3 Fun Tips to Let Your Kids take their Med or Vitamins

For parents, letting their kids drink medicines and vitamins can sometimes be stressful or be full of difficulty. Because most kids have preferences for their medicines and will in turn give you a hard time while shopping for medicine. But, researchers have ways that are proven to give you an easier time while giving your child their medicine.

Most of these will be about changing your approach to your children, which will be hard but worth it! Let’s get into the world that kids willingly drink their medicine and not give their parents a hard time!

1. Positivity is Key

Whenever you give your kids their medicine, the right way to go about it is through your attitude. If you have older kids, having a positive attitude while encouraging them to drink their meds goes a long way. Why? Because an older child’s mindset is dependent on what they see feel from their parents. So, if you approach them feeling annoyed and angry, they’ll be getting more rebellious as the days go by because they don’t like the way you approach them. On the other hand, if you show them that what you’re giving is the best for them and you mix in a little encouragement, they’ll respond by being obedient and diligent.

If you have children on the younger side, your emotions are what they base their decisions on. Whenever you approach them using the forceful method, you’ll be gaining a lot of resistance from them because they feel that you’re trying to force-feed them something that they don’t want. But, if you approach them through a gentler method, they’ll respond by eventually drinking the necessary meds.

2. Let Your Kids Have Control

Whenever your kids are in the age where they understand what you tell them, try explaining to them why they need to ingest the medicine that you give them. This will make them feel that you respect their personal space and that you only want the best for them. Which will in turn, actually encourage them to drink their meds because they already know the reason why the medicine is important. Also, giving them the right to choose the flavor they want will help you get them to drink the medicine. Why? Obviously, it’s because children want to choose what they think is the best-tasting one. Let’s face it, some medicine can be too bitter or too sour for kids to enjoy it, that’s why they have their preferences whenever they drink their medicine.

For younger children, encourage them to do some “playing doctor”, let them play with their toys and deem them as the patients and your child is the doctor. This will give them a sense of why we give them medicine, and will in turn, encourage them to drink the medicines or vitamins that you give them.

3. Food Infusion

If all else fails, there is actually a way into giving your child their medicine with them not knowing. This is where you mix the medicine with their food! If they need to drink a pill, you can open the pill and mix the contents of pill with the food that they will eat. Or when they need to ingest a tablet, you can crush the tablet and sprinkle it over the food to hide the fact that you’re letting them drink their medicine.

But, caution is needed whenever you do this, because some pills lose their effect if they’re opened prematurely. Make sure that you consult your doctor before doing this so that you’ll know which pills are safe for food infusion.

Making your kids drink their medicine can be a tough job, you just have to know the right ways to go about it! The things stated in this article will help you do your job in an easier and efficient way, so keep everything that you’ve read here in your mind!

About the Author:

Esther Diaz

A 22-year-old graduate of graphic design, DIY enthusiast, make-up lover and has a love-hate relationship with desserts. I dream to be soon one of the known bloggers.

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Emergency Food Storage Must Have and Preparedness

Preparing and storing survival food has always been one of the activities that every survival guide tells everyone. For one, it will let people know the importance of storing food for emergency reasons, and two, it will help them prepare for the worst.

Starting an emergency food storage entails an ample amount of time in planning in order to make it completely useful. If you have decided to start your own emergency food storage, here are some of the important things you must consider:

• Consider and purchase food that does not require refrigeration
• Your emergency food choices should require a little electricity or fuel to cook
• Your emergency food must have a long shelf life
• The food you have selected must provide an ample amount of nutrition and must contain a little salt

Starting an emergency food storage entails a number food pantry rules, which are the following:

Caloric Intake is an Essential Factor in Survival Mode

Consuming food that are high in calories is important in any disaster situations or survival modes. Caloric food will ultimately prevent you from malnutrition, plus, you will maintain your body at optimum health. For this reason, stock up on food that provides you with fats.

Purchase Multifunctional Food Items

Purchasing food items that can ultimately give you more than one purpose will greatly help you with your finances. Additionally, it will also help you to save space in your emergency food storage pantry. Oats, pasta, rice, wheat, and beans are some of the food that can serve you a variety of uses without losing a hefty amount of space and money.

Store High Energy Food Snacks That Helps Boost Energy Levels

Consuming food snacks that are high in carbohydrates and protein will certainly boost your energy. High energy food snacks such as nuts, peanut butter, crackers, granola bars, and trailed mix are some of the food that you can consider. Additionally, these foods will also help your body to keep your energy levels and spirits elevated in any emergency scenario.

Protein is Important

Protein is a vital factor in one’s daily diet and overall health. This is why protein intake cannot be omitted, most especially on survival circumstances. Aside from the fact that canned meat is a great source of protein, it can also help you to maintain your energy level. Tuna, ham, chicken, and spam are also some of the examples of food that are high in protein.

