I found this to be extremely helpful..After my daughter came down with some nasty stomach bug I spent half the night running all over the house trying to find the things she needed...barf bucket, old sheets...infant Tylenol it was Crazy! I have since made one of these midnight medics for my linen closet and have since followed Amy post and made tummy bug kits that are now under the crib. (very good idea) The night she was sick we had to rush her to the hospital and other then her health card we were so panicked I forgot to bring her blanket, a few wait for the doctor items, and oh diapers!! so we made a "bug out bag" a bag that stays in our coat closet by our front door and in the event that we need to go Now we have it all there. great post!! and I love the website :)

I am totally making one of these. I will be adding honey to ours (our version of cough syrup for kids ages 2 and 3) and medicine syringes (instead of medicine cups). We already have a version of this for the tummy bug at our house. Under each kids' bed I keep 2 dishpans (from the Dollar Store) and put in each of them a supply of waterproof sheets, lap pads and anything else that is water proof. The dishpans are used as barf buckets and we put the waterproof pads down over and around their beds. In my experience when you need this stuff, you need it NOW. A minute from now is too late. That way we always know where to find it in a second and it saves quite a bit of clean up.

UPDATE: I'm replacing the bulb in the Midnight Medic with a NoseFrida. This thing is awesome!

Great advice!

There is cough syrup for kids under 6 it's made by hylands just like teething tablets and I found it at walgreens.

Everything that is in your's and then: children's cough syrup, infant's vapor rub, and emitrol (the BEST over the counter anti-nausea medication).

Thank you for this article - really great advice'

I'm not a mom and still find your blog a great read!