Nothing keeps your baby or toddler safer than your watchful eye! But, only a split second that you take a phone call, hear a sibling scream in another room, or get involved in an important conversation may be the instance that your child gets in a harmful situation! Just like an infant or crawling baby …
Being a fall risk means you have factors that give you a higher chance of falling. Many people don’t know they have risk factors that lead to a fall. What are the risk factors for a fall? And do you have one or many and can these factors be removed or changed to lessen your chance of …
Stopping A Fall & Lessening The Injury From A Fall STopping a fall is not easy sometimes and that is why it is so important to take steps in trying to prevent a fall from ever happening. Sometimes it is impossible to stop a fall. If you are walking in an area of your home …
Matching your Risk to an Intervention or Treatment Each fall risk below gives you several choices for intervention to help you correct your risk and possibly remove or lessen your risk for falls. Environmental hazards Environmental hazards are any items in your home that may cause a slip, trip, or another type of injury resulting …
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Wraps, slings, and other baby carriers can be a lifesaver when traveling with a baby. When handling baggage and tickets and dealing with older children, it really helps to have free hands, since your child is nestled snug against you in a baby carrier. But did you know that you might be asked to remove …
Convertible car seats have become extremely popular these days especially for the parents who frequently travel. Convertible car seats help the babies to seat comfortably. The growing popularity of the convertible car seats has made many manufacturers come up with these seats. Choosing one from so many of these products is definitely not very easy. …
When to switch from infant car seat to convertible Parents, did you know that the leading cause of death among children ages 2 to 14 is due to motor vehicle crashes? Hard to hear, but it’s reality. In this section, many actions have been done to avoid these tragedies, but it must also be said …
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We now know that the brain’s architecture is built over time and from the bottom up, much like a house, and that severe or repeated exposure to violence and trauma can cause toxic stress responses in children which can weaken the brain’s architecture, with damaging effects on health, learning and behavior across the lifespan. But …
Did you know that 50% of attention deficit type disorders may be due to food additives? Did you know that young children’s junk food diets are associated with misbehavior in grade school and teen conduct disorders? Did you know that too much TV is associated with lower grades in school, anxiety, aggression and obesity? Did …
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Let’s face it – Few parents know everything about childproofing their home, the outdoors and other areas. Children offer the challenge of being uniquely different from one another and many will get into trouble that others would never think about. When preparing your house to ensure your child is safe, there are a lot of …
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