September is Baby Safety Awareness Month, and plenty of bloggers have posted about ways to keeping young children and babies safe around the house. Since it’s already half of the month, boy do I have some catching up to do! My 8-month old is beginning to crawl so I really need to get some baby-proofing done.
Family Resource has a 30-day checklist to making sure the house is safe. Definitely high on the checklist are fire safety, safe cribs/playpens and strollers. One of my to-do is enrolling in a CPR/First Aid class, which I know is a life-saver.
But my …read more

The school year is about to start in one week (and others already started). For some of us, it will be the first time your young child is stepping into that classroom all by himself. For the many veteran others, your child may have done this a couple of times and yet there is always some challenge lying ahead. However many times you do this, the first day of school is both exciting and stressful.
So here is a checklist for the first day of school:

Is your child registered? When is the first day of school? What time does …read more