Ok, we have made it to February! How is your family holding up, health-wise?
Mine definitely got hit hard this season. I got the flu (even though I had the flu shot 6 weeks prior!), and then both of my girls got the flu, as well. Tim’s shot seemed to take, thank goodness!
And honestly, I can’t even keep up with the number of colds we have all been through this year. I think when you have a little one in preschool, that’s just part of the deal. Lots and lots of germs will be headed your way every single day!
Medicine We Love and Trust
It is very important, therefore, that we keep a well-stocked medicine cabinet so that we can do battle with these germs and try to minimize the amount of time we have to lose at work and at school. PediaCare is a big part of our anti-illness arsenal. We have been using their products for infants as well as their products for children all season to help with fever reduction and general relief.
New Product!
I just learned that there’s a new product in their line and because I trust this brand so much, I have already put it on my shopping list for this weekend when I go to Walgreens. It’s called PediaCare® Children’s Cold & Flu Hydration. This is designed for children ages 2-11 as a means to help them stay hydrated. We all know from experience just how tough it can be to keep fluids in a very sick child. But did you know that simply offering water will not replenish electrolytes? It’s true! Electrolytes have to be consumed in order to return to the body after they have been lost. This product restores them.
Additionally, PediaCare Cold & Flu Hydration gives children immune boosting antioxidants. Perhaps what I love the most about it, though, is the way it is packaged. It comes in single-use, pre-measured packets. You simply mix the powder (which is grape flavored) with eight ounces of water. I can’t tell you how many half-used huge bottles of other electrolyte-boosting products I have had to throw away because the serving size was too large. I’m glad PediaCare eliminated that problem!
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- Fever/Pain Relievers
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- Cold & Cough
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Thanks to PediaCare for sponsoring this post and giveaway. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
Gianna says
Chicken, potatoes and dumplings.
Dawn Reid says
We use Vicks a lot
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AEKZ2 says
Wasabi almonds always clear my sinuses
Allison says
Tea!
holly says
lots of cuddles 🙂
Laurie Emerson says
I squeeze oranges when they are sick to have freshly squeezed orange juice.
Vikki Billings says
I would have to say just giving lots of hugs, fluids and chicken noodle soup
Jamie Brigham says
I use Hyland’s Cough and Cold Nighttime all natural medicine. I also use Pediacare for fever.
Emily Rangel says
Tea, and this one nighttime cold medicine for ages 2 and up that seems to help the babies sleep
cassandra mccann says
thank you
susan smoaks says
we use a lot of vicks and a humidifier
Kari Flores says
Lots of cuddles and a warm bath with bubbles.
sarah keel says
run a cool mist humidifier and a lot of rest
lisa lo says
Just chicken noodle soup and seven up soda for nausea.
meme says
vapor tablets for their baths, chicken noodle and ice pops made with natural fruit juice
Virginia Rowell says
Ice pops are always a favorite when the kids are sick. It helps keep them cool.
lisa says
honey tea
Dorothy Deakyne says
hot tea w/honey for sore throat
Lori C. says
my grandmother’s chicken soup
Beth C says
i dont really i just drink lots of water
Lisa Canada says
My daughter gets to sleep with her momma when she’s not feeling well.
Seyma Shabbir says
Lots of juice, soup, cuddling on the couch and watching cartoons
Kirby McCauley says
I’m a firm believer in chicken soup & vicks on the soles of the feet!
Sarah Hall says
We use steam for chest congestion and lots of chicken soup.
Sally says
Just lots of hugs and cuddles. And ginger ale. They love that!
Coriander Warren says
I do the vicks vapo rub on the bottom of the feet for a cough….it works well (or at least seems to!)
Nicole Newby says
I’m a new Mom to a 6 month old, and I have no idea what home remedies would work. I stick with infant pediacare. My son did get sick at 2 1/2 weeks old, and I just brought him in his bouncer into the bathroom with me while I showered. The steam helped him out. I also run a vaporizer to help when he’s stuffed up.
Amanda J says
I’m a new mom so I would love to learn some tricks to help my little one when hes sick. We’ve been fortunate so far but I know it will eventually happen and I want to be prepared!
Jenny says
I make chicken noodle soup and I try to get my kids to sleep more when they are sick.
s riches says
The old standby of chicken soup or broth.
