A tip for mommies during cold season:
While you’re waiting for the Tylenol to kick in, put your child in a warm bath with lots of bath toys. (Bubbles would work, too – less stuff to pick up after bath time.)
The warmth is soothing, the moisture helps with stuffy noses, and playing with toys and/or bubbles are quite the distraction.
This method worked well this morning for Tabitha, who woke up screaming because her ear hurt. I gave her Tylenol. “It still hurts!”, she said, expecting instant results. So I put her in a warm bath filled with toys. By the time the water was getting cold and it was time to get out, I asked her how her ear was doing. She said it felt great!