Ask the VEC: Keeping a Newborn Healthy Around the Holidays
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Parents PACKQ. We’re the proud parents of a newborn boy. He is too young to receive a flu shot and has just begun the recommended vaccine schedule. With the holidays coming up and many extended family members and visitors excited to meet him for the first time, how can we protect him from getting sick?
A. While your newborn is likely to be exposed to viruses and bacteria regardless of your efforts this holiday and winter season, you can take several steps to protect him while meeting relatives and friends:
Contributed by: Charlotte A. Moser, MS
Categories: Parents PACK Nov. 2014, Ask the VEC
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