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PediaCare Introduces Cold & Flu Hydration (Big GIVEAWAY!!!)

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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!

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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.

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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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Win It!

I have such an awesome giveaway for you today! One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader is going to win a gift basket with PediaCare’s full line of cold and flu products and fever relievers! Check out the contents!

  • Fever/Pain Relievers
    • PediaCare® Fever Reducer / Pain Reliever with Acetaminophen – for infants
    • PediaCare® Fever Reducer / Pain Reliever with Acetaminophen – for children
  • Cold & Cough
    • PediaCare® Fever Reducer Plus Multi-Symptom Cold with Acetaminophen
    • PediaCare® Fever Reducer Plus Cough & Runny Nose with Acetaminophen
    • PediaCare® Cold & Flu Hydration
    • PediaCare® Fever Reducer Plus Flu with Acetaminophen
    • PediaCare® Fever Reducer Plus Cough & Sore Throat with Acetaminophen
    • PediaCare® Multi-Symptom Cold
    • PediaCare® Nighttime Multi-Symptom Cold
    • PediaCare® Cough & Congestion

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Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my page.

Thanks to PediaCare for sponsoring this post and giveaway. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own. 

PediaCare New Dosing Features

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I want to highly recommend that you check out this video (just under 4 minutes) that can tell you about the updates to acetaminophen products. It’s important to get updated on what’s been changing with these products so that you can know best how to treat them when they get sick. The video also has some really good tips for how to get kids to take their medicine! Here’s a link to the new dosage chart, as well.

I have been trying out PediaCare’s Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever with Darah (we had a recent cold circulate in the house). And I LOVE the new dispenser method. Darah prefers to take her medicine with a syringe, and we used to spend a LOT of time trying to get her medicine out in the proper dosage (we’d often get air pockets over get too much medicine out, and then put too much back in…such a pain!). The flow restriction that the products now have has ensured that we get it right the first time!

I also LOVE that they have a dosage based on weight. It’s really important to read that label carefully! I’m really glad to see on the infant products that it doesn’t just say, “ask a doctor.” That used to drive me nuts! Now you have a better idea for the proper dosage. But do make sure you know the weight of your child…no guessing!

I also like that PediaCare products are dye free, so that’s one less harmful thing for my kids to be ingesting.

The PediaCare Infants Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever is intended for ages 0-36 months and retails for $6.99 for a 2 ounce bottle. PediaCare Children’s Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever is intended for ages 2-11 and is $7.59 for a 4 ounce bottle.

Edit: This giveaway is now closed.

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win one bottle of PediaCare Infants Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever and one bottle of PediaCare Children’s Fever Reducer/Pain Reliever (ARV of both is $14.58).

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