I have been sick since school started.
My daughter entered kindergarten this September, (my oldest is in fifth grade,) and I have been sick ever since!
The first cold knocked me over before the second week of school and just a few days after I stopped coughing from that cold, I came down with an even worse one.
The ONLY good news in this sick story is that, fortunately, I discovered Zarbee’s this summer. And I am not exaggerating when I say that in the last two months, Zarbee’s has gotten me through many nights of coughing, cross-country airplane flights, and even photo shoots when I am trying not to cough on my clients!
(I have even been carrying a bottle of Zarbee’s with me in my purse!)
Zarbee’s was developed by one of the country’s top pediatricians, Zak Zarbock, M.D. In 2008, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) found it unsafe for parents to give any of the current children’s cough syrups to kids under the age of four. This left parents struggling with what to give their coughing child.
As a pediatrician and father himself, Dr. Zarbock was frustrated that he was not able to offer any relief to his young patients with coughs and sore throats. He set out to create a safe and effective natural remedy that he could feel good about recommending to parents.
Zarbee’s Adult Line of Cough syrups
This fall, just in time for cough and cold season, Zarbee’s expanded its line of children’s cough products and launched its brand new line of cough products for adults and kids 12 and up.
This new product extension makes Zarbee’s the only all natural cough solution for the ENTIRE family and provides a safe and drug-free alternative to treating coughs — the ailment that sends 30 million Americans to the doctor’s office annually.
This summer, Susan and I got to meet Dr. Zarbock and even had some fun fighting over who got to keep the Zarbee’s gift bags. We are both thrilled that Zarbee’s provides safe cough medicine alternatives for families — and that they really work!
What we love about Zarbee’s
Here are just a few of the reasons why we love Zarbee’s:
- All natural cough remedy for everyone in the family
- Zarbee’s does not contain drugs – no Dextromethorphan or Pseudoephedrine
- Zarbee’s contains no dyes, no alcohol, no artificial preservatives, and is gluten-free and dye-free
- Each dose of Zarbee’s extra strength products includes 100% of the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C
- The nighttime Zarbee’s formulas contain Melatonin so that you or your child will sleep more restfully
Enter to Win
We love Zarbee’s natural cough products so much that we know you guys will too. So Zarbee’s is giving us 3 care packages of products to give away here at 5 Minutes for Mom. Each care package will include 2 bottles of children’s products and 2 bottles of adult products.
Just use the Rafflecopter form below to enter this giveaway. New to Rafflecopter? Watch this 45-second video on how to enter!
Susan and I are working with Zarbee’s to help other moms like us discover that we can FINALLY get the relief we need from these dreaded colds and coughs we get every year. All opinions listed are our own.
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Written by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom.
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probably 2 weeks is the longest
I’d say 3 weeks to a month.
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Maybe a week but that was when i would get the flu from working at our public library~
I had some undetermined illness a few years ago where I had a fever every day (among other symptoms) for nearly two months. It was horrible!
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Probably 3-4 weeks…I seem to get one bad sinus infection every year!
about two weeks is the longest for me
Thanks for the chance to win!
I was sick for 3 weeks with some stomach flu.
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would like to try Zarbee’s All Natural Cough product; actually just got over a bad cold and really couldn’t find anything to work.
The longest was probably 2 weeks
about a week
Two weeks.
Thanks for the chance.
My last cold I had was for 3 weeks,too long!
4 weeks! It was a nightmare!
A little over 2 weeks. Losing 8 pounds was the only silver lining!!
A couple weeks – any bug I catch turns into an ear infection – my ears burst 3 times in 18 months.

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I get bronchitis a lot and it usually lasts about 3 weeks each time
Probably 2 or 3 weeks. I used to get bronchitis every time I got a cold and it would linger and linger.
Probably three weeks
I’ve had some colds last me for up to a month.
About 2 weeks when I was pregnant with my oldest. It was HORRIBLE.
A month last year. It was awful.
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Atleast a couple of weeks every time I catch a cold.
