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Tylenol Products Get Recalled But Do You Care?
A mother's worry is never done, especially when recalls for common merchandise make the nightly news. The latest products caught in the headlines are those manufactured by Tylenol. A staple in most every mother's medicine cabinet, certain lots of Children’s and Infants' Tylenol drugs are said to be contaminated with B.
Tubes Out of Water: Four Million Floats Recalled
Get the kiddie tubes out of the pool! Before you set your child out to sail in the swimming pool, check out the more than four million flotation devices that have been recalled by Chinese manufacturer, Aqua-Leisure. The company makes many of the popular water items sold for between $8 - $15 at national retailers like Toys R Us, Kmart, Target and Walgreens.
Toss Your Cookies! Nestle Voluntarily Recalls Dough
Think twice before letting your kids eat raw prepackaged cookie dough or taking a nibble yourself. This morning, Nestle Toll House initiated a voluntary recall of all its refrigerated cookie products. The company was informed by the Food and Drug Administration that E.
Mommy Alert! Throw Out Expired Foods!
Moms who stock their pantries on a weekly basis often forget about old packages of pasta or cans of beans stashed way in the back of the bin. Before cooking, I rarely double check expiration dates. However, an email alerting me to the dangers of old mixes had me lifting every box and can in my kitchen last night.
Mommy Alert! Is Baby Drinking Rocket Fuel?
There is always something in the news that makes a mother cringe or second guess her parenting choices. The other day I started to read up on a chemical called perchlorate. It is an ingredient used in rocket fuel.
Arkansas Teacher Used Tape to Get Students to Sit Still
Parents send their kids to school assuming it's a safe place to learn, but that wasn't the case in one Risen elementary school. An Arkansas first grade teacher has been placed on administrative leave after angry parents of nine of her twelve students brought child abuse allegations against her. They are accusing the educator of taping their young children to their chairs as punishment for not sitting still.
10 Tips For Preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is the sudden death of an infant under one year that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation or autopsy. Sadly, the rates of sudden infant death from suffocation have quadrupled in the past 20 years in the US, changing many families' views of cosleeping and increasing awareness of the tragic syndrome. While there's no one perfect prevention technique, the American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute has put together a great guide of tips for parents.
Mommy Alert! Make Sure Pool Has Proper Drain Covers
Before you take your kids out to take a dip next Spring, check to make sure the (public, private or residential) pool has safe drain covers. Children have been terribly injured, paralyzed and died after the suction of a pool's drain has trapped them underwater. In one incident, it took two adults to pull a young girl from a hot tub.
Six-Year-Old Gives Himself License to Drive
You miss your bus so you hop in the car. Not a big deal...except if you are six! A Virginia boy put the pedal to the metal in his family's Ford Taurus after he missed his ride on Monday.
Let Them Eat Cake...And Candy Canes!
I've never bought into the whole concept that candy makes kids hyperactive so I've never denied my children sweets when it came to holiday festivities. But, now there's reason for the moms who do attribute their tykes' energetic behavior to treats to relax. This Christmas, let your lil one have a candy cane.
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