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A visual on safe baby wearing…

Because some of you that couldn’t make it to our class asked…

Sling ‘em!

Slings have been around for thousands of years, and there is no question why! There are many benefits for both parents and babies to using a baby slings.  ~~~Come and learn about slings and safe baby wearing with~~~ Baby wearing expert Ginger Duer On Tuesday March 9th 5:30 at Partner’s Try out slings and baby [...]

Should…knock on wood…we have a tropical storm or hurricane…

The Department of health has put together a feeding guide for your infant In light of World Breastfeeding week, and the month of August declared as Breastfeeding Month in Florida…below are the guidelines for safe infant feeding: TALLAHASSEE – In the event of a hurricane, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) encourages new mothers to [...]

Avoiding tragedy…Reminders for parents to be

  Another devastating tragedy occurred in our community this week. A baby was left in a car and died of over-heating. It is an accident that sadly continues to happen (this is the second one in two months in our area alone)…yet can be completely avoided. It is never to early to start conditioning yourself [...]

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