Two weeks. Ugh!
I think the longest is been two weeks!!
2 weeks has been the longest for me
Ugh…lingering colds up to 3 weeks. Yuck.
i have had a cough for amonth now
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For me it’s almost 3 weeks every time.
I was sick a month ago for 2 LONG weeks. Worse I’ve had it in years. And my kids are sick right now so…..LOL!
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I’d have to say sick for 1 week but another week until I felt up to par. Why is it that kids just bounce back after being sick?
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a couple years ago we were all real sick. the little ones had croup. I think i was really sick for a solid week
Yes! Coughs and colds for 7-10 days.
I am just getting over a cold that seemed to last forever….but really only about 1 week or so
The longest was probably two weeks, but the worst was when I had food poisoning. That was the most miserable 48hrs of my life… even worse than when I cracked a rib.
3 weeks is my record!
Two weeks or so…
About 2 weeks for me, thanks for the giveaway and feel better soon.
Most of the time it’s 3 to 4 weeks for me.
2 weeks with the flu
A cold can last me fo up to three weeks at a time.
Does morning sickness for 4 months count?
My colds will last for 3 weeks, some times longer.
The longest I been sick was 5 days
two weeks it was terrible
I was sick for two weeks
with a common cold? like 3 weeks
I think it was about 10 days
Two years. Two years ago I caught the flu, and got a bit better. But, the cough lasted for two years. I would literally cough for 8 to 10 hours straight. Nothing helped, I saw multiple doctors. No one every figured it out. One day, I finally started feeling better and the cough went away. So, I had the flu for about a week and a half, but it took me two years to get over it.
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I spent 4 weeks in the hospital and then 10 weeks recoving at home. Don’t want to go there again!!
Probably a couple of weeks. I used to have acute bronchitis.
2 weeks
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About a week or so. Thanks for the giveaway.
i had the flu for an entire month once… it was horrible!
I once got poison ivy in my blood stream. I was so sick and waek for almost 6 weeks.
A few years ago, I was sick for weeks. Felt like I’d never get well again.
Believe it or not I have had some of my colds last for 5 weeks.
last time 5 weeks
one week and that was way too long praise God
3 weeks-it just kept hanging on and on
2 weeks straight, it was horrible.
I have been sick for almost 3 weeks now. I am so over it!
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2 weeks or so
longest probably like 3 weeks i coughed so hard my muscles hurt so bad.
a month! so awful
The longest I’ve ever been sick is probably a week.
3 weeks with the crud
Probably 3 weeks but every time I get sick, I have a lingering cough that continues long after the other symptoms are gone.
Two weeks is about the longest I have been sick
probably about a week
2 weeks is the longest.
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November 16, 2012 at 1:31 pm
With congestion, about 3 weeks.
2 weeks with a nasty cold with bronchitis afterwards.
One time a few years back, My husband and I were sick for almost and entire month!! It was real bad.
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A couple of weeks
almost a month
with a cold or flu probably a week at most
What a perfect present for me! I use this product all the time for my kids.
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around two weeks
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a couple of weeks for a cold
two weeks is the longest for me!
Thanks for the giveaway
3 weeks with the flu
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Over a month! I had a cold that turned into a sinus infection
it wasn’t fun!
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Does a kidney stone count? I was nauseous and dying of the pain for about two weeks. It was horrific, so I’m glad that’s behind me.
I think around 2 weeks
About a month….cold then sinus infection….
Probably 3-4 weeks with a cold that wouldn’t go away
I’ve had a cold that went into a virus and I was sick for 3 wks. Last yr I had chemo for 5 1/2 months but that’s a different kind of feeling crappy. I’m fine now.I need some of this stuff. My immune system is low so I’m always washing my hands especially aftering shopping.Eww all those nasty germs! LOL!
Thank you for the great giveaway!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I had a cold a couple of months ago that lasted almost 3 weeks. For some reason I just could not shake it.
Almost a month with pneumonia
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A few months.