Safety Tips for Sledding and Tobogganing
Ensure that the hill is free of hazards - trees, rocks, bumps, fences and bare spots. Do not sled on ice-covered areas. Ensure that the hill is situated away from roads, rivers or railroads and that there is...
Safe Toys & Play
Toys and play are important to your child’s development, and safety is essential. In Canada, responsibility for toy safety is shared among governments, the toy industry, safety associations, parents, and...
Ten Winter Activities for the Family
On a frosty winter day, it can be really enticing to wrap your body in your favourite blanket and your hands around a hot, steaming cup of something that warms you from the inside out. That may be the ideal. But the...
Sleep Problem Solver
From A to ZZZZs The Quick Guide to Preventing and Solving - Baby Sleep Problems While your nightstand may be overflowing with books about pregnancy and birth, you may want to add a baby sleep book to that stack,...
Yard Safety
Click here to download a full-colour PDF of this article It's nice to have an outdoor space where you can let your kids play, but before you let them roam free - here are some ideas on how to make your backyard...
Babies: Pumping Iron
There's been a lot of talk recently about the crucial role that iron plays in promoting healthy growth and development in babies and young children—and for good reason. Iron is the key ingredient in hemoglobin, the...
Feeding your Baby Organic
Organic food is becoming more popular than ever. Sales are increasing at 20 per cent per year, and over 1.3 million acres of land in Canada are used to grow organic crops. Prices are continuing to drop, and more options...
One of the many benefits of baby sign...
One of the many benefits of baby sign language: Larger Expressive and Receptive Language Vocabularies When a baby's brain develops, the area that understands visual information develops sooner than the area that...
The Sleep Doula
After being a trained birth and postpartum doula for over five years, and having two children 18 months apart, Tracey Ruiz realized there was a need for a support system for parents of babies who have problems sleeping...
Talking About Teething
We recently sat down with Dr. Kenneth Montague of Kenneth Montague and Associates in Toronto and asked him some of the most commonly asked teething-related questions. At what age will my baby have all her...
Cloth versus Disposable: The Diaper...
Cloth versus Disposable: The Diaper Debate By Trish Knudsen The average baby will go through 5,000 to 7,000 diaper changes in the first two years of his or her life, according to Environment Canada. How will all...
POP = Put On Protection
Education on sun safety is an extremely important issue that we all need to be knowledgeable in. Sometimes we believe we are fairly educated in sun safety but there are many misconceptions that need to be raised. First...
