By Russell J. Bunai, M.D. The rational management of fever requires understanding the nature of fever. With rare exceptions, fever is the body’s protective response to illness, most commonly infection. This appropriate or PHYSIOLOGICAL FEVER is what the body is doing right! Fever helps the body survive the illness. Fever strengthens resistance to infection in a number of ways. In order for a germ to cause … Continue reading “Don’t Treat the Fever.”
I have a laundry basket for each child that I put their clean clothes in. To encourage them to put them away I put a TREAT at the bottom of the pile! (Connie Nokes-Roberts) NIGHTMARE BEAR- a sutffed teddy bear, names by her children, is used when they need comforting. (Connie Nokes-Roberts) Have “DATES” with your children. Make it a point to spend extra time with the … Continue reading This Works for Me!
Oldie but goodie. Place a drop of oil in the pot when boiling potatoes or macaroni to keep from boiling over. Steam vegetables instead of boiling. Save water from steaming and use that liquid for adding to soups, gravies or rice. It is vitamin rich. The sturdy package inside your cereal box is great for shake and bake items. Crumbs from the cereal can be used … Continue reading Kitchen Kapers
Children cannot always help their behavior. While we must communicate to them responsibility for their actions, we as parents need lots of wisdom to know how much correction they need given situation. variables such as fatigue, improper diet, stress at school all add up to less than desire performance on their parts. Like us, they require understanding and patience and lots of overlooking of things said … Continue reading Insights
We have a policy at our house to always WASH the tops of canned goods before opening. Dust from the product sitting on the shelf accumulates and can easily get into the food int he process of opening. (Gail Signor) PUZZLES: How to organize? After you put the puzzle together, flip it over and number all the pieces with the same number. Each puzzle is … Continue reading This Works for Me!
Pick a movie with your eyes closed! Watch it, then each person answer the following questions: What was your favorite part of the movie? What was your least favorite part of the movie? Who was your favorite character and why? Pick 6 movies and number 1 through 6. Roll a die to choose which movie to watch. Watch it, then each person answer the questions … Continue reading Family Fun Night!
Soda? Replace sodapop with a healthier substitute. Kids love bubbly drinks so mix flavored seltzer water with juice or other non sugary beverage. Smorgasbord. Make something different each night for dinner. At the end of the week, to make dinner fun, put all the leftovers out adding a few other favorites and have a smorgasbord. Everyone takes what they want and has variety. (Rose DiCicco is … Continue reading This Works for Me: Food!
Marc Weissbluth does a great job explaining why infants, children and adults need sleep. He describes the importance of sleep and how to establish good sleep patterns from birth. He talks about how to calm all types of fussy infants and children. He goes into detail about how to establish sleep patterns from infants to toddlers and brings in practical tips to help with the out of the … Continue reading Book Review: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
Gail Signor shares her feelings: For me, friendships with other women have always been virtually important. Ironically, I feel I have deprived myself of having a close female friend most of my married years. When I ask myself why, I come up with a few possible reasons. For one, we’ve moved several times to different states. The challenges of maintaining a relationship are obvious. Secondly, … Continue reading Women Friendships
RECYCLING: Save those baby wipe containers. They’re great to store markers and crayons in After soap and water, styrofoam trays from package meats make great paint trays when stenciling or for various children’s crafts. Also good for kiddies’ snacks. Keep baby food jars and lids until you’re inspired to make potpourri gifts. Fill jar with potpourri and cover lid with pretty cloth. Tie a ribbon on and … Continue reading This Works for Me: Recycling!
ART with Angela DiCicco, The Italian Grandmama's Guide 