If your family participated in the holiday celebrations, you are probably overwhelmed at the sheer amount of candy your children have gotten in a few hours!
I admit that I don’t buy candy for my kids. When Halloween arrives, they absolutely love to trick-or-treat and they actually list the different types of candy they have [...]
Tags: babies, Candy, Chocolate, Halloween, Health, lollipops, sugar, teeth, Toddlers
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Isn’t it a bummer? Sweets and sweets every where but not a piece to eat? There are many people out there with diabetes and have therefore special dietary requirements. Unfortunately, these include little children.
I have 2 young children who are fortunately not diabetic and tend towards moderation when it comes to sweets. Still, we do [...]
Tags: diabetes, diabetics, Halloween, sweets
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The most fun age to take children trick or treating may be when they are toddlers. But that can also be when they are most in danger. This is partly because they are very mobile, but also uncoordinated, leading to the three most common preventable Halloween injuries. Dr. Brian Keaton, President of the American College [...]
Tags: aap, costumes, emergency room, FDA, Halloween, Safety, trick or treat
Posted in: Holidays, Toddlers
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Last night, our doorbell rang at 8:00 pm. My reaction: Who could possibly be at our door at this hour, on a school night, just as the kids have finished their homework and I’m trying to get the baby to unwind and go ‘Night-night?’
The boys ran to the door and shouted out ‘We got booed!’. [...]
Tags: fun neighborhood, Halloween, treat
Posted in: Fun Stuff, Holidays
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In a recent post, I discussed why I now let me son go trick-or-treating. If you are in agreement, then we may be in another situation together, too: there are only a few days left, and your kids don’t have a costume yet! Ah! You could go buy one, if you don’t mind spending the [...]
Tags: costumes, Halloween, last-minute, trick or treat
Posted in: Frugal Living, Holidays
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