Mini Popsicles, Car's Chicken Noodle Soup (Campbell's) and a plastic Christmas Jell-O mold--The perfect trio of heroes to battle a toddler's stomach flu. I didn't know this until my friend Sarah came to our rescue, but I'll never forget it. The soup and the Jell-O mold are self-explanatory, so I'd like to tell you about these awesome little Popsicles. First of all, they are small, surprisingly small, but they don't come with a mini price tag. They cost the same as a regular-size Popsicle, which may bug you a bit, until you finally see a look of recognition on your listless child for the first time in 9 hours as you waive the box in front of their despondent face. And the size is just right for a sick toddler who can only tolerate the tiniest amount of substance before it's all over the floor again. They also have just the right proportion of stick to Popsicle, so that a chubby little fist can hold it without freezing it's fingers and causing another sick toddler melt-down (no pun intended). The other thing I love about them is that they are slow melting, due to the added gelatin. This means a glassy-eyed little one can go into a hypnotic trance while watching Howard's End in your lap at 3:30 a.m., and the vomit all over your Pj's won't be contaminated with a single drop of melting Popsicle. For me, they are the new staple for taking care of my ailing little ones.
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