Decluttering/Organizing the Kids’ Medicines (Guest Post)

I’m glad to share a decluttering guest post today from Kristi of . . . . IShouldBeMoppingTheFloor.com.
Did you catch that? Her blog is called “I Should Be Mopping the Floor.” I met Kristi at a blogging conference, and immediately knew we’d be friends just from that blog name.  
Organizing kids’ medicines makes it easier when someone isn’t feeling well!
Hi friends! I’m Kristi from ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com. 
So delighted to be guest posting over here at one of my most favorite blogs evahhhhh…A Slob Comes Clean. Thanks bunches to Dana for having me over today.
{We met at Blissdom and she’s so super cool and fun in person, too!}
Today, I’m sharing a quick way to corral your kids’ medicines…so you’re not pulling your hair out in the middle of the night searching for the goods when someone doesn’t feel well. {Been there. Done that. Bought the t-shirt}.
 

Against my better judgement, I’m showing you the previous state of the medicine shelf in our kitchen cabinet {let’s keep this our little secret, k?}. There’s even the dog’s medicine up there in the top right… niiiiiice. How in the heehaw did I let it get to this? That Lazy Susan hadn’t spun in years…she had no room to move!



I pulled everything out and sorted the kids’ stuff from the adults’. Found some lovelies like in the above photo. I pitched about half of what was in the deep depths of the cabinet.

I found an inexpensive basket at my Goodwill. I like it because it was synthetic, which meant easier clean up if anything ever spills. I found some cheap plastic bowls at the dollar store and used them for smaller items like eye drops and sprays. The other has all of the little cups and syringes {we don’t use those too much anymore, but for some reason, I hang on to them}.

Then I just filled the rest of the basket with the meds. I used an old Crystal Light container to hold our thermometers; it’s double duty in that it also {somewhat} protects them from spills and such.
I also moved the kids’ meds to their bathroom now. They’re getting older, so I don’t really have to keep everything out of reach anymore {and we bid the cabinet locks farewell a few years ago, too…they grow up too fast}. I like their stuff in here so much better. When someone gets sick, chances are, we somehow end up in the bathroom {bleh}. It’s great to have this handy and close by.

 

I also put my dosing chart on the inside of the cabinet door for easy reference {I cut a few corners on cabinet painting…can you tell?!}. BTW, I’m in no way affiliated with Pedia Care, we just seem to have a lot of their stuff.  

The only reason I added this pic is because I cleaned the cabinet for you! :)
 
Would love to know how you keep your kids’ medicines organized?
 
And feel free to stop by my place anytime. 
Here’s a few of my other organizational posts that you may enjoy as well: 
 
      
 
Thank you again for having me, Dana!

 



Three Fun Summer Activities for Kids

3 Ideas for Summer Fun with Kids from ASlobComesClean.comIt’s summer!!!!

We are so excited!

Around here, we’re making lots of plans for summer fun, so I thought I’d share some posts from years past:

 

 

 

 

 

How to Host a Water Balloon Fight

 Our Made-Up Water Baseball Game

 

Apple-Juice Popsicles Kids Can Make

 

Also, this week, Teaching Kids to Clean is part of an e-book bundle called Natural Mothering. LOTS of e-books are included on many different mothering topics.

Natural Mothering E-book Bundle at ASlobComesClean.com

 

The Finish (or Starting?) Line: 2 More E-Books on Amazon

In addition to the insanity of the final days of school, I put two more e-books up on Amazon this week.

I was determined to have those things over and done with before today, the much-anticipated Last Day of School.

Yep. I can’t wait to put my energy, my TIME, and my creativity into my kids for the next few months.

Wanna know what the e-books are?

Well, there’s a VERY good chance you already have this one:

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Yes.  I finally put Teaching Kids to Clean on Amazon.  I’ve been warning on Facebook for weeks that it was about to come down as a freebie and go up on Amazon.  Through the weekend, it’s only 99 cents, and will occasionally be offered for free. If you’ve read it, would you mind leaving a review over on Amazon? I’d greatly appreciate it.

And not related to cleaning in the least, I also turned my Disney site into an e-book on Amazon:

What We Ate With Mickey (Everything Our Family of Five Ate On Disney’s Quick Service Dining Plan)

 What We Ate with Mickey (Everything Our Family of Five Ate on Disney's Quick Service Dining Plan)

And while we’re talking e-books, I thought I’d send you over to this one.

From Garbage to Gourmet

It’s called From Garbage to Gourmet, and it’s written by Carrie Isaac who also put together Grocery University. She’s smart.

Like, really smart.

This e-book focuses on helping you save money by learning how to not throw away as much food.

Which . . . is smart.

And through tomorrow, she’s offering a free download of a sample page from the e-book.   And next Monday through Wednesday, the e-book itself will be 50% off.

 

This post contains affiliate links, of course.

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