Romi's cold has been hanging on, determined to linger and last and generally drive everyone in the family crazy. Seeing as wiping the Romster's nose is tantamount to child abuse, we try to wait until we can't possibly stand it any more. Oddly enough, it doesn't seem to bother the little guy to have a glistening wet face. Combined with the fact that he has two new teeth on top, with more clearly on the horizon, our baby's face is always, always, always moist.
I was complaining about the boy's cold to my sister, Jodi, and she offhandedly suggested we buy some eucalyptus drops for his humidifier. Huh? Drops from those big trees that come from Australia and are all over the campus of UCSD? Seeing as Jodi has successfully raised three kids to teenagehood, I figured we'd give it a shot. We headed over to Sunflower, the local hippy-dippy market where we buy our produce. We asked for help in the overwhelming homeopathic section and were pointed to eucalyptus drops of various sizes. Who knew?
When we got home the Little Manaroony was heading for a nap so I insisted Rob put drops in the humidifier. Rob wanted to wait until bedtime but I was curious to see if we could give his bedroom a light jungle smell. Low and behold, when Romi got up, we could see a visible improvement in his nose. He was less congested and could breath easier and he was even less gritchy. Yea Jodi!
When I called to congratulate my sister on her baby-cold-cure prowess, I inquired if she had any remedies for teething. Alas, her expertise didn't extend quite that far, but everyone in the room on the other end of the phone had a suggestion, everything from frozen mini bagels to whiskey. My favorite part of the conversation was when Jodi explained to the kind soul who suggested alcohol on the gums that I was allergic to it and therefore Romi couldn't have any...until she remembered he's adopted.
I was complaining about the boy's cold to my sister, Jodi, and she offhandedly suggested we buy some eucalyptus drops for his humidifier. Huh? Drops from those big trees that come from Australia and are all over the campus of UCSD? Seeing as Jodi has successfully raised three kids to teenagehood, I figured we'd give it a shot. We headed over to Sunflower, the local hippy-dippy market where we buy our produce. We asked for help in the overwhelming homeopathic section and were pointed to eucalyptus drops of various sizes. Who knew?
When we got home the Little Manaroony was heading for a nap so I insisted Rob put drops in the humidifier. Rob wanted to wait until bedtime but I was curious to see if we could give his bedroom a light jungle smell. Low and behold, when Romi got up, we could see a visible improvement in his nose. He was less congested and could breath easier and he was even less gritchy. Yea Jodi!
When I called to congratulate my sister on her baby-cold-cure prowess, I inquired if she had any remedies for teething. Alas, her expertise didn't extend quite that far, but everyone in the room on the other end of the phone had a suggestion, everything from frozen mini bagels to whiskey. My favorite part of the conversation was when Jodi explained to the kind soul who suggested alcohol on the gums that I was allergic to it and therefore Romi couldn't have any...until she remembered he's adopted.
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Those home remedies are the best!
Just wait til the weirder ones get suggested!!!
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