There is little worse then hearing your child wake up in the middle of the night, crying. When you go to them and pick them up for comfort you realize they feel as hot as an oven and it’s obvious your little babe is sick. You take their temperature — and there it is, your child  has a fever.

Fevers are often feel like a big threat to parents, many rush for the Tylenol and the phone to make a call into their doctor or their first reaction is to take them to the emergency room. Understandably we get nervous and anxious when our child is not feeling well. What some parents don’t realize is not all fevers are bad. There are 4 key things to know about if your child spikes a fever (for a child over 3-years-old):

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Delicious and Easy Cornbread Recipe

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I have a big love-on for cornbread. It is one of those things that just remind me of home, and happy and my mom. On days where the sun isn’t shining like it should or we are all sick with the flu I like to make a huge pot of chili and cornbread. Something easy [...]

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Accidently ingesting gluten when you have celiac disease is unfortunately likely bound to happen at one point or another. Whether through cross contamination, not reading the labels right or a well-meaning friend or family member ensuring you it’s safe, getting ‘glutene-ed’ [as we all call it] is no walk in the park. What do you do now [...]

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As a mother with young children you don’t receive a whole lot of feedback that what you are doing — this ever important ‘job’ — is going in the right direction. You go through many stages before your children are old enough to give you that positive reinforcement that reassures those little voices in the back [...]

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I mentioned this a while back on my Facebook page — that changes were on the way for Accustomed Chaos. I took some time off last week to give myself some breathing space and now I am en route to new things to come for 2012.  December is hard on everyone with all the holidays and [...]

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I could have talked about this sooner. It’s not like it’s some giant secret or anything. Part of me didn’t want to jinx it – the other part – well, this new ‘chapter’ means the end of previous chapter.  Sounding all dramatic – it’s not really. Most I think would be thrilled about this – I [...]

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