A FREE School Readiness Info Fair! Bring your family to meet a teacher, a nurse, an early literacy specialist, a dietitian, a librarian, a dental hygienist, a speech pathologist, a school bus driver and others who can help you and your child prepare for school. There will be great prizes, give-aways and you can even take a ride on a school … Read More
Is Your Child Ready for School?
February is kindergarten registration time. It is the next step in your child’s learning journey. A child’s journey to school starts at the moment of birth. Children learn by: Touching Hearing Tasting Seeing Smelling Moving Doing (one example is playing) Here are some important tips for parents to help children learn: Lots of love Talking and listening Play, play and … Read More
A Baby Friendly Christmas
T’was the night before Christmas and baby is here, After 12 hours of labour the room gave a cheer! My baby was placed on my belly with care And a blanket was put over both of us there. While the nurse watched his breathing and heard his heart beat My husband and I counted toes on his feet He lay … Read More
Dear Mommy: Please make my world smoke-free!
Dear Mommy, Please make my world smoke-free! When I am in your tummy I can’t get away from the smoke. When I get out it will be a long time before I can crawl or walk away from the smoke. I need you to keep me safe. I can’t grow up as healthy as you would like if I am … Read More
WORKPLACE HEALTH MAKES CENTS
The workplace can impact our health – either positively or negatively. Supports in the workplace that encourage employees to practice healthy lifestyle behaviours can result in healthier, happier, and more productive employees. Eight small Chatham-Kent businesses (100 or less employees) are being offered $250.00 seed funding, to assist employers in providing supports to create a healthy work environment. This opportunity … Read More
Healthy Brain Development for Babies
How to Build a Healthy Brain? How can you help your three-year old cope with emotions? What foods can help to build a healthy brain? What is play-based learning? How do you build attachment? What does attachment have to do with brain development? You can get answers to these questions at http://www.healthybabyhealthybrain.ca/. This website is designed for future parents and for parents … Read More
Happy World Breastfeeding Week – October 1 – 7
This year’s theme: Breastmilk: Every Ounce Counts Did you know? Breastmilk has all the nutrition a baby needs for the first 6 months of life and it is the most important food in a baby’s first year. Breastmilk provides important antibodies until a child’s immune system is mature enough to make all his own antibodies, up to 4 years! Research … Read More
West Nile Virus – two human cases and a positive mosquito pool
The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit has received notification of two human cases of West Nile Virus. Both cases are under investigation. One case is hospitalized. It has also been reported to the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit that a pool of mosquitoes collected from a trap this week in the Blenheim area has tested positive for the West Nile Virus. West … Read More
Protect Young Ones from Whooping Cough
Pertussis (whooping cough) is a serious, sometimes fatal, respiratory infection. It is a bacterial infection that is easy to catch. A person with pertussis spreads the disease by coughing or sneezing while in close contact with others. Pertussis infection usually starts with cold-like symptoms (runny nose, sneezing, fever), but after one to two weeks it turns into severe coughing. Coughing … Read More
Protect Young Ones from Whooping Cough
Pertussis (whooping cough) is a serious, sometimes fatal, respiratory infection. It is a bacterial infection that is easy to catch. A person with pertussis spreads the disease by coughing or sneezing while in close contact with others. Pertussis infection usually starts with cold-like symptoms (runny nose, sneezing, fever), but after one to two weeks it turns into severe coughing. Coughing … Read More
Aunt Nan says, “Breastfeeding will make your boobs sag.”
Breastfeeding doesn’t cause breasts to sag – pregnancy does! During pregnancy, hormones cause the ligaments in the woman’s pelvis to relax to allow it to expand during birth. The same hormones also relax the Cooper’s Ligaments, which attach the breasts to the chest wall. Ask around – you probably know someone who fed their baby formula and complains about having … Read More
Aunt Nan says: “You might not have enough milk to breastfeed.”
Only 2% of mothers are unable to breastfeed for medical reasons. Breasts make milk on a supply-and-demand basis. As your baby takes milk, your body tells your breasts to make milk – so you will never run out, no matter what size your breasts are. If a mother feels she is having problems with her milk supply, she should contact … Read More