"Take your vitamins"

After our big scare in December, I was a tad nervous for Goose to get sick again.  Within 3 weeks after William getting out of the hospital, he was sick 2 times.  He was able to fight off each of the sicknesses like a champ.

When we went into the doc for the final check I asked the doc "Will his nose run all the time???"  

His response - "Expect him to get sick every 3 weeks."  

Um okay (with a nervous laugh)...

Sure enough every 3 weeks he has been sick and he has fought everything off like it was no big deal.

I have figured out some tips to keep us all healthy and ways of getting the vitamins down.

The basics to stay healthy:  Drink lots of water, sleep full nights (and naps), eat healthy and exercise.

The more difficult ones with a toddler:

1 - Take your vitamins.  Toddler taking a liquid multi-vitamin is not easy...  Mixing it with Odwalla Superfood saves the day.  And I give it to him at the beginning of a meal - he drinks it so fast I don't think he even notices that it taste a little funny.

2 - Freeze Plain Organic Kefir yogurt in extra mini ice cube trays.  Oh my this is the best treat ever and great teething relief!  At about 12 months old, little Goose decided he didn't like ANY pureed food and yep that included yogurt. I find that he benefits from yogurt so much from digestion to diaper rash, When he decided that yogurt was not yummy anymore, I came up with this little idea and it has been a huge change (and a fabulous dessert option). 

3 - Brush thy teeth (and tongue).  William went to the dentist for the first time last week and she taught us some new tricks to brush Gooses teeth.  The number one trick - hold the chin down while brushing.  I am able to get all teeth and the entire tongue - Yippee!  Sounds easy, but if you have a wiggle worm, then a little distraction and/or being held down a tad by another person helps tremendously.  Oh also another thing dentist said was for juice and milk - only 3 times a day for no more than 5 minutes - check.

Last week William ended up with the icky cough and snotty nose thing going around.  I called the nurse help line on Sat morning and she told me that the cough will last for 3 weeks and the nose will run for about 2 weeks.   It is amazing for a little guy who sounds so awful - how can he still have so much energy??  What a tough guy with an awesome immune system!

Watching the rain with Kee-Ka