I love garlic!!!

What can I say? Things have been really crazy around here lately. Ever since the weather dropped to the colder temps after Easter, my kids (and Trevor and I as well) have been battling colds and allergies and congestion really bad. The kids seem to have taken the worst of it, unless we’re just able to handle more and don’t get the sympathy treatments that kids get…

Anyway…Riah was really bad last week. His poor eyes were puffy and swollen, his nose just poured, and he had a nasty cough. Very “croupy” sounding. He’s had croup several times before, so I just treated his cough as such, with a humidifier, vicks vapor rub, and cough med, and he got over it fairly well. But last thursday he woke up from a nap (a sure sign he’s not feeling well…he never naps anymore) and he started crying and saying “owww.” When I asked him what was wrong he just said “oww” and kept crying.

So the check list began…

“does something hurt?”

“yeah”

“does your head hurt?”

“no”

“your tummy?”

“no”

“your ear?”

“yeah!!”

Ah ha!!! The problem…I suspected as much but wanted to eliminate the other stuff first. It was his right ear that seemed to be causing him pain. So I quickly made up some garlic oil to administer to his ears. I placed a few drops in each ear (with him telling me it wasnt his left that hurt…just his right…but i wanted to make sure i got both) then i put some cotton in both ears and waited.

He stopped crying and I had him lay down on the couch and watch a movie on the laptop so he’d stay calm. Before the movie was over, he was running around like a crazy person. He still has the nasty runny nose, which seems endless to go away…but other than that he’s fine. I put more drops in his ear before he went to bed that night and the next morn when i asked him if his ear hurt he said no.

I love garlic!!

(I gave Riah and Glorianna garlic oil in a dropper as well, earlier in the week, just to kill any infections inside…Riah’s allergies cleared up and so did his cough.)

*this is turning into a long post but there’s more, so bare with me*

Zion has been my blessed child when it comes to sickness…he very seldom gets sick. Well, Sunday night during the baptismal service at church, Zion (who had been sleeping the entire service) wakes up coughing really bad. It was a very painful sounding cough (very crouping sounding) and he was wheezing. So we went straight home. Zion has never had the croup before, but that is sure what it sounded like to me. So with Riah having had it several times, I pretty much knew how to handle it. I set him under the humidifier, gave him some cough med and warmed up some Lemon Zinger Tea. After he had drank all the tea and sat under the humidifier for about 30 mins, he was breathing normal again and the cough sounded a whole lot better.

I put the humidifier in the boys room and ran it all night. About 4 am, Zion woke up coughing and wheezing again. So we gave him more tea and more cough med and let him sit up in the rocking chair for about 30 mins. His cough got better as did his breathing and he went back to bed. Monday morn he seemed to be doing great. By the end of the day he was barley coughing at all. Praise the Lord!

(ok…so that one had nothing to do with garlic, but there is still more…)

With Zion feeling better and Riah feeling better, I thought we’d get a break. But last night, Glorianna was very fussy in the evening. She cried no matter what i did with her. I finally gave her to Trevor and got on the computer for a little while to give myself a break. Thankfully she slept all night but this morning she woke up and thats when it started again. She didnt‘ want to eat or take a bottle and she was very cranky. I could do nothing to make her happy. Finally at lunch time i was able to get some food down her but she still didn’t want her bottle. I had to shove my lunch down in a hurry while she cried, so that i could figure out what to do next. It was then i noticed that she kept swatting at her ear. And when i held her, she kept rubbing her ear against my shirt.

Ah Ha!!! The problem. She probably has and ear ache. SO out comes the old trusty garlic glove which i put in some olive oil and heated just a tad…

Once the garlic oil was ready, i put a few drops in each ear and waited. I rocked her and sang to her and walked around the house with her for about 30 mins. Then she fell asleep. She slept for about 45 mins and when she woke up she was in a great mood. She’s been in a good mood the rest of the day, (so far anyway). SO tonight she’s getting more garlic oil in her ears and by tomorrow she should be right as rain!!

I love garlic!!!

Garlic also works great fore sinuses. Just chop up a garlic clove, swallow it with some water and let it work its magic. Trust me…it works…I tried it twice!! Just be sure to carry breath mints with you cause your breath will stink for a day. But its sooo worth it.