Happy Safe Baby

Oh, isn’t summer the most relaxing time of year? For all my Canadian and United States friends, we especially make the most of the warm months.

Use these tips right away for summer safety, keeping the mosquitoes away, and other nasty critters.

Mosquitoes

We all have been hearing about natural mosquitoes repellents such as Lavender, Cat Nip, and my favorite, Citronella. It is not my favorite scent, but I will put up with it because it keeps those critters away.

Personally I avoid anything containing the chemical “Deet” for myself and small children. This makes Citronella, a natural and harmless plant scent, a perfect fit in so many ways.

It even helps to boost your energy level, so it comes in handy when you’re out hiking.

Inside a “Are We There Yet” kit, you can stick the citronella patches on your child’s clothing and feel assured, since they are effective for up to 12 hours.

In addition, you can place them on your picnic table and near the BBQ.

Here are more tips for when you’re on a vacation, a short getaway or a holiday…

Bee Stings

When out in the forest, and you’re stung, simply take some dirt and add enough water to make a thick paste texture. Then apply the paste on the sting, allow to dry, and just flick off. The dirt works well because it is able to absorb the bee’s sting.

Afterwords, an effective way to lesson the soreness is to use some BooBoo goo.

Tummy Ache

On the left foot, under the pad, in the upper middle of the foot, gently press. This is a reflexology point to soothe a tummy ache.

Enjoy your summer!

Joanne

Submitted by Kelly-Sue Chobotiuk booboobears.com, does not warrant that the use of the products will work on all people and accordingly disclaim any or all associated liability from the use of these products. Please consult your local health practitioner for further health concerns.

One day while I was in the library looking for a book on taming those toddler tantrums, I stumbled across a self-care guide for women. “Women take care of others every day,” wrote the author, but how often do we turn our wonderful nurturing ability toward ourselves?”

The book promised a wealth of ideas for women looking for ways to comfort and nurture themselves. “Great idea,” I said, stopping to remove a book from the baby’s mouth. “I can’t wait to get started!”

Unfortunately, the book was filled with suggestions that didn’t fit into my life. Stretch out in the sunshine and lie there undisturbed. Yeah, right. The baby would be crawling on my head in two seconds. Besides, we don’t get any sunshine up here in the Pacific Northwest.

Have a sanctuary in your home where you can retreat for undisturbed quiet time alone. Five minutes in the bathroom to wash my hair is about all I can manage. And even that isn’t always undisturbed.

Beautify your environment with candles, colorful crystals, and cut flowers in vases. Ever since the baby started pulling up, our decorating scheme is “bare is beautiful.”

I read on. Long conversations with friends, expressing your feelings, reading the Sunday paper in bed, listing your goals and priorities, leisurely watering and talking to your house plants, positive affirmations, weekends away, redesigning your wardrobe, luxurious baths with candles and scented bath oil.

Despite a few references to children, it was obvious that the author didn’t have any. I flipped to the back cover. “Author JL lives in California with her husband and their dog.” I knew it.

I’m sure this book has been a help to many women, but what we really need is a book with realistic self-care suggestions for mothers of small people-things that can be done in the time you really have to yourself. I’ll call it “The Mother’s Split Second Self Care Guide. Here’s a sample:

Mother’s Split Second Self Care Guide

1. Make a cup of herbal tea. Savor the aroma and the warmth of the cup in your hands. Buy a microwave so you can heat it back up when you have time to drink it.

2. Water one of your plants. Choose whichever one looks most thirsty. Better yet, buy artificial plants and congratulate yourself on how good they always look.

3. Call a friend and leave a cheery message on her answering machine. Say, “Let’s get together when the kids are in college.”

4. Find a quiet moment and read the front-page headlines. You’ll feel good about staying informed on world events.

5. The next time your two year old throws a tantrum, get down on the floor and join her.

6. If you’re feeling down, hum a tune.

7. Put on a sweatshirt that doesn’t have any baby spit-up on it. This stylish new look will lift your spirits.

8. Take a bath without any little toy boats in the tub.

9. Go to the grocery store by yourself. Try to stay out of the baby food aisle.

10. Look in the mirror and say to yourself, “I am becoming a calm, organized, loving person.” Try not to laugh.

11. List all the things you could be doing with your life if you didn’t have children. Don’t they sound boring?

12. Gather your kids and cuddle together on the couch. Remind yourself that yours is the toughest, craziest, most important job in the world. Hug your beautiful children and love yourself for the great job you do being their mom!

Herbal essential oils and scents can relax you and your children. Try natural lavender room spray to help your baby snooze peacefully while you enjoy the precious moment.

submitted by Christine Dubois

What is a BooBoo Bear? The Boo Boo Bear™ is a handcrafted warm/cool herbal pack which provides cuddly comfort for tummy, ear, muscle aches and for many types of common “booboos” that happen as babies and young children grow up.

Without chemicals and stinging treatments, it provides a completely natural way for you and your child to sooth the pain and trauma of those accidental bumps and bruises.

Are they easy to use? Absolutely!  You just heat them in the microwave for 1 to 2 minutes in order to provide a warm and soothing friend for your child to hold themselves. For the future, it can be kept on the shelf or as a friend in your child’s room. Or, for a quick cool pack, in the refrigerator for scrapes, sprains, or any other boo boos your child may encounter.

So, how do you use them? Take a look below to see…

1. Encourages Children To Be Involved And Connected With Their Healing

Children feel scared when they are hurt and in pain often because they don’t know why it hurts or how to stop the pain. By giving them a BooBoo Bear, they have a tool to use for themselves to help stop the pain and heal their “booboo”.

2. Contains Soothing Relaxing Herbs (Aromatherapy)

Aromatherapy herbs are the key to how BooBoo Bear and his friends help sooth and heal. The scents of chamomile, lavender, and peppermint have their own unique natural properties that work with the body to nurture the healing process. In essence, lavender is restorative and relaxing, chamomile has a gentle sedative effect, and peppermint stabilizes that is useful for muscle pain and stiffness.

3. Warm/ Cool Therapy

BooBoo Bear works to sooth and calm quickly whether it is warmed up or cooled down. By placing your BooBoo Bear, or for example, his friend Meowies for Owies in the microwave for only 1 or 2 minutes you can use it’s warm herbal scent to sooth ear aches, tummy aches, or muscle aches.

Or, for cool therapy just place it in the refrigerator and later, when you need to sooth an aching sprain, for instance, and put your BooBoo Bear or one of his friends gently on it.

4. Color Therapy

Most restaurants learned years ago that red stimulates an appetite, while blue tends to make people feel calm. BooBoo Bears have taken color therapy a step further by using soft, soothing, cheerful colors on all their products. Soft blue, pink, beige, cream, violet, and similar shades of various colors are all designed to bring out positive, comforting feelings for everyone that uses BooBoo Bear or any of his friends.

5. All natural filling straight from Mother Earth

It is nice to know that when your child puts their BooBoo Bear on their aching tummy, only natural, harmless herbs are at work to help comfort and heal. They can hold their bear for hours if they like, letting the herbal filling continue to work.

Special Note

It is good to know that Boo Boo Bear Herbs for Hurts products, are Class 1 medical devices which meet all Health Canada Regulations.

BooBoo Bear, Meowies for Owies or any if his other friends make a unique baby gift that helps to give the child more self confidence and a gentle friend with a purpose.

By Kelly-Sue Chobotiuk – booboobears.com