Comments on: A Mom’s Survival Guide to the Flu

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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:44:36 +0000

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By: mickeed

mickeed — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:17:27 +0000

I use 45ml bleach with 1 litre water for general cleaning and disinfecting all the time, esp. for cleaning in the bathroom and kitchen. I wear gloves when I use them, bleach is very hard on your hands/skin.

This is a cheap but effective cleaner/disinfectant, recommended by food safe courses here. I keep a premade bottle of it (labelled properly) in the cleaning supplies and in the kitchen.

By the way, the anti-virus medicines only work well if you use them in the first two days so either get to the doctor or clinic asap, or get a couple of prescriptions for it and get it filled. Keep them at home and ready. This may be more important if you are in a high danger group, very old, very young. Remember that the regular flu usually kills more people than the H1N1.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:17:27 +0000

By: Brandy

Brandy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:32:15 +0000

I'm glad your back and feeling a little better!!

By: Kiersten

Kiersten — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:48:33 +0000

What a great tool! Thank you. I am printing it out now. :~)

By: Shauntell

Shauntell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:19:41 +0000

Thanks Crystal. This is such a valuable download. I think I will print it out and if we get sick I can just give the shopping list to those kind people, ie: VT's or family who offer to do something for us when we are not feeling well! Thank you for your help even when you were not feeling well. I am glad you are getting better!

By: itsjustjenna

itsjustjenna — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:58:15 +0000

My husband was out of town for two weeks while the kids & I endured the flu. Luckily, the kids are old enough to be mostly self-sufficient. I would echo what you said about having easy meals on hand & paper plates.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:44:54 +0000

Great handout, though I could have used a couple of these tips last month! Oh well. I must say it's a lot easier to handle the H1N1 if the mom is not the one with it. When I had it the doctor said I could not be my kids primary caregiver, couldn't touch them, and shouldn't even be in the same room as them so as to lessen the chance of them getting it. So I was basically quarantined in my bedroom. Man, when mom can't even help “supervise” the kids things get a whole lot crazier! Also I recommend using Pursue (an Amway product) to disinfect. You can spray it on toys, door handles, tables, etc. and not have to wipe it after. You can put it in your laundry and my mom says it works better than bleach to disinfect that way. My mom works at a University Preschool and Pursue is the main disinfectant they use.

By: Tara

Tara — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:39:28 +0000

I would also recommend buying chux pads – what you are laying on when you deliver a baby – they are waterproof and are helpful when dealing with a baby throwing up who doesn't understand doing it in a bowl or going to the toilet. They made it helpful when I had the stomach bug at the same time last week that my baby did (and husband was out of town) so that I could line her crib with them and then when she threw up, I just tossed those and put out new ones. No pulling off sheets/towels/waterproof pads and doing more laundry. You can buy them in the adult incontinence area of any drugstore/pharmacy and they cost about $5 for a pack of 20. Completely worth it in my book.