When you eat hot wings at one in the morning you will definitely feel it in the morning and throughout the day. Whenever that would happen I would reach into the refrigerator and have a cup of that cool pink liquid to help soothe my stomach troubles.  Within a few minutes, I was feeling good again and looking for something to eat.

Now that I have children, I try to make more conscious choices when I eat. I try to set an example with the food choices that I make and by living a healthy lifestyle.  I run, exercise occasionally and do obstacle course runs to show my children that they can accomplish and do anything.

Even though I show them all of these things, there is one thing that they can not do for themselves all the time…finish their food.

Yes, if you are a parent you have probably witnessed this scenario first-hand. Your child is just sitting there fiddling with their utensil and after a few bites of food proclaiming that they are full or don’t want to eat anymore.  So what do you do? Obviously, you try to coax them into eating a few more bites, but after that happens you finish off their plate. You don’t want to see all of your hard work go to waste.

While this seems like a good idea at the time, it starts hitting you later on that night that you just ate too much food. Add to that that you’ve probably had some type of dessert after your meal, you will be feeling all those foods fighting in your stomach.  That’s when you are glad that you have your trusty friend Pepto chilling in the fridge.

This holiday season Pepto was pretty handy in helping me out after Christmas at my sister’s house. Seriously, I can’t remember how many hot wings I ate, but it had to be a lot for my stomach to be hurting like it was.  Christmas at my in-laws wasn’t that bad, but I did eat after work so it required a couple of chewable Pepto tablets that I had with me.

Finally, there was this……

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