Safe and Sound-Creating Safe Beginnings for your Child

02/03/21 • 44 min

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Child safety can be overwhelming.

I find a lot of my families struggle with how to make sense of all this information.

So, I welcome Holly Choi. She is a mother, CPR/first aid instructor, child burn educator, and child passenger safety technician to speak about 10 things she wishes every parents would know about child safety.

How can we prevent burns in the home?

What are the biggest safety tips around the home?

What are the most common injuries we see as a Pediatrician and safety educator?

How do we make sure toys are not choking hazards?

What is one thing we want every family to feel comfortable knowing how to do?

Make sure to follow her @safebeginnings on Instagram to learn more about infant and child safety! We only hit 10 things here and of course there is so much more to learn.

Check out the PedsDocTalk New Mom's Survival Guide for help navigating the first year of parenthood.

Resources:

@safebeginnings free guide on anchoring furniture: https://safebeginnings.ca/anchoring-furniture/
Free babyproofing checklist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f066b9e65532200269e28db
Information on @safebeginnings webinars and e-courses: https://safebeginnings.ca/onlinecourses/
US Car seat checks: safekids.org/events
Canadian Car seat checks: cpsac.org/findatech
Poison Control in US: (800) 222-1222

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Child safety can be overwhelming.

I find a lot of my families struggle with how to make sense of all this information.

How can we prevent burns in the home?

What are the biggest safety tips around the home?

What are the most common injuries we see as a Pediatrician and safety educator?

How do we make sure toys are not choking hazards?

What is one thing we want every family to feel comfortable knowing how to do?

Make sure to follow her @safebeginnings on Instagram to learn more about infant and child safety! We only hit 10 things here and of course there is so much more to learn.

Check out the PedsDocTalk New Mom's Survival Guide for help navigating the first year of parenthood.

Resources:

@safebeginnings free guide on anchoring furniture: https://safebeginnings.ca/anchoring-furniture/
Free babyproofing checklist: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f066b9e65532200269e28db
Information on @safebeginnings webinars and e-courses: https://safebeginnings.ca/onlinecourses/
US Car seat checks: safekids.org/events
Canadian Car seat checks: cpsac.org/findatech
Poison Control in US: (800) 222-1222

Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠⁠.

And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support.

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Is Breast Really Best?

It is an honor to welcome Emily Oster who is an economist, mother, and author of the New York Times Bestselling book, Cribsheet, to the podcast today.

Emily's book Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool breaks down so many topics and choices parents struggle with in parenthood.

From deciding to circumcise, sleep train, to introduce screen time, she breaks it all down with the evidence.

I welcome her on this episode to talk about the limitations of breast feeding research.

Breast milk is beneficial, but is it really FAR superior to formula feeding?

We break down the research and discuss if breast is REALLY best.

https://emilyoster.net/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572658/cribsheet-by-emily-oster/

Check out all the PedsDocTalk courses to help you along your parenting journey.

Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠⁠.

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Keeping Your Kids Active During a Pandemic Winter

Pandemic+Winter+Kids= can be a tough combination.
That's why I invited Elina, who is a Physical Therapist, mom, and lover of all things movement for kids. She comes on the episode to talk all about how we can keep our kids moving indoors during this pandemic winter.
She offers practical ways to encourage movement for our children from her experience as a working-from-home mom in a cold-weather climate.
How can we make screen time more physically active?
What items can we use around the house to create activities?
What are some ways to develop motor skills at home?
We discuss this and so much more.
Make sure to follow @elinadpt and @pedsdoctalk for more content.