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Category Archives: Keeping Your Baby Safe
“Will he be teased in the locker room?”
I’m pregnant and my husband and I are the kind of people that just need to know if it’s a boy or a girl. I suppose we are impatient planners. To us, not knowing what day our baby will be … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health
Tagged baby, boy, Canada, circumcision, circumcision rate, foreskin, intact penis, newborn, Ontario, Physical Health
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Infant vaccinations don’t have to be painful
I often wonder with infant vaccinations, is it harder on the parent or on the baby? Do you find yourself getting so worked up, even stressed out for your baby’s vaccinations? No one likes the idea of inflicting pain on … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby
Tagged baby, breastfeed, cry, hurt, infant, needles, pain, painful, Physical Health, prevent pain, reduce pain, shots, vaccination
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Baby, it’s cold outside!
Once, a long, long time ago, I was naïve enough to think I could actually plan when my kids would be born. I had always thought I’d prefer to have a baby during the springtime. What a lovely, mild time … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged cold, cold alert, frostbite, how to dress, hypothermia, infant, injury prevention, newborn, outside, Physical Health, prevent
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Why car seats, snowsuits, bulky jackets and bunting bags DON’T MIX!
You know that scene from the movie “A Christmas Story,” the one where Randy’s mom bundles him up in his snowsuit, and he says “I can’t put my arms down!” Here is the scene, posted on YouTube by apuleuis: To … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged baby, bulky jacket, bunting bag, car seat, car seat safety, infant, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Physical Health, snowsuit, warm in car seat, winter, winter jacket
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“WHOOP! There it is!” Pertussis (whooping cough): Are your kids protected?
Your kid’s not looking so good. You’ve noticed cold-like symptoms for a few weeks. Maybe he’s running a low grade fever – maybe not. You’ve not been too concerned till tonight. He’s never lost his breath or thrown up as … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Before Pregnancy, Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health, Preparing for Kindergarten, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged booster, booster shot, cough, immunizations, immunize, pertussis, Physical Health, school, special needs, vaccinate, vaccinations, whooping cough
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