{"id":1455,"date":"2012-08-28T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/2012\/08\/back-to-school-and-healthy\/"},"modified":"2015-03-03T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:23:46","slug":"back-to-school-and-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waterwayshealth.com\/?p=1455","title":{"rendered":"Back to School and Healthy!"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s that time of year again! Back to school with cold and flu season following closely behind. Have your kids started school yet? My oldest will start his second year of preschool this week. I can hardly believe how fast the summer has gone! The kids in my area have already started and my husband’s university is in full swing too!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Germs, germs and more germs!! They are everywhere of course, but especially in school classrooms! Kids are continually sneezing, coughing, not washing hands properly (or at all!) and sharing their germs with their neighbor, who shares it with his neighbor, family, etc. So how can we help with this?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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PREVENTION!!! <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/u><\/div>\n
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Here are a few tips to help prevent illness…<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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1. Proper Hand Washing. It’s our first defense against infection and disease and can prevent illness and the spread of illness. It is important to teach our kids the proper way to do this and to make sure they do it regularly. At the very least after using the bathroom and before eating. My kids and I sing the ABCs while we wash to make sure we are scrubbing long enough.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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