Posts Tagged ‘Safety’

Halloween is only a couple of week a way. Are you ready? I know this year it’s going to be pretty low key for us. We are probably just going to have a little get together at our place with friends and skip the whole trick or treating thing. My daughter is about 2 1/2 and I think she would enjoy that part more next year. Plus I can’t see myself in my third trimester of pregnancy parading her around in the dark and trying to keep up with her energetic dashes from house to house or attempts to follow other kids around. She’s a very social little girl!

I am pleased to let you know that Joy Berry Books has launched a new product focused on keeping kids safe and happy during Halloween. The Taking Scary Out of Halloween Kit is a great product to keep parents staying  sharp  giving advice on  how to make things that go on  easier and more fun over all during one of most of kids favorite holidays.

This kit includes:

• The Taking the Scary Out of Halloween Book
• 10 Safety Guidelines for Halloween
• “Make and do” activities for costumes and makeup
• Simple Halloween night recipes
• Glow-in-the-dark stickers
• Glow whistle
• Glow necklace and bracelet
• Flashlight with interchangeable Halloween-themed lenses

This book is very kid friendly. The illustrations are inviting and will totally keep your kids interested in learning the basic safety rules that should be taken to heart and applied during their Halloween holiday! I personally loved all the fun activities like making your own costumes, face paint, and the  yummy pumpkin recipe included inside the book! The glow in the dark stickers are such a fun addition! How fun it would be to let your kids apply them to their Halloween sack for the big night or to add them to a fun Halloween invite or drawing they might make!

Overall I think Taking Scary Out of Halloween Kit is a great kit that every family should have! You can use it for the years to come especially if you have younger kids. You can basically go over all the great safety rules each year to make a fun holiday even better!

You can purchase this kit right now exclusively at most Barnes and Noble stores for $14.95.

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Joy Berry  is offering one of  my readers a Taking the Scary Out of Halloween Kit!

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Giveaway running till 10/22/10 . Winners will be notified shortly afterward by email. This Giveaway is open to USA and Canada.

Disclaimer: I was sent a this kit  for review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

Protecting your pet is protecting a member of the family and one of the most reliable ways to ensure the safe return of any pet is a pet id tag. I learned after doing some research of my own that shelters have reported that 90 percent of tagged animals are returned to their owners, so I knew I had to start looking for the right tag for our cat.

While browsing the internet for personalized  pet identification tags, I came across Love Your Pets. While on their site, I learned that Love Your Pets was established in 1981 and to this day is a family owned and operated business that promises affordable pet id tags with a lifetime guarantee.

I was given the opportunity  to review several styles and colors of Love Your Pets ID Tags that are currently available on their site. I found the whole ordering process very easy to use! I  first choose from the three available shapes which are a circle, heart, and bone that I wanted. I then choose what material I wanted the tags to be made of, which includes brass, plastic, and stainless. After deciding which type of tag, I was brought to a drop down menu which offers suggestions for the lines of text for the type of tag you are creating such as pet, medical, luggage, and custom to create whatever you so choose. Each tag can have up to six lines of text.

An added feature that I love is that I could preview what my ordered tags would possibly come to look like with text as I typed it out! This feature helped me know the limit of letters for each line and how it would possibly look like once engraved upon the tag! Once my order was placed in the system, I received my tags in just days! They weren’t kidding when they promised fast delivery!

Love Your Pets ID Tags are extremely durable! I was very impressed with quality of each of the tags I ordered. The tags are thick and durable and the the letters are perfectly stamped with no flaw at all. Note that with each tag you order, the jump ring you’ll need to attach it is also included.

Usually when you pay less for a product there’s a good chance it won’t last or stand up over time but that is not the case with Love Your Pets ID Tags at all! These tags will definitely stand up to time and for the price of $3.95 you won’t find a better id tag for your pet or for any other custom need you may have elsewhere!

**Disclaimer: I was given several id tags to review from Love Your Pets. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.**

As a mother of a small child, it’s very important for me to keep anything that can be potentially dangerous from her.My daughter is currently 18 months old and let me tell you, she’s a real handful at times. You’ll often find her dancing on top of the kitchen tables, climbing up the dressers & bookshelves, and darting for the front door anytime it’s open, all of which keeps me on my toes most of the time.

Did I mention my daughter is very smart, she’s figured out door knobs, she knows how to open water bottles caps, and before I know she’ll be able to get into even more things. I really worry about her getting a hold of medication and this is more of a concern for me since she’s been on prescription drugs since she was about 1 week old.  She eagerly awaits her pills each morning and takes them happily. It would scare me to death if she got a hold of her prescription because as it’s part of her daily ritual, she would probably consume a very lethal amount because she treats her pills like candy.

It was a pretty scary realization when I learned that in a a recent report by the CDC, each year in the United States more than 71,000 children age 18 and younger are seen in emergency rooms for unintentional overdoses of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. It also reported that about 1 out of every 180 two-year-olds visits an emergency department for a medication overdose each year. I literally shudder at the thought.

I used to put medications in my bathroom cabinet. Yes, it was high up but the  medications were still not that hard for my daughter to get a hold of if she really wanted to get them. I needed a better solution to my troubles and was given just that when the opportunity to review the Medsafe was given to my family and I.

My Thoughts…

In an effort to help parents keep their meds safely secured and their children out of harm’s way, Michael Rebando, a Long Island locksmith of two decades developed an electronic lock-box called MedSafe.

This little safe is the perfect solution to keeping potentially dangerous drugs out of reach from my daughter.  It’s so very simple to set up too. How it works is you first decide which medications you’d like to store inside, set your password, and close the door. Four screws are included so if you want to mount this on the wall you can definitely do that too. It’s sleek design makes it look great in any bathroom as well.

Setting the passcode was very simple, and with over 19,500 changeable combinations it wasn’t too hard to come up with a code my husband and I would both remember. And if we ever want to change it again, we can do so quite easily by following the instructions given.

I love the fact that it has a digital lock but my only concern would be to make sure you have an extra set of batteries hanging around. This isn’t a huge issue to me if I am not able to get it open right away but I did notice that the manufacturer recommends an emergency supply of life saving medication be stored in a separate location. Especially if you or your child really needs their medication right away. I’m hoping perhaps they’ll improve on this design and have perhaps some sort of fail safe if it comes to that.

I’m currently storing my prescription drugs as well as some other infant medications and vitamins in my Medsafe. The items I’ve chosen to store are very desirable for my daughter. As you can see from the photos, the safe isn’t very large, it can approximately hold  about 15 prescription bottles, it works well for me but perhaps a larger model will be created in due time to hold taller pill containers.

I love companies that give back so it’s fantastic to know that a portion of each unit sold will support teen prescription drug abuse awareness programs through non-profits such as D.A.R.E.

Though I had just a few notable issues, I’m a big fan of the Medsafe and would highly recommend everyone I know to get one! As my mom would say, better safe than sorry especially with younger children as well as teens.

Buy It

MedSafe can be purchased “For A Limited Time Only” at the price of $39.95 plus $9.95 Shipping and Handling(Regularly $59.95). Visit www.helpsaveourkids.com to learn more or make a purchase..

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