The weather {hopefully, where you are} is starting to get chilly, the kids are back in school and your social calendar is starting to fill up. This would not be a prefect time to get sick. But chances are, you are about to, have already or like me, have lingering symptoms that just won’t quit. Here is my advice {probably, most of it, I won’t follow myself} on how to avoid getting sick this time of year.
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1. WASH YOUR HANDS
without fail, everytime I get sick, I can pinpoint it to a trip to the zoo or a sneezy kids that I encountered and me remembering that I didn’t wash my hands before I touched my face. Don’t. Touch. Your. Face. Or your eyes, ears, nose or mouth without washing your hands. While I have been sick about 2 times in the last three years, I know when it was and that I didn’t wash my hands. I am one of those annoying people that don’t get sick. I figured it is my workout regime, or being a vegetarian or being a super mom, but I really have only been down for the count, unable to take care of my family, in bed for at least a day sick twice in the past three years. Both have been after visiting the zoo or extremely public place where kids are everywhere and I didn’t wash my hands immediately when I thought about or got home. and I probably touched my face…
Something in your eye? Let it be.
Bugger in your nose? Leave it alone.
Something in your teeth? Don’t take any selfies.
The best thing to do is avoid touching your face all together or if you must, wash your hands immediately before or just touch your face in your own home {again, after washing your hands}. I keep this as a rule for myself.
When I was a nurse at the hospital, I just wouldn’t touch my face until I got home and showered. If I had an itch, yes, I did not ignore it but made sure it was when my hands were still wet from washing my hands. At home.
2. SLEEP
Now this is advice that I really don’t follow. Last week, between birthday party planning for our Little Man, trying to figure out the new blog for you guys and getting up at 5:24 am {anyone else have to set their alarms at weird time?}, I wasn’t getting enough sleep. And I got sick. Shocker.
I told similar advice to my husband recently: You can’t do anything on your To Do list when you are sick, but you can get sleep right now.
Don’t fold the laundry.
Turn off the TV at 9.
Shut down the blog after 1 hour of working on it after dinner.
Set rules for yourself to make sure that you get enough shut eye. Your world cannot functions without you. And you and your immune system need sleep.
3. EAT HEALTHY
I totally blame those 5 donuts I had the Saturday of Leo’s birthday for getting me sick. While they aren’t the only culprit, they certainly didn’t help. Make sure your diet isn’t all sugar. Get some greenery. Or order your favorite to-go salad and add some salmon on top, which is full of yummy things to boost your immune system and provide you and your body with good calories to stay strong.
4. TAKE A NAP
You might hate me after this next statement, but I took a nap almost everyday with my kids until Leo was about 18 months old. I was always told “Sleep when the baby sleeps,” so I just kept following this. I now take at least one every weekend. Yes, sometimes I worry that this facilitates a later bedtime or making it harder to fall asleep. But your body doesn’t store up sleep. It would be nice if we could create a reserve to dip into for those long working nights or long drinking nights, but it doesn’t happen. If your couch or bed is looking rather delicious this weekend for nap, do it!
5. WATER
Sometimes, drinking water seems so boring. I am the first to admit that I drink a lot of water but do need to be better about drinking more. Sometimes, I go to Chick-Fil-A and get their diet lemonade and add a splash to my water cup to make it more “fun.” {Living on the edge over here, I know!} or get an Arnold Palmer from my favorite place and do the same: add a pour to my water cup to liven it up.
If you love to-go cups as much as I do, whenever I find myself with one, whether it be lemonade, an Arnold Palmer or just water to-go, I will drink a little and then add water to keep it always full.
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