As you may know, I work for the YMCA, where our tag line is We Build Strong Kids, Strong Families, Strong Communities. But building strong families as a job is different from building a strong family under my own roof.
I hate to admit this but I have been known to leave the healthy environment [...]
Lead is in all toys. That seems to be the basic warning for this holiday season. Stock up on books and clothes…at least until they start testing the lead content in those, too. The most recent recall I heard about was for a Fisher-Price toy that for some reason was only recalled [...]
In response to my rant yesterday about BeAGoodMom’s horrible trip tot the doctor’s office, I have a few simple suggestions to make the entire experience better for patients.
TVs. In the room. I’ve been to dentists that have TVs in the room. All gyms have TVs. Anywhere where something annoying or painful [...]
A report is out that shows that kids are getting more cavities than we did in the late 80s and 90s. I find that hard to believe based on the number of cavities I had as a kid but I guess I would fit more into the late 70s early 80s crowd anyway.
28 percent [...]
Pookie is a super-master-medicine-refuser. No liquid medicine is allowed to pass his lips…and I’m a pretty mean dad that would force it down if it was at all possible. I’ve seen professional nurses give up on him.
With this most recent round of sickness, though, we’ve been able to get Pookie to chew the [...]
