Date: September, 2009
Children’s Tylenol Recall
by Karen on 9/25/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Have you heard about the recall of certain lots of Children’s and Infants’ TYLENOL® liquid products that were manufactured between April, 2008 and June, 2008? Check this blog (listed below) to find out more and if your medicine is affected. The company cautioned that infection with the bacteria can be serious in high-risk persons, including [...]
Where To Get Flu Shots In Brooklyn?
by Karen on 9/24/09 | 0 Comment(s)
If you are trying to find a local place to get a flu shot, put your zip in at www.findaflushot.com. The site (operated by Maxim Health Systems) also has the latest news on seasonal flu and H1N1 (“Swine Flu”), as well as links to other resources to learn more about the flu and its prevention. [...]
Where To Find A Nanny?
by Karen on 9/24/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Today, as I was trying to find placement for our nanny for a couple of days a week, I was reminded how hard it is to not only place a nanny these days with the economy, but also to find one. Here are my top suggestions for locations to find a nanny: 1. Yahoo parents [...]
Pratt Closes Their Campus To Public
by Karen on 9/11/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I was completely saddened by the news yesterday that Pratt is closing their campus to visitors, as reported by The Local. Kate Briquelet writes, “After the renovations end in October, Pratt will return to its current, albeit formerly unenforced, public access policy that allows residents to pass through the campus to get from DeKalb to [...]
How To Find A Moms Group
by Karen on 9/10/09 | 0 Comment(s)
I went to a “New Mom’s Group” today that meets in the park in my neighborhood. Today there were so many babies, and a lot of interesting women who were all sharing this same experience together: having a baby. Sometimes you go and you connect with only one other mom, and sometimes it is a [...]
SIGG Bottles and BPA- Bottle Exchange but HURRY!
by Karen on 9/10/09 | 0 Comment(s)
This is from The Soft Landing- a blog I trust with issues about BPA and chemicals in our eating and drinking containers. This is big news about SIGG bottles…. I think we’ve just experienced the greatest greenwashing this side of the moon. SIGG’s laid-back announcement about the “mere presence of BPA” in the lining of [...]
Updated Pages
by Karen on 9/10/09 | 0 Comment(s)
One of the things I have been working on for you is updating all the resources on the blog. As of late, I have done a lot of work on the Medical side of the blog. I have gathered a lot more specialists, hospital information, urgent care centers and dentists. Please check out all the [...]
A Child Grows Event Picks
by Karen on 9/08/09 | 0 Comment(s)
UPDATED!!!!!! Hi All! I hope you had a FANTASTIC summer! Did you visit out of the many outdoor pools? (if you have a review of one, please send it to me here). Did you get to do a fun excursion? I would love to hear about it! (maybe it should go on the “family getaways” [...]
The last of summer- great expeditions
by Karen on 9/01/09 | 0 Comment(s)
Running out of ideas for what to do this summer? We sure are. I turned to the blog Off Manhattan for some help. The blog is a green travel guide for New Yorkers. All their trips can be done using public transportation or via biking which is not only a pretty cool idea- it’s totally [...]
