Feb

5

Child’s Play

Posted by Cindy

February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Years ago I worked with a toy company and one of the company’s sayings was “A child’s work is play.” It sounds a little odd until you really think about it. For young children, their “job” in life is to play and learn. Playing and learning go hand-in-hand. Even in the 21st century with all [...]

Feb

2

What Would You Do?

Posted by Cindy

February 2, 2009 | 1 Comment

What would you do if you were walking down the street and noticed a baby locked in a car alone? Would you stay by the car? Go in surrounding buildings looking for the parent? Call the police? or break a window and get the baby out? Often people speculate on how they might act in [...]

Jan

29

2009 Burn Awareness Week

Posted by Cindy

January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

TAMPA, Fla. — Feb. 1-7 is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week, Shriners Hospitals for Children will kick-off a year-long campaign focused on preventing gasoline burn injuries. A special Web site has been developed for the campaign, Burn Awareness Week . Once at the website click Parents & Caregivers at the top of the [...]

Jan

22

How Safe is Hand-Me-Down Baby Gear?

Posted by Cindy

January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Welcoming a new member into your family is a joyous and expensive event. New moms and moms-to-be are given lots of hand-me-down baby gear to help reduce the cost of having a new baby. The March issue of “Shop Smart” magazine, from the publisher of “Consumer Reports”, takes an in-depth look at the safety issues [...]

Jan

15

Vicks Vapo Rub Warning

Posted by Cindy

January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

When your little one is sick you want to do whatever you can to ease their symptoms and make them feel better fast. All of the changes in children’s cough and cold medicines over the last few years have moms turning to old staples such as Vicks Vapo Rub. Today I heard a story on [...]

Sep

15

Who’s Your Favorite?

Posted by Cindy

September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments

photo credit: eespank2 First off I want to apologize for my lackluster posting of late. It seems we are adding a third child to the household and I’ve been wiped out. Nausea and exhaustion have made writing take a back seat. On that note, a new study out in the UK says that mothers really [...]

Sep

6

Toxic Chemicals In Young Children

Posted by Cindy

September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

photo credit: fabioperez Parents are often warned to make sure that their children are wearing fire proof pajamas at night. The fear of a sudden fire happening at night while everyone is sleeping certainly makes parents rush to be more cautious and do everything they can to help protect their children. But could we be [...]

Sep

5

Breastfeeding Eases Infant Pain

Posted by Cindy

September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

photo credit: jcarter IN a bit of “duh!” news doctors are finally figuring out what breastfeeding mothers have know for quite a while. Nursing eases pain for infants. Of course they didn’t need to go through all the studying to find that out, all they had to do was ask. Bumps, cuts, scrapes, and even [...]

Sep

1

What You Might Not Know About Home Birth

Posted by Cindy

September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

photo credit: C-Serpents There are a lot of facts that are often put out in favor of and against home birth. It is always interesting to see how numbers and statistics can be manipulated on both sides of the arguement. You most often expect to see doctors using the statistics that favor hospital birth more [...]

Aug

30

Is There A Mother In The House?

Posted by Cindy

August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

There could be a mother in the house, the White house that is. John McCain has chosen Sarah Palin to be his VP pick if he wins the election in November. Palin is a mother of 5, her youngest child was born only last March. Trig, the little bundle you see above, was born with [...]

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