MaclarenStroller - Recalls

The CPSC reports that Maclaren USA is recalling all of their single and double umbrella strollers sold from 1999 through November 2009 – about one million strollers, in all. The models affected are Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, TechnoXLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno and Easy Traveller.

Reports that the hinge mechanism in the back of the stroller can cut (or cut off) children’s fingertips has prompted the recall. If you own one of these strollers, you can contact Maclaren USA (877-688-2326 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. www.maclaren.us/recall) for a repair kit.

Book - Parenting Solution, Michele Borba

In this down-to-earth guide, parenting expert Michele Borba offers advice for dealing with children’s difficult behavior and hot button issues including biting, temper tantrums, cheating, bad friends, inappropriate clothing, sex, drugs, peer pressure, and much more. Written for parents of kids age 3-13, this book offers easy-to-implement advice for the most important challenges parents face with kids from toddlers to tweens.

* Includes immediate solutions to the most common childhood problems and challenges

* Written by Today Show’s resident parenting expert Michele Borba

* Offers clear step-by-step guidance for solving difficult childhood behaviors and family conflicts

* Contains a wealth of advice that is easy-to-follow and gets quick results

* Author has written outstanding parenting books including Building Moral Intelligence, No More Misbehavin’, Don’t Give Me that Attitude, and more

Each of the 101 issues includes clear questions, specific step-by-step solutions, and advice that is age appropriate.

Top Ten Proven Parenting Solutions

Content from Dr. Michele Borba

Here is just a sample of the hundreds of proven and simple tips from Dr. Borba’s latest book, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions. The best news is that these solutions work for all ages, take less than a minute to do, are based on proven research and when consistently used will reap lasting change.

1. Get attention: Lower your voice almost to a whisper and then say your request. Kids aren’t used to a quiet request.

2. Increase positive behavior: Research shows that giving kids the right kind of praise (called “positive reinforcement”) is one of the best ways to shape new behavior. So, catch your kid doing the action you want. Just make sure your praise is specific and tells your child exactly what he did right. (Adding “because” or “that” takes your praise up a notch. “I’m so impressed that you started your homework all by yourself this time.”)

3. Stretch persistence: Praising the child’s effort (“You’re working so hard”) and not inherent intelligence (”You’re so smart”) is proven to enhance perseverance and performance, but the child is also more likely to bounce back from a mistake—all because he feels success is not mixed.

4. Reduce fear: Expose your child to a fear in small manageable doses and help them develop a statement to speak back to the worry (“Go away worry!” or “I can do this!”)

5. Curb a tantrum: The longer you give attention to a tantrum the longer it lasts. Ignore, ignore, ignore!

6. Nurture kindness: Encourage your child to use the Two Praise Rule everyday. “Say or do at least two kind things to someone.” Random acts of kindness really are catchy!

7. Increase assertiveness: Stress: “Look at the color of the talker’s eyes.” Using eye contact helps kids appear confident. Strong body posture also helps a child be less likely to be bullied.

8. Friendship builder: The two most commonly used traits of well-liked kids are “smiling” and “encouraging.” Reinforce those traits in your child to boost his friendship quotient.

9. Develop healthy eating habits. Eating relaxed family meals regularly enhances kids’ psychosocial well- being, boosts grades and deters behaviors like smoking and drinking and eating disorders as well as teaches the child healthy eating habits.

10. Curb nagging. Say “no” the first time and don’t back down. The average kid nags nine times knowing the parent will give in.

