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Chrstine Mackenzie

Friday, September 7, 2012

How to Handle Back to School Bugs

With school underway, kids are going to start getting sick. Find out how to prevent that from happening.

As most moms know, back to school means a lot of different things. Busier schedules, homework, fall sports, a whole new set of after school activities, and, of course, back to school bugs.  Frankly, it almost seems inevitable that, no matter how old a kid is, they always seem to catch some kind of illness within the first few weeks of school. Now, before anyone gets crazy here I am not saying that school makes kids sick! I am, however, saying that it seems like the change in seasons, the change in schedules and even the change in scenery all seem to contribute to an almost inescapable case of something.  Take, for example, my friend Colleen. Her daughter started the first grade less than a week ago and was already sidelined with a case of …

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