Self-care
It’s vital to have a well stocked medicine cabinet in your home so you can deal with minor accidents and injuries. Medicines should be checked regularly to ensure they are within their use-by dates. Check medicines and doses with your pharmacist and read the instructions carefully before giving them to your child.
Also have a well-stocked first aid kit in your home. This should be locked and kept in a cool, dry place out of the reach of children.
A basic first aid kit may contain:
- plasters
- sterile gauze dressings
- sterile eye dressings
- bandages
- safety pins
- disposable sterile gloves
- tweezers
- scissors
- alcohol-free cleansing wipes
- sticky tape
- thermometer
- skin rash cream
- cream or spray to relieve insect bites and stings
- antiseptic cream
- painkillers
- cough medicine
- antihistamine tablets
- distilled water for cleaning wounds
- eye wash and eye bath.
Depending on your child’s needs, you may wish to consider accessing support from one of our local partners.
Plymouth City Council’s Children’s Services strive to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Plymouth. Their website includes information on a range of issues including advice and support with parenting, advice about children in care and safeguarding.