Archive for the 'Health & Safety' Category

How to Cope with a Colicky Baby

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Some babies seem to cry a lot no matter what and how parents do. If your baby cries everyday for hours at a time, you would be worn down to the point that you feel like joining in, wondering if you have done something wrong to make your baby cry like that. An article posted […]

100 Percent Juice Consumption not Linked to Obesity in Kids

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Whether children are finicky or highly energetic, drinks can keep them healthy and balanced in diet. Many people might worry that 100 percent juice is linked to obesity, however a recent study tells a different story :
According to a recent analysis of government data, children who drank 100 percent juice had healthier overall diets than […]

10 Healthy Foods for Finicky Toddlers

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Parents of toddlers are always stressed out when finding healthy foods to feed their picky eaters. Barbara Solomon experienced the same when she wanted to feed her 3 year old daughter. At last she found 10 smart choices of toddler favorite foods that even the finicky child won’t refuse. Best of all, Barbara got some […]

Tracking Your Child via Disney Phone Service, Good or Bad?

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

The Walt Disney Company will launch a new wireless phone service, called Disney Mobile (via Slashdot) that allows parents to track their children on a map using Global Positioning System technology and decide who their children can call and when.
For security reason, I started to let my daughter use mobile phones from Grade 6. She […]

Eating Less May Slow Aging

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Researchers find that eating less may be good to us. This week’s Journal of the American Medical Association reports a preliminary study conducted by Dr. Eric Ravussin and his team on effects of reducing calorie in human (via Reuters). Their findings suggest that reducing calories may well extend life due to lower body temperature, […]

Tips on Lessening Spring Allergies

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Does your child have a lingering cough recently? According to an article posted at AAAAI, the coughs might be trigged by allergens. Cough is a common symptom of spring allergies.
In children, cough is divided into acute cough (usually lasting one to two weeks) and chronic cough (lasting greater than four weeks).
Here are the tips from […]

Keeping Food Safe Outdoors

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Over long weekends my family and our church friends usually go for a picnic together. It is very common to have family barbecues here in Australia. For the pending Easter holidays, we might have a barbecue at someone’s place or in a park. Would you go for a family barbecue over weekends or during holidays? […]

What Causes Picky Eating

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

One of my friends, she is a mother of 3 kids (7, 5 and 2 1/2 now). The first two are easy eaters. Even when they were toddlers, whatever she’d put in front of them on the table, they’d finish the plate off and ask her whether they could have some more. But for the […]

Apple Offers Way to Limit iPod Volume

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Regarding to the problem of hearing loss due to loud music played on iPod, good news to parents as well as all iPod music lovers released from Apple on Wednesday (via Reuters). A software for iPod users can get the software upgrade as a free download from www.apple.com/ipod/download. Surely, it’s a better solution than getting […]

Grilled Salmon With Soy Ginger

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

My son and I love eating salmon very much. Salmon contains Omega-3 fatty acids that benefit the heart of healthy people. Experts say that heart disease, which is linked with obesity that can begin in early childhood. So salmon is also good to children’s health.
Sometimes we eat raw if I can buy a whole fresh […]