Safety

Kids on the Internet

August 23, 2011

Hooray! A guest post! Thanks to Heather Chou for shar­ing her arti­cle, Kids on the Internet. Is it okay to let my kids play on the inter­net? Sure. As soon as your tod­dler is able to manip­u­late to mouse or press keys on the key­board, he can begin inter­act­ing with the com­puter. By the time […]

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LOST!…But Found, Safe and Sound

September 5, 2009

I cried at the Audubon Society Spring Fair this year. It was because I was touched by a DVD the Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group screened in their tent at the fair. “LOST!… But Found, Safe and Sound” is a film pro­duced by the Association of National Park Rangers that tells the story of a girl […]

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Got allergies?

June 28, 2008

I remem­ber try­ing to find places to shop when we went dairy free, and I have seen many more moms go through the same tran­si­tion when aller­gies took over their pantries. Now that we have grown out of our dairy issues I have found the per­fect resource. Check out the Loudoun Allergy Network for lists […]

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Bears in Loudoun County?!

June 13, 2008

Check out this arti­cle in today’s Washington Post! After read­ing it you’ll prob­a­bly be inter­ested in advice regard­ing what to do when you encounter a bear.

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Fun in the outdoors? Check for ticks!

June 5, 2008

There are so many ticks out there this year! It can be a tricky line to walk want­ing to get the kids out­doors but also want­ing to keep them safe from nasty chronic stuff like lyme dis­ease. I talked to our ped’s office exten­sively about this after find­ing our first deer tick — which looked […]

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Time to buy new sippy cups!

May 3, 2008

I have tried not to worry too much about the frenzy regard­ing the dan­gers of plas­tic. I have a keep it sim­ple, never microwave in plas­tic, store stuff in some­thing else when able, use non-plastic for some of the kids’ drinks and rotate brands so you mix up the evil chem­i­cals but don’t get sucked […]

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Infant & Child Product Recall Notification

March 31, 2008

While we are talk­ing recalls… there’s yet another list you can join to receive info on infant & child prod­ucts. This one is put out by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Carseat Recall Notification

March 31, 2008

Here’s a cool tool to clut­ter your inbox and help keep your lit­tle ones safe! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offers an e-mail noti­fi­ca­tion sys­tem for car seat recalls.

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