posted by Jennie on Nov 11
The hubby and I are blessed to have a healthy child. We decided to not give him synthetic vitamins and minerals right from when he was an infant. Call it coincidence, but when we stopped the usual baby multivitamins, then the fevers and frequency of colds were almost non-existent. We have since taken care to give him all natural foods as much as possible, like organic brown rice and a couple of all natural supplements. We have been reaping the benefits since. 
Keeping babies healthy can often be a challenge, especially with all the viruses mutating like crazy these days. I know for a fact that while it is easier to protect him now that he isn’t in big school yet, it won’t be the same when he is exposed to a host of different bugs when he heads for school.
I stumbled upon this Gurgle guide to toddler, a site can prove to be handy for parents who would love to know how to cope with preschool illnesses. The site also answers dressing toddler for winter concerns. Very handy indeed, I love their treatment and prevention articles.
One of the things I am concerned about is our little guy’s ears susceptibility to infection. This was one of the concerns that we had to get checked in our last doc’s visit. I’m sure you can use a tip or two from the Gurgle guide, as well. Click on the links to get there.
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November 12th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I have the same concerns about my little man getting sick. When we were breastfeeding he would get a cold and be fine in about 2 days. We are no longer nursing and it seems like he gets a cold and it lasts for a week or more. He also had fluid in his ear once and the doc said as long as we kept nursing it most likely wouldn’t turn into an ear infection and it didn’t. Now I’m super worried about him getting an ear infection, too. He’s only 1 so not in school yet, but if he sneezes after a playdate or after running around one of those public play areas in the mall, I’m like “oh, no. Please don’t get a cold”. He just seems so miserable when he’s sick and he’s too young for any type of medicine so it pains me to not be able to do anything for him. So I understand where you’re coming from.
Tamika
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November 14th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Hi Tamika! I am with you when you say that it gets you super worried when you baby is not feeling well. I encourage you to do what I do. Brown rice and organic food for your little one. We wouldn’t know how toxic all those pesticide that are used to grow all the other regular foods. It has worked for us since.
Nobody said that raising kids is easy, we really just have to be armored and know what to do. I give my kid lemongrass juice on the onset of a cold and even if he doesn’t have one. It works fine, colds go away in a day, tops.
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