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Safe Medication Options for Motion Sickness During Travel

Safe Medication Options for Motion Sickness During Travel

It’s family road trip season! If you have ever packed snacks, water bottles, entertainment, and extra clothes only to realize halfway into the trip that you forgot the barf bags, you are not alone. Kids’ motion sickness has a way of announcing itself loudly, and it will leave parents

Holiday Food Safety for Children with Allergies or Special Diets

Holiday Food Safety for Children with Allergies or Special Diets

The holidays create extra challenges for children with food allergies or special diets. Ensuring holiday party food safety requires planning, careful cooking, proper food preparation practices, and clear communication with your kids, other caregivers, and any adults who may offer them food. This quick guide outlines steps parents can take

Time Change Effects on Children’s Routines and Medications

Time Change Effects on Children’s Routines and Medications

Twice a year, most of the country sets its clocks forward or back, and parents everywhere groan. Fall is especially tough. The rest of the country gets an extra hour of sleep, but parents of young kids somehow lose three. I don’t understand how that math maths, but it’

Halloween Candy: Safety for Children

Halloween Candy: Safety for Children

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! Our neighborhood has lots of kids, and we have a blast trick-or-treating. I also have a mean sweet tooth, so I thoroughly enjoy confiscating some of my kids' candy – you know, for safety! As much as I enjoy sneaking candy, I dislike

Nosebleed Care and Medication Considerations

Nosebleed Care and Medication Considerations

If your child suddenly has a red trickle down their face and you immediately panic, you’re not alone! Nosebleeds are very shocking, especially the first time they happen. They are very common in kids, and while they can be alarming to see, they are usually not serious. This guide

Transitioning from Summer to School Sleep Schedules Without Sleep Aids

Transitioning from Summer to School Sleep Schedules Without Sleep Aids

Summer break often feels like a free-for-all when it comes to sleep. I usually start strict and regimented, but by the last few weeks in August, I’ve given up. We live as if there are no rules… snacks everywhere, junk food for dinner, and bedtimes way too late. And

Toddler Hanger Is Real: Snack Hacks to Stop the Meltdowns Before They Start

Toddler Hanger Is Real: Snack Hacks to Stop the Meltdowns Before They Start

You know that feeling when you’re starving, hot, grouchy, and unable to focus because you need some food? Now imagine you’re a toddler, and instead of pushing through like an adult, your only response is a full-on meltdown. Welcome to the world of toddler hanger. Toddlers may not