Category Archives: Parenting

The Sweetest Way to Get Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Greg Asseff

Many parents struggle with getting their children to eat vegetables. If you’re one of these parents, you’ve probably tried everything you can think of to get your kids to eat their veggies: holding dessert hostage, promising to buy them that hot new video game, threatening them with extra chores. But there may still be some effective methods you haven’t tried yet. For example, making a minor alteration to the veggies themselves may be exactly the trick you need in your arsenal. According to a recent study by the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut, just a light misting of sugar water could change vegetables from your child’s worst nightmare to a tasty treat she’ll actually look forward to eating. Researchers suggest that the tradeoff in sugar content might be worth it to instill a vegetable eating habit.

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Theraflu Recall 2012 Important Announcement

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Greg Asseff

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of roughly 2.3 million units of Theraflu Warming Relief Syrups and Triaminic Syrups. The manufacturer of these syrups, Parsippany, New Jersey’s Novartis Consumer Health, Inc., is fully cooperating with the voluntary recall, which mainly involves the child-proof caps. Over two million bottles of Triaminic and Theraflu have been recalled because of the caps, which allow for easy removal by a child even when the tamper-evident seal is in its unaltered condition. This renders the cap a choking hazard, and, more importantly, allows the child access to the medication. The syrup includes diphenhydramine and acetaminophen, both of which are required to be sealed within child-proof packaging, according to the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.

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Obesity Increases MS Risk, According to Kaiser Permanente

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Greg Asseff

Teenage girls who are classified as very obese – defined as having a body mass index in excess of 35 – may also have a heightened risk of developing multiple sclerosis, or MS, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research and Evaluation. In fact, the girls involved in the study were four times more at risk for MS over the course of the study period than girls with a normal BMI. Interestingly, the association between BMI and MS was only detected in girls, not in boys. It should be remembered that MS is not the only risk of childhood obesity. Children that are severely overweight during childhood have a much higher risk for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, prediabetes and sleep apnea. Of course, there is also the unfortunate possibility of stigmatization and low self-esteem.

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CPSC Issues Nap Nanny Recall

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Greg Asseff

If you’re a new parent who’s been on a baby shopping spree this holiday season, listen up: The CPSC, or U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a recall of over 150,000 products manufactured by Baby Matters, LLC. According to the recall, the affected items include Nap Nanny Generation One (5,000 units), Nap Nanny Generation Two (50,000 units) and Nap Nanny Chill (100,000 units). If you own one of these units, it’s important to abide by the Nap Nanny recall and return it to the retailer immediately as you could be putting your infant at risk. Unfortunately, Baby Matters, LLC is either unwilling or unable to participate in the voluntary Nap Nanny recall issued by the CPSC. As such, the CPSC has asked for assistance from Toys R Us, Diapers.com, Buy Buy Baby and Amazon.com, four of the biggest distributors of Nap Nanny products.

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Low Iron in Babies May Be Linked to Bad Behavior as Toddlers

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Greg Asseff

Children in the toddler age group, typically considered to be ages one through three, are infamous for throwing tantrums and misbehaving. Aside from different parental strategies, a small child’s diet may also affect how they behave. For example, a recent study by researchers in Sweden suggests that future behavioral problems may be reduced in underweight babies by giving them iron supplements. In the study, underweight babies who went without iron supplements increased their risk of having behavioral issues up to 5 times by the age of 3 in comparison to underweight babies who did receive iron supplementation as infants. Past studies have shown that underweight babies — in other words, those weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth — are prone to both iron deficiency and behavioral problems now linked to low iron in babies.

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