The Benadryl and Benylin Canker Sore Treatment

A mouth in need of canker sore treatment is not life threatening but it sure can feel like it especially if you take a cold drink of water or try to swallow a cup of hot tea. In fact, anything that comes in contact with the canker sore can seriously irritate it just through the act of rubbing the open sore.

That is why one approach to treating the symptoms of canker sores is to actually cover up the sore with something so that it does not touch anything else in the mouth. Usually this is some form of medicated paste or a syrup that creates a barrier between the canker sore and your mouth surface that protects it from being irritated.

In a pinch you can mix together a bit of Benadryl and a bit of Benylin to make a paste and then put it on the sore. The mixture has the effect of stunning the nerves so that you do not feel the sting of the inflammation as severely as you did before. This is because the mixture acts like a mild topical anesthetic and antihistamine that reduces the swelling of the canker. The mixture will be a little syrupy and a bit of a pink color.

You can mix up this paste in a bowl or shot glass. Be sure to apply it with a something hygienic like a cotton swab. If you apply it with your finger there is no guarantee that you will not spread the infection or make it worse as human hands have a habit of picking up a lot of bacteria.

When applying the Benadryl and Benylin canker sore treatment is sure not to apply too much as you do not want the numbing sensation to drip down your throat and affect your swallowing reflexes.

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How to Get Your Toddler to Eat Healthy Foods

If you can get your toddler to look forward to meals and sit still and eat then that is half the battle towards establishing healthy eating patterns in the child for the future. Most toddlers are very messy and distractible so this is always a big challenge. Be sure to invest in a good bib, a high chair that is easy to clean and a floor mat. It is also advisable not to wear your best clothes while feeding toddlers. They have been known to throw things!

Toddlers should also not be forced to eat. This makes them think that eating is all about control. Instead be gentle, friendly and offer the toddler food. Let him or her make the decision about what is going to go in the mouth.

It is okay to encourage your baby to play with his or her food. You can cut the food up so that it is attractive and looks like sticks, trees or other fun shapes. You can even get little plastic cookie cutters for making shapes out of soft foods. Making little landscapes or faces out of foods by arranging them in certain ways on the plate is also appealing to them.

You should also not use food as a bargaining chip to get dessert or play time. Food should never be used as a punishment or a road. This can lead to eating too much or disorders like bulimia and anorexia later in life.

Never shame your child at mealtimes. You never want your baby to associate meal time with stress. This could make the baby avoid eating. He or she could end up being overweight or have emotional issues around food.

Be sure to keep your mealtimes twenty minutes or shorter. Do not try to keep a toddler who will not stay in a chair there. They simply will have an ego struggle with you. They do not have the attention span to learn real discipline at this age.

You should also resign yourself to the fact that a toddler's appetite will simply not be the same very day. They also do things like binge on one food, like bananas, for days on end and then refuse to eat anything. Do not worry. Your toddler is probably not going to be malnourished unless it goes on for weeks on end. It is normal for them to be temperamental eaters.

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