11 easy ways to boost your baby’s immunity

If your baby is always getting sick, then you may take some comfort in knowing it’s normal for babies to catch between eight and ten colds in their first year of life. As their little immune system builds up, babies are vulnerable to getting sick – and (sorry to say!), this is an inevitable rite of baby passage. While you are certainly not the only mum dealing with a clingy baby in the middle of the night, you can give her a helping hand in fending off the bugs quicker. 

Check out these 11 immunity boosters.

9. Give her a sheepskin toy

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Babies love to cuddle soft sheepskin, but did you know the microbes in animal skins help to strengthen the developing immune system? Some say a sheepskin can also aid your baby in fending off asthma and other allergies when they are older.