Tips to Raise Healthier Kids
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are nearly 81 million mothers in the United States, and the typical woman has about two children during her lifetime. That means plenty of baby formula, diapers and trips to the pediatrician.
How do you keep your child healthy? Here are a few tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
www.cdc.gov.
- Keep your child’s check-ups and immunizations up to date.
Routine exams and screenings help you and your kids prevent, identify and treat health problems when they arise. Vaccines help prevent infectious diseases and save lives.
- Provide healthy meals.
Eating right will help provide the nutrients needed to have energy, build strong bones, and fight diseases and other conditions. Pay attention to what and how much your kids eat.
- Keep kids active. Regular physical activity in childhood and adolescence improves strength and endurance, helps build healthy bones and muscles, helps control weight, reduces anxiety and stress, increases self-esteem, and may improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
- Teach kids healthy habits, such as hand washing. Provide your kids with a good foundation to help them make healthy choices every day. Seat belts, helmets, sunscreen, tooth brushing and hand washing are just a few of the things that help to keep us all safe and healthy. The CDC says hand washing is one of the most important things children can do to help stay healthy. The agency says it’s best to wash your hands by vigorously scrubbing with soap and clean running water for about 20 seconds.
- Twenty Seconds of Hand Washing: The Parental Challenge
Of course, the challenge is how do you get kids to wash their hands for about 20 seconds? Some experts recommend singing the “Happy Birthday” song twice. Now there’s an easier alternative that’s even more fun.
SquidSoap by Airborne®, with its patented technology, is designed to teach and train proper hand-washing technique to children. It's the only liquid-soap dispenser with a specially designed pump that stamps a child's hand with vegetable dye. It takes about 20 seconds of thorough hand washing to remove the ink mark, leaving the child with clean hands.
“SquidSoap takes the guesswork out of whether or not your kids have washed their hands thoroughly,” says Elise Donahue, CEO of Airborne, Inc. “Kids think it’s fun, and moms know it works because they can see that the mark has disappeared.”
