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Entries Tagged as 'Children'

Aqua Don’ts

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Yes those little tiny plastic beads that you spray water onand they stick are being recalled.  They apparently have a chemical that when ingested can cause severe problems and even death.   The product is designed for ages 4 and older but there is still a chance that a person could ingest a piece and die.  [...]

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Tags: Children · Health · Home and Family · Recalls

Trick or Treating Safety

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Since it’s Halloween I wondered if the razor blades, needles and poison in candy stories and warnings were true. So I fired up my browser and headed off on the internet. What I found was a bit SPOOOOOKY!

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Tags: Children · Parenting

Cool Halloween Costume

October 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Ok this is one of the obligatory posts. Last year my daughter and I came up with a REALLY neat costume. It actually won a prize in the town Halloween Parade! It took about 4 hours spread over 3 days to complete and people really loved it.

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Tags: Children · Home and Family

Night Terrors - Just SCARY to say the least

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

A few days ago my daughter was in the car with her mother (my ex wife) and fell asleep. She let out a scream and when my ex looked back her head was slumped, eyes open, drooling and was unresponsive but seemed in distress. My ex had never seen her do this [...]

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Tags: Children · Health

Magentix Update… Passed with flying colors…

October 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

As a follow up to my post on Magnetix Dangers,  X-Rays yesterday confirmed the Magnetix piece she had swallowed (the ball) was gone. My daughter was VERY HAPPY to hear this as today is her birthday! She’s 7 now and you know Seven is a hard age.
Yesterday we had spoken with the [...]

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Tags: Children · Health

Kids Clothes - To shop or not to shop

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

With the school year well underway the thought of purchasing school clothes is far from my mind. Except now it’s getting rather chilly(some days) and the light back to school clothes are just not cutting it. The kids are a bit picky about what they wear and shopping for Brand Name [...]

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Tags: Children · Parenting · Shopping

Magnetix Swallowing Dangers

October 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday I had a rather large scare. My youngest daughter (six years old almost seven) was home sick and was playing with Magentix. For those who don’t know, Magnetix is a toy building kit for ages 6 and up what consists of small tubes with disc magnets at each end and half-inch [...]

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Tags: Children · Personal