to add when ready to eat). In this freezer stash store, grape juice concentrate kills tummy bugs, and orange juice concentrate boosts the immune system.
Your Natural Mama’s Sick Day Survival Kit can be completely customized for your family. If something brings your child comfort like a lovey or toy to grab an extra to stash in your kit so if one needs to go in the wash due to illness you have a fresh clean germ-free one ready.
Don’t forget the Fair Trade Chocolate for Mama.
Go ahead and order all of your cleaning supplies from Grove Collaborative and have them shipped straight to your door. Our favorites are Mrs. Meyers Multi-Surface Cleaner, METHOD All Purpose + Antibac, and their Grove Collaborative Glass Spray Bottle to mix our Thieves Cleaner concentrate in.
Do you make your own remedies, soothing bath balms, and other tools for helping your child through a sick day?
Add some to your Natural Mama’s Sick Day Survival Kit in the comments below!.
This is AWESOME!! I just made my first batch of elderberry for the season-it truly is your best friend! I really need to stock up on some oils for the winter though-thanks so much for sharing! <3
Love the ideas! I created a roll-on kit using my favorite custom essential oil blends, which really helps. These I have ready to use on the go wherever we travel. It’s always best to be prepared, right? We take our diffuser with us when we go on vacation or when we have to stay over night at a hotel too. We’ll have to try Elderberry sometime. Thanks for sharing!!!!