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Medicine Cabinets and Toddlers

What’s in your medicine cabinet? If you have a toddler, the American Academy of Pediatrics has a list of items you should have stocked in your medicine cabinet, including: Thermometer: Pediatricians recommend that you invest in a rectal thermometer, as it provides the most accurate readings. However, most doctors also realize that many parents are weary of using one, so they suggest taking your toddler’s temperature in a way that you feel most comfortable. Be warned, though, digital ear thermometers are notoriously inaccurate. What’s more, trying to cajole a sick tot into holding an oral thermometer under his tongue or … Continue reading →

Organizing The Medicine Cabinet

September is a great month to organize the medicine cabinet. Doing it now ensures that you will have plenty of time to see what you might need and stock up on the essentials before the cold and flu season sets in. Remember that depending on where you live, this season may start as early as the end of this month. Do you have multiple medicine cabinets? Start with the most frequently used one and go from there, either blitzing through all of them one at a time, or doing one cabinet per day. Just don’t start pulling stuff out of … Continue reading →

Your Medicine Cabinet

Did you know that heat and moisture can render some medicines and first aid supplies virtually useless? Store your pain relievers, prescription medicine, and first aid stuff in a linen cabinet or another dry place where they’ll be handy but not near the hot steam from your daily shower. While you’re moving things around, check the expiration dates. Yes, prescription and over the counter medicines should be marked with expiration dates. If the date has passed, dispose of the medicine! Make sure to keep ALL medicines out of the reach of children and pets — a curious kid or nosy … Continue reading →

The Party Bathroom: Something To Talk About

Pop singer, Bonnie Raitt, once sang a song about giving people something to talk about, and there are few places that get more whispers and asides than a bathroom designated for guests to use. You could put a padlock and chain across the medicine cabinet before your guests arrive. That would certainly relay a very definite message. Believe it or not, according to a report conducted by Quilted North American Tissue, 39 percent of the adults surveyed admitted to snooping in other people’s medicine cabinets. The same report asked these people about the most unusual things they found. Answers included … Continue reading →

What’s In Your Medicine Cabinet?

When was the last time you cleaned out your medicine cabinet? Do you even know what’s in there? I hadn’t done an inventory of ours since I stuck some bandages in there the day we moved into our current home. That was mistake number one. Mistake number two occurred about two weeks ago when my husband severely injured his arm. I panicked and scrambled like a mad woman looking for something, anything, to treat his wound. The problem is my 2-year-old daughter loves to play “doctor” and she uses all my band-aids on her stuffed “patients,” so when it was … Continue reading →

Your Home Improvement and Decorating Projects

As a home improvement and home decor enthusiast myself, I would love to hear about any home improvement or decorating projects that you are currently working on or plan to do in the future. Do you hire someone to do your projects, or are you a do-it-yourself kind of person? What kinds of projects have you done in the past? How did they turn out? I’ll start by sharing some of mine. One of my first and favorite projects was a small cabinet I made for my main bathroom since there wasn’t a medicine cabinet. I used a drawer that … Continue reading →

Stocking a Basic First Aid Kit

Every parent or parent-to-be should have a well-stocked and conveniently located first aid kit. You may never need it, but if you do, you will be happy that it is all right there at your fingertips. A first aid kit should contain the following: Neosporin Hydrogen Peroxide Antiseptic Wipes or Gel (such as Purell) Alcohol wipes Soap Tweezers Fingernail clippers Small Scissors Safety Pins sterile gauze adhesive tape Bandages in several sizes Self-sticking elastic bandage. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) – infant, child, adult Ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil) – infant, child, adult instant cold packs (2) Benadryl (liquid and topical ointment) thermometer (digital) … Continue reading →