Sliding Gone Awry

How many of you have gone down the slide with your child in your lap?  Yes, I can't hear you, but I'm willing to bet a lot of you would say yes. Fun, isn't it?

Well, it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

What not to do....

Watch Your Step!

Everyone knows caution is key when it comes to allowing our little ones to navigate stairs. The potential harms are pretty obvious.

Still, despite the use of baby gates or rubber grips or other safeguards, and despite our vigilance, accidents do happen. I recently came across an article that contained an alarming statistic. Apparently, a child is treated every six minutes in this country for injuries related to falls on stairs. It seems obvious that stairs can be dangerous for kids, but that is a pretty surprising amount of stair-related accidents nonetheless.

Please take a look at the article and think about what you can do to make your stairs safer, limit your toddler's access to them, and/or help him or her learn to climb them safely and carefully. If your little one moves as quickly as mine, you'll be glad you did!

Photo from www.onestepahead.com

Doctor's Orders

"Take some aspirin and call me in the morning."  Okay, so this is a seriously simplified example of them, but we've all received directions from our physicians at one time or another:  rest up, take medicine, no heavy lifting, etc.

Recently, I sprained my ankle.  Badly.  I'm grateful I didn't break it, but it hurts a lot nonetheless.

Mama T's "boo-boo"