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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Thanks to PediaCare for sponsoring this post and giveaway. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
Chicken, potatoes and dumplings.
We use Vicks a lot
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Wasabi almonds always clear my sinuses
Tea!
lots of cuddles 🙂
I squeeze oranges when they are sick to have freshly squeezed orange juice.
I would have to say just giving lots of hugs, fluids and chicken noodle soup
I use Hyland’s Cough and Cold Nighttime all natural medicine. I also use Pediacare for fever.
Tea, and this one nighttime cold medicine for ages 2 and up that seems to help the babies sleep
thank you
we use a lot of vicks and a humidifier
Lots of cuddles and a warm bath with bubbles.
run a cool mist humidifier and a lot of rest
Just chicken noodle soup and seven up soda for nausea.
vapor tablets for their baths, chicken noodle and ice pops made with natural fruit juice
Ice pops are always a favorite when the kids are sick. It helps keep them cool.
honey tea
hot tea w/honey for sore throat
my grandmother’s chicken soup
i dont really i just drink lots of water
My daughter gets to sleep with her momma when she’s not feeling well.
Lots of juice, soup, cuddling on the couch and watching cartoons
I’m a firm believer in chicken soup & vicks on the soles of the feet!
We use steam for chest congestion and lots of chicken soup.
Just lots of hugs and cuddles. And ginger ale. They love that!
I do the vicks vapo rub on the bottom of the feet for a cough….it works well (or at least seems to!)
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.
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!
I make chicken noodle soup and I try to get my kids to sleep more when they are sick.
The old standby of chicken soup or broth.
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.
Jello, jello, and more jello
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.
hot lemonade and ginger honey tea!
chicken soup and decongestant
Drink plenty of liquids and lots of rest
I run a vaporizer,drink warm gingerale and chicken noodle soup
chicken soup and rest
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.
I always make chicken soup.. kids love it
Jello, Popsicles and chicken noodle soup
Hot showers and lots of snuggles!
vitamin c
gargle with salt water!
i just use over the counter meds
we are big fans of miso soup.
spoonful of honey
spoonful of honey!
We use Vapor Rub and the kids get to hang out on the couch and watch TV.
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.
When my children are sick I always make them homemade chicken soup and their favorite jello in small cubes.
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Chicken noodle soup and lemon-honey tea
Ginger tea when congested.
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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lots of rest, fluids, and cuddling!
sleep, vegetable soup and tea
Hot green tea with lemon and honey 🙂
rest and love
i always try to keep medicine around the house. kids always get sick at the worst times.
Just a lot of rest, water and love! Thanks!
Chicken soup and sleep.
We use honey in tea.
Airborne and plenty of fluids
i dont really have any other than taking alot of vitamins and drinking oj
honeyed tea
zinc for colds, lots of rest
I take an echinacea/goldenseal tincture if I feel a cold coming on.
Usually just hot tea with lemon.
Thanks for the chance.
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Honey lemon tea with a little whiskey for the adults. My dads hot toddy remedy: )
We make sure we have popsicles for sore throats!
Lemon ginger tea with honey
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.
Lemon ginger tea by stash with honey 🙂
Lemon ginger tea with honey 🙂
soup, gingerale and sleep
lemon and honey tea.
Fluids, rest, and rest
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thank you
me and my kids go on a diet
french fries when we are stuffy.
I use tobasco sauce and black pepper when my sinuses are congested.
Just lemon and honey.
Lots of vitamin C and honey for coughs.
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
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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chicken soup popsicles
Popsicles for sore throats
None =(
LOL …. Lots of Water & Gatorade / Pedalite ?
LOL
honey lemon tea is our remedy
I make my special home made soup
Totally need this as i am sick
Lots of sleep, control of the tv, frozen grapes (halved), and all day in pjs!
Vick’s Vapor rub. And PediaCare!
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
Chicken soup and lots of cuddles!!
Popsicles…always make my kids feel better!!
Vapor rub and rest!
Pedialyte, soup, and vicks!
I really do not, but I have enjoyed reading everyone else s!
chicken soup is our home remedy!
Honey lemon tea is a favorite in our house
I give my kids hot water with lemon and honey when they have a sore throat
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!!
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!
warm tea with honey and plenty of rest
Hot tea with lemon and honey for sore throats.
Warm water & salt – gargle for a sore throat.
We use chicken soup, toast and ginger ale!
We keep pleantly of Pedilyte on hand.
Chicken soup is the best remedy.
I don’t have any…I will have to read the comments and get some ideas!
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.
Shannon M
I have a heating pad,cool pack,frozen yogurt,chicken soup an juices an clear soda
homemade chicken soup and tea with honey and lemon
I make tea, soup, lots of time in bed and love.
we just use rest, and lots of fluids
hot tea, honey, and lemon juice
we usually just relax in the family room by the fire and I hold my babies close
cuddles 🙂
Good old reliable-chicken soup-home made of course.
Just the usual stuff…chicken soup, OJ and vicks.
Warm tea with honey.
homemade chicken noodle soup, ginger ale, and if it is the flu, my homemade elderberry syrup.
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
We use a vapor rub on chest and feet and a treat is a natural fruit popsicle for sore throats.
Rubbing Vicks onthebottom of their feet.
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! 🙂
drink lots of water & use a lot of tissues
chicken noodle soup!
Chicken noodle soup always hits the spot. We also love using menthol bubble bath.
vapor rub on the chest and under the arms.
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.
jello and chicken soup
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