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Safety First – 5 Ways to Keep Safe at Home and in the Office

January 8, 2018 by Painter Mommy 2 Comments

Nearly everything used in a home or office operates on an electrical current. Electrical equipment carries a risk of burn or shock if used or maintained incorrectly. Shock and burn injuries occur when any part of the body touches an electrical circuit. An electrical current travels through the body causing pain, damage, and even death.

To protect your household members, guests, or coworkers from electrical injury, teach them right and ensure that your home or office is safe from potential electrical hazards.

Be Smart About Outlet Use

No matter whether you’re at home or in the office, there never seems to be enough places to plug in all the electronics we use every day. For this reason, it’s common for people to overload the outlets they have. Unfortunately, this dangerous practice can result in a fire. Rather than endangering yourself and others, consider hiring a commercial electrician in Melbourne to install the additional electrical outlets you need to ensure that all your appliances and devices can operate safely.

 

Learn How to Use Extension Cords and Power Strips

It’s tempting to plug two extension cords into each other to reach an outlet, or to plug one power strip into another to give yourself more options, but both these practices can have devastating consequences.

While it is completely possible to plug two extension cords into each other, you must first look at the tag on each to determine if they can handle the load set forth by the device(s) you intend to plug into them. Using cords rated less than ideal for the devices you plug into them can cause them to overheat. The same holds true for plugging multiple power strips into each other. If you are unable to determine the proper load for the cords you are using, err on the side of caution and don’t plug them into each other.

 

Don’t Cover Cords With Mats or Rugs

Another fire hazard is the practice of covering exposed wires and cords with rugs or mats to reduce tripping hazards. While this achieves the intended purpose in most cases, it creates another more dangerous situation. Take the time to eliminate this fire and tripping hazard by running all cords along the wall instead of through a walkway.

 

Unplug Electrical Devices and Equipment Before Maintenance or Repair

While this sounds like common sense, you’d be surprised by the number of people who wind up spending their day in the emergency room each year with shocks and burns resulting from failure to disconnect electrical equipment before servicing. A reliable rule of thumb here is to unplug the appliance, then double check that you have in fact done so before beginning any repair or maintenance work.

 

Don’t Ignore the Warning Signs

If you notice a hot cord or plug, or you hear a strange noise (a hum, or buzz) coming from a piece of electrical equipment, or it sparks or smokes when you plug or unplug it, immediately remove it from operation and don’t use it again. In some cases, you might be able to have it fixed. However, your safest bet is to replace it. It’s tempting to try to continue using a faulty piece of equipment, especially if it’s expensive to repair or replace. However, doing so could result in even more expense and heartache if the device catches fire.

Using electricity is no joke. Most of us take it for granted, but the reality is, it’s dangerous if not used correctly and respectfully. Following the five tips above will help keep you safe at home and in the office.

 

Smartphone Apps to Keep your Children Safe

May 16, 2017 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

Children are easily distracted by people and activities around them which can lead parents to lose children in small crowds or where there are engaging activities taking place. Parents are always concerned about what their children are doing and their current location. It is, however, impossible to keep track due to various commitments. The good news is that different apps in the market can help paranoid parents monitor their children from wherever they are. With these apps, it becomes easy for parents to know the exact location of their children and the various activities that they are performing with their smartphones. Some of these phones are installed in the children’s phone without their knowledge while others are agreed upon especially when they are in a new neighborhood or traveling so as to alert the parents in case of danger.

 

Family Locator

The Verizon Family Locator app allows parents to monitor the whereabouts of their children as they go about their day’s activities. The app is in a position to alert you via email or text message when it recognizes an abnormality in the location of your children. When your child, for example, skips a lesson and decides to go out with friends, you can get a notification, and her smartphone signal will pinpoint the current location on an aerial map or photo. 

 

Family Medical Info

The health of a growing child is one of the biggest concerns of a parent. Having the vital medical information of your baby stored in an app is a perfect way to stay stress-free regarding your child’s medical condition. This app stores some relevant medical history which includes the child’s vaccinations, allergies, blood type, a list of prescriptions, and other complicated conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. With this kind of information, you can contact your insurance rep or your family doctor with a tap of a button regardless of the distance between you and your child.

 

FamilyBase

Digital interactions via social media have become rampant among the young generation. Children are in a phase where their curiosity might lead them into accessing sites meant for adults. This app aids you in controlling how, when and with whom your child communicates with at all times. It also has an option where you can restrict the service hours, limiting the child’s text messages, calls, and purchase options. The FamilyBase app will also help you in controlling your internet bills by limiting your child’s data usage. 

 

Child ID

According to the FBI, more than 400,000 are reported missing annually. The thought of losing a child in a mall without a trace is a nightmare for every parent. With this app, you can store some vital data that can help the authorities in identifying your children when you accidentally lose them. The app can be used to store your baby’s current photos, height, eye colour, weight, mannerism, and birthmarks. The information saved in this app should be able to distinguish your child from the rest for easier tracking by the security agents. This app also comes with advice and safety on what parents need to do when a crisis occurs. 

 

Lassy Project

Most children disappear without trace due to the extended time taken by parents to realize that their child has gone missing. This app provides an instant alert when your child goes missing so as to facilitate an immediate rescue mission. Lassy Project provides an updated image of the missing child and a real-time map displaying the coordinates of the last recognized site. This app makes a perfect alert tool for notifying when a child goes missing as only relevant people in the immediate area are informed. 

