My Sick Little Child

Hello all,

So as you probably already know, a few weeks ago, my little HelperBaby was very sick. So had a fever and was uncomfortable in everything and was cranky and needed lots of hugs and snuggles and medicine. This is just a little post about what I do when the little one is sick. I hope this helps you. *** Go check out my disclaimer sections please***

First, I fill the bath with nice, warm water, with the Johnson and Johnson's Soothing Vapor Bath. This is what I use to wash HelperBaby as well. I find that it really clears up her nose and she has a lot more pep after a bath in this stuff. I also use a baby vapor rub, but it isn't pictured here because I couldn't find it this time. 

Next, we throw our toys that we want to play with into the bath. 

While she is doing that, I throw her pjs and her towel into the dryer and put it on sensor dry. By the time the sensor catches up with the machine, it will be about time to get Penguin out of the tub and into the nice warm towel and pjs. (My washer and dryer are in the SAME ROOM as the bath. I did not leave her unattended, I promise.)

I then give her some White Grape Tylenol for cough and cold for infants. Ages 0-23 months. I give her one does according to her weight and that will be able to work its magic so that she shouldn't be coughing or have a fever by the time she goes to bed. 

This is her sitting patiently on the edge of the tub waiting for the water to fill up. She is so sweet. 

This is her nose aspirator. It is battery powered, and I find that it works the best. She doesn't like it all that much, but neither would I. But it is what is best for her so we can all sleep through the night. 

I give her a gummi multivitamin everyday, but when she has a cold, I stop the multivitamin and pump her full of Vitamin C and D. 

This is just regular Vasaline that I use on her bum and her lips and nose, if needed, because when she gets sick she gets little itchy rashes everywhere. And no, I don't use the same tub for her bum and her face. it is simply the same product. 

This is her having a ball in the bubbles. 

Washing herself. 

Then, because i don't want her sickness to become worse, and also because if I don't dry her hair before she goes to sleep, it becomes a horrible ratty mess in the back, I blow dry her hair on low, alternating between the warm and the cool so that she never gets too hot or too cold. 

That is the tube of Vasaline.

Now that we are all clean and dry, we get into our nice warm pjs, and we are ready to brush our little teeth and go to sleep!

I hope you guys enjoyed this little routine. I hope to see you soon, and let me know what medicines and remedies you use for your children! Have an absolutely amazing day and I will talk to you later!

Warm wishes. 

A Pamper Evening

Hello everyone! 

As you know, HelperBaby has been very very sick, and the other night I got approximately 2 hours of sleep. Needless to say, I looked like death warmed over the next day. So, I got out all of my spa essentials and decided an evening of pampering myself would do the trick. 

I didn't buy all these items at once, they are things that I have stock piled in my bathroom for about a month. I don't do pamper evenings all the time, but when I do, I want to fee luxuriant and lethargic; this is just what the doctor ordered. 

To start off with..

This, is everything that I use to acheive my pamper evening. 

I start out with brewing a cup of camomile tea for myself. 

Then, I wash my face and drink my tea. 

Next, I do a Biore nose strip to open and clean out my pores. And I read while that sits for 10 minutes. Then, I do a small GlamGlow mask. I already need more, but I still have enough for nose and spot treatments, so this is what I did. That sits for 20 minutes, and in the mean time, I sprayed all the summer shoes I took out of storage with an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal shoe spray to make sure they smell nice when it comes time to wear them all summer. (I can't wait!)

 Then I run my bath, with my Bath bomb, that my best friend, Tia, gave me for Christmas. It smells sweet, but not overpoweringly so and it makes the water smell good and get all fizzy. I loved it I will be buying more bath bombs in the future!

I soaked for about 10 minutes (I'm not a HUGE fan of baths, but my muscles needed the soak) and then I drained the tub and took a shower. I first scrub my lips with my LUSH Bubblegum Lip scrub, then I wash my hair with my Biolage and then scrub my arms (where I have unevenness and redness that I am trying to get rid of) with my LUSH Ocean Salt Scrub. I wash my body with my Nivia Harmony time and that leaves my skin feeling super soft. And I smell like a rose garden. How lovely. Then I wash my face with my Micheal Todd Tropical Enzyme Scrub to get all the dead skin off my face and make sure that all the mask and glue from the Biore strips has been taken off. 

I then Brush my teeth (my tea is finished by now) and I put on my rejuvenating eye pads and my almond oil hair mask. They both smell amazing. They only need 15 minutes, so I fold laundry while I'm waiting. 

Then I rinse out the hair mask and wash off any residue from the eye pads and towel off. I then spray my hair with my Soy Leave in Conditioner from the sexy hair line. Then I comb my hair and run my AG Keratin repair through my strands and comb those through too. I braid my hair and let those work their magic on my damaged locks. 


I then tone my face with my Pore Refining Toner, just to try and get those pores as tiny as possible after I removed all the junk from them. Next, I massage my Liftactiv Night from Vichy onto my face (this stuff smell so good) and follow up with my Ceramide Youth Restoring from Elizabeth Arden. I then gently pat my Ceramide Lift and Firming Eye Cream from Elizabeth Arden under and around my eyes. And then I put on my normal, everyday deoderant. And I finish my routine off with some Hurraw MoonBalm onto my lips. 

 I then put BioOil on my arms and anywhere I have scars or stretch marks. 

I then go crawl into bed and paint my nails with one of my favorite polishes, Wedding Glitters by Sally Hansen. Two coats does it, and I'm ready to read and then fall asleep, renewed, refreshed, and ready for another day of mothering.  

 












I hope this inspired you to do a little something for yourself this week. As mothers, we are busy and tired and often over worked, and we need a little break ever now and then to balance everything out. I hope you do a little balancing yourself. 

Remember to go check out my Luvocracy page to see all the products I used in my paper evening. @caitlynnescagel

See you on Monday!

Warm wishes.