Tips to Organizing Step Families

Organizing one family is hard enough. Trying to organize two seems nearly impossible. A stepfamily can either be an exercise in frustration or an example of compromise. It isn't easy. There is no question about it.

HELP YOUR CHILD AVOID FOODBORNE ILLNESS

Babies are at a greater risk for food-borne illness than older children or adults because of immature immune systems. So, whether you use commercial formula or food or make your own, follow this advice from the Alberta Home Economics Association's Food Safety Info Line when preparing to feed little ones

We all want to give our children every advantage in order to make their lives healthy and successful.  We enroll them in the best schools and programs to give them the best start we can.  Yet, as a family doctor, I often face parents who either refuse or delay vaccinating their children, claiming they are acting in the best interests of the children. 

What do your kids do when they come home from school? If they are like the majority of Canadian children today, they grab a sugary, fat-laden snack, then plop themselves down in front of the TV for most of the evening. As a result, we have a growing problem on our hands: Canadian children are getting fat!