
Child Safety

As a professional baby proofer and the owner of Safety Mom Solutions, I’ve visited thousands of homes in the Connecticut and New York area. Our services start out with a detailed in-home safety evaluation that usually leaves parents with the “deer in the headlights” look. Most of them are fairly confident when I walk in …
It’s amazing how your life changes as you get older. It seems as if my friends and I spend as much time now discussing our aging parents and elder care as we do our kids. As the owner of a senior safety and home modification company in the Connecticut and New York area, the greatest …
The following is a guest blog posting by Dr. Lyndsay Elliott. 1) Encourage movement. Get moving with your kids. Walk to/from school and places nearby home, encourage them to participate in organized sports for team building, self-esteem increase, challenge their own physical abilities. Set limits on “indoor” time and encourage them to get out of the …

If you live in most parts of the country, snow is a reality of winter. As a mom, I must admit that I enjoy the first snow day of the year as much as the kids. There’s something about it that makes everyone feel like a kid again. There are so many great outdoor sports …

So, here’s the social etiquette dilemma of the day. We’re going to be heading over to my cousin’s house for Christmas this year. I always enjoy getting the kids together with their cousins but today I got the call that every mother dreads. Yes, my cousin’s kids are sick with colds – hopefully it’s just …
This weekend I have two parties to go to where I need to bring cookies and I’m making cookies for all the teachers, bus drivers, coaches, etc. For some of you this might be a piece of cake (pun intended) but for me…well, I’m what you’d call “baking challenged.” As I tweeted earlier this week, …
