We’ve been in snotville central for about a month now. I don’t know what the deal is but whenever Nathan gets any kind of snot nose virus it just drags on and on and on. Mackenzie got it too and moved on a couple days later. Nathan is still coughing and snuffling and complaining off and on about his ear hurting. I took him to the dr. who keeps telling me its allergies. I don’t know….we need to get off this island ‘o allergies I think. Anyway.

So, I thought this would be a good time to tell you about my mom tool belt. Ok, its not really a tool belt, but I thought the image of that would be pretty BA.

Nathan is a chronic complainer of his ear hurting for no apparent reason. He’s had a few ear infections but he’s not like one of those chronic cases. I vacillate on what to do when he wakes up at 3am complaining of his ear hurting…..ER? Vitamin M? Thats what led me to the purchase of one of these. A quick peek and I can diagnose….well, I think I could, so far I haven’t diagnosed an ear infection because he hasn’t had one.

Ok, Im not *technically* a medical professional, though I pass for one in this house. You gotta be careful and practice with this before you go poking it into your kids’ ears. Also, I don’t recommend this for the 2 and under crowd, they are much too wiggly.

And then for Christmas I got this thermometer.

This is the most accurate thermometer I’ve ever owned. Seriously. No sticking things in butts, no pleading with a little person about keeping it in their armpit. No 91.6degree temperature readings from the worthless ear thermometer. This thing is awesome.

If I did actually have a tool belt I’d make sure it had two notches for these two indispensable tools and also some sort of apparatus for dispensing out glugs of “FOR GOVERNMENT USE ONLY” Motrin (wait- is that not the kind you get?) in 1 and 2 tsp doses.

What would you put in your tool belt?

**sidenote– I just noticed the “germ busting” tagline on the thermometer picture. I had no idea! Am I radiating and eradicating germ at the same time Im taking their temperature? That is AMAZING. Its like a magic wand isn’t it? I wish.

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