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Virginia Tech Close Call Prompts New Standards For Better Alerting

Virginia Tech Close Call Prompts New Standards For Better Alerting

1 / August 9, 2011 9:21 pm

Last week’s lockdown at Virginia Tech was not only a horrible flashback to four years ago but served as a scary reminder how quickly the lives of students, their parents, their friends and loved ones can change in an instant. [...]

Gloss How-To: Follow The New Car Seat Guidelines

Gloss How-To: Follow The New Car Seat Guidelines

0 / March 21, 2011 10:17 am

The American Academy of Pediatrics released updated guidelines for children in car seats — which means many parents need to switch their now front-facing car seats back to the rear-facing position. Yeah. There will be some cranky kids over this [...]

Gloss Find: Britax Marathon 70 Convertible Car Seat

Gloss Find: Britax Marathon 70 Convertible Car Seat

0 / September 10, 2010 1:56 pm

A few months ago, we told you about Britax’s revolutionary new head safety technology, which the company began  implementing in their new line of convertible car seats. The first of the models — the Britax Marathon 70 — have hit [...]

Car Seat Safety: Most Injuries Happen Outside of the Car

Car Seat Safety: Most Injuries Happen Outside of the Car

0 / July 9, 2010 7:08 am

Car seats protect our little ones from injury during accidents while on the road, but a new study finds that most car seat-related injuries happen outside of the car. Researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center found that [...]

Britax Introduces New Head Safety Technology

Britax Introduces New Head Safety Technology

1 / June 29, 2010 1:13 pm

Britax is redesigning it’s entire line of convertible car seats to feature groundbreaking new technology that will dramatically reduce the risk of head injuries — the leading cause of death in children involved in car accidents. The new car seats, [...]

Crib Recall: Over 2 Million Cribs Recalled Over Safety Hazards

Crib Recall: Over 2 Million Cribs Recalled Over Safety Hazards

0 / June 24, 2010 11:15 am

In one of the biggest recalls of children’s products, more than 2 million cribs from seven different manufacturers are being recalled today due to concerns about suffocation and fall hazards. Most of the recalled cribs, made by manufacturers Evenflo, Delta [...]

Baby Food & Juice Products Found to Contain High Levels of Lead

Baby Food & Juice Products Found to Contain High Levels of Lead

3 / June 17, 2010 7:38 pm

Whoa! This one seems to have flown under the radar but according to the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), dozens of popular baby food and juice products have more than the daily allowable limit of lead in them. First, there’s an [...]

Experts Encourage Swimming Lessons for Toddlers

Experts Encourage Swimming Lessons for Toddlers

0 / May 25, 2010 12:16 pm

In a move to change previous recommended guidelines, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AMA) is now recommending swimming lessons for toddlers aged 1 to 3 as a preventative measure against drowning. Citing drowning as the second leading cause of death [...]