7: What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick | Dr. Nina-Marie Rueda
Hormone Healing RD
Amanda Montalvo
5 • 831 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Panic is contagious, but so is calm.
In this episode, Nina is back to talk about what to do when your kid gets sick. Nina created Primary Care Parent, which I keep on hand for quick, at-home decisions.
We tackle fear first, because kids track our nervous system. Then we dig into foundations like rest and hydration before anything fancy. Screens get dialed back so sleep signals can do their job. Food stays simple, and the extra sugar that dulls immune cells gets a hard pass. And you’ll see why small, consistent moves beat complicated protocols.
You’ll Learn:
[00:00] Introduction
[02:49] Nina’s checklist before reaching for over-the-counter options
[03:15] Why rest and hydration come before supplements
[05:02] The real impact of screen time on healing and sleep
[11:29] The hidden immune cost of sugar during illness
[12:55] Whole foods that speed up recovery during illness
[20:53] Why your calm presence is the strongest medicine in the room
[24:58] The surprising truth Nina learned from pediatrician about kids’ fevers
[30:19] The natural medicine cabinet every parent needs
[40:57] The gentle ear infection remedies that actually work
[48:32] Natural sinus infection support
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think is the most helpful to focus on when an illness pops up? |
| 0:04.5 | I would let my kid go up to 105, 106. |
| 0:06.7 | As long as there's no problems, the body is doing its job. |
| 0:10.7 | Sugar can suppress the immune system. |
| 0:13.4 | In an acute illness, we remove all added sugars, not even maple syrup. |
| 0:18.7 | Your whole foods are going to be naturally rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, |
| 0:22.6 | even fiber needed to optimize your body's natural defenses. |
| 0:26.9 | You want rich fat. |
| 0:28.1 | Butter is a wonderful saturated fat. |
| 0:30.5 | It can be converted into a pro-inflammatory prostate glandin, |
| 0:35.3 | but you need inflammation in an illness. |
| 0:38.3 | I've seen night and day difference with when I truly slow down with them and how much faster they get better, |
| 0:43.5 | versus if I'm still trying to plug along and get things done. Rest is huge and vital to the |
| 0:49.2 | immune system's ability to combat whatever the problem is. Non-supplemental supports, cold wet socks, |
| 0:56.3 | cotton socks, put them in cold water, put them in ice water, ring them out, put them on your |
| 1:00.1 | child's foot, and then put wool socks over that. That's going to stimulate immune circulation. |
| 1:04.9 | Parents need to learn what the signs of emergency actually are. |
| 1:15.3 | Thank you. what the signs of emergency actually are. Welcome back to the podcast, Nina. |
| 1:17.4 | Thank you for being here with us again. |
| 1:19.7 | I am so excited to be here. |
| 1:21.2 | Thanks for having me back. |
| 1:22.1 | And if you guys have not listened to the Minerals and Kids episode, |
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