Our fifth child is now 11 months old. I’ve been doing this parent thing for over 14 years and I thought I’d seen/done/experienced it all. I was wrong. I’ve been lucky I guess. I have never had a child with breathing problems. We’ve dealt with autism, blindness, brain damage, handicaps, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and a [...]
Tags: asthma, bronchiolitis, medicine, nebulizer, pneumonia, RSV, treatments
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Last week my kids both came down with bad colds. Having both kids sick at once was a first for us and it was, unfortunately, also my 7-month-old daughter’s first cold. Needless to say, it was a rough week at our house! One night I was up ALL night (literally). My two-year-old son would wake [...]
Tags: babies, colds, kids, medicine, moms, sick, sickness, Toddlers
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As a newly pregnant woman, you’ve no doubt heard from plenty of other women that you can’t “take anything” when you’re pregnant. So when you get congested, have a cold, or indigestion, you probably figure you have to just deal with it. Even worse, if you feel exceptionally sad or anxious, you may feel that [...]
Tags: cold, doctor, illness, medicine, Pregnancy
Posted in: Health, Pregnancy
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