I'm sure you have noticed by now the cold and flu season having kicked in.  If it has passed by your home this month, feel fortunate!  I thought we were going to get through November unscathed by illness, and then this past Monday morning, I woke up with a most painful sinus cold.  Ick!

I don't know what kind of options you've chosen to use when you and your family get sick, but myself personally, I don't like to shove a lot of drugs in my body, for a couple of reasons.  One is that I already take enough meds for other ongoing medical problems, and the second is because a lot of over the counter drugs make me feel lethargic and sleepy.

Being only 4'9" and under a hundred pounds, my body size is more like a child than an adult so I tend to look to children's products first when needing some relief from cold and flu symptoms.

Lucky for me, I had been sent some Boiron products for children in the mail last month, that up until now had no reason to use for either myself or Amber.  With a full blown sinus cold and headache, I was ready to start popping anything like candy!

I received three products from their Boiron's children's line to try out the Oscillococcinum (yeah say that three times real fast!), the Coldcalm and the Chestal. 

I decided what I needed to try for my symptoms was the Oscillococcinum.  It is actually for flu-like symptoms like feeling run down (oh I felt like a freight train hit me!), body aches (well my head is part of my body right?), chills and fever. 

Easy to take, the Oscillococcinum comes in a tube, you twist the cap to remove, and have your child dissolve the entire contents in their mouth.  Really similar to eating a pixy stik and seriously as tasty too!

Homeopathic treatments are great for these reasons

* do not contain any of the ingredients under question for use in children
* have no known side effects (not even drowsiness or jitteriness in children)
* don’t interact with other medication
* don’t mask symptoms (allowing doctors and patients to easily detect and respond to symptoms of serious illnesses should they arise)
* are not body-mass dependent (so there’s no need to give more or less medicine depending on body weight), and
* have no risk of overdose

If you are looking to have some products in your home that fit the above, and are ready to help fight the cold and flu in your home, check out http://children.boironusa.com to learn more about them, as well as find a retailer in your area.  You can also download a coupon off their website to help you save money on your purchase.

I received a set of Children's Boiron products at no cost to myself prior to writing this post.