Tag: ‘Health’
Don’t forget To Enter Giveaway!
by Karen on 1/07/09 | 0 Comment(s)
The Great New Years Fitness Giveaway is still going…win a semester-long class with The Fitness Collective of Park Slope and Cobble Hill. I will be picking the winner late Thursday night with my eenie meenie minie moe method. So, get your entries in by Thursday at 10 pm. Check out who wins on Friday morning. [...]
New Years Fitness Giveaway!
by Karen on 1/06/09 | 25 Comment(s)
This is just the top of my very long list of my New Years Resolutions: 1. Be in bed by 11 pm 2. Learn to accept criticism (arghhh!) 3. Read a book every night for at least 20 minutes 4. Start exercising!!!! Does #4 look like one on your list? If that’s the case, this [...]
Teeth Grinding or Jaw Clenching
by Karen on 12/30/08 | 2 Comment(s)
Ever wondered why your child is grinding her teeth/clenching her jaw and if it will cause permanent damage? (Medically this gesture is called “Bruxism”) There are some very surprising possible causes of Bruxism. Generally Bruxism does not cause permanent damage to childrens’ teeth, however, it can become a problem if the child does it chronically. [...]
Can you get lung cancer too?
by Karen on 12/21/08 | 0 Comment(s)
I hate to open up a holiday week with a post like this…but this information is too important. If you don’t smoke, you don’t get lung cancer, right? Apparently not. If you have radon in your home, you just might. Scientists believe that radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Radon comes from [...]
Awesome Downloadable Sleep Chart
by Karen on 12/11/08 | 0 Comment(s)
I guess I am obsessing about sleep- or lack thereof these days- arggh. This will be my second post on sleep this week! But, I just had to tell you all about this sleep chart that I found on BabyCenter. I loaded it the sleepchart as a PDF so you can download and print it. [...]
Colic and Nutrition for Your Baby from Dr. Gilgoff
by Karen on 12/05/08 | 3 Comment(s)
A Child Grows has a monthly column by Dr. Hugh Gilgoff at Long Island College Hospital. I am thrilled to have his expertise on this blog. To read his previous articles, please check them out at the end of this post. Dr. Gilgoff is a pediatrician relatively new to the Brooklyn community. He has a [...]
“Bottle Mouth” from Pacifiers, Bottles and Sippy Cups
by Karen on 11/17/08 | 2 Comment(s)
This post is from Heather Rutka, MS CCC-SLP, a speech language pathologist helping children and their families in Brooklyn. She wrote to me after I posted about Birch going to sleep with a pacifier in his mouth. She explained about “bottle mouth”. It is a real issue and I vow to get Birch off of [...]
Carters, Baby Gap and Circo labels causing skin rash and burn
by Karen on 11/07/08 | 3 Comment(s)
The blog Zrecommends.com is the place to visit for the latest information on health issues and our children. They are great about taking big companies to task too. Back in mid-September they reported on the ‘tagless’ labels on Carter’s clothes that are causing everything from excema-like rashes to reactions that look like chemical burns. They [...]
Toxic Playgrounds- Rubber Mats Again!
by Karen on 8/25/08 | 1 Comment(s)
I posted awhile ago about how those rubber mats on the playgrounds are causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns. I got quite a few emails from readers who were upset and disgusted. Readers wondered why the Parks Department knowingly installs these hazardous mats, places the burden on parents to make sure their children wear shoes [...]
How Toxic is your paint?
by Karen on 8/20/08 | 2 Comment(s)
This is really helpful if you are thinking about painting. This website is run by National Geographic so I totally trust it- and thanks Leo for telling me about it. Here it is: http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/96/paint To avoid VOCs, look on labels for no-VOC paints or low-VOC paints with limits set by California’s South Coast Air [...]
