Boomerang's Party » safe clean http://boomerangspartyandplay.com Dedicated to parents and advocating for the social, mental and physical development of children Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Rules to Play By http://boomerangspartyandplay.com/2010/03/26/rules-to-play-by http://boomerangspartyandplay.com/2010/03/26/rules-to-play-by#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:26:01 +0000 admin http://boomerangspartyandplay.com/?p=203 Look, we just want to talk psychology here a little bit. Your kids are going to be excited when you take them out. Whether it’s the zoo, six flags or Chuck-E-Cheese, your children are going to be excited. We recommend using that excitement to set some rules for them. Let them know that they are going to a public place and take the opportunity to teach them to be courteous of others. Certainly, we don’t want you to overshadow the whole trip with doom and gloom. That would defeat the purpose of having fun. However, it is a good time to do that hard job of being a parent and teaching your children good conduct habits in a social public atmosphere. You’ve earned some brownie points so don’t be afraid to use a few in exchange for good behavior!

]]> http://boomerangspartyandplay.com/2010/03/26/rules-to-play-by/feed 0 Clean Environments http://boomerangspartyandplay.com/2010/03/26/clean-environments http://boomerangspartyandplay.com/2010/03/26/clean-environments#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:35:08 +0000 admin http://boomerangspartyandplay.com/?p=184 There’s not much to say here. It’s critical when it comes to your children, especially your small children, that you pick safe and clean environments for them to socialize. Any time your children interact with other children, there’s the risk of being exposed to germs and the fact is that your children are going to get sick sometimes. Don’t we all!

However, there are precautions that you can take:

1. Pick a location that is germ conscious. It’s always a good sign when the bouncy house place enforces “no shoes”, provides access to clean wipes and waterless anti-bacteria soap. It promotes a mindset that forces people to think about not spreading germs which is a good thing!

2. Vitamins. It’s always good to make sure your children have vitamins in their diet. If they’re going into a highly populated area or a children’s birthday party, it might be a good idea to load them up on vitamins before they go. Give their little bodies as much help as you can to fight off germs!

3. Sleep, sleep, sleep. Along the same mentality of giving them vitamins, it’s good to make sure they’re well rested. If the birthday party is scheduled during your toddler’s normal nap time, you may want to try to get them to sleep longer or get a nap in earlier. We know that’s easier said than done…  but if you know the schedule of the party is going to interupt the sleep schedule, you can be creative…  if the party is during nap time on a Saturday, you may want to keep them up later on Friday night and get them to sleep in on Saturday…  if that works for your child.  It’s just that well rested and well fed helps prevent sickness.

Other than that, just basic washing of the hands and trying to stay clean help prevent disease… but we all know that kids do get sick… it’s just helpful to keep it to a minumum and the above steps help do just that.

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