This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Kidde. How much do you know about home fire safety and is it enough to keep your family safe? In honor of June being Home Safety Month, Kidde created a brief Home Safety Challenge online quiz to test your fire and carbon monoxide (CO) safety. When you take…
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7 Summer Security Tips to Keep Your Family Safe #LSSS
This is part of a sponsored post series written as a compensated member of Master Lock’s Live Secure Safety Squad. In the summer months, everything seems a little more carefree and while I look forward to having some days with no agenda other than the one set by my two kids, it’s not a time to…
Kid Friendly Bike Locks for Young Riders #LSSS
As a member of Master Lock’s Live Secure Safety Squad, I have been compensated for my time in writing this post and receive samples for review. Just as it’s important to teach your kids the rules of the road when riding a bike, it’s also necessary to teach them about how to keep their ride safe…
Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinets in Honor of National Drug Take Back Day This Saturday, April 26
I am being compensated as part of the CHPA OTC Safety Ambassador Program. All the opinions reflected here are my own. I have to admit that nothing feels better than a thorough spring cleaning but rather than being hasty, I prefer to be strategic in my purging, targeting different areas of the house to make sure that…
Bandage or Stitches? 5 Steps for Treating Cuts and Scrapes
As a member of the CHPA OTC Safety Ambassador Program, I received compensation for this post but all opinions are my own and based on my family’s experiences. We have an entire shelf devoted to different kinds of bandages in the medicine cabinet in our kids’ bathroom because they’re so prone to cuts and scrapes. Even though they…
Lightning, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes: 9 Ways to Prepare for Severe Weather
I am a member of the Rayovac Power Bloggers and receive product and compensation for my involvement however, all opinions are my own. Whether preparing your home for ice that can down power lines in a winter storm, summer thunderstorms whose winds knock down trees and power lines, hurricanes, tornadoes, and all the other things…
Revisiting My Digital Resolutions from 2013
2014 is underway and besides resolving to say no, how did I do in keeping my digital resolutions last year? Last year I mentioned that the resolutions I tend to keep are not only manageable but involve moderate amounts of change towards a shift in lifestyle. I shared 7 Digital Resolutions to Make in 2013…
5 Ways to Keep Your Family Healthy During the Holidays and Into the New Year
The holidays are a time for traditions, togetherness, and celebrations unless you’re sick and then they’re just downright miserable. Colder weather, recycled air in airplanes, germy surfaces in public places, and the abundant number of hugs given at family get togethers, neighborhood open houses, and office parties can all contribute to seasonal symptoms but even…
Get Smart About Antibiotics with the CDC’s Twitter Chat 11/22 at 1 pm ET
It’s the time of year when families are hit by illnesses hard and while it’s tempting to go to your physician or pediatrician to get medication to kill whatever germs might be lurking in your body to make you feel downright miserable, antibiotics aren’t always the answer. Antibiotics cure bacterial infections but they’re not so…
How to Treat Your Child’s Fever Safely to Provide Relief to a Sick Kid (and our infant’s meningitis scare)
Every parent tries to keep their child as healthy as possible but sometimes the inevitable happens and their illness strikes a kind of paralyzing fear in your heart that you didn’t know could even exist. My moment was as a new mother of two whose six week old infant had a very high fever that…