Never, Ever Forget the Basics

What most people forget the basic food necessities that one must have in disaster and survival cases such as cooking oil, flour, cornmeal, salt, sugar, spices, baking soda, baking powder, and vinegar. Make sure that these staples will not be overlooked in order to be successful in completing your emergency food storage.

Other Food Selections Must-Haves in Your Emergency Food Storage

There are a number of food choices that you can purchase when starting an emergency food storage. Check out this list of food varieties that you must have in survival mode:

1.  Canned fruits, vegetables, meats, and soups
2. Dried legumes (beans, lentils, or peas)
3.  Crackers
4. Nuts
5. Pasta sauce
6.  Peanut butter
7. Pasta
8. White or whole wheat flour
9. Seasonings such as vanilla, salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon, pepper, and taco seasoning
10. Sugar
11. Bouillon cubes or granules (chicken, vegetable, or beef)
12. Kitchen staples (baking soda, baking powder, yeast, vinegar)
13. Honey
14. Unsweetened cocoa powder
15. Jell-O or pudding mixes
16. Whole grains (barley, bulgur, cornmeal, couscous, oats, quinoa, rice, and wheat berries)
17. Non-fat dried milk
18. Plant-based oil (corn oil, vegetable oil, coconut oil, or olive oil)
19. Cereals
20. Seeds for eating and sprouting
21. Popcorn
22. Instant potato flakes
23. Packaged meals (macaroni and cheese, hamburger helper, and Ramen noodles)
24. Purified drinking water
25. Fruit juices, teas, coffee, and drink mixes

Key Takeaway

Keep in mind these survival tips and rest assured that you will survive in any unpredicted disaster situations.

About the Author:

Esther Diaz

A 22-year-old graduate of graphic design, DIY enthusiast, make-up lover and has a love-hate relationship with desserts. I dream to be soon one of the known bloggers.

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Laundry 101: Tips In Doing Proper Laundry Washing

Washing the clothes flawlessly is a life skill that most people ignore. Instead of loading up the washing machine outright, you should do separate the dirty clothes by colour and texture, select the appropriate wash cycle, and know how much detergent to add; these are the primary rules that people ignore when washing their laundry. With a little hard work, dedication, and constant practice, you’ll be the master washer! Also, having your own condominium character can help because most of them have a complete laundry machine system in the building, which would make your life a whole lot easier. Here’s how to begin!

Separate the laundry

Colour and fabric type for each cloth differ which means they mustn’t be washed together! Separate the laundry per its type and here’s how;

-       Segregate light & dark shades

This is probably the biggest mistake one can make when washing the clothes is mixing all the shades in the wash cycle. Clothes, especially new ones, tend to release dye colour during the process of washing that is collected by the light-shaded fabrics. Consequently, you’ll ruin the entire pile of laundry,  so don’t ever mix bright and dark shades in hot water as well as with white pair.

-       Separate by texture or fabric

Much like the segregation of the shades and colours, the laundry must be separated per its fabric material and quality. For instance, when you wash denim jeans or other heavier fabrics, you’ll need more washing time as compared to the lighter and medium materials.

-       Always read the wash care label

Clothes aren’t something that you can just throw into the washing machine and just let it rip. Always remember that some clothes can only be dry-cleaned while others that are made of special materials such as wool requires special hand-wash techniques and they can only be washed using detergents and soaps. Also, when washing clothes that have special components like zippers, you should zip-up the clothes and turn them inside out before running the wash cycle.

-       Set it right

With constant progression, almost all the washing machines that we are available today have settings based on temperature of the water that is used. Hot water is preferred for light-shaded clothes and items that are extremely dirty. Conversely, cold water is used for darker clothes; especially new ones to prevent excessive colour reduction. Also, an important note to remember is that cotton items must be treated only with cold water or else they would shrink!

There are settings based on the load size such as small, medium and large. If the dirty laundry fills up one-third of the machine, select small whereas medium for half-full and large for three-quartered full machine respectively! Don’t stuff the machine as you need extra room for water whereas loading it up to the top would present ineffective results.

Determine laundry bleach, detergent & softener

After separating the clothes, put detergent, turn ON the machine and then put the clothes; this is the correct way of doing it instead of putting the pile of clothes before anything else. Then, fill one-third of the machine with water; add some bleach (only if you need it), add detergent, and dissolve the entire thing. Add the clothes in the last and you’ll see the miraculous difference that this way can do.

-       To bleach or not to bleach

If your white clothes are extremely dirty and you need to make them look brand new, you should add some bleach to the laundry but, do note that not all bleaches are for clothes. You should carefully read the product label to be extra safe!

Chlorine bleach give best results on white clothes made of cotton and linen. Don’t ever use this bleach on coloured fabrics or else the color would deteriorate, the material will start to deteriorate, and the overall quality of the clothes would be ruined. The alternative for chlorine bleach is  all-fabric bleach because it is tailored for chlorine-sensitive and coloured clothes.

Conclusion

When using a washing machine to wash your clothes, be sure to follow the appropriate steps as mentioned above, and you’ll be taking care of your clothes!

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