From the Archives Archive

  • Asthma Mom’s Rules for Hiking at High Altitude

    Asthma Mom’s Rules for Hiking at High Altitude

    All the photos on this post come from the gorgeous Mohawk Lake Trail in Breckenridge, Colorado. Seven miles round-trip, the trail gains 1,700 in elevation and reaches 11,800 feet at the top. Want to learn how we completed the hike with an asthma kid? Read on: 1. Pretreat & Pack the Bronchodilator A couple of puffs on [...]

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  • Review – Prism Analytical Technologies Home Air Check

    Review – Prism Analytical Technologies Home Air Check

    (Disclosure: Prism Analytical Technologies started advertising on Asthma Mom three months after this post. The kit was tested and reviewed in good faith.) This is the third indoor air quality kit I’ve tested. In the first one, I used a vacuum attachment to capture dust and debris from the floor of my test area, and [...]

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  • Tips for the Cold Air Trigger

    Tips for the Cold Air Trigger

    I know the weather’s gotten pretty bad in the rest of the country when my Florida children have to wear coats to school, although I do live about as far north as you can go and still be in the Sunshine State. Since we’ve just come out of an arctic front, and my area is [...]

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