INTI — The Summer Drink ☀️ Organic Ginger, Turmeric & Lemon

⭐ 4.8/5 · 12,000+ orders · 50 organic stores 🇧🇪 · 0% added sugar

🛒 Discover INTI — under €1/day

« My Child Is Always Sick »: Why the School Year Opens With Back-to-Back Colds (and What Actually Helps)

Three weeks of school, two colds, one stomach bug: every parent of a young child knows this rhythm — and worries. Here's the number that reassures, the cold myth dismantled, what actually helps (spoiler: not supplements), and when to genuinely consult.

• 📊 The number that reassures (that nobody tells parents): a child under 6 goes through 8 to 12 respiratory infections a year — and that's NORMAL. Their immune system is in training: every cold is literally a workout session. Daycare and preschool are the intensive bootcamp — painful in the moment, useful for later
• ❄️ The « they caught a chill » myth: cold doesn't cause colds — VIRUSES cause colds, and they circulate mostly in confined indoor spaces where everyone gathers as soon as it gets chilly. Playing outside in cold weather = FEWER viruses, not more. The well-wrapped child in the playground is better off than the one in a classroom with closed windows
• ✅ What actually helps (the 4 fundamentals): SLEEP first (10-13h for a 3-5-year-old, 9-11h for a 6-12-year-old — the #1 immune weapon and the most neglected), handwashing made playful (20 seconds = one full song), airing the rooms 10 minutes morning and evening, and daily outdoor play. Nothing sellable in there — which is exactly why you hear so little about it
• ❌ What doesn't help (and will be sold to you anyway): in a healthy child who eats a varied diet, « immunity » supplements have no demonstrated benefit — the plate is enough. And over-disinfecting the home does them no favours: the immune system learns through contact with the world, not in a bubble
• 👨‍👩‍👧 And the parents who catch everything?: the parent chaining their child's colds is playing the same score — sacrificed sleep, forgotten hydration, back-to-school stress. The same fundamentals apply, plus the terrain ritual: the jug of water + 1 dose of INTI (0% added sugar) — ginger-turmeric sits in a long tradition of terrain support. We say it as on every one of our pages: not an antivirus shield — a terrain you maintain, and that starts with sleeping and drinking

The September family protocol: sleep at the recommended hours (the screen leaves the bedroom), hands washed to a song, rooms aired 2×10 minutes, daily outdoor play, a varied plate without forcing — and for the parents, the INTI jug and protected nights. The colds will pass; the immune training stays. ⚠️ Consult WITHOUT waiting if: fever in a baby under 3 months (an emergency, always), poorly tolerated fever (a listless child even once the temperature drops), breathing difficulties, or genuinely unusual infections — severe, highly repeated, with a break in the growth curve: there, the paediatrician must dig.

❓ FAQ

Is it normal for my child to be sick all the time at the start of the school year?

Yes, in the vast majority of cases: a child under 6 goes through 8 to 12 respiratory infections a year — their immune system is in training and every cold trains it; daycare and preschool concentrate that exposure into autumn. Cold doesn't cause colds: viruses circulate mostly in confined indoor spaces — playing outside well wrapped up means fewer viruses than a classroom with closed windows. What actually helps: sleep at the recommended hours (10-13h at ages 3-5, the #1 weapon), the playful 20-second handwash, airing 10 minutes morning and evening, daily outdoor play. « Immunity » supplements have no demonstrated benefit in a healthy child eating a varied diet. For exhausted parents: the same fundamentals + hydration (a jug of water with 1 dose of INTI, 0% added sugar — traditional terrain support, not a shield). ⚠️ Fever before 3 months = emergency; poorly tolerated fever, breathing difficulties, or severe repeated infections with a growth-curve break = consultation.