I've noticed that some people have these blogs that are more than funny and venting. Some blogs have music and videos...beyond that some are useful and full of information. We'll call them snotablogs because they're justnotablog they are MORE. (And also beacause I'm jealous and haivng a snotablog sounds gross). Snotablogs include craft projects and recipes AND amusing anecdotes AND links. Well
, I've considered this for some time and decided to keep my plain little blog as it is...no frills (see, it's a decision not just laziness!)But here's my contribution to the Snotablog movement; it's a recipe:
2 cloves ( or 1 or 5...whatever)
2 Tablespoons Olive oil (or seasame oil)
Heat up, set to cool 1 hour, drop into achey ear and watch child go from grumpy and whiney to happy and giggly. Top it off with a cotton ball so the oil stays in and you have an excuse to yell "Use a tissue for heavens sake!!" a little louder than usual.
As we enter the season of children wiping runny noses on their shirts, hands and into their hair...the season of a hacking cough all over the turkey baster 'microphone' before handing it over to the kid standing next to them during the living room rock show. I thought I could put this info out to other Moms who might need to help their little ones through an earache. We haven't really dealt with earaches in our family too much and I had no idea what to do for Billie last week when she was miserable all morning. Another Mom told me about garlic oil, I googled it and tried it out and had a happy kid by trick or treat time.
Happy Winter.
4 comments:
Do you think the garlic oil might help my hearing loss? I'm going to try it, why not. In the meantime, I have jack o lantern envy. Debbie brought in one carved pumpkin for our haunted house station in the embassy and one kid after another poked it and said in wonderment, "is it real?" Cort's picture is awesome and meditative. How is it that your kids are so beautiful?
Aha, garlic! I was going to use two whole cloves like in the spice cabinet for Rosalind's next ear ache. Eh, maybe that would work too.
Thanks for the recipe! Roman seems to be my ear-infection prone child... although he's still the happiest, smiliest (is that even a word?) baby in the world. They make me feel like a dope at the pediatrician's office for his well-baby check-ups when they say, "Couldn't you tell he has a raging ear infection?" Uh, no. He doesn't ever cry.
I like your snotablog contribution. Wish I had known about that when Camille was having all of her earaches. I actually bought some garlic ear drops at the health food store...if only I had known your recipe I could have saved some money! So get ready for a visit...we're moving to Sicily this summer!
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