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Category Archives: Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe
Helping our kids deal with tragic news
Tragic events take place all around the world and with the recent sad and shocking incidents in Ottawa and Quebec this week, adults are challenged to process what has happened. As adults we know these types of events are extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, 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, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged children and scary news, children and scary news reports, children and the news, children fears, explaining scary news to kids, helping children with fears, helping kids deal with scary news reports, helping kids understand the news, Mental Health, school
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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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Childproofing – keeping my expectations realistic
I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Pumpkin is two years old, and has become so independent lately. She’s no longer falling and bumping her head all over the place (well, for the most part), … Continue reading
Posted in Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Play, Growth & Development, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Toddlers & Preschoolers with Special Needs
Tagged accidents, baby gate, injuries, injury prevention, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Physical Health, preschooler, stairs, supervise, supervision, toddler, Water
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Are Helmets Really Enough?
Before I begin, let me be crystal clear about one thing – wear helmets. Whatever the season – whatever the fun and awesome activity, we could all use a little reminder of the many reasons a helmet is a vitally important … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, 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, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged bicycle safety, bike helmet, concussion, do helmets prevent concussions?, grandparents, head injury, head injury prevention, helmet, injury prevention, Keeping Your Baby Safe, parenting prevents injuries, Physical Health, prevent concussions, school, special needs, summer safety, types of helmets, wheeled toy safety
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Secondary drowning: I didn’t know
In a recent blog post, I mentioned being in nursing for over 20 years and assuming everybody knew stuff about illnesses. Well, here’s my turn to gorge on humble pie. As a former pediatric nurse, lifetime pool owner and safety … 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, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged drowning, dry drowning, Parachute Canada Safe Kids Week, Physical Health, pool safety, safe kids, safe kids week 2014, safe splashing, safe swimming, secondary drowning, special needs, water safety
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