Review

Borba, author and Today Show regular, employs a cookbooklike approach in her latest volume: rather than read through the entire tome, parents can flip to topics pertinent to their family. Borba opens with a friendly overview, noting that contemporary parents feel more stressed and find their roles increasingly difficult (June Cleaver, she points out, didn’t have to deal with cyberbullying or Facebook). With characteristic wit, Borba identifies the seven deadly parenting styles, including helicopter, buddy, incubator, bandage, paranoid, accessory parenting (judging themselves by their kids’ accolades) and secondary parenting (relinquishing power to such outsiders as marketers or the media). In nine sections on family, behavior, character, emotions, social scene, school, special needs, day-to-day and electronics, the author urges readers to roll up their sleeves and get back to basic, instinctual parenting. As she tackles 101 issues ranging from sibling rivalry, lying and peer pressure to cell-phone use and TV addiction, Borba helps readers identify the reason underlying the behavior or problem, and work with 10 essential principles of change. With her no-nonsense yet compassionate voice, Borba once again delivers an indispensable resource for parents of toddlers to 13-year-olds. (Sept.) (Publishers Weekly, July 20, 2009)

A Recommended Read for Moms by Working Mother magazine: “Educational psychologist and Today show parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba has compiled 101 answers to your most perplexing kid conundrums, from early childhood challenges like thumbsucking and tantrums to later behaviors like bullying and drug use to universals like adoption and divorce. The easy-to-use problem/solution format will have you battling your biggest parenting crises with confidence.” (October 2009)

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Sweetsation Therapy is announcing the arrival of Yummi*Tummi Organic Choco Butter with Calendula – Yummi skin treatment for babies and kids with dry skin, eczema and other skin problems. And it smells like Chocolate.

West Palm Beach, FL, October 21, 2009 –(PR.com)–

chocolate for baby skin treatment!

Who doesn’t love Chocolate? Everyone does, especially kids. Children will do just about anything for a piece of candy. Unfortunately, there are a lot of children that have unsightly skin issues like: eczema, dry, and itchy skin, that needs treatment. Studies show that most of the children do not enjoy application of various creams and ointments to treat their skin.

And Sweetsation Therapy (www.sweetsationtherapy.com) has came up with the solution. Innovative new product, Organic Yummi*Tummi Choco Butter http://sweetsationtherapy.com/item_187/Baby-Sweet-Kisses … is designed for babies and children who don’t enjoy having regular creams and ointments applied to their skin; in order to treat their dry skin and irritations. Yummi*Tummi smells like the richest Chocolate while helping to nourish, calm, and repair itchy scaly skin, even scratches. A blend of Organic ingredients like: Aloe, Cocoa Butter, Jojoba, Calendula, Argan, Oat, Rosehip, and Chamomile is used to achieve the best results. Rich in Squalene and antioxidants; it also helps to protect skin from free radicals that can cause skin cancer.

Yummi*Tummi is great to apply at any time, right after sun exposure, after bath or any other time as needed. Yummi*Tummi Choco Butter treats the delicate skin of children with Chocolate kisses and makes taking care of their skin easy and pleasurable.

Sweetsation Therapy products do not contain Parabens, Phthalates, artificial fragrances, colorants, no Petrolatum, Sulfates, Retinols, or other nasties. Yummi*Tummi is available in an airless 3.5oz container for $17 from www.sweetsationtherapy.com

You may want to check out my other guide on Homemade Baby Wipes for Your Baby’s Delicate Skin and Graco Snugride Strollers For the Safety of Your Baby.

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You must heard about the 6 month old baby who miraculously survived being hit by a train after his stroller rolled off the platform in Melbourne, Australia on October 15, 2009.

The baby’s mother was temporarily distracted by an oncoming train as she waited on an elevated train platform. Her baby son’s stroller rolled off the platform and onto the tracks just as the train ran over it. This video shows the mother desperately reaching for her baby and nearly being hit by the train herself. She then screams hysterically as onlookers walk away in shock.

It’s make us shock and aware about baby stroller safety. Baby Stroller Safety is very, very, very important! Don’t make it easy! To avoid the incident, I only can suggest to make sure to check the brakes holding when applied and working properly.

And don’t leave your child unattended in a stroller. This doesn’t mean you have to be no more than a foot away at all times. Just be sure that either you or another responsible adult (not child) is within easy reach at all times.

We have additional information on this subject you may be interested in reading: Top 10 Baby Stroller Safety Tips for Parents and Baby Stroller Safety Standards.