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FREEPER FAMILY TABLE--Good for what ails you
grellis | September 17, 2004 | grellis

Posted on 09/17/2004 5:43:39 AM PDT by grellis

Its getting to be that time of year again! Hacking cough, nose running like a faucet, bleary eyes, and the dreaded "Mom, I don't feel so good..." (baaaaaaarf!). Cold and flu season...coming soon to a household near you!

What are some of the OTC medicines you swear by? Which ones have proven to be miserable failures? How about home remedies? Does anyone have a really great recipe for crock pot chicken soup they'd like to share? When do you draw the line at home treatment and head to the doctor's office? Be as specific as you can, especially with the OTC meds. There's a lot of garbage out there, let's separate the wheat from the chaff.


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To: luckystarmom

My kids are great about washing their hands at home, but I have no idea what kind of encouragement toward personal hygiene they get at school. The first thing I have them do when they get home is wash their hands. It does help!


61 posted on 09/17/2004 3:57:50 PM PDT by grellis (Yeah! What bad company said!)
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To: grellis

I will say that now that my daughters are almost 8, they are not getting as sick as other kids their age. I think they got exposed to everything their first year of life.

It was a catch 22 for us and illnesses. We had to put my son in daycare when I went on bedrest during my pregnancy with my twins. We were originally going to pull him out after the girls were a few months old, but then they got the RSV and he stayed in daycare longer. Then one had severe asthma and the other had brain damage. I was constantly at the doctors or dealing with a sick kid, so my son stayed in daycare for another year. Unfortunately, he would bring home every illness. He rarely got sick, but my daughters would get sick.

I have mixed feelings about daycare. I don't know how we would have taken care of my son when I was on bedrest, but he brought home lots of illnesses.

I'm just glad my kids are older and don't get sick as often. We also get a flu shot every year. That helps a lot.


62 posted on 09/17/2004 4:06:12 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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I can understand how you have mixed feelings but you obviously didn't make the decision on a whim and, despite the constant illnesses at the time, your family members' immune systems are stronger from the exposures. We do what we have to, don't we? Hindsight is just that--behind. Leave it there. You're a great mom and did the right thing.

I know how limited the choices are when it comes to child care. I haven't got any family within 90 miles and no real friends to speak of, nobody that I know well enough to leave the kids with. I stopped working the week before my due date when I was pregnant with my first. I stayed at home and watched the "Nanny" trial on Court TV. Remember that Boston nanny who was found guilty of killing her two year old charge and sentenced to time served? Watching that was how I spent the last days of my pregnancy. Even so, had I been facing your situation, I have no doubt I would have done the same thing.

63 posted on 09/17/2004 5:45:30 PM PDT by grellis (Yeah! What bad company said!)
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64 posted on 09/27/2004 3:56:44 PM PDT by Fintan (Oh...am I supposed to read the article???)
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Amen, FRiend! Couldn'ta said it better myself!!!


65 posted on 09/27/2004 5:26:49 PM PDT by grellis (The freeper formerly known as Piratey Things)
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To: AppyPappy
Chicken noodle soup with plenty of garlic and hot peppers.

with 2 motrin and a small glass of iced ginger ale

home made Earl Grey tea with lemon and honey is good too

66 posted on 10/15/2004 4:11:16 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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