Daycare safety is making sure that children are always safe.

Safety of the children is important within the daycare as well as in the immediate vicinity.

Children’s Product Recalls April 2013

May 6, 2013

Tweet Tweet Here is a roundup of some childrens’ products that have been recalled from April, 2013. When you own a child care center , your number one priority must be to keep children safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment.  Infants may be at risk of entrapment, suffocation, strangulation, injury or asphyxiation if childcare products prove [...]

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Reduce the Spread of Cold and Flu in Your Daycare

May 3, 2013

Tweet Tweet Is illness running rampant through your daycare? A daycare provider asks: “The last 3 weeks have been terrible in my home daycare. Colds, coughs, runny noses; it’s a never ending cycle lately. I am considering making my sick policy much stricter. What do you do or take, as a provider, to keep yourself [...]

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Children’s Product Recalls March 2013

April 5, 2013

Tweet Tweet Here is a roundup of some childrens’ products that have been recalled from February, 2013 When you own a child care center , your number one priority must be to keep children safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment.  Infants may be at risk of entrapment, suffocation, strangulation, injury or asphyxiation if childcare products prove [...]

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Children’s Product Recalls February 2013

March 4, 2013

Tweet Tweet Here is a roundup of some childrens’ products that have been recalled from February, 2013 When you own a child care center , your number one priority must be to keep children safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment.  Infants may be at risk of entrapment, suffocation, strangulation, injury or asphyxiation if childcare products prove [...]

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Inclement Weather Policies for Family Daycare

February 14, 2013

Tweet Tweet Inclement weather leaves daycare owners to decide whether or not to close when the weather is bad and schools close early. Do you have an inclement weather policy for your daycare? Do you close for snow days? If you have to close during the day, how do you make sure parents pick up [...]

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Childrens’ Product Recalls (Excludes Toys) January 2013

February 6, 2013

Tweet Tweet Here is a roundup of some childrens’ products that have been recalled (not toys) from January, 2013. When you own a child care center , your number one priority must be to keep children safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment.   Infants may be at risk of entrapment, suffocation, strangulation, injury or asphyxiation if [...]

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Children’s Toys — Recalls from December 2012

January 22, 2013

Tweet Tweet Here is a roundup of some childrens’ products that have been recalled (toys only) from December, 2012. When you own a child care center , your number one priority must be to keep children safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment.   Infants may be at risk of entrapment, suffocation, strangulation, injury or asphyxiation if [...]

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Toddlers’ Brain Development: What is DHA?

January 7, 2013

Tweet Tweet Having children participate in “brain games” to exercise their memory is a fun and healthy way for children to stimulate brain health while they are at daycare. DHA is an important nutrient for brain development that is also beneficial when it comes to engaging children in healthy activity during daycare. Since most kids [...]

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The Biggest Children’s Product Recalls of 2012: Children’s Products to Avoid

December 18, 2012

Tweet Tweet If you follow the Own A Daycare blog, you know we do a lot of product recall posts because we are big on protecting children and keeping them safe. After losing my 4 month old nephew to SIDS at daycare, I always want to make sure the products others use at home and [...]

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Flu Prevention and Sick Policies for Daycare

December 17, 2012

Tweet Tweet Illness in daycare is of great concern for parents and daycare providers. Your health and medication regulations can help prevent the spread of illness in daycare. It is very important to have a sick child policy in place because it sets forth the rules and expectations.   According to the centers for disease control,  children and child [...]

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