Ear infection remedies have been top priority here since our first run in with an ear infection with my two year old. She and I were up until the wee hours of the morning, and she was in so much pain that I ended up taking her to the ER for her first antibiotic. When…
Cough Remedy
If you’re thinking this cough remedy recipe looks familiar, then you’re right! It’s actually the same picture that you’ll see in the cough and cold remedy post, but for good reason. You start with that recipe as the base. After you make up the honey, lemon, ginger mix put together, you’ll just need two more…
Wiggley Sleeper Bedside Bumpers
A wiggleworm sleeps next door to my bedroom. Her bed shares a wall to our bedroom, and she is prone to kick the wall in the middle of the night. Multiple times. So in an effort to protect her little legs (and preserve my sleep), I decided that the wall needed to become padded. At…
Onion Remedies
Onion remedies are at your fingertips in the average kitchen. The humble onion can surprisingly treat many ailments very effectively. They are the basis of many a historic remedy. I explore the onion nutrition and ingredients that make it such a potent remedy in this past post. Today we’ll talk about how and when I…
Onion Nutrition
Onion nutrition and remedies is our next topic in the ‘natural remedies you may already have in your kitchen‘ theme. This humble little bulb has a long and fragrant history, much like its cousin, garlic. In fact, these two have similar actions…and compliment one another in remedies and recipes alike. You may already be aware of the many uses of onions…
Whooping Cough part 3: Natural Remedies for Prevention and Treatment
This is the Whooping Cough post that I’m the most excited to share!!! I mean, I’m not giddy about having such a long and nasty bug this year, but it’s such a great feeling to treat your family at home with herbs and foods that you feel good about giving them, and watch them get…
Whooping Cough part 2: Symptoms, Dangers, & Conventional Treatments
Our whooping cough symptoms and recovery this fall has prompted me to get the word out. Though I’m not a fan of scare tactic health care, I want everyone to be aware of how contagious, and potentially devastating this disease is to those who may be immune compromised, and especially to very tiny babies. It’s…
Whooping Cough, Part I
Whooping cough was the last thing on my mind as we packed for a late summer vacation at the beach. But on the second day there, our baby’s cough got considerably worse…we realized that we had an insidious guest. The pertussis bacteria had traveled with us on vacation. The really scary thing is, my babe…