Oh Oh! I Lost My Voice!

[mickey2]

Woke up this am with slight pain on the right side of my throat up towards my right ear and hardly any voice. I am not feeling sick it just hurts to try and talk.

This is going to be a wonderful day! I am so glad that I have good kids and usually a shake of my head for no means a lot!

Today is going to be a day where I clap my hands a lot to get their attention, speak once and if they choose not to listen the first time, then I direct the kids to what they need to be doing. ::

Has anyone else ever had to provide care with no voice? It makes such a difficult day!

[SandeeAR]

Try mixing honey and lemon and taking that. A tablespoon of burbon mixed in the glass, will help too! I use to lose my voice all the time as a receptionist (before I had my tonsils out at 27). I put that mixture in a squirt type bottle, like a hair color bottle or a mustard bottle. I kept it on my desk and squirted my throat each time I had to answer the phone. It really helped.

[JeepGirl6]

I was the same way two weeks ago. I woke up Sunday morning with laryngitis and had it until Friday, almost a whole week. The week was difficult...I couldn't even finish one book without having to cough and needing a drink of water. I have no clue where it came from, I felt fine, not sore throat but I was VERY fatigued...as soon as 5:30 came and the children left I would go to sleep until 8 and then wake up, go back to bed around 11...It was a very exhausting week...It gets very difficult when the children don't want to listen..their were a few times, I brought them to the living room to let them watch tv so my voice would get a break....I wish you the best!!!

[Zoe]

When I was teaching, every time I got a cold, at the end of it I would ALWAYS lose my voice. The funny thing was, it actually IMPROVED the kids' listening skills because they really had to strain to hear me. If I asked them a question, most of them would answer me in a whisper because that's what I was doing. ::

Same thing happens in my daycare. We have a lot of "group time" where we're in a circle if I have something I want to tell them.

Clap patterns help and they're fun. Find a rhythm that you like and is easy to repeat and have them repeat it back to you after you've done it. That shows that they're ready to listen to you.

[Michael]

Boil several bay leaves and breath in the vapors for several minutes.