I am lucky when it comes to illnesses with my kids. Knock on wood, they rarely get sick. I’ve had some issues with food allergies with my daughter, but when it comes to actual illness, she’s been relatively healthy in her three years of life. My son has been EXTREMELY healthy. In the almost 6 years I’ve had him, he has been sick maybe four times.
However, one of the times both kids were sick, they had the stomach flu. Unfortunately I was sick with the stomach flu as well. Thankfully I missed the throwing up portion of their flu. I was actually at the hospital because I was pretty dehydrated from throwing up myself. It wasn’t until my husband and I got home late, that we found out that they had been throwing up all night long with my inlaws. And would you believe, that was the one and only time my kids have ever thrown up…aside from the normal baby spit-up, that is. I know. Weird.
Since my kids are generally not pukers, caring for them when they don’t feel well is something I really enjoy (I don’t handle puke well AT ALL…I guess the saying “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle” is true!). They are all cuddly, warm and yes I know it’s because they have a fever, but hey they like to lay on my back so I might as well let them soothe my aching back while we’re at it! But best of all, we just have a lazy day watching WAY too much Spongebob, and eating popsicles!
When I do suspect that one or both of the kids may be getting sick, I like to be prepared. I stock up on Gatorade, popsicles, and any medicines I may need. Similasan, a homeopathic company makes awesome products to help pink eye, earaches, anxiety, and a whole slew of other issues. Head on over to their site, register and you can get a pretty decent coupon towards your first purchase!
Do you think you have the cutest, brightest eyed, brightest smiled child out there? Well if so, Similasan is encouraging people to enter their contest! The grand prize is $500!!! Who can’t use $500? Enter here…be sure to leave a comment with a link to your picture. I would love to see everyone’s entries (that way I can check out Bella’s competition hehe)!
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