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Last Day for Cute Kid & Safety Tips Contest
Today is the last day to enter our Cute Kid Cover-Page and Safety Tips Contest, so we want to take a moment to once again thank our prize sponsors. One thing is for sure, our Cute Kid winner will be the envy of the block with all these fabulous gifts! We hand-picked these brands based [...]
Green Resolutions: Tips for Sticking to Them
Editor’s Note: The following post was provided by Marcella Campbell and Ryan Pilat of Citrus Lane. We are thrilled to be working with Citrus Lane to bring you this week’s Safety Points Reward, a three-month subscription to their incredible parent/baby care packages AND their all-organic “Fresh Start” care package designed in collaboration with Healthy Child [...]
WeMakeItSafer Cute Kid Contest PRIZES! (Part 3)
The deadline is fast approaching for our Cute Kid & Safety Tips contest, so if you have not yet entered, please hurry – get those pics and tips in soon! The deadline is January 31, 2011. Entry is simple, just shoot us a pic and a tip via email to CuteKid@WeMakeItSafer.com. Then, if you choose, upload [...]
Five Major Risk-Reducers for Peace-of-Mind in 2012
Over the years, we have posted hundreds of safety tips and to-do lists. Frankly, it can be a bit overwhelming, even for us. While any task that reduces your family’s risk of injury is worth doing, especially the simple and inexpensive ones (which most are), there are a few that can dramatically reduce your risk [...]
WeMakeItSafer: 2011 Year in Review, A Time for Thanks!
This is our favorite time of the year. It is the time when we get to pause and look back. All year long, we run full speed ahead, working long days, long nights and even longer weekends, to get just one more feature, one more task, one more email and one more blog post completed. [...]
It’s Time to Let the Christmas Tree Go
If you are like us, saying goodbye to the holidays can elicit a few wistful sighs. It seems one minute we are stressed abut how fast the season is approaching, and the next, we are saddened by how quickly it has passed. For those who celebrate Christmas, the smell of fresh pine and the twinkle [...]
MORE WeMakeItSafer Cute Kid Cover-page Contest PRIZES! (Part 2)
In case this is your first encounter with WeMakeItSafer’s Cute Kid Cover-page Contest, let us briefly fill you in. We are hosting a photo contest as a fun and engaging way for our readers, friends and fans to share safety tips. We figured, what better way to capture your attention than with some UBER CUTE [...]
Going Green for Child Safety
Editor’s Note: Thank you to Scarlet Paolicchi, founder of Family Focus Blog, for this helpful information and simple tips for reducing our children’s exposure to potentially dangerous chemicals. * * * A lot of parents, upon being handed the most perfect thing they have ever held- their baby, feel the weight of responsibility. Many people who [...]
Some Say Re-Gifting is Tacky, but Could it Also be Dangerous?
It’s been in your closet for almost a year – that blender that your husband’s Aunt Hilda thought you’d love. It is a nice blender, but you already have one that happens to be bright red to match your kitchen décor. You’re now exhausted, tired of shopping and need one last thing for your son’s [...]
Carbon Monoxide and Portable Generators; What You Need to Know
Although Carbon Monoxide (CO) is always a concern in every household, the number of deaths caused by CO increase dramatically during winter storms as consumers turn to portable generators for power. According to FEMA, on average approximately 200 Americans die and more than 10,000 more are treated in emergency rooms each year due to inhalation of [...]
WeMakeItSafer Announces Rewards Program to Encourage Product Registration
Could prizes get more consumers to register their belongings? WeMakeItSafer thinks so. Oakland, CA (PRWEB) November 30, 2011 WeMakeItSafer is announcing a new program called Safety Points Rewards to increase the number of consumers who register their belongings for product recall notifications. The program lets users of “Items I Own,” WeMakeItSafer’s product registration tool, enter a weekly [...]
Vitamin D and Breastfeeding: Is Your Newborn Getting Enough?
Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Elizabeth Green, co-founder of EatingforBreastfeeding.com, for this informative post. * * * Breastmilk is best, there is no question about that. But all breastmilk isn’t created equal. Your breastmilk contains nutrients and vitamins that you consume. So if you don’t have a healthy and well-rounded diet, your baby won’t either. [...]
Thinking of Deep-frying the Turkey? This Video May Change Your Mind
We’ve heard that fried turkeys can be quite delicious. Unfortunately, many of the special fryers designed to deep-fry a whole turkey can be quite dangerous. Underwriter Laboratories (UL), long recognized as a preeminent independent product safety certification organization, will not certify turkey fryers at all because of their inherent safety hazards. Watch this video on [...]
Organic versus NonOrganic: Does it really matter what type of fabric my child sleeps in?
Editor’s Note: When we first met the founders of Lil Honu, Emiliza and Erin, we immediately recognized that their vast knowledge about organic fabrics was surpassed only by their passion for bringing quality, safe products to families like ours. If you love Lil Honu as much as we do, you will be thrilled with this week’s [...]
WeMakeItSafer Cute Kid Cover-page Contest PRIZES! (Part 1)
We are happy to announce the first set of prizes in our Cute Kid Cover-page Contest prize-pack. In addition to more than $500 in awesome gifts, some of which are shown in this post, the winner of our contest will be featured on our website homepage! Officially launching in the spring of 2011, WeMakeItSafer is [...]
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