 

5 Pool Safety Rules For Young Children

August 11, 2013 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

Happy Swimming GirlWhen our kids are playing in our home pool, I love watching them – it’s fun for me to try to understand where their imaginations are taking them. While I want them to have the freedom to do that, especially when they were young, I kept very cautious safety guidelines. Here are my top 5 safety rules for young kids at the pool:

1) Stay within arm’s reach. When my kids were really young, the rule was that I had to be holding them at all times. When they got a bit older, I would let them venture out just a bit. But as suggested by AmericanRedCross.org, even with young kids, it is best to stay within arm’s reach. That way I can quickly get to them if they get into trouble – sometimes just inhaling a big gulp of water is enough to send a small child into a panic, and I want to make sure the situation doesn’t escalate.

2) Life jackets for the young ones. I discovered that life jackets – and which ones are appropriate for a child – is a big topic. There are a number of choices, and the options vary – it’s really not about age, but the size of the child. Youngsters from 8 to 30 pounds will wear a jacket designated for infants, and 30 to 50 pounds, a child sized jacket. It is recommended that the children have U.S. Coast Guard approved life jackets, and for small children, the device should have a padded head support, to keep the child’s head above water. It should also have a grab handle – to quickly retrieve the child from the water. Also – try the jacket on the child before getting in the water, so they can get familiar with the feel of it, and not panic when it’s introduced.

3) No swimming unsupervised. A small child might be tempted to get out of the house, and back to the fun of the water. We clearly tell our children that they are not to be at the pool when we aren’t there. But kids sometimes don’t think first, we all know that, so we installed a safety fence to ensure that there would be no unauthorized access. We put a gate with an alarm on that fence, which sounds both at the pool and inside the house if someone tries to use it when we’re not out there. While this might seem like a lot of security, according to Poolsafely.gov, drowning is one of the major causes of accidents which result in injury or death with children.

4) Always have someone watching. This is a rule for me as a parent. My husband Ed and I make sure we designate which of us is to watch the kids. When they were young, one of us was in the water and either holding that child, or very close. As they get a bit older, they can play on their own, but someone is still watching. Whichever parent is designated doesn’t do anything else – no popping into the kitchen to make a salad – they just watch the kids. If there’s an important phone call expected, and I know Ed will need to take it, if the phone rings, he signals me to take over watching the kids. This rule is one we take very seriously. It doesn’t take long at all for a child to get in trouble in the water.

5) Rules have consequences. We have clearly established with our children, the rules for being in the pool. The obvious ones are “no running” and “no swimming by yourself.” But when the youngest was still at the “needs to be held” or later “arm’s length” stage, there were a few attempts to push the boundaries of those rules, just as you would expect. We were going through those issues in a lot of areas, not just the pool. But the pool was a place for the kids to see how we operate – that a rule is for a reason, and disobeying it has a consequence. With pool play, the consequence really got their attention. When our youngest started running down the side of the pool one time, in spite of our verbal commands to stop, we took him inside. Boy, did he throw a fit. We made him sit inside for about 15 minutes, and he sure got the lesson.

Having clear rules about safety for our young children at the pool has given us the freedom to fully enjoy our family time in the water. It also gives me greater peace of mind, and I like that part.

Becky Flanigan writes for PoolCenter about pool cleaner parts and other topics.  She has 3 kids with her wonderful husband – two boys and a girl – and two lovely golden retrievers.  After studying things like life jackets for kids, she spends hours with her family at their home pool, watching the kids and dogs splash and play.  She is also an avid runner, and diligently training for her first half marathon.

 

Protecting Children from What Lies Within

October 26, 2012 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

As parents part of the lifestyle is to help teach your kids how to think, how to be prepared in case something goes wrong.  They say knowledge is power and that is a life lesson that should be imparted onto children, but it should also be embraced by the parents too.  Often times when thinking about how to protect children we think of life threatening situations from the outside without considering the dangers that come from inside the body.

No parent ever wants to think their child may become sick from a disease as dangerous as leukemia, lymphoma, heart disease, or MS but medical experts are encouraging parents to do their research before the baby’s birth.  By research doctors often mean becoming informed about the power of stem cells.

At the moment of your baby’s birth there exists a unique type of blood within the umbilical cord called cord blood.  Cord blood contains within it a powerful series of stem cells that have the ability to develop into disease fighting immune cells over time.  Doctors encourage parents to be to do some research before the birth to learn the benefits of preserving cord blood, news about cord blood treating new illnesses, and stories from other families who have needed a cord blood transplant.

Cord blood has a distinct advantage that doctors encourage more parents to learn about; it cuts out having to look for a suitable donor as a bone marrow transplant would.  Because of genetics, your baby will be perfectly suited to receive his or her own cord blood at any point throughout their lives should the need occur.  Other family members are likely to also benefit from cord blood preservation because of their blood relation to your baby.

The world can sometimes be a frightening place and it’s best to keep children prepared to stay alert in troubling times.  But that advice should apply to parents all the same.  There are things we can do to protect children from the outside, and by making a choice we can choose to protect children from what lies inside.  Knowledge is power as it makes us informed, informed enough to understand the power of a choice.

 

Very Upsetting Video about Nickelodeon

January 23, 2010 by Painter Mommy 11 Comments

Calling all parents!  If you have no seen this yet, then you definitely want to take the time to watch this video!  If you are seeing this post on Facebook, then be sure to click on the title of this post and go to my website to watch.

OK, now that you have watched, what do you think?  I actually went on the Nick.com site and saw this for myself.  You can too if you go into “more” in the top navigation.  You will then see a link for “addicting games”.  Even the name just doesn’t seem right.  Anyway, that will take you to the addicting games website.  It does say that you are leaving Nick.com, but if they have an obvious link out to them, then they are affiliated with the site.

nickelodeon

My kids are still young yet, but I am horrified that a child friendly company like Nickelodeon would allow this.  I am writing this post in hopes that those of you bloggers out there would be aware and possibly also write a post.  Maybe we can put a stop to this!

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think about this. And if you do blog about this, leave the link in your comment.  Thanks so much guys!

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