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Help Keep Your Family Healthy with Tips and Products from Vicks and Braun-Giveaway

February 23, 2014 by Kathryn 306 Comments

Winter may be almost over, but that doesn’t mean cold and flu season has ended just yet. In fact, I often find that March is the worst month in our household for illness, since the slightly warmer weather often tricks us into not dressing as warmly and thus weakening our immune systems. So far the weather is so cold that the boys and I have been spending most of our time indoors, but I know that there will likely be at least a few colds and flus left to deal with before winter ends!

When my boys do get sick, I depend on having great products on hand to help them feel better, and this year Kaz Canada is offering some must-haves for any parent that wants to help ensure their child’s health this winter. I received the Braun ThermoScan Ear Thermometer and the Vicks Starry Night Cool Moisture Humidifier to review and I’m sure they’re going to become essentials in no time.

The Braun ThermoScan Ear Thermometer was something I was especially happy to receive. A fever is one of those things that I always worry about with my boys, since I have trouble knowing when I should just wait the fever out and when I should seek advice from a doctor. The Braun thermometer featured technology to help ensure that my boys’ readings were as accurate as possible thanks to a pre-warmed tip and a positioning guidance system. Ear thermometers are such an easy and non-invasive way to check the temperature of both infants and children, so having a reliable one in the house is very helpful to me! [Read more…]

Get Prepared this Winter with the Achoo by Kleenex Cold and Flu Predictor-Giveaway

November 18, 2013 by Kathryn 223 Comments

Saskatchewan was just hit with its first big snowfall of the winter and that means that the season of shovelling snow, ski pants and sneezes is here once more. For the most part, my boys are quite hearty and don’t get sick too often. But already this year I’ve noticed that Zackary and Benjamin have had a few more flus, sniffles and fevers than they usually do. What can I do to help them stay healthy this winter?

Kleenex has the answer, with its ingenious new achoo by Kleenex Cold and Flu Predictor. The website tracks illnesses as they’re reported and using the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data and a proprietary forecasting model developed by a global network of professors, top business leaders and highly trained analysts, calculates the risk of illness for the coming weeks. [Read more…]

Learn About Cord Blood and Tissue Banking with LifebankUSA and Enter to Win One of Two mamaRoo Bouncers Worth $260

September 23, 2013 by Kathryn 7 Comments

I am so lucky to have two wonderful, healthy children to fill my days with their energy, and even though they often wear me out and sometimes drive me crazy, I treasure every moment I have with my rambunctious boys. So when one of them gets sick, my entire focus is on helping my sons to feel better. So far, the occasional cold or stomach flu is all that we’ve had to deal with, but there’s always the chance that a child could become seriously ill and that’s why banking a baby’s cord blood at birth has become increasingly popular over the years.

LifebankUSA is the only company that offers cord blood, placenta and tissue banking and is the first to release placenta-derived stem cells for a successful transplant. The company is passionate about meeting and exceeding the highest standards in the industry and even offers free tissue banking as part of its complete banking package. The package ensures that your baby will have access to life-saving stem cells from both cord blood and placenta tissue if he is ever in need of a stem cell transplant. [Read more…]

Avoid Stomach Troubles on Vacation with Bio-K+ Probiotic Capsules

September 3, 2013 by Kathryn 4 Comments

This post brought to you by Bio-K+. All opinions are 100% mine.

There's nothing more frustrating than having a vacation ruined by stomach troubles. Whether you're spending your time shopping in the city or lounging on a beach, traveller's diarrhea, food poisoning and other stomach upsets can take the fun out of the experience pretty quickly.

That's why Bio-K+ Travel Protection Probiotic Capsules are the perfect choice for any world traveller that isn't willing to let stomach upset slow them down. A good friend actually told me a story about attending a gourmet food tour and getting a stomachache from the incredibly rich food. Fortunately, another attendee had a supply of probiotics to share. The next day, my friend felt great and was ready for adventure!

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