Seventh Generation Giveaway
**THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO SHEILA!**
It’s close to that time of year again… cold and flu season. And with kids going back to school, germs are gonna be in full swing! There are several things you can do to minimize your risk of getting sick though, so make sure to instill these good habits in your children as well:
Take probiotics. “A recent study showed that children who received enough probiotics daily throughout the cold and flu season had a significant reduction in the number of illnesses they had and, when they did get sick, the symptoms were both milder and didn’t last as long.”
Get lots of Vitamin D. If you aren’t able to get out in the sun, make sure to eat lots of foods high in Vitamin D (like fish, milk, and eggs), or take supplements.
Take Care of Your Body. Eat healthy, sleep well, and get lots of exercise.
Wash Your Hands. Especially teach your children to do so after touching “high risk” things, using the bathroom, after coughing or sneezing, and before eating.
Avoid Touching Your Eyes, Nose and Mouth. This will minimize the spreading of germs, a good habit to teach your children. Though seemingly impossible, I know!
Cover Sneezes & Coughs The Right Way. Don’t use your hand to catch the spray, always cough or sneeze into the bend of your arm.
To help get you on your way to a healthier season, Seventh Generation is giving away a Back To School Gift Pack to one of my lucky readers, which includes: a Seventh Generation backpack, two canisters of Seventh Generation disinfecting wipes (one for home and one that you might like to donate to your child’s classroom or Sunday School), disinfecting multi-surface spray cleaner, facial tissue and paper towels.
1.) Simply leave a comment telling me what you do to stay well during cold and flu season.
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3.) Post something about this giveaway on your blog. Then come back here and leave a separate comment telling me you blogged about it, with a link to your post.
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5.) Follow me on Twitter, and tweet about the giveaway.
6.) Become a fan on Facebook, and post something on your wall about the giveaway. If you’re already a fan, then tell your FB friends about the giveaway!
Open to US and Canada.
I will choose one random winner on Monday, Aug 16th at 9 pm, EST. I’ll post the winner here once a name has been drawn, and notify the winner via email, so make sure to leave a valid email address. The winner will need to respond to my email within 48 hours, or a new winner will be drawn.
Good luck!!
We make sure to get plenty of sunshine and Vitamin D.
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Last winter I was pregnant for baby #8.I was careful to avoid crowds.We tried to stay out of grocery stores and sent my husband instead.When we HAD to go I carried the toddler in my Ergo and told the others not to touch anything.We also drank alot of Emergen C.We still went to church but were careful about cleaning the toys in the nursery and not being close to anyone who was sniffling.We stayed healthy and I am praying for another good healthy winter.We homeschool so the germs are somewhat limited there as well.~Nikki
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I take Wellness formula and drink kombucha
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WE make sure to eat healthy, and wash wash hands!
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Besides doing all the things that you’ve already mentioned, I also like to use elderberry syrup through the winter season. Also, as much as possible, I avoid going out to crowded places with the little ones during cold season.
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We ake vitamin C (whole fods are better than pills) and we get sunshine to stay well ;0)
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I try to make sure that my children get lots of sleep. I think the start to most illnesses is when we get over tired and that lets down our immune system.
We load up on vitamin C – always have clementines or naval oranges in the house for snacking. And we don’t forget to stay active. Just because it’s cold out doesn’t mean you have to stay couped up inside. We try to take walks, play with the animals, whatever we can to be outside.
Our cold and flu keeper away? Sleep!
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I subscribe to your blog. With a toddler in a big day care we do our best (probiotics,hand washing, eating healthy, trying to sleep well), but after that we just cross our fingers and hope we make it through!
I just keep doing what I always do – exercise, eat healthy and get plenty of sleep.
Vitamin D and Healthy Eating …lots of fresh pastured eggs!
Jana
We live in the Great Frozen North and stay healthy by changing gears and getting plenty of fresh air and sunshine snowshoeing, skiing, iceskating and other fun winter sports. I also keep enough extra pillowcases so that I can change them every other day instead of once a week during cold/flu season.
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I use doTERRA oils to help speed up the healing. I really like them because I can also safely give them to my 2 month old son. It’s so hard when you can’t DO something for your little ones. They also sell some pills, including probiotics. The beads are small enough that you could give them to an infant.
I am currently fighting a cold and used the oil blend Breathe to unstuff my nose, some OnGuard in my water to ease my sore throat. When my order comes in, I’ll have more lemon oil too. Think of it like a lemon honey “tea”, except 1 drop of lemon oil equals about 1 teaspoon of the juices. It’s STRONG stuff!
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I just try and maintain a healthy eating habit along with washing hands consistantly
Ooo…I love seven generation! We try to stay healthy all year long, it really makes the flu season easier. We go out in public less during the flu season and especially avoid areas with high concentrations of young children, such as Bouncy Houses, Indoor Playgrounds and instead enjoy outdoor activities like the playground where we can breathe fresh air. And this may sound odd but we DO NOT get the flu shot, I have not had a flu shot in over 5 years and my kids have never had one. I use to get them every year while in the military and would get the flu every year. Since stopping the shots I have not gotten the flu since.
