Granola Bar

That's what Kyle calls me. Over the past few years I have slowly turned into more and more of a "granola bar." I think it started when I was pregnant with N and was looking into making my own food. Most of you know I am so passionate about homemade baby food, but it doesn't stop there. I have taken a real interest in organic foods, eating real food vs. processed, "green" living, gardening and living life with as few toxins as possible. It's become almost a hobby to research and educate myself on all this. I really enjoy learning about organic living and have some new fun fact that share with Kyle almost every day.

This week was no different. N has had a nasty cold for the last week or so and her cough is terrible at naptime and nighttime. So bad, in fact, that Monday-Wednesday she didn't even nap because she couldn't sleep through the coughing. Well, I knew one of the blogs I read Keeper of the Home had posted an article on homemade cough syrup so I looked it up. I realized I didn't have some of the other herbs that it called for so I didn't make it, but, I noticed the bottom talked about putting a chopped onion next to the bed. I was desperate for N to sleep during her nap and was willing to try it. So, I chopped an onion, put it in a bowl and set it on her windowsill near her bed. Yes her room reeked like onion, but...she slept for over two hours and barely coughed! We kept it in there last night and neither girl coughed once and N woke up with ZERO congestion. I don't think it's a coincidence. She has had a terrible cough...and a nasty nose, and woke up free and clear. She's been coughing a little throughout the day, but it sounds so much better!

Yay for healing naturally. I didn't have to give her any medication and the results were so much better! She has the onion in there one more nap and then I'll take it out. I've masked the smell in the rest of our house with Coconut Lemongrass, but there room will need to air out a few days :).