1. Read the label carefully each time – it doesn’t matter if you just opened the bottle or are using up the last dose. You have to read the directions carefully.
2.Read what active ingredient(s) are in the medicine and let your doctor know of any allergic reactions to medication.
3. Choose the right strength to avoid accidental overdoses – an adult strength formula can be deadly for an infant or small child.
4. Use the dosing tool that comes with the medicine – a different cup or kitchen spoon might hold too much medicine.
5. Let one parent be the medicine giver – if neither parent knows the other one has already given the child his dose, this can lead to double dosing and accidental overdose.
6. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if this medicine will mix well with vitamins or other medications your child may be taking.
7. Know your child’s weight – this is the most reliable way to gauge the correct dosage for your child.
9. Have your Poison Control Center phone number readily available and don’t be afraid to use it! Post this number by each phone and call them if you have any concerns at all.
10. Be sure the child-resistant caps are locked when closing the medicine bottles – kids love the fruity candy flavors of some medicines and you don’t want them trying to sneak more when you’re out of sight.
11. Keep all medications in a safe place out of reach of children – whether the safety cap fails to lock or you have an inventive child who can figure out how to break the cap open, you don’t want them able to get extra doses of medicine.
13. Look at the expiration dates on both prescription and OTC medications – there’s some controversy about whether it’s safe to take expired medicines. Do you want to risk your child not getting the potency necessary to make her feel better? Or possibly risk it being dangerous to ingest after the expiration date?

Are you sick of dieting because it doesn’t work long term? Are you too scared to stop? If so, you are probably trapped in the familiar and very popular world of yo-yo dieting. This is really a form of an eating disorder or disordered eating. The lack of stability in caloric intake, exercise, etc. results in your body going up in down in weight as you switch between diets. And of course “fall off the wagon”.

So what? You know diets don’t work, but you have no idea how to stop. If you stop now, then you will gain weight back that you lost following whatever program you are on. But furthermore you are probably tired of missing certain food groups, events and other parts of life that involve eating. So now what?

Well, my recommendation is actually really simple. You have to make the choice to NOT diet. That means doing the media purge: tossing all books, magazines, articles, etc. on diets, fit bodies, fab diet pills, etc. And when diets, eating, etc. comes up during a meal with friends or during a conversation you have to politely draw the line. That’s right food is not a topic for you any longer. And politely change the subject.

This is going to be a NEW diet of its own. Complete with the fun regime you are used to when starting a new “diet plan”. Except this time it is going to be for life and you aren’t going to have to carry around a book to follow directions and seek out creative recipes for lasagne without any carbs.

I am so excited for you to become a Fed Up Girl and QUIT diets for life. Oh and the most common question. Will I gain weight? Go out of control? NO. If you finally allow yourself what you want and pay attention to hunger signals you will actually get in the best shape of your life.

So often people get in a cycle of depression and eating for comfort and develop a food addiction. The cycle perpetuates the depression and eating and it goes around and around. Addiction happens and the individual is caught in the cycle of addiction long before they identify a problem with food. Many individuals would like to be able to say there were no warning signs of an eating disorder. Individuals in recovery refer to that rationalization as denial.

Addiction whether to food, alcohol or drugs develop over-time. As the disease progresses so does the behavior, the lie the person tells themselves is I can control this on my own I don’t need help. That is typically when the individual has crossed the line into the addiction and are unable to get out of the cycle. Food is a required means of energy used to fuel the body, when food is misused and turns against the person invariably the person blames the food, people around them, his or her job, spouse, family, friends anyone except themselves.

Typically the blame goes on until the person says enough and starts to recognize the only way out of the eating disorder cycle is through it. No one ever said it was going to be easy; the addiction process did not happen overnight and will not go away overnight. Finding an eating disorder treatment program to help the person overcome the addictive behavior patterns and to help them formulate a plan to live a life without using and abusing food is essential for the recovery process. After reading this article he or she feels motivated and ready to break free from the cycle of food addiction contact an eating disorder treatment program and begin the life intended.

Learning how to stop night eating disorders can be challenging. For years, I searched for solutions to control the urges that I experienced after going to be for the night. It was almost as if I was eating in my sleep, not realizing what I was doing until I would wake up surrounded by candy wrappers or empty bowls. My night eating disorder was getting out of control, and my weight was starting to show it.

I started researching, trying to figure out what was causing this condition. Was it stress? Some other emotional trigger? For the life of me, I could not figure it out. I tried several stop gap measures to try to control it. Everything from locking up the food (I would manage to unlock the cupboard in my sleep), to not stocking the foods that I was binging on (I just ate whatever was available), to even trying hypnosis! Nothing was working, and I was getting desperate for help to stop night eating.

Anyone who suffers from night eating disorders clearly understands what I was going through. Not only was it embarrassing, it was starting to get more and more dangerous. Millions of people go through the same routine each night, binging on foods when they least expect it, throwing them off their diet plans or gaining pounds and not understanding the root cause.

Finally, after researching everything from chemical imbalances to the temperate in the house, I found a resource that has permanently changed my life. After years, I was able to finally stop night eating. Here is the catch, I had to work at making the changes that were recommended to me to cure my eating. It was not easy, but I was determined to make a change and get back on track. With some hard work, determination, and the advice from expert John Davenport and his Emotional Eating Solution program, I was able to stop night eating right in its tracks.