Search / 6 posts tagged kids and the flu

Flu season is upon us once again. Something as simple as a cough or sneeze can spread the flu virus from one person to another. It’s an especially dangerous infection because people can be infected with the flu and not realize it for several days.

Kid has a stuffy nose? Suck it up. Well, not literally. But don't give them over the counter cold medicine. That's the word from the FDA, who are now saying that you shouldn’t give cold meds to any child under 4 years old.

The weather is turning cooler and soon we’ll be spending more time indoors which means the spread of germs, colds, and the flu. According to the Global Hygiene Council only 23 percent of Americans are concerned about their kids coming into contact with potentially harmful germs at home and during

Jump to Comments I hate vomit.  I hate TO vomit.  I don’t want to be around it, or smell it or see it or know anything about it.  For those of you who have children you know that throw up is a fact of life.  It is one of those things that, as a parent, you  must endure…whether you like it or not. 

I should be in bed, key word should. But I am not, here I sit, pouring over keys and a mind full of sentences eager in a sense to let others know how mindful I may or may not be. Yesterday I could feel the sickness deep within my chest mocking me, I held my side [...]

You know I’m just going to keep on writing blogs about these questions that turn up in my stats pages until I’m bored.  I have a very, very long anti boredom threshold with things like this because the great thing is they are all so varied that just when I think it might be same old, same old, someone comes up with something mind blowingly odd that really makes my day.