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Allergy Bracelets

Look at these “cool” allergy ID bracelets! I simply love Allerbling’s silicon bracelets, onto which you can simply clip on the charm you need. Finally a cool charm bracelet for kids suffering from allergies. Just like Live Strong bracelets. I …



TV habits

Us parents set examples, good ones and bad ones. I must admit I don’t know how parents have the time to watch four hours of TV a day …



Soccer player dies during game

I just read this on the news. It always breaks my heart when a young athlete dies, especially if he could have been resuscitated using a defibrillator: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the_beautiful_blog/2013/07/peruvian-soccer-player-yair-clavijo-18-collapses-and-dies-during-game Do YOU know how to perform CPR, what a defibrillator is and …



Child Health Tracker

So cool and it goes perfectly with the apps I’ve been recommending and now the family website of the American Academy of Pediatrics are presenting their new app: Child Health Tracker is now available for iOS devices: http://bit.ly/174tI9j With Child …



First Aid kit for university students

I often write posts for parents with young children but this time I want to share something for parents sending a “kid” off to uni. Having done that myself, I know how worrying it can be in general but health …



Protective parents

I saw this post in a Facebook group I’m in and simply had to share: this is so true for many thing in our children’s lives. Parents have become a lot more protective than our own parents were and we …



Baby monitor

When I needed a monitor to check on my kids, these things were much more basic. This baby monitor connects with an iPhone, iPad or an android phone (I don’t have an android, so can’t tell you how well it …



Danger of Drowning

I know we haven’t had many summer days here yet but they will come (hopefully) and as every year, parents worry about their children playing in the water and the danger of drowning. Are you one of those who know …



Children in taxis

Did you know that in Switzerland car seats are mandatory for all children up to 12 years and shorter than 1,50 meter getting a ride in a taxi? It’s best to pre-book a taxi and ask for a car seat …



Interactive CPR game

Are you still debating whether you should finally take a CPR course? Everybody seems to be talking about it these days but, come one, you took a course when you got your driving license 5 years ago, is that not …