Denise Spatafora is revolutionary in her approach to how to help women have a less fear-based birthing process. By focusing on the mind, body, spirit connection, Denise teaches women and their partners how to more smoothly and peacefully enter into child birth.

Denise points out that endorphins released during intense relaxation are 400 times more powerful than any man-made pain killer. Further by understanding to “ride out” and go with the sensations, women are able to experience a profound paradigm shift. Anticipatory fear can be released once a full understanding of both partners thoughts, feelings and potential misconceptions are brought to the forefront, discussed and worked through.

Better Birth: The Ultimate Guide to Childbirth from Home Births to Hospitals is in book stores today. www.betterbirthbook.com

Pools of water are sooo enticing as the weather gets warmer. Toddlers like and need to explore, yet with boundaries and ways to keep them safe.

Enroll your child in a drowning prevention program and avoid a preventable tragedy!

From Kimberlee Mitchell at Boo Boo Busters:

“At Infant Swimming Resource, barely a month goes by where we don’t get a letter from a parent who says they wish they knew about our program sooner. I’m hoping you can help us reach that next parent before it’s too late.

Please share this video with your friends and family.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwvv5IyPkXM

Thank you for helping us spread the word about drowning prevention and how we can help avoid this preventable tragedy!!”

Sincerley,
Conrad Rodriguez
Certified ISR Instructor
BA MA Psychology
(949) 713-7876

In the newest of celeb sightings with SafetyMate, Victoria Recaño and her husband Tom Burwell were gifted SafetyMate for the New Parent at their recent baby shower. The party was hosted by Hot Moms Club and Fit Pregnancy Magazine and held at the trendy Ketchup restaurant on Sunset Blvd. in LA.

What a beautiful couple! Best wishes in this new chapter in their life…

Approximately one infant (12 months & under) suffers an unintentional injury every 1.5 minutes.

Causes of injury:

• FALLS - leading cause of injury; more likely to be male than female (~55% vs. ~ 45%)
• HEAD or NECK area: puncture injuries, bruises, foreign body injuries and abrasions most frequent
• FRACTURES: more than 1/3 of fractures were to the arm or hand
• The BED is the most common product as being involved in the injury in every age except:
• 2 months - the car seat became the most frequently noted product
• 12 months - the stairs because the top “product” involved in the injury

Social environment, physical environment and products change as infants grow through their first year of life.

Safety and awareness must continue to adapt as your infant grows. Actually, what’s cool about SafetyMate for the New Parent is it can grow with your family. Not only does it have information for infants, it also has information for children and adults.

Be prepared to know how to deal with these emergencies. We don’t often think of infants getting injured. They seem so passive, soft, sweet, and resilient. These stats make it evident accidents do happen. We all hope it won’t happen to us. Underneath that, we all kind of believe it won’t happen to us.

It could. I think that’s why gifting SafetyMate to a friend can help break through that denial we all have that it won’t happen to us. Once the SafetyMate is in hand, learning about what to do in case of a fall is simple. Just press a button. It becomes less scary and more manageable once you know what to do. Be ready. Learn how to handle first aid issues.

Best wishes for health and well-being in all your families.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers’ Association (JPMA) sponsoring of Baby Safety Month - to bring public focus to an important issue. This year, the JPMA is focusing on car seat and booster seat safety.

When it comes to your baby, every safety issue is critical - from having a child-proofer help make your home a safe haven for you and your baby to having essential safety gear available when needed.

Look around. Plan ahead. Learn first aid and CPR. Leave your child with a competent, trained babysitter. And, of course, check out SafetyMate for the New Parent - which in a most timely, well-placed debut, is launching this month!

Be the ROCK STAR at your next baby shower and give the gift that shows you care!

Check it out at www.safetymate.com/home/index.html