Sheila Hickmon says
Make lots of homemade chicken noodle soup! My kids love it and it helps them feel better!
I’ve wanted to try that onion trick, but blah, onions are gross lol! I can’t stand the smell of them.
liz l says
Jello, jello, and more jello
Denise Donaldson says
lots of homemade chicken soup.
To this day, I cant stand onions. When I was little, and had a stuffed up nose… My mom would crush up an onion, and put it in a tube sock and tie it around my neck. LOL its a wonder I was never strangled.
Fiona N says
hot lemonade and ginger honey tea!
merry partridge says
chicken soup and decongestant
Brittney House says
Drink plenty of liquids and lots of rest
kathy pease says
I run a vaporizer,drink warm gingerale and chicken noodle soup
John Hutchens says
chicken soup and rest
Katie Roch says
We reserve Noodles & Company Mac & Cheese for when we’re not feeling good. It’s a comfort food laden with calories that we usually don’t indulge in, but when we’re sick and it’s the only thing that sounds good, we treat ourselves.
Rebecca Peters says
I always make chicken soup.. kids love it
Angela Cisco says
Jello, Popsicles and chicken noodle soup
Sonya says
Hot showers and lots of snuggles!
caitlin tate says
vitamin c
Jill says
gargle with salt water!
krystal wethington says
i just use over the counter meds
dani marie says
we are big fans of miso soup.
James Beck says
spoonful of honey
Leanne Hill says
spoonful of honey!
Gennie Lancaster says
We use Vapor Rub and the kids get to hang out on the couch and watch TV.
Paula Michele Hafner says
I have a special blanket that they use to cover up with. I will make or buy them a treat that they normally don’t get such as jello or pudding.
Jill Myrick says
When my children are sick I always make them homemade chicken soup and their favorite jello in small cubes.
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Hesper Fry says
Chicken noodle soup and lemon-honey tea
Les Johnson says
Ginger tea when congested.
Cori Westphal says
I like to add a bit of Melaleuca oil to a nice hot bath when my kids or I are not feeling so hot. It’s just a bit of menthol to help clear the sinuses, and a bit of oil to soften and sooth your skin all over!
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Jennifer says
lots of rest, fluids, and cuddling!
Sara Wood says
sleep, vegetable soup and tea
Thao says
Hot green tea with lemon and honey 🙂
misses giveaways says
rest and love
casey everidge says
i always try to keep medicine around the house. kids always get sick at the worst times.
Erika says
Just a lot of rest, water and love! Thanks!
Charlene S says
Chicken soup and sleep.
Stephanie Larison says
We use honey in tea.
Erika P. says
Airborne and plenty of fluids
christine jessamine says
i dont really have any other than taking alot of vitamins and drinking oj
jessica edwards says
honeyed tea
Jennifer B says
zinc for colds, lots of rest
Audra Weathers says
I take an echinacea/goldenseal tincture if I feel a cold coming on.
Monique Rizzo says
Usually just hot tea with lemon.
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Ashley says
Honey lemon tea with a little whiskey for the adults. My dads hot toddy remedy: )
Jessica To says
We make sure we have popsicles for sore throats!
kim burnett says
Lemon ginger tea with honey
McKim says
When I was at home, my mom always cooked me vanilla pudding when I was sick. It felt so good going down when it was still real warm. I continued the tradition for my kids, and my daughter still makes it for herself now that she’s moved away.
Sade says
Lemon ginger tea by stash with honey 🙂
Sade says
Lemon ginger tea with honey 🙂
edq143 says
soup, gingerale and sleep
tam childers says
lemon and honey tea.
Patti Hess says
Fluids, rest, and rest
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thank you
jose benavides says
me and my kids go on a diet
danielle lima says
french fries when we are stuffy.
Jacquelyn Cannon says
I use tobasco sauce and black pepper when my sinuses are congested.
Sandy says
Just lemon and honey.
Suzie Williams says
Lots of vitamin C and honey for coughs.
kelly nicholson says
Tell me if you have any particular home remedies or special treats reserved just for when family members are sick.
i wish..i like to scream and yell,cry..then scream and yell
Ronalee Duncan says
I don’t have any home remedies really but I put vapor rub on my feet and wear socks to bed if I get real sick
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tami p says
chicken soup popsicles
Katherine Donovan says
Popsicles for sore throats
Mommyofone Shanna says
None =(
LOL …. Lots of Water & Gatorade / Pedalite ?
