Finger Injuries: Crushed Fingers or Hands Stuck in Door A common child injury is when fingers or hands get crushed by a door or a falling heavy object. Such injuries usually don’t require an after-hours call to your doctor or a trip to the ER. Here is what you can do to assess and treat […]
Biting and Hitting are Common and Should be Corrected Early On Growing teeth and hands often find their way into trouble. Toddlers often bite and hit with little regard for the consequences of their actions. Biting and hitting habits hurt and should be corrected, before serious harm is done to bodies and to relationships. 1. […]
Dealing With Child Falls, Rolls, and Bumps Infants and toddlers are prone to rolling off beds or couches, falling out of high chairs, strollers, car seats or swings, and getting bumps and bruises from all kinds of things. The first thing to do when your child falls is to relax. Most falls are not serious. […]
Reasons Not to Hit Your Child 1. HITTING MODELS HITTING There is a classic story about the mother who believed in spanking as a necessary part of discipline until one day she observed her three-year-old daughter hitting her one-year-old son. When confronted, her daughter said, “I’m just playing mommy.” This mother never spanked another child. […]
