I was asked this question…what have I missed out on due to having a sick kid and having to be home to take care of them? I have been thinking long and hard on this for well over a week.  That’s a long time to think about one simple question don’t you think?

I came to the conclusion that it had to be nothing.  Atleast nothing important enough for me to remember.  I think my kids come first and apparently other things just are not all that important to me because I came up with nothing.  Not one single event stands out in my head.

Maybe though…maybe it is because my kids are rarely sick and I rarely have any events going on.  So maybe I’ve had some brilliant luck that never matched those two rare occurrences of a sick child and a chance for me to go out.  I’m willing to bet that is it.  Maybe if I had more of a full social calender and kids that would tend to get sick more that I would have some better answer to give.

I can promise you though that I would have no problem skipping something to be home with my sick children.  When they get sick I worry about them so much.  Fevers scare me and I hover.  There is no way I could leave them home sick, in the care of someone else, just so that I could go out.  No way…

I’m not exactly sure why my kids don’t pick up all the rampant illness’s that other children pick up so easily.  I can tell you that I think the following things help.

• I don’t run my kids to the doctor very every little thing.  When I do take them to the doctor, that is usually when they pick up an illness.
• I don’t over medicate my children.  I don’t think you have to give a medicine for every symptom a child experiences.  Medicines in my opinion are to only be used when needed.
• I use homeopathic and natural treatments…they work, I swear it!.
• I feed my kids real foods.

You may not agree, but something I’m doing must be working!  Similasan is a brand that makes homeopathic medicines.  I have actually used the Ear Ache Relief product that they make often for myself!  It works!

Right now Similasan and Shutterfly are having a photo contest!

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You can bet yer bootie I am headed there as soon as I click Publish on this post to enter some photos of my girls! Wish me luck! Good luck to you as well if you enter!  Just click to visit Similasan!

What have you missed out on due to a sick kiddo?

Similasan and JuiceBoxJungle sponsored me to write this post, and they asked me to talk about the things I’ve missed because of kid-illnesses, and to mention this sweet contest!