Thank you KnowYourOTCs.org and the CHPA Educational Foundation for sponsoring this post with important safe medicine dosing information to keep our children safe! When I was little, I remember there were many times that my parents gave me medicine using a standard eating spoon. If the dose called for a teaspoon, they used a small […]
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Shocking Facts on Accidental Medicine Ingestion, Plus Tips for Parents on Safe Medicine Storage
{Sponsored content} Through our partnership with OTCSafety.org, we’ve been talking a lot about keeping medicines safely stored up and away and why it’s so important to do so. In an earlier post, I shared just where we keep medicines stored in our house and why this is important not just for our children, but for […]
#MedsUpAway Reminds Parents to Keep Medicines Safely Stored Up and Away
{Sponsored content} Last month, I shared an infographic with medicine safety tips for parents that included not only tips for using medicine safely, but also storing medicine safely. Safe storage of medicine is the focus of the #MedsUpAway program that’s launching this month in time for National Safety Month; #MedsUpAway is a program by the CDC […]
Partnering with #OTCSafety to Help Parents Learn Medicine Safety
{Sponsored content} As a parent, one of the first things I want to do when my children get sick is make them feel better. My first thought is to assess the symptoms in order to figure out if there is any medicine I can give them, followed by providing a little TLC to comfort them. […]
