What Do You Do to Make Your Little Ones Feel Better?
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While it’s wonderful being a kid, it can be tough being a kid! And moms have always been uniquely qualified to make us feel better. Whether it’s your special soup, or a backrub, or a certain song you sing, we know you’ve got the touch. Tell us what you do to comfort your kids when they’re down and be entered to win a $250 Visa gift card.
When my Sophie is sick I bathe her in warm water with vapor bath soap from gerber its great. I also hold her and comfort her and give her some saltine crackers, as well as warming her chest with baby vicks and the palms of her feet wrapped in tissue paper.
When my kids are sick, I set them up in bed with their favorite videos or DVDs, soup made with just chicken broth and alphabet noodles, plain saltines, and ginger ale, all served on a special princess bed tray, used only for these times of illness. They also get back rubs, popsicle and plenty of TLC!
My son always feels better when I take good care of him when he is sick. I buy him ginger ale, make homemade chicken soup, and buy him those little oyster soup crackers to settle his tummy. I don't like when he gets sick, but I do enjoy being a good mom to him at those times.
I am a 24 year old, single, work at home, mother of 1oinry little boy (not so when he's feeling sick). What I do to make my little guy feel better consists of many things. The very most important is to stock up on everything you will need for that sick day (or week) ahead of time, the rest after that is a piece of cake. I give my little guy PEDIATRIC ELECTROLYTE FREEZER POPS, PEDIATRIC ELECTROLYTE DRINKS, WARM JELL-O TO DRINK, TYLENOL, APPLESAUCE, BANANAS, TOAST, COOL BATHS, COOL WASH CLOTHES, BABY VICKS, run the HUMIDIFIER, plug in the PEDIA CARE GENTLE VAPORS PLUG UNIT, and LOTS OF COMPASSION. I make sure he gets PLENTY OF REST and FLUIDS. But the one thing that seems to make him feel the best, above all, is to indulge that motherly instinct and just HOLD HIM. Since I am a work at home single mother, I call the shots and I can just take the day off, if the occasion calls for it and hold him all day if need be to make him feel better. I cherish the fact that I can afford this luxury.
I'm 24 years old and I just had my second child and maybe that has something to do with the fact that I don't try to prevent my kids from getting sick. In fact, I would love to expose them to the chicken pox virus so that they could build up their immunity. All kids need to have their bodies build up immunity and by trying to prevent them from getting sick you are only harming them later in life. When my kids do get sick I make sure they get plenty of fluids and fruit and vegetables to help them fight the disease. I stock up on extra soft tissues, baby vicks, and children's tylenol to help ease any discomfort. All illnesses are much worse the older you get so by exposing them early in life I'm hopeing life will be easier as they get older.
I raised two children and now have two small grand-daughters. The older of the two spends most weekends with me (the youngest is a newborn...Mom won't let her out of her sight yet). If Chloe is sick, I put all weekend plans on hold to concentrate of getting her as well as possible before sending her back home. After a nice warm bath, lotion rub down and some comfy pj's, we pile up on my couch with her favorite toys...a little white lamb and a baby doll, her blanket from her crib set, and sippy cup of favored water. We spend the day/evening watching her favorite DVD's....Blue's Clues, Barney, etc. I'll make her chicken noodle soup...making sure she at least drinks the broth...(saltine crackers go great with it and provide something more substantial on her tummy). I cuddle with her as much as she wants and don't worry about the little things that aren't getting done around the house....nothing else matters when she's not well. I would endure it for her if it were possible.
tuck them in to bed and give them a favorite toy to hold. then i read a good night story till they relax and fall asleep. if they are hungry, I also feed them mashed bananas just like my mom did for me.
I hold my little ones hand in my fingers and hold her close
One-on-one time always helps. I bundle them up, put them in their onesie, read to them and provide hugs and personal attention. Providing lots of fluids helps and of course plenty of rest.
As a mother of 2 (and a Grandmother, now too!) I try to pass on what worked when my 2 were little - they were very rarely sick, and had great immunity. #1) Lots of rest (even pre-schoolers need LOTS of rest!) #2) NO SUGARY Drinks!!! #3) Lots of fresh fruits/veggies - you'd be surprised @ what kids will eat if they are continually exposed to great food! #4) All the fresh air they can stand (it's good for YOU, too!) :)
