Sleep is crucial for physical health and emotional well-being—and the same is true for your baby. When caring for an infant, setting up a safe sleep environment is critical. Where your baby sleeps, the baby’s crib or bed, type of mattress, and sleeping position all matter. Following these best practices lowers your baby’s risk of…
We all know food allergies can be super scary. As part of our back-to-school series, here are some great allergy free lunch ideas from local parents…
Paintbrush Pottery is a fantastic outing for family bonding, girls night out, birthday party, rainy/snow day fun, field trip, and so many other days out. Let your creative juices flow and let the mess be made somewhere other then your home. We love Paintbrush Pottery for so many reasons and know you will as well. We…
Dayton Parents, if you’re not shopping at IKEA yet, you should be! Here are 5 reasons Dayton Parents should be shopping at IKEA:
Imagine that your young child suddenly lost an alarming amount of hair. As a parent, your mind would likely reel with possibilities, leaving you desperate for answers. Only parents whose children have been diagnosed with alopecia areata — an incurable autoimmune disorder that can cause sudden, unpredictable hair loss — will understand the roller coaster…
Cesarean deliveries (C-sections) are a routine procedure, totaling about one-third of all US deliveries. Although frequently life-saving to the mother and baby, C-sections pose the risk of injury – both avoidable and unavoidable. Knowing the nature of C-section injuries, under what conditions litigation is appropriate, and what the litigation process involves is important for parents…
Looking for a getaway the whole family will enjoy? The Great Wolf Lodge in Mason may be just what you’re hoping for. Perhaps the most popular attraction, the Lodge’s indoor water park boasts 79-thousand square feet of fun! There is an area just for your tiniest adventurers, a wave pool, lazy river, 13 water slides…
The other day, my kids and I headed to Home Depot to buy two items that, in most parts of the country, you’d never need to purchase at the same time. We bought a bag of rock salt for de-icing our driveway and a bag of charcoal for cooking on the grill. As we waited…
Summer is the perfect time for outdoor activities, but when it’s time to cool off, head to one of these local venues for some indoor fun! Burn off some energy Are your kids bouncing off the walls? Then take them Washington Township’s Sky Zone Trampoline Park where this behavior is actually encouraged! Sit back and…
Our friends at Goldfish Swim School of Dayton are giving us the information we all need to know on how to keep our families safe in the water. May is recognized as National Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Month – a topic that impacts all families, especially here in Dayton where we lost 7 children to…
