Fofo Face Forever

I never did like the terms "snotface" or "mocosa", instead I would say Fofo face.  Especially when I'd be speaking about My Little One, the youngest of my trio.

Just too cute 2 B a snotface or mocosa.

As a matter of fact, the poor love was always sniffling- either with a cold, an allergy, or yo no se, but she was in a state of perpetual Fofo falling down from her nose. She's the reason there's a box of tissues in every room in my house. Including the garage. Even to this day.  And now that she drives, in the car too.

Of course when she was a baby I couldn't give her my mom's cold remedy, but once she was a little older I'd fix her up a cup of very strong hot lemonade with lots of honey- y Santo Remedio.  Good to go within 48 hours; my mom would have been proud.  Her sister, My Eldest, now makes this for her children when they start getting the sniffles, and sometimes she makes it for herself "just because".  Fofo face hasn't quite gotten to this point yet (you'd think she'd be used to the taste by now) but she does  make herself a cup when she feels a cold coming on.  Hopefully she'll continue when she goes off to college at the end of this year.  BB won't be there to take care of  her- I tried to convince her I'd be a good dorm mate but she said JU SO FONII!!!  So I'll be sending her a Kleenex Care Pack instead.

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A fantastic find for my Fofo face!!

Included in the Kleenex Care Pack are:

lip balm

1 oz hand sanitizer

coupon booklet

Kleenex Share Pack 

Kleenex Slim Pack

card redemable to download for songs from upcoming Universal Music Artists 

Of course being the old Cuban mom that I am, I'll also include packages of lemon juice and honey -

so she can make the tea on the go-a thermometer with F and C (for Cuban reading) 

so I'll know what to tell La Tata  when she asks how high is the temperature

 and a jar of Vix Vapo Ru.

; )

So who's the Fofo face in your family?  

Comment below and one of you will win a Kleenex Share Pack for your house. Or garage. Or car.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

This is a compensated post in collaboration with Latina Bloggers Connect and Kleenex, but the story is pure BB.

How to keep healthy in a Cuban household

Old time remedies, old wives tales. I'm sure every culture has them; I bet we even find similarities among them. But this belonging to Babushka, I'm going to list some of the major beliefs my Cuban culture imparts on health and how to maintain it.

1) NEVER GO BAREFOOT-

Apparently the feet are portholes of infirmary. Between the cold, animals,germs, and bugs, it was a given hospital stay if you were ever found barefoot. (Oh, and Lord forbid if anyone ever saw you like that- they'd think you were from "El Campo".) My poor parents tried for 17 years and finally had to give up. I LOVE going barefoot. Guess I was destined for the South.

2) DON'T GO TO BED WITH YOUR HEAD WET-

There we go, being extreme. First the feet, then the head. Besides being a recipe for bed head in the morning (which no self respecting Cubanita would allow) the air would bring about tremendo cold. If you think I mean a/c- no, no,no we don't need to be so drastic to have a cold. The culprit of many a Cuban malady- NIGHT AIR.

Yes, NIGHT AIR, the demon of diseases and destruction. Not only did this devil cause more sickness than the plague, but it also broke down and disintegrated anything left out in its' domain. People or patio furniture, neither are immune to its' powers.

This being a well known truth, we continue to-

3) COVER UP

Anytime there was a breeze, or heaven forbid you were going out at night, the head (especially in little children), the chest and back (covering the lungs) must be covered. The later in the evening the more and/or tighter you should bundle up.

If by some milagro you did catch something then they went straight to the cupboard for the Cuban Cure All.

Vicks Vapor Rub, or as we were brought up to say, VIX VAPO RU. The magical ointment was slathered on the bottom of the feet, the chest, the back (covering the lungs), the neck, the forehead, and VERY important- under the nose. The fumes alone brought people back from the dead.

Aha, I see you smiling. You know of what I speak.

Por supuesto this aromatic bath was done while a cazuelon of hearty homemade chicken soup with bolitas de FuFu was being made-to cast out the fever, the bad spirits and the hunger.

Old time remedies, a bit of history. I'm sure we all have our memories of "cures" and "wisdom" and we shake our heads. Let's just smile and remember the love they were given with. And to those who wonder if I've followed these and shared them ... JU SO FONI !!!

I'm a Cuban Grandma; need I say more?

Babushka Besos a todos. Cuidensen.