Pediatricians are warning parents about an alarming rate of soda can ‘stay tabs’ being swallowed by children.  While there was a replacement due to kids removing the older version and putting them in their soda as to not litter, it seems that the new version isn’t much safer.

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As a parent, keeping your baby warm and nourished should be on your top list. But baby skin care is just as important.

Your infant’s delicate skin requires lots of tender treatment. You need to pamper and protect her from head to toe. Their skin is pure, supple and very sensitive that’s why they need the mildest touch.

How to Clean your infants:

• Stick to sponge baths until your newborn’s umbilical-cord stump falls off.
• Do not use adult soaps on your baby. This may cause dryness and irritations especially when your child’s prone to eczema.
• Mild body washes and shampoos are good for infants. If rashes appear, go to your pediatrician immediately.
• You can bathe your infant every other day to prevent dry skin. Always make sure that you clean her diaper area frequently and wipe the drool from her chin to prevent irritation.Don’t use baby products during the first few months. Their immune system is just developing and they are prone to have asthma or allergies if products are used.
• To remove the cradle cap, you can use baby oil and gently rub it on your newborn’s scalp and leave it for 10 minutes. Using a wet washcloth or soft comb, wipe away the loosened scale.

It is also important that you give your infant a gentle massage for a healthy skin. It makes them feel loved and accepted. This massage triggers hormones that will help boost immunity, and fight sickness. Simply put baby oil or lotion in your hands and then gently rub it in your infant’s chest and tummy.

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Nick Jonas has Type 1 Diabetes

Doctors really don’t know what causes Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes. Research is being done to explore both genetics and environmental triggers, but many kids who are diagnosed with diabetes have no family history of it at all.

Diabetes is manageable; kids who have this condition can live normal, active lives if they pay close attention to treating their condition. Diabetes can’t be cured, but its effects can be minimized. If your child doesn’t do this conscientiously, he or she might develop several undesirable complications. These can include:

• Neuropathy. This is nerve damage. It commonly causes problems in the legs, but it can also affect other systems in the body as well.

• Retinopathy. Diabetes can cause damage to the eyes, including causing blindness.

• Nephropathy. Nephropathy is kidney disease. Weak kidneys allow toxins to build up in the body and make a child sick.

• Heart Disease. Heart disease is more common to diabetics than non-diabetics. It can lead to other complications such as stroke, embolism, or heart attack.

So how do you know if your child has diabetes? There are some symptoms that all parents should be on the lookout for:

• Excessive thirst. Is your child constantly asking for something to drink?

• Frequent urination. If you find yourself saying, “Are you in the bathroom again?”…pay attention!

• Drowsiness or lethargy. They fall asleep over their homework, or they just can’t get the energy to do things they used to enjoy. If you’ve tried adjusting your child’s bedtime and it isn’t helping, bring this to your doctor’s attention.

• Sugar in urine. Obviously your doctor will have to test this, but it’s a pretty significant indicator.

• Sudden vision changes. The cells in the eyes are being attacked by the immune system, so vision decreases fairly quickly.

• Increased appetite. Are they suddenly hungry all the time, and can’t seem to get enough? They could be going through a growth spurt, as all kids do…but it could be diabetes.

• Sudden weight loss. None of that food is being processed like it should be. Instead of gaining weight, they might lose weight very quickly.

• Fruity, sweet, or wine-like odor on breath. The imbalance of sugar and insulin in the blood can come out in strange ways, including very sweet breath.

• Heavy, labored breathing. Your child might find it hard to catch his or her breath, even if they aren’t doing anything strenuous.

• Stupor, unconsciousness. If diabetes goes too long without being diagnosed, it can cause kids to faint or, in extreme cases, fall into a coma.

Taken alone, most of these symptoms seem harmless, but together, they could indicate the presence of Type 1 diabetes. Don’t be afraid to bring them up to your doctor; he or she can judge whether there’s anything to be concerned about. The sooner you start treatment, the more likely your child is to live a normal, active life.

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The Transportation Safety Administration has a whole page dedicated to letting the American traveler know how they will treat you and your children when you travel by airplane. 

They want you to know that they still have to screen kids, that not even kids are exempt from security checks.  I’m glad to know that; there are simply too many unscrupulous people in the world who would use their kids as weapons to harm others. 

They do say, though (and I liked this):

We will not ask you to do anything that will separate you from your child or children.  We specially train our Security Officers and they understand your concern for your children. They will approach your children gently and treat them with respect. If your child becomes uncomfortable or upset, security officers will consult you about the best way to relieve your child’s concern.

I just really liked the way they promised to treat our kids with respect; we don’t get much of that, do we?

Of course, besides going through the electric scanner thingy and taking our shoes off, there are other security concerns with traveling with kids.  We, the parents, have to make sure our kids are crystal clear on a few things before we ever enter the airport:

• Never go further away from parents than an arm’s length (for smaller kids) or two chairs’ length (for bigger kids). 
• Never go anywhere alone.  Small kids must always go with a parent, and if that means taking a boy into the ladies’ room or a girl into the men’s room, so be it.  Teens can go to a few limited places without parents, but only with a sibling or buddy.
• Do not talk to strangers. 
• Do not let anyone give you anything. 
• Secure your carry on item and wallet or purse.  Never let these things out of your sight.
• Eat before you get to the airport; airport food costs about 20 times more than food anywhere else.
• If someone touches you–even just a brush-up-against kind of touch, tell a parent immediately. 

You are allowed to bring formula, breast milk, or juice with you on a flight, but you have to let the security personnel know you have it.  They might check it for explosives, but they won’t require you to empty it out or to taste it. 

Pretty sick world we live in where a terrorist might disguise explosives as breast milk, huh?

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