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A Parent’s Guide to Car Sickness and How to Handle It with Ease

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Having someone get car sick on a road trip is the worst so these car sick remedies will have you handling your baby, toddler or yourself getting car sick with ease instead of freaking out about puke everywhere. The car was packed. We were on our way to visit family in a neighboring state. And then it happened. Our daughter got car sick and threw ...

The Secret Way to Avoid Dragging All the Kids to the Doctor’s Office

This post is sponsored by Amwell. All opinions are my own. There's only so much you can do when you are trapped in a cramped 100 square foot room with four little kids for 20 minutes or more.Only so much to contain the youthful energy and exuberance that is a toddler, preschooler, and two grade schoolers before they go bonkers.And there's ...

How to Prevent Yourself From Getting Sick

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Sickweather. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Opinions are my own. Being sick is one of the least enjoyable parts of mortality. Yet it happens repeatedly to various levels of severity over and over again, particularly during the cold and ...

How to Get Children to Take Medicine Without a Fight

There are some things that you are never told you will have to do once you become a parent. One of them is that you will have to hold down and force medicine down your child's throat, because they don't want to take it. Luckily, I've gathered some tips on how to get children to take their medicine, even if they hate taking medicine.As we ...

How to Care for Sick Baby or Infant with the Common Cold

I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Zarbee’s Naturals. I received a product and a promotional item to thank me for participating. Oh no! Your baby has his first cold! What are you going to do? If you run to your local drug store you'll be in for a rude surprise when you realize that pretty much all the ...

Having Church at Home When You’re Too Sick to Go

There have been a few Sundays in the last few months where we haven't been able to go to church due to sickness. Between stomach flus, never ending rounds of colds and the flu, as well as hand foot and mouth disease, it has added up to many missed Sunday Services. And it stinks. Especially since I'm usually the healthy one around this house, but ...