Best of MeckMom: Sick Day Roundup

Posted by on Jan 18, 2011 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks, Recent Posts | 2 comments For the record, I had every intention of blogging this month.  Unfortunately my immune system just didn’t cooperate.  Over the last six weeks my family has been slammed by a very persistant flu bug.  It went through all seven of us multiple times.  If I never see another cough drop wrapper or wadded up tissue it will be too soon. Thankfully, I’m happy to report that we’re...
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Simple Trick for Tissue Issues

Posted by on Mar 22, 2010 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks | 13 comments As I mentioned last week, we’ve had more than our share of sickness lately.  Between the seven of us, we’ve burned through a lot of tissues.  However, mysteriously, I seem to be the only one that can manage to get them into the trash can.  I find used tissues stashed by the sides of their beds, wadded up near the couch and pretty much everywhere else a tissue box is stashed.  I...
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How to Organize Medicine in 3 Easy Steps

Posted by on Mar 19, 2010 in Popular Posts: Organizing | 5 comments Amy from Utah wrote to me this week for help with her medicine supply cupboard.  Here’s an excerpt from her email… I am out of room for all the stuff that has to be in the meds cupboard, we purge the contents of the bins as the needs change, but it still leaves me with a mess.  Now I have 4 bins above my microwave, one for my meds and medical needs, one for the kid’s things, one...
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Marked Water Bottle – Simple Sick Day Solution

Posted by on Mar 11, 2008 in Uncategorized | 4 comments My 8 year-old has been home sick with a cold for the last two days.  As all Moms out there know, life doesn’t slow down when you’re kids are home sick.   No matter how much we wish we could tend to our kids hand and foot; work, laundry, dishes, and dozens of other daily to-dos demand our attention too.  Sometimes it can be tough to keep track of the little things our kids...
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End Late Night Runs to Walgreens with this Simple Solution

Posted by on Oct 11, 2006 in Uncategorized | 2 comments We’ve all been there. It’s 2 o’clock in the morning and of your kids has a fever. You fumble around the kitchen trying to track down those little plastic thermometer things and your half-empty bottle of Tylenol. After many late night trips to Walgreens, I came up with this simple solution. I bought this inexpensive 3-drawer organizer at Target for around $7. Next, I divided our...
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