If your kids play any sort of contact sport, especially soccer or football, you need to know the basics of concussions. Recently the CDC started pushing the mantra “When in doubt sit them out” whenever a kid has experienced a particularly hard hit, blow, bump or jolt to the head or neck.
The weather this month has really been frightening. We’ve seen earthquakes, tornadoes, and even a Hurricane in the United States alone. When natural disasters like these occur, we need to be ready. We need to have an Emergency Evacuation Kit for our family so we can quickly get the things we need and get to safer ground. Other names for these kits are 3 day kits and 72 hour kits. These kits help us to be prepared for the unexpected. If we don’t take the time to get some stuff together, we may forget to take important things like medicines when we are given a short amount of time to evacuate. You may think this will never happen to you, but these types of storms can come when we least expect. It will give you peace of mind to be prepared. For a list of items to place in your kits see Ready America. This list can get you started but every family will have different needs. Make a list of the items you could not live without and go from there. Don’t forget to include things small children need like diapers and formula and items for pets. It is best to have one kit for each family member. Backpacks work great to store these items. Some of the items you will need for your kits can be really expensive and you may not be able to buy them all at once. Here are a few ideas to get your kits made on a budget.
A jump in the number of bee stings tends to occur in the spring and summer months. This is usually a result of the increased amount of time spent outdoor and the increased activity of bees working to pollinate the blooming plants. The effect of a bee sting varies widely from person to person and the level of severity, unfortunately, cannot be known until someone is stung
There are a number of summer specific health concerns that every mom should address at the beginning of summer. One of these concerns involves contact with poison oak, poison ivy and/or poison sumac. Since we spend so many more hours outside, we need to get a refresher each year on what these plants look like, as well as how to care for the resulting rashes.