Health Smart Mom

How to Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay

Babies are cute when they smile at you with their toothless grin.  But it's not so cute when their precious baby teeth start to show signs of decay.  Baby bottle tooth decay is becoming a growing problem among infants.  It's starts out innocently enough - just a quick and easy way to catch a few...

Proper Oral Care in Babies - Things to Avoid...

Proper oral care in babies really begins from day one. As a sleep deprived mom, certainly one of things on your mind may not be the condition of your babies teeth, especially if they haven't even started showing yet. However, there are things that you can do now to help promote healthy teeth and gums,...

Baby Oral Care - Now Is The Time To Start...

Well, all those things I thought I was done with are starting to come back to me now.  There is so much involved with taking care of a baby, that sometimes I don’t remember how I managed it all.  And although genetics does have a role in the health of your child’s teeth, the main ingredient is...

Treadmill for Kids - Exercise Can Be Fun!

I was looking for some fun activities for my kids to do that would let them burn off a little energy without driving me through the roof when I came upon the Redmon Fun and Fitness Exercise Equipment for Kids - Tread Mill for Kids. I can't believe no one thought of this sooner! With childhood obesity...

Parenting Toddlers With Special Needs

As children with physical challenges age, their differences can become more apparent.  The toddler stage will find kids exploring their surroundings and themselves.  Learn how to help your toddler face their physical challenges. Firstly, a physical challenge doesn’t diminish your child in any way. ...

Parenting Teenagers With Special Needs

The teenage years are difficult for both parent and child.  When a teenager also faces physical challenges, it can be a nightmare for the unprepared parent.  How can parents help their physically challenged teenager? Teenagers can give their parents a run for their money.  Between the ages of thirteen...

Bad Nutrition or ADHD?

You have had trouble concentrating at work.  It seems as if you’ll go stir crazy if you have to wait more than five minutes for anything.  The problem could be attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. What is ADHD?  We hear the acronym tossed around a lot when it comes to kids, but what...

Discipline and the Special Needs Child

Discipline is a hard issue for many parents.  What do you do when a child throws a tantrum?  The answer may escape us but when the child is a physically challenged loved one, we are often even more at a loss for what to do. It is not uncommon for children to have tantrums when they become toddlers. ...

When Lice Won't Leave

Well, now that school has been in for a while, some parents have been found their youngsters the unwanted new habitat for lice. Just mentioning the word makes my head itch. As a mom of 3, and stepmom to 5, I've been through the life cycle of a louse more times than I can count. At the time, when...