Staying Healthy in the Fall
Fall is a wonderful time in Arizona. Although we don’t get the changing leaves (except in Northern AZ) we do get a reprieve of the Hades like temperatures that make Arizona so…pleasant? We finally start spending a bit more time outdoors. Pumpkin patches are visited and families plan Halloween costumes and Thanksgiving gatherings. Unfortunately, with all the fun that fall brings, it also brings and increase of illnesses. With 5 kids, it seems like sometimes we spend the entire Fall passing along one illness after another.
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Follow these tips and perhaps you will have some success staying healthy in the fall.
Use Fitness Fight Back
Keeping active and regularly exercising helps keep your immune system, as well as your body healthy. Weather permitting, take walks and hikes as a family. Visit an apple orchard and pick apples together. When the weather doesn’t allow it, have an indoor dance party or pop in an exercise tape (kids love trying to follow along with the instructor).
Sleep
This one is always a hard one for anyone with kids. Sleep is your body’s way of recharging it’s battery. You would never let your cellphone battery die, so give yourself an extra charge and get enough sleep.
Wash, wash, wash!
As simple as it sounds, it’s so important to wash your hands. Use soap and warm water for at least 30 seconds.. My favorite tip a nurse friend told me was singing “Happy Birthday” while you wash your hands to make sure you take enough time. Definitely a song your children will know!
Vitamins and Minerals
Your body needs the right kind of fuel to keep running. Making sure your diet is full of healthy fruits and vegetables is great for staying healthy in the fall. But we all know kids won’t always eat those fruits and veggies. Luckily, we have vitamins available on the market to help get kids (and adults) some of those essential vitamins and minerals they may be lacking in their diet. When it comes to selecting the best multivitaman for your family, look no further than Rainbow Light.
Rainbow Light offers complete multivitamins for men, women, teens, and children. Specially formulated for individual nutritional needs, they have just the multivitamin for you. From prenatal vitamins to menopause formulas, from children’s chewables and gummies to supplements for active seniors, you will find a multivitamin that fits your needs and provides nutritional support for your lifestyle. All Rainbow Light supplements are 100% natural and are gentle on the stomach. Rainbow Light Multivitamin Systems start with a base of nutrient dense superfoods, their bio-balanced formulas combine research-based, therapeutic potencies of nutrients and botanicals that work together to address multiple systems of the body for immediate and long-term health.
I have been completely impressed with Rainbow Light’s children’s products. My girls love the taste of the Gummy Bear Essentials, and love that they get more than one! I am totally excited to try out the Prenatal Precious Gems for my next pregnancy, seriously gummy prenatals? Maybe I’ll actually remember to take them! My littlest enjoys the crunchy sweet/sour mix of the kid’s NutriStars. It’s become one of her favorite parts of her breakfast routine. I was super excited to see that Rainbow Light’s products are gluten free and contain probiotics.
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We’re all over gummies for our vitamins and keeping us healthy! If I don’t keep them well, they’ll get me sick!
We definitely need to stay healthy. With the kids inside for recess more at school, and germs just flying everywhere, we are working to stay healthy! Great tips!
I was just telling my husband that we needed to stock up on vitamins for the oncoming season. Thanks for reminding me. I’m going to go out and get some of these!
These sound like great vitamins. What is the sugar content? I need to put my kids on vitamins.
With three kids it seems like we are always battling something. My FIL just had a bone marrow transplant so it is really important that we all stay healthy this season
I can not believe that they contain probiotics! That alone is a great reason for me to switch brands.
My husband’s number one rule is sanitize, so we are all the time carrying around sanitizer. We haven’t had too many bouts with sickness the last few years and I think it is due to his stellar and watchful eye!
I hate that Fall means cold and flu season. I have already had two colds. I think i need to get some vitamins.
Everyone seems to get colds during the fall. It is great that there are products to help keep kids healthy!
This is such a hard time to stay on track,all of the food is just so good
I want those vitamins!! They look just like yummy fruit snacks and I could actually get my kids to take their vitamins!!
These are great tips. I’ve been sick the last 3 weeks and I just can’t seem to get it to go away..but I haven’t been sleeping well either.
But I’m emphasizing all of these steps to help prevent my kids from getting my cold.
I LOVE Rainbow Light brand vitamins for myself and my son! I have used them for years, and will continue to use them. They are especially great if you have a sensitive stomach and can even be taken with or without food!
Handwashing and vitamins – I think that’s whats getting us by right now. I had one nasty cold last month that lasted for weeks, hoping the kids don’t get it!
I follow most of these tips, but getting enough sleep is an area I’m severely lacking in. There’s just not enough hours in the day!
I wash my hands like crazy, and I always take my vitamins. I HATE being sick! HATE it!
I love that this brand has so many different supplements in so many formats! We all take many vitamins an can’t stand traditional pills or capsules.
I love these vitamins. I just had my baby, and the prenatal vitamins would have been a welcome substitute for those horse pills I was taking. Blech.
These are all great tips, but the best ones are keeping those hands clean and making sure they have all the vitamins they need. A healthy body can fight off germs much more easily than an impaired one.
Ah yah it’s time for the sniffles to start coming. I try to give them vitamins everyday.
If only my kids would LET me sleep. They are completely to blame for me not getting enough!
I try and remember to take vitamis but dont always remember. Being in the Midwest you can really tell its fall now- leaves falling and tempps in the 30s at night. Sleep is a huge thing in not getting sick!
It is so important to wash, wash wash the hands to fight colds and flu Also, taking vitamins does help and getting sleep is so important!!
It is so hard to keep kids away from other sick kids in the fall, so it seems nearly impossible to keep them well.