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Home Alone Safety for Your Teen

July 2, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

When I was a tween, the word didn’t even exist. Neither did many of the concerns today’s parents have when it comes to leaving their 11 to 13 –year-olds home alone on summer days. It wasn’t that long ago, but times were just different, and ... (read more)

Keeping Your Baby’s Hot Seat Cool

July 2, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 1 question or comment

When it comes to fire and burn prevention safety, I’m sure you are already practicing many child-proofing techniques to ensure your little ones stay safe. Just plug “child burn prevention” into your Internet search bar and you’ll come across plenty of sites offering tips like ... (read more)

Handle with Care

June 30, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

If you have a chance to take an infant massage class, I recommend it! After the birth of my youngest, I did. It was convenient; a neighbor was teaching it in her home as part of completing a professional certificate. It was also important; ... (read more)

Safety Sometimes Means Going Against the Grain

June 20, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

I’ve never been a trendsetter. Instead, I’m usually the one following the crowd, doing my best to blend. A few examples include the years I tried in vain to straighten my kinky curls to look more like my high school friends. Or the time I ... (read more)

Dry-drowning Death Highlights Little Known Danger

June 19, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 2 questions or comments

A ten-year-old boy went swimming at a nearby pool with his mother and drowned more than an hour later. It is a shocking and heart-breaking story that has brought a little-known phenomenon referred to as “dry drowning” to light. It is an occurrence, albeit ... (read more)

Becoming a Great Father

June 11, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

Katie Powers is a wife, mother, nurse, lactation consultant, and friend. She writes a column titled, Baby Talk in which she responds to questions from expectant and new parents. Katie was kind enough to allow me to share one of her recent columns. Becoming ... (read more)

Michigan “Boosts” Child Safety Requirements

June 11, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 1 question or comment

Maybe it’s because my child is so young that I failed to pick up on the new Michigan law that will require children between the ages of four and eight and less than 4 feet nine inches tall to use an approved ... (read more)

Prevent Head Covering to Reduce SIDS Risk

June 11, 2008 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

SIDS. It is a tiny acronym that signifies an enormous loss. We don’t know what causes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). It is a diagnosis of exclusion; it includes all of the deaths for which no other cause of death can be identified. ... (read more)

Extended Breastfeeding 30 Years Ago and Now

June 11, 2008 by Mary Jessica Hammes | 1 question or comment

Ring, ring. Mom: Hello? Me: Oh, hi, mom, am I calling too late? (She says no, so I plow ahead.) So, I’m writing my new babygooroo column about extended breastfeeding, and I thought I should do a Q&A with you since you breastfed ... (read more)

The Great Co-Sleeping Survey

June 11, 2008 by Karen Gromada | No questions or comments

It isn’t completely clear who constructed The Great Co-Sleeping Survey and keeping mum on the identities of the survey designers’ "us" seems a deliberate move. In a culture where a "very special parenting choice that you had the instinct to make ... (read more)

Summer Camps for Special Needs Kids

June 2, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

For many children, summer is synonymous with the joys of summer camps like swimming in the lake, making crafts, and meeting new friends. But opportunities like these were not always open to children with special needs. Times, however, have changed for the better ... (read more)

How Safe is Your Baby’s Car Seat?

May 30, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | No questions or comments

If there is one thing I have learned since becoming a mother, it is that there is always going to be something I want to protect my daughter from. This little lesson in parenting was only reinforced when I received a recent email from ... (read more)