LOL
Jessica Vaughan Gengler says
honey lemon tea is our remedy
brittney says
I make my special home made soup
Jack says
Totally need this as i am sick
Sarah says
Lots of sleep, control of the tv, frozen grapes (halved), and all day in pjs!
Brandi Hopper says
Vick’s Vapor rub. And PediaCare!
Dianna Thomas says
it sort of depends on what it is– this week because of the flu it was popsicles, chicken soup, and crackers, no dairy products for three days, and plenty of rest
Jennifer says
Chicken soup and lots of cuddles!!
Nicole Schmidt says
Popsicles…always make my kids feel better!!
Jammie says
Vapor rub and rest!
Mindi says
Pedialyte, soup, and vicks!
ColleenMarie82 says
I really do not, but I have enjoyed reading everyone else s!
wendy rozema says
chicken soup is our home remedy!
KIM H says
Honey lemon tea is a favorite in our house
Giveaway Gal says
I give my kids hot water with lemon and honey when they have a sore throat
michael says
We always have the vape machine on during the flu and cold seasons and we also use tea and honey. The vape machine is a MUST!!
renee says
This is not a remedy but something I recently discovered when my baby was sick is that sleeping in the car seat miraculously stopped all that night-time drainage when nothing else would!
latanya says
warm tea with honey and plenty of rest
Nicole L. says
Hot tea with lemon and honey for sore throats.
Debbie Clauer says
Warm water & salt – gargle for a sore throat.
Danielle B says
We use chicken soup, toast and ginger ale!
Julie Lynn Bickham says
We keep pleantly of Pedilyte on hand.
Tamar says
Chicken soup is the best remedy.
Sonya Morris says
I don’t have any…I will have to read the comments and get some ideas!
Shannon M says
When I know my son is beginning to get sick, I put together a “feel better box” for him to open. In it I usually put things like tissues, pedialyte pops, his favorite teddy grahams, crackers, one of those little board books.. just little things like that. Anything to make him smile when I know hes sick.
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Vickie Couturier says
I have a heating pad,cool pack,frozen yogurt,chicken soup an juices an clear soda
cathy henatyszen says
homemade chicken soup and tea with honey and lemon
Sunnie says
I make tea, soup, lots of time in bed and love.
Vicki Wurgler says
we just use rest, and lots of fluids
Lacey says
hot tea, honey, and lemon juice
amy pugmire says
we usually just relax in the family room by the fire and I hold my babies close
erin, maker of chimes says
cuddles 🙂
Kelly R. says
Good old reliable-chicken soup-home made of course.
Paula Lee says
Just the usual stuff…chicken soup, OJ and vicks.
Maria Kiguthi says
Warm tea with honey.
debbie says
homemade chicken noodle soup, ginger ale, and if it is the flu, my homemade elderberry syrup.
Sandy VanHoey says
We have a Vicks humidifier that you put the Vicks in and keep various meds for whatever it may be, cold & flu, allergy, etc. Good ole chicken noodle soup works wonders
Colleen Maurina says
We use a vapor rub on chest and feet and a treat is a natural fruit popsicle for sore throats.
Samorjj says
Rubbing Vicks onthebottom of their feet.
Sue Hull says
Everyone in my family has had a cold/virus and sinus infections. I haven’t had the flu thank God.I had my flu shot so I’m hoping it works.When my daughter was little I gave her tylenol for fever,drink lots of fluids and lots of love.I rub vicks on my chest when I’m sick.It’s lucky I live alone because no one likes that smell.I love it! LOL!! Thank you for the great giveaway! 🙂
Sonya says
drink lots of water & use a lot of tissues
steve weber says
chicken noodle soup!
susan says
Chicken noodle soup always hits the spot. We also love using menthol bubble bath.
Yolanda says
vapor rub on the chest and under the arms.
Kelly D says
I always keep cans of chicken noodle soup on hand to give to the kids when they are sick. I also run their humidifier and they get ice pops if their throats are sore.
diane Baum says
jello and chicken soup
Marthalynn says
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