Over the years, I’ve had a lot of experience putting child safety seats of one kind or another into our cars. Remember, if you can move the seat more than an inch side to side or toward the front of the car, it’s not tight enough. After struggling to get our seats secured countless times, [...]
Hmmm… This is kind of troubling… As you may or may not know, car seats can’t be sold unless they can withstand a 30 mph front-impact collision. But as it turns out, exceeding the federal standards by even a little bit can be disastrous…. According to a recent study by Consumer Reports, the vast majority [...]
My husband took all four boys to the bowling alley the other afternoon, so I decided to listen to Christmas carols and put away the Christmas tree. In no time at all, the living room looked like a tornado had hit. Amidst the chaos I discovered some tiny bits of trash. Unfortunately, this wasn’t just [...]
Just in time for Christmas, World Against Toys Causing Harm, Inc. (W.A.T.C.H.) has released their list of the ten worst toys of 2006. What follows is a quick rundown of the ten most dangerous toys of the year…
If you’re thinking of buying a house, and even if you’re not, it’s probably a good idea to check out your state’s sex offender registry just to see what’s out there. Especially if you have kids. After all, who wants to move into a new neighborhood only to find out that Chester the Molester lives [...]
This actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but I just ran across it last night… The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a product recall for Magnetix building sets. This is a pretty scary one, as some rather nasty things have already happened.
Our kids were all born via C-section. I tried to get the first two boys out through more conventional means, but they would have none of it. By the time numbers three and four came along, the decision to schedule the C-section was made as soon as I had a positive pregnancy test. Anybody who [...]
Protego! British researchers recently reported in the British Medical Journal that emergency room visits dropped markedly on the weekends immediately following the release of the two most recent Harry Potter books (“The Order of the Phoenix” and “The Half-Blood Prince“). Apparently one of the study’s authors “conjured up the original idea” when he returned home [...]
Here’s an extremely sad story… A three week old baby in Deland, Florida recently died in his parents’ bed when his father rolled over on him. Apparently Mom and Dad went to sleep around 12:30 AM and awoke at 5:00 AM to find that their baby wasn’t breathing. Dad then performed CPR until the paramedics [...]
According to a recent article published in the journal Pediatrics, kids aren’t any safer in SUVs than in conventional cars. Apparently the size advantage of SUVs is offset by their increased rollover risk. This conclusion is based on a survey of accidents that occurred between 2000-2003 and involved nearly 4,000 kids under the age of [...]
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