6 Tips to Keep Your Family Healthy Through The Holidays
Everyone has BIG plans for the Holiday season full of parties, dinners, and impromptu gatherings. The worst thing is to get your family infected with the cold/flu virus right during the holiday season. Here are 6 tips to keep your family healthy during the holidays.
This post is sponsored by CVS Minute Clinic. All opinions are my own.
6 Tips to keep your family prepared and healthy during the holiday season
1. Get enough sleep
One of the biggest hits to our immune system is not getting enough sleep. During the hustle and bustle, make sure you are getting the rest you need, or getting sick will MAKE you get the rest your body needs.
2. Keep up on your immunizations and flu shots
We’re having a newborn over for our holiday party and because she’s too little to get all the immunizations herself, I wanted to make sure we weren’t exposing her to anything harmful. At the beginning of the month we made sure all the kids were up on their immunizations and flu shots. Our regular pediatrician was crazy busy, so we turned to CVS Minute Clinic for our flu shots. At CVS Minute Clinic, you can make an appointment online, or (like us) just walk in. They tell you how long the approximate wait time is, so you can even do your waiting at home on the couch instead of in the office. The nurse practitioner we saw had lots of great information for me and info on the flu shot we were getting. We were in and out in about 20 minutes!
3. Check expiration dates and restock
Whether you are checking your stock of Echinacea or Vitamin C, or making sure that your trusted cold remedies and pain medication are not expired, you’ll be glad you are prepared when the time comes. There’s nothing worse then thinking you have a medicine cabinet full of everything you need, than to find out everything is expired! The great part of CVS Minute Clinic is that it is INSIDE a PHARMACY!! You can stock up on everything you need all in on spot.
4. Eat your fruits and veggies
It’s easy to not eat regular healthy meals during the holiday season. There’s usually lots of junk food nearby to snack on, and not enough sit down meal time for all the healthy foods. Try keeping a veggie or fruit tray in your refrigerator so you have healthy options when the cravings hit. Keep track of your servings of protein, fruits and vegetables to make sure that you are filling your body with nutrition before enjoying the snacks of the season.
5. Keep extra soap, hand sanitizer, tissues and sanitizing wipes on hand.
It’s a great idea to give your house a once-over (especially doorknobs and light switches) before guests arrive (and really all through the flu season). CVS has great deals on all the items needed to keep you healthy. You can pick them all up in one stop and keep your house stocked for the season.
6. Know when to go to a doctor
Colds can quickly turn into a secondary infection such as a sinus infection, respiratory infection or ear infection. If you are wondering if you or your children might be beyond the regular virus, get in to see a doctor. CVS Minute Clinic can get you a same day appointment or even a walk-in visit. If you are in need of a prescription, it can be filled right there at the pharmacy! What a great one-stop shop during the busiest time of year. They can also send all their findings to your regular provider so your records stay up to date.
Hopefully you can keep your family healthy and happy during this wonderful Holiday Season. Good luck with all of your hosting and celebrations!
These are really great tips to keep your family healthy over the Holidays! I am going to have to bookmark these.
Great tips! Sleep and hand sanitizer are big ones in my home – as soon as we miss sleep everyone starts get cranky and sick.
That’s pure awesome! It’s really important to make sure that the whole family is healthy during the holidays. It would suck to celebrate Christmas when you’re down with the flu. A flu shot is important and so are the other tips that you shared here!
Great tips! It’s so important to stay healthy during the holidays. There is nothing worse than a sick child during the holidays.
CVS is definitely a handy place to heave near you! We use that place ALL the time.
It’s easy to forget those healthy habits during the holidays. It’s always good to never lose site of them!
These a great tips for staying healthy through germ season. Having a box of tissue and bottle of antibacterial gel in every room seems like a must.
We pretty much always get sick over the holidays. This year we’re trying harder though with healthier eating, getting plenty of sleep. and we all got our flu shots.
We still have to get our flu shots before we are too late into the season. Thankfully, knock on wood, nobody has gotten sick yet.
Nobody likes getting sick over the holidays. I try to make sure I get a proper amount of sleep each night.
I hate to get sick during the holidays. I made sure we all got our flu shots this year. We have been eating a lot more fruits and veggies to.
I love how CVS has so many services to help keep us healthy. Their Minute Clinic is super helpful for emergencies.
These are all good ideas to help stay healthy this winter. I’ve used the CVS minute clinic before and I was really pleased with the service!
We are all about preventing! No time for sickness here!
This is definitely the time of year that everyone gets sick. These are some great tips!
I think these are all great tips. We do most of these on the list already too. It’s great to stay healthy, especially around the holidays.
Eating our fruit and veggies has been a lifesaver for us. We eat lots of fruits and tons of veggies and haven’t been sick this season!
Great tips. Holidays can be stressful
I have never gone to CVS clnic but it seems like a convenient way to get our flu shots. I will see if they take our insurance. I like the rest of the tips and should follow them at all times.
CVS Minute Clinic is such a great resource for keeping your family healthy. We’ve used it many times.
We go to CVS minute clinic all the time when we are sick. It is easier than trying to get into my DR and they are fast!
Nice tips to stay healthy in this holiday season. It is necessary to stay healthy in party season.