Top 12 Natural Ways to Improve Your Kid’s Immune System

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3. Make Sure Your Child Sleeps Well

Sleep deprivation has a huge number of disadvantages, including a lowered immune system. Sleep has a powerful regulatory influence on immunity, according to a study published in Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology in 2012. Newborn babies need at least 18 hours of sleep each day (although it might feel like a whole lot less!); children over 1 year need between 10 to 14 hours of sleep each night.

The quality of their sleep is also important, so turn the bedroom into a sleep sanctuary, rather than a playground. Put heavy curtains or light blocking shades in their rooms and never keep electronic games, such as video games, in their rooms.

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