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Our daughter has logged more than 10 round-trip flights since she was born 3 years ago. Two of them were international flights. Flying with a food-allergic child is still nerve-wracking, (really, is flying with any child stress-free? LOL!) but we have gotten more prepared and less frantic over the years.
Here are some of […]
Our trip to North Carolina last week, and to Italy and the Philippines in recent years, taught me valuable lessons about managing food allergies and traveling: Don’t assume there is a safe place to eat.
The following tips can help make traveling on longer trips or overseas more manageable.
1. Pack the Epipen and medication, […]
Living with multiple food allergies is a daily challenge, but more so when we’re eating out or traveling. After three years of managing my children’s allergies, I still get anxious whenever we go out of the house, even if it’s only a trip to the groceries, or a week-long travel to the Outer Banks.
However […]
Two new cellular telephone laws in California will affect even drivers who have out-of-state licenses driving within California. And the law is more detailed for drivers under 18.
As of July 1, 2008, the use of cellular phones while driving at the same time will have new restrictions. Drivers under the age of 18 are […]
What could be more horrifying than having your child missing at a huge airport?
How about being responsible for leaving your OWN child behind!
*GASP!*
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 13 (UPI) — A Filipino family immigrating to Canada was so excited at a flight stopover in Vancouver, they left behind an 18-month-old toddler.The group was […]
The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Admin) has announced a new system for grading car seats based on ease-of-use for installing and uninstalling. This video looks at car seat features among various models and compares them.
This rating is NOT about how safe the seats are themselves, because all car seats sold on the […]
“Hallelujah” was my reaction to story.
A three-year old Japanese toddler eluded death after falling through a frozen pond. When the boy’s father pulled him out, his heart and lungs had already stopped functioning. The heart didn’t start beating again until 30 minutes after into the ride to the hospital. Miraculously, the boy recovered six […]
In New York City alone, being hit by a car is the leading cause of deaths for children ages 5 to 14.
Following “Safe Routes to School” program that was begun in the Bronx in 2004, other states are implementing programs to make sure students can get the healthy benefits of walking and biking to school, […]
It can happen to the best of us, even to the most well-behaved kids. In a big mall, in a crowd or store, in theme parks and even in your neighborhood, kids will wander off and get lost. Older children often don’t think they are lost but really are.
Getting lost is a scary ordeal for […]
Canadian parents, be aware:
There is a car seat recall for products manufactured and sold in Canada between Nov. 1, 2003 and Dec. 31, 2005:
* Cosco Alpha Omega: 22C15BNP, 22C15CRK, 22C15ROR, 22C15TUX, in 22C26BNG, 22C26GRH
* Cosco Alpha Omega Elite: 22C51HMR, 22C51TRP, 22155CSPH
* Eddie Bauer 3 in 1: 22C75AFD, 22C75ARD, 22C75EBN, 22C75MPB, 22C76SHL
* Eddie Bauer Deluxe 3 […]
Health matters for children from infancy to adolescence.
Written by Grace Ibay, M.H.S. [email] for b5media.
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