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How does your family battle seasonal allergies?

When you have a cold or allergies, does your nose get irritated? What steps do you take to soothe it?

What’s your favorite sick-day activity from your own childhood? Do you do the same thing with your kids?

Besides taking medications, what do you do to keep your allergies in check?

How do you soothe your kid's allergies?

How often do you hug or cuddle with your kids? Are you a touchy-feely family?

Has your child had a fever this year? Did you use a fever reducer?

Do you use a humidifier in your home? If so, when do you turn it on?

Does your child ask for extra cuddles when he or she doesn’t feel well?

What scents remind you of being a kid?

Do you have a tried-and-true move to ease your children’s cold and flu symptoms or keep them entertained when they’re sick?

Do your kids more often use tissues or their fingers to clean their noses?

What was your favorite cold remedy when you were a child? Do you use it on your own kids?

What time-saving tricks do you use during the holidays?

Do you let your kid stay home from school if he or she has a cold?

How do you fit exercise into your daily routine?

How often do you hug your kids? Do your children like to hug, or do they squirm away?

Do you have a go-to move that helps you calm down during stressful times?

Is your child a picky diner? How do you get him or her to eat healthy foods?

How do you know when your kids are stressed? How do you help them deal with their emotions?

What foods do you eat to fight fatigue?

Do you worry about germs in the classroom? What do you do to keep your kids healthy?

How long do you wait before calling your pediatrician to ask about a lingering cough?

How often do you chat with your children’s school nurse?

Has your child been sick this summer?

If one kid in your family is sick, how do you protect the rest of the brood? Do you let him play with his brothers and sisters?

Has your child ever gotten sick in the summer? Did you think it was any worse than a winter bug?

Are you sending your kids to camp this year?

I never leave home without bandages and tissues for my kids. What first-aid and health-related items do you always have on hand?

Have you ever struggled to figure out the cause behind your child's stuffy nose?

Is the chlorine in your neighborhood pool strong? Does your child experience any irritation from it?

What steps do you take to shut allergens out of your home?

Do your kids suffer from allergies? If so, what medications do you give them?

Are you a stickler for food safety? When do you toss out an expired food? When do you eat it anyway?

Have you tried immunotherapy? Did it work?

What balms, ointments or remedies do you use to soothe your child’s rash?

Are you worried about MRSA? Have you taken any extra precautions to protect your family?

How often do you replace your family’s toothbrushes?

Do you allow your kids to play outside unsupervised?

Does your child pick his nose? How do you encourage him to stop?

Does your pediatrician ask that you wait before she prescribes antibiotics, or does she write a prescription right away?

Does your family use any alternative or natural remedies?

Besides the basics, which must-have do you stash in your first-aid kit?

Have you ever tried a neti pot? What was your experience?

Has your child’s cold or flu ever developed into a more serious illness?

What precautions do you take as a family when your kid has the flu?

Has your child ever tried to fake an illness?

When someone in your home is sick, do you clean more often? If so, what’s your routine?

The average doctor’s appointment lasts 20 minutes. Do you feel your pediatrician takes time to listen to you?

Do you feel like your kids get all the nutrients they need from their meals and snacks?

When your kids are sick, how do you keep them entertained at home?

Has your child ever had a reaction to a flu shot?

How do you try to keep your kids from spreading germs at school?

Do you have any tricks to get your kids to wash their hands?

Which fruits and veggies do your kids refuse to eat? Do you have tricks to get them to eat their greens?

With bedbugs popping up all over the U.S., how worried are you about exposure? Have you taken any preventive measures in your home?

Do you plan to get your kids flu shots this year? Where?

Do you make any changes to your home or routine when you hear that an illness, like the flu, is circulating at your child’s school?

What do you do if you hear your child coughing during the night?

About how many times a day do you wash your hands?

What do you buy for your kids when you go back-to-school shopping?

Do you have any tricks for getting your kids excited to go back to school?

Do you ever vacation without the kids? Or would you hate to leave them behind while you’re having fun?

Do you and your kids suffer from allergies during the same seasons? When are your allergies the worst?

My toddler doesn’t know how to blow his nose yet. How can I make him more comfortable when he’s all stuffed up?

When you’re feeling down or overwhelmed, how do you get back to feeling like yourself?

It can be a battle to get your toddler to dress appropriately for the weather: You want her to put on rain boots, but she’s determined to go barefoot. How do you get your kids to cooperate?

Here's a scary stat: The average 1,500 square-foot home accumulates about 40 pounds of dust per year and contains about 40 million allergens. Does that make you want to grab your dust rag or simply throw in the towel?

How do you connect best with your girl friends? In person, via email, social networking, tweeting, lunch during the week, drinks in the evening, dinner on the weekends, playdates with the kids or some other way?

How much time do you spend each day just having fun with your kids? How do you schedule that time? What activities do you do? What activity have they loved the most?

Will you breathe a big sigh of relief when this cold and flu season is finally over? Has it been harder for your family this year? Or has you guys been lucky?

Feeling cooped up? Is your family taking a “spring break” this year? What are your plans?

How often do you find yourself acting upon health advice and information you get from family, friends and co-workers? What’s the best advice you ever got?

Do you encourage your kids to eat healthier than you, in fact, do?

In what ways are you different or the same with the kids?

Do you have any friends who regularly bring their kids to your house for playdates when their kids are obviously under the weather? In this situation, what is the best way to handle it?

Share your favorite chicken noodle soup or other comfort-food recipes.

What are some of your favorite TV shows that you rely on for a bit of me-time?

Like most moms, you probably take the lead when caring for a sick family member. Who takes care of you when you are under the weather?

What do you feed your kids when they are fighting a cold or flu?

How do you monitor what your kids watch on TV?

What's the best strategy for treating your kids' colds?

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