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Baby First Aid Kit Essentials — What Every Parent Actually Needs
A pharmacy-reviewed list of what your home first aid kit should contain for a baby or young child — and the numbers to save.
A pharmacy-reviewed list of what your home first aid kit should contain for a baby or young child — and the numbers to save.
Most parents do not think about their first aid kit until they need it. At 2am with a sick baby you do not want to discover the measuring syringe is missing. Build the kit now.
Medications: Infant paracetamol (Calpol 120mg/5ml) · Infant ibuprofen (Nurofen for Children, from 3 months) · Oral rehydration solution (Dioralyte sachets) · Saline nasal drops
Equipment: Digital thermometer · Measuring syringe · Sterile wound dressings · Plasters · Sterile gauze · Crepe bandage · Micropore tape · Tweezers · Scissors · Disposable gloves · Cold pack · Small torch
Every box of infant paracetamol comes with a measuring syringe. Keep it. If lost, ask your pharmacist for a new one — free of charge. Never dose baby medicine with a kitchen spoon.
Aspirin (never for under-16s) · Adult paracetamol tablets · Iodine-based antiseptics like Betadine (contraindicated under 1 year) · Topical anaesthetics containing benzocaine · Expired medicines · Teething gels with lidocaine (NHS does not recommend for under-2s)
A first aid kit buys you time. Knowing what to do saves a life. British Red Cross and St John Ambulance run paediatric first aid courses across the UK — many are free through children's centres. redcross.org.uk · sja.org.uk
British Red Cross · St John Ambulance · NHS · NICE CG160 · Reviewed April 2026.