Toddler Health & Safety

All the Rage

Cool New Band-Aids Will Make Boo Boos Better Faster

Posted by Julie Ryan Evans
on May 24, 2012 at 11:22 AM

magic vision band-aidsCuts and scrapes are inevitable parts of childhood, but for kids, the sight of blood or nicks on their smooth skin can be traumatic. That's why moms like me horde bandages in every shape, color, and character, because they're often the only way to stop the hysteria over little skinned knee.

My medicine cabinet is currently filled with no less than 10 different varieties, from Dora to Phineas and Ferb. None of those, however, can even compare to the new augmented reality ones from Band-Aid. Yes, I said augmented reality Band-Aids.

At first, I was ready to roll my eyes at yet another way we have to ruin a simple, childhood staple with more screen time. Then I started looking at them further and decided they're pretty brilliant.

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OMG

Toddler Rides Bike Into Rush Hour Traffic While Grandpa Is Babysitting (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 23, 2012 at 3:11 PM

3 year old motorbikeHoly smokes, a 3-year-old boy rode his toy motorbike smack dab into rush-hour traffic -- and he was driving against traffic! The little guy was supposedly being watched by his grandpa but apparently not very closely. Boy wonder just drifted right onto the busy road around 5:30 p.m. and had to be rescued by police. Fortunately he wasn't hurt.

But how scary -- in the video you'll see the child driving right into a left-turning lane, so giant bus after giant bus just narrowly misses him. It's like a real-life episode of Little Rascals only nowhere near as cute and funny. Can you bear to watch?

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Heartbreaking

Help Dying 4-Year-Old Fulfill His Heartbreakingly Simple Bucket List (VIDEO)

Posted by Julie Ryan Evans
on May 22, 2012 at 10:31 AM

Cole RapiniFour years ago, Hanna and Chris Rapini welcomed their first child into the world, a son they named Cole. Seemingly healthy and strong, they took him home from the hospital ready to start their new life ... only that new life quickly took a tragic turn as his health started deteriorating.

From vision and hearing loss to severe developmental delays, he developed a host of medical issues. In his short life he has undergone countless tests and surgeries and traveled across the country looking for answers or a cure, but the only one that has been given is that it's an undiagnosed condition. Recently doctors dealt the devastating blow that Cole's situation is getting worse, and that he likely has only a few years left to live.

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Politics at Play

Join the 'Stroller Brigade' Moms' Fight Against Big, Bad Chemicals -- Right Here, Right Now!

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 21, 2012 at 6:17 PM

stroller brigadeLet's set aside extended breastfeeding while on Twitter/Facebook/Time for a moment and jump on something else that gets a lot of moms fired up: Toxic chemicals freakin' everywhere. There's a Stroller Brigade rolling through Washington, DC tomorrow, and they want a safer world for themselves and their children.

The Stroller Brigade is a protest group made up of moms, cancer survivors, nurses, and others who are rallying support for Senator Frank Lautenberg’s (D-NJ) Safe Chemicals Act. That's the bill that would update our country's ridonkulously outdated toxic chemical laws. Mamas be outraged when they read an expose on the chemical industry's corrupt ways.

Go mamas! But do they stand a chance?

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OMG

Toddler Survives After Her Stroller Is Dragged by Semi Truck (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 18, 2012 at 12:36 PM

raelynThis story sounds horrible, but it could have been so much worse. Harleagh McNaught was pushing her 2-year-old daughter Raelyn in a stroller through their Arizona town. They came to a crosswalk where a semi truck hauling rock was about to make a left turn. Harleah saw the truck, but thought it was going to stop. It did not.

Harleagh tried to pull the stroller back but she was too late -- the semi caught the stroller and wrenched it out of Harleah's hands. Raelyn was still strapped in it! From Harleagh's perspective it seemed like the stroller had been dragged under the truck. But as you'll see in the video below, Raelyn is alive and well. Here's what really happened.

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This Just In

Bottles, Sippy Cups & Pacifiers Can Be Hazardous to Your Kid's Health

Posted by Ericka Sóuter
on May 15, 2012 at 3:48 PM

upset toddlerMoms take note: Those cherished sippies, bottles, and binkies could be dangerous, according to  a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.

It seems kids who cruise around the the house with these time-tested soothers in their mouths are ending up in the emergency room.

Researchers at the Nationwide Children's Hospital and Ohio State University combed through ER records and found that 45,398 children were rushed to the hospital with injuries caused by bottles, sippy cups and pacifiers between 1991 and 2010.

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Mom Moment

Mom Encourages Breastfeeding of Toddlers in Most Discouraging Way (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 14, 2012 at 12:33 PM

bfeeding a toddler
Typical mom of two Katie Hamilton is shrugging off that Time magazine cover photo we can't stop talking about. She knows it was just to sell more magazines, and she thinks most nursing moms know that's not how you nurse a child. But she says it's great that we're talking about it -- especially about extended breastfeeding.

So she gives her reasons for feeding her almost 2-year-old daughter. As another mom who breastfed a toddler, a lot of her reasons resonated with me. But some of her reasons reminded me of why a lot of other moms are turned off by attachment parenting.

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Say What!?

Toddler Yanked Off Plane Because She's on TSA's 'No-Fly' List

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 10, 2012 at 11:53 AM

sippy cupMeet the world's most adorable suspected terrorist. She's got dark ringlets, a pink sippy cup, and she's all of 18 months old. Not 18 years -- 18 months. Little Riyanna was pulled off a flight from Florida to New Jersey because she's on TSA's "no-fly" list.

Look into this sweet baby face and tell me -- is this the face of a extremist bomber?

All jokes about toddlers and diaper bombs aside, WHAT THE HELL? How do you look a mother in the eye and say, "Well, it's not you or your husband. Your daughter was flagged as no fly." What kind of absurd game is this?

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LOL

Kid Gets Stuck in Gumball Machine (Talk About a Sticky Situation) (VIDEO)

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM

kid with arm stuck in gumball machineI dare you not to laugh at this video. This is the one story that will separate the saints from the rest of us sinners. You know who you are. Your kid gets himself into some ridic situation. He's crying. He's scared. So why are you laughing? Because. Look at that kid!

This poor 2-year-old boy got his hand stuck inside a gumball machine. You can totally see how this happened. There were the gumballs. And there was that little opening at the bottom of the machine. Clearly this is simply a matter of reaching up through the opening and all the gumballs are belong to me -- oh wait. HELP MY ARM MY ARM!!!

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Say What!?

Cute Chubby Toddlers Could Grow Up to be Big, Fat Adults

Posted by Adriana Velez
on May 8, 2012 at 6:09 PM

stay puft marshmallow manEverybody loves a chubby toddler. I'm not kidding, either. A study shows moms prefer pump toddlers. And, well, yeah! That's what I've always preferred, too. I remember when my son was around two -- he was kind of a skinny little guy and I worried about him because he didn't have that Stay Puft Marshmallow Man look I saw on other children.

But when I brought it up with our pediatrician she just shrugged it off. My son was perfectly healthy, not wasting away. In fact, that chubby toddler ideal is actually not so healthy after all!

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