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I keep the kids close to home, stay away from indoor play areas, and teach them not to “share” drinks etc.
We eat healthy and try to minimize germs.
I make sure that my kids know to use a kleenex or sneeze into their armpits so that they don’t get everyone else germy and sick!
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I subscribe to your blog. We take vitamin C and probiotics, raw honey.
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i wash wash wash my hands alot
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We work all year long to stay healthy. We eat “clean”, exercise and use earth-friendly products. I subscribe to your blog and enjoy the great ideas I get! daisy
We do pretty much what you said, plus I try to make sure I am cooking really nourishing meals and lots of soups with homemade stock.
We get lots of sunshine, I clean doorknobs, water handles (in sinks and the tub), and light switches, and I make sure they get plenty of rest.
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we use vitamin C & stock up on Oscillo!!!!
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I load the boy up on garlic and vitamins every day!
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Well, it isn’t very inventive and not always very fun, but if there seems to be a lot of flu or cold germs circulating, ya know, like all season, we become very picky about which playdates we go to, which outings we attend, etc. We stay home a lot, because as boring as it can be, it is better than being sick. Also, we don’t usually do bathes every night (unless me daughter is super dirty, etc…like summer!) but during cold and flu season, if we have been playing with others, we will definitely do a bath that night.
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We use elderberry syrup.
We eat properly and get plenty of rest and wash our hands.
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Thanks for the opportunity! We carry hand sanitizer at all times, and wash our hands regularly to keep germs at bay.
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Never set your purse on a table or counter (one of the germiest things is the bottom of your purse … think about where all you sit it down).
Always wipe off the handle bar of your grocery cart. And the seat area if your baby sits there. We usually have a cart cover for her to sit in.
Drink kefir every day.
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During cold and flu season, we take vitamins and I send hand sanitizer to school in my boys’ pockets for them to use (don’t know if they do or not, but I try). We use cleaning wipes, and do whatever we can to stay away from sick people.
I try to be aware but not a freak about germs. I think not having a completely steril environment helps my kid’s immune systems to weather the season’s colds etc. Bring on the 7th Generation products!!
We wash our hands a lot.
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sounds simple, but when it is cold I just make an effort to stay dry. wet+cold=bad juju
We don’t do anything really special–the main thing for us is getting enough rest. DH especially tends to push himself too hard, and the stress and lack of sleep seem to weaken his immune system.
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We wash our hands alot. We use elderberry(the active ingredient in tamiflu) and we get our flu shots. The flu has already been reported in several states, and H1N1 is still very active in India and Australia. It should be making a comeback here soon.
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We are big on kefir and raw kraut, not to mention raw milk. All of that helps to keep us healthy!
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We get the flu shot, use lots of anti bac products and take vitamins!
We get flu shots and then of course lots of hand washing.
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I boost my immune system by drinking elderberry juice; when I do catch a cold, I take Sambucol. It’s great stuff, lessons both symptoms and duration of illness.
I know some people may think this is gross but I do not let my children wash their hands after they use the bathroom in public places ( like Wal-mart). They have done studies on the germs on those faucets and have found fecal matter and other disgusting stuff. If you must wash always use a papertowel to turn the faucet off. As soon as we get out of there I start pulling out my hand sanitizer.
We wash our hands like crazy … and drink lots of oj.
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I exercise and stay away from sick people get mountain air.
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We drink OJ. wash our hands, take multi vitamins, and extra vitamin C
We wash hands, especially after going out of the house!
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The #1 thing I do to stay well during cold and Flu season is I do NOT get a flu shot! I have never gotten one and neither have my children, and Praise the Lord we have never had the flu!
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I try to get plenty of sleep and drink plenty of water to help flush anything “bad” out of my system. At work we have hand sanitizer at the doorways, so I use that frequently. I get the flu shot (and last year the H1N1 shot early). However, none of that protected me from getting a wicked walking pneumonia for 3 months in February of ’09. And eventually losing 2/3 of my right lung to it.
I actually think I picked it up at the gym, as it was a water-borne “flavor” of pneumonia, and I was working out at the time, recovering from hip surgery the year prior. And I’m only 35 years old!
So the moral of the story, folks, is that you can do as much as you want to, but if you’re going to get sick, it’s going to happen. Only thanks to my good health prior, and the grace of God, am I not on Oxygen now, according to my Pulmonologist.
I take daily vitamins more regularly and frequently wash my hands.
We always wash our hands a lot and take plenty of vitamins! Gotta stay healthy in the colder months
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We just try to wash our hands thoroughly and keep the germs down with homemade cleaners. Would love to try Seventh Generation stuff!
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Wash hands a LOT!
We try to get extra sleep!
vitamin c and zinc- sometimes echinacea too- and lots of green tea
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we always make sure to wash our hands alot!
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