How do you stay cold & Flu free?

Today Social Moms and Lysol want to know your tips for staying flu free during the flu season. Will you get a flu shot? Will you start washing your hands more often? Will you use products such as Lysol to disenfect your home and car more often than usual?

Remember, this is just what WE do. I suggest everyone do some research and do, or not do, what you feel is right for YOUR family.

I have several changes that I make during this time:
Most of the time we try to eat healthy - for us that means as little processed foods as possible and never any meat products. I also take a probiotic and eat cultured/fermented foods with my meals. I think this helps tremendously to keep us healthy, even in flu season.
We do wash our hands frequently but never with antibacterial soap - that contains pesticides and soemething I would not want on our hands right before eating especially.
We never get a flu shot and I don't regularly disinfect the kitchen or other areas of the house on a routine basis. I might use a product on the kitchen counters and sink if we were using meat products but since we don't, I don't. We mostly clean the kitchen with water or vinegar which is a natural disenfectant.
The store, however, can be a very germy place. During the big Bird/Swine flu scare especially I always used a baby wipe to open the freezer doors in the frozen foods sections where I get our frozen fruit for smoothies, and on a routine basis I wipe down the cart before taking it.
We try to drink lots of water and stay well hydrated, take extra Vitamin C if I think about it or start feeling a little "off".
We use a very natural approach to our health when well and when sick. And for good measure we definitely try our best to stay away from the doctor's office when we are well unless absolutely necessary! That's where all the sick people and germs are after all. :)

I can't even tell you the last time me or anyone in my family had the flu - in fact it might have been the last time my husband had the flu shot! lol. I used to get the flu every year soon after the military gave out shots.

Now this is Mady's first year in Pre-School and I'm hoping that she won't come down with something since she's not been exposed to lots of germs in her 3.5 years. I have tried to teach her handwashing and to sneeze into her arm when she catches it quick enough but... time will tell.

What are you doing to protect yourself and your family??

I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Lysol blogging program, for a gift card worth $40. For more information on how you can participate, click here.