Health & Safety

Soft bath toys as drool absorbers

Have you got a drooler? A gusher? A saliva factory? When my son was a baby his mouth was like a tap you could never fully turn off. But Steffie’s discovered a solution (or, at least, a handy plug).

Adjusting room temperatures in a centrally-heated home

in: Health & Safety

It’s cold. You turn up the thermostat. One room in your house feels nice and warm, but another never heats up (or gets too hot). What do you do?

Sponge + Ziploc = no-drip icepack

in: Health & Safety

Great idea, and likely more comfortable (and cheaper) than our old standby, a bag of frozen peas. Any other DIY ice pack ideas?

Puke-protect the car seat with Glad Press’n Seal wrap

in: Health & Safety, Travel & Outings

Jennie turned a wine bottle tote into a portable carsickness cleanup kit. She follows it up with a bit of preventative prep using Glad Press’n Seal wrap. IMPORTANT: Read safety warning on this post.

ONEMoms in Ethiopia: First health, then happiness

in: Advocacy, Health & Safety

How can you possibly sum this photo up? Photo credit: ONE/Karen Walrond Before you can be happy, you have to be healthy. It sounds like a platitude you’d read in Chicken Soup for the Afflicted Soul, but I’m seeing it in the most literal way here in Ethiopia. Health — I’m talking basic health, the kind […]

When your “balance” looks different

in: Fun & Learning, Health & Safety

When parents judge each other without the benefit of the full story.

Kid takes swim vest off while in the pool?

in: Health & Safety, Travel & Outings

What happens when you combine the stubbornness of a toddler with the increased manual dexterity of a preschooler, then add water? You have a kid who can undo the buckles on his floaty swim vest.

Here’s how Jennifer staved off the problem (for the next few pool visits at least).