What Does Your Posture Say About You?

Have you ever paid attention to your posture?  I don't mean in regards to your skeletal or muscular health, though that's important too.  Have you ever noticed your mood or energy level when you've noticed your posture?  Apparently your posture says a lot about how you feel about yourself.  Do you feel confident?  Do you feel anxious?  There was a study done about this and was mentioned on the news this morning.

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I don't know about you, but now I have another reason to pay attention to my posture.  I think I just may start some of those exercises.

A Spoonful of Sugar Really Helps?

Home Remedies are becoming a popular way to take care of common everyday issues.  Apparently a teaspoon of sugar triggers a response from the body that stops hiccups.  Hmm.

There was a segment on the news this morning that stated this.  You can watch it here. 

So I think the next time I hear one of the kids complaining that they have the hiccups and they won't go away, I'll be singing "just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, medicine go down, medicine go down.  Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way!" And see if maybe, just maybe, it works.

Neti Pot - Love It or Leave It?

The Neti Pot.  Some people love it and "swear" by it.  I could leave it.  We have one.  The idea is, that you use this pot with warm salt water to irrigate your sinuses.  It works for Steve and makes a very big difference for him.  I tried it once and felt like I was drowning.  It was a very unpleasant experience for me.  I would much rather take my Zyrtec and increase my Vitamins D3 and C to kick start and boost my immunity.  However, if I had no other option than to learn how to use this pot without drowning myself, I think I'd try a little harder.

We had not explained any of this to the kids, and they overheard us talking about the Neti Pot as we discussed the nasty cold virus our household was fighting - only two of us have escaped it.  The girls that have been diagnosed with asthma needed to use their inhalers and the baby has needed nebulizer treatments. Curious about this Netti Pot, they asked what it was, so Steve offered to show them.  They had no idea what they were about to witness!

To use the pot, you are to tip the spout into one nostril and the salt water flows through that side of the nose, into the sinus cavities and out the other nostril while you breathe through your mouth and tip your head just so, over  sink.  Then you blow your nose and do it again the other direction.  Hopefully you can get the water through just the sinus cavities and not your mouth.  Sounds complicated and gross doesn't it?

So Steve got the pot ready and the four middle kids gathered around him in the bathroom to see what this Neti Pot thing does.  The oldest was smarter than them and the youngest was clueless.  Shortly after the "show" started, 10-year-old daughter came running from the bathroom yelling "EWWWW!!!"  And then there was laughter and expressions of "cool" and "weird" among a few other comments I'll spare you of.  It was quite the exciting start to a day of Daddy staying home from work sick.  The Neti Pot did it's job and he was back to work the next day.  So he loves it and I'll leave it.

How about you?  Have you ever used a Neti Pot?  Do you love it or leave it?  Or are you curious and ready to try it yourself?  Just remember safety and don't use tap water.