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Category Archives: Prenatal Health
Car seat shopping tips new parents need to know
It’s the night before your big purchase. How exciting! A brand new car seat for your baby-to-be! Before you start matching the seat’s fabric colour to your car’s interior, remember: Car seats are one of the most important pieces of safety … Continue reading
‘Tis the SNEEZIN’: Prevent the spread of the FLU
A pomegranate seed on my kitchen window sill. Yet another example of how my family learns life lessons in our own, strange ways. This is the story of how a tiny, pink seed taught my kids the importance of covering … 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 Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged cold and flu prevention, cover your cough, cover your sneeze, flu, Get your flu shot, grandparents, influenze, Physical Health, prevent the spread of colds, prevent the spread of flu, school health, special needs, stop the spread of infection
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Food Safety: “You put WHAT in the marinade?”
As you know, I tend to share things with you as they come up – just my thing. So this time, the item residing in my craw happens to be on the topic of food safety, or more specifically: safe … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Before Pregnancy, Children & Tweens, Feeding Your Baby in the First Year, Healthy Eating for Toddlers & Preschoolers, Healthy Eating for Your Child/Tween, Healthy Eating for your Teen, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged FightBAC, food borne illnesses, food poisoning, food preparation, food safety, food-borne pathogens, grandparents, Physical Health, proper refrigeration, raw fish, raw meat, safe food prep, Salmonella
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I vaccinate my kids!
I’m a registered nurse. My focus is on preconception, pregnancy, newborns and infants. I’ve done my fair share of reading about the risks and benefits of vaccinations. I would never willingly do anything or recommend anything that I thought was … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged anti-vaccine, baby, children, immunization, immunize, Physical Health, school health, vaccinate, vaccination
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What’s the birth got to do with breastfeeding?
When I was pregnant with Pumpkin, I really wanted to have a natural childbirth. I was in awe of women who had birthed their babies the way nature intended – sans epidural or any other intervention. At the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Breastfeeding Your Baby, Pregnancy, Prenatal Health, Preparing to Breastfeed
Tagged birth, birth interventions, birthing, breastfeed, Breastfeeding Your Baby, c section, caesarean, delivery, epidural, establish, Induction, labor, Labour, Natural Childbirth, newborn, pitocin
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