does my 5 month old have immunity from colds and the flu?

Question

i dont like to take my infant in crowded places or around people who are sick. is this good or bad ?

Answer 1

My 3.5 month old just got over her first cold, so I can tell you that she wasn't immune.

It's always a good idea to try to keep your kids away from sick people, but kids will get sick. Most kids have on average about 6 colds in their first year.

Answer 2

it is a bad idea. The more a person is exposed to others the better the immune system will be. I am not saying to hand her over to sick people that's silly. But you need to expose her to crowds. If your daughter is not exposed to people then when she does eventually catch something she may get it worse. I know a girl who had never been sick until she was two. She got a small temp and went into convulsions as her body had never dealt with a temperature. But then you don't want kids like mine. For the first 5-6 years they were sick all the time. I took them out but if someone was sick i defiantly kept them away, they had ear infections, bronchitis,tonsillitis, you name it they got it. But i have to say the last couple of years they have been great. Few illnesses and when things have swept through the school (usually gastro) they have not got it. They have a great immune system. You cannot wrap your baby up in a bubble but at the same time don't expose your baby to obviously sick people,but do not become a germ phobic. Some germs are good for building up the immune system.

Answer 3

It is good. Your infant has no more immunity than anyone else but is more likely to develop complications from illness. That is not to say that you should isolate your child. Some number of illnesses are inevitable and plenty of social activity is important for both of you:)

Answer 4

In order to build the anti-bodies for illnesses, kids need to get either sick, or get shots. Not too long ago, people would put their children in rooms with sick kids on purpose. At certain ages, some illnesses would damage a child's chance of having kids themselves when they became adults. Of course this was during the infancy of vaccines. Major illnesses for the most part with some exceptions like aids, and hepatitis a (I believe that is the one) have vaccines, but colds do not. That is something you have to get in order to not get them as often later in life. By keeping your child away from all things, you run the risk, of your son/daughter, getting sick often when it finally hits grade school. Now, I'm not saying take your child out all the time around sick people, just when you go somewhere, take him/her with you. My wife and I take our son out with us all the time, and he is rarely sick. He is now 1 year old. So far, the only times he has gotten sick is the babysitters house (grade school kids from grades 1-5 go there as well). Like I said, your child will only protect himself/herself with anti-bodies if he/she gets sick or vaccines. In the long run, it boils down to what you want to do, no one can force you to do what you do not want to do.

Answer 5

Bad... because we build up immunity by getting sick, not by avoiding sick people. Your baby needs to be exposed to the general public and whatever germs might be floating around out there. That's the only way you'll prevent him/her from getting REALLY sick later in life. You can't live a germ-free life.

Answer 6

no they are not immune and i suggest that you ask your personal pediatricians to give them some vaccines if its available.