Posts Tagged ‘medicine’

How To Feel Happier: Have a Kid

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Calli and Daddy crack each other up! Ok, Calli cracks Daddy up...

Calli and Daddy crack each other up! Ok, Calli cracks Daddy up...

It has been said that laughter is the best medicine. I am a huge advocate of this. I laugh all the time.

I laugh when I’m happy.

I laugh when I’m nervous.

I laugh when something’s funny.

Most of all? I laugh at my kids.

It’s funny how kids know exactly what to do. They are probably more in tune with your likes and needs than any of your adult friends.

Just a few examples:

Curing the Common Cold By Doing Absolutely Nothing

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

 

Can we really go from this...

Can we really go from this...

My two year old does not get sick. In her close to two and a half years of life, Calli has been sick twice that I remember. But when she does get sick, it’s usually a doozy!

 

When she was about eighteen months old she caught a flu that had her vomiting so severely that she became dehydrated. She looked pale and her eyes looked sunken. We lived in Missouri at the time, and the doctor gave her an I.V. of fluids and medicines to make her feel better. The I.V. succeeded in hydrating her, but it still took about another week for her to get 100% better.