My family lives in Florida. I am married to a surfer and we have five beach loving children. We try to avoid sunburns but sometimes they simply happen. I like to treat my families sunburn naturally. I have several homemade natural sunburn remedies that help to provide relief from nasty sunburns but one of our …
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I have been loving chia seeds for quite some time now but I am quickly falling in love with hemp hearts as well. I started adding hemp hearts to mine and my children’s morning smoothies several months ago and have no intention of stopping. I notice an increase in energy and feeling of well-being in …
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My kids have battled a few viruses in the last few months. I feel as though sports drinks have been recommended “because they need electrolytes” on more occasions than I can count. Two of these recommendations were from physicians. I am somewhat surprised that so many people think that you need to consume these store-bought …
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I have been putting off writing this post for some time now. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if people wanted to know about, or if I even wanted to share, our families pinworm experience. This morning, a few mamas in a natural parenting group that I am involved in had a discussion on pinworms and natural pinworm remedies. I explained …
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My family has been hit hard this week by a yucky bug. We all had coughing, congestion, and fever. Audrey seemed to be the most sick. She maintained a very high fever for 5 days. I have read and been told about the healing power of the onion but I never actually tried it…until now. I …
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This is the second day that Audrey has had a high fever. She has been averaging 103 degrees farenheit. I have been holding off on giving fever reducers and letting the fever simply run its course. This is something I would have never done with my first child, Alex. With Alex I did not trust myself …
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Earaches and ear infections are a common occurrence in children. If you take your child to a traditional doctor for an ear infection you will most likely be handed a prescription for an antibiotic and possibly pain relieving ear drops. Instead of a using a prescription you can easily make a home remedy using three ingredients that will both heal and soothe …
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All of my kids recently had a birthday. Alex turned 6, Ava 3, and Audrey 1. And of course you know what birthdays bring…cake, parties, presents and the ‘well’ doctors visit. It has been 4 days since this ‘well’ visit and I now have 3 sick kids. I can tell you that I am OFFICIALLY done …
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