I don’t know why, maybe it’s because I’m starting to know more people who have cancer, but lately I really have been trying to watch what kind of medication I put in or on my body or in/on my kids bodies as well. 

For example Kevin ended up coming down with a sore throat & ear ache last night.  He was just whimpering, but crying hard where those big alligator tears were pouring down.  Since we don’t have anything in the house medicine wise for that I did some looking online and found out that drinking hot/warm water with honey & lemon can help a sore throat.    I know gargling with salt water helps too, but I didn’t know as if Kevin would be able to do that as he was just out of control.  We thankfully got him to take a few sips of the water, but then he started crying about how his ear hurt.

I ended up looking in his ear (we have one of those things like the doctor has so you can tell if they have an ear infection) and even though I don’t know quite how to use it, I did notice that the inside was quite red so he wasn’t lying. 

At that point he was crying so out of control Paul ended up calling the after hours number for Kevin’s pediatrician and spoke to a nurse in hopes she would know what to do to at least calm him down enough where he could sleep.  She recommended warming up some olive oil (not hot.. just warm it up a little) and putting 3 drops into his ear.   So while I held Kevin, Paul ended up getting the dropper and put some in Kevin’s ear.   Kevin kept crying for a little while, but before long he had calmed down and was able to rest on me again and ended up sleeping the rest of the night.

I ended up keeping him home from school again today, but unfortunately around supper time the hard crying came back as his ear was hurting again.  This time the Olive Oil didn’t help, this time the garlic (juice or oil.. the one in the jar of garlic) ended up doing the trick.  After putting it in his ear he calmed right now and became my happy go lucky Kevin. 

All I know is I like knowing that I can give my children home remedies like this and see it work.   I just hope I can continue to find things like this.  For example is there anything that I can find that will help them when they become teenagers and the acne begins.  If not, then I will be looking for the natural stuff like acnezine. Of course by the time they are teenagers I’m sure there will be something even more natural and better. 

So do you have any home remedies that you use when your kids are sick?  If so, what are they?