2016 is a landmark year for Calpol – the brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary. When your child is ill, all we as parents want is for them to be themselves again. Usually, we know how well our child is by the way they behave and there comes a time after an illness…
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Since having children, we have collected a fairly well stocked medicine cabinet. All the usual suspects are in there – Calpol, plasters, Piriton, Sudocrem. Things to treat the everyday bumps and grazes. But what about a first aid kit? Is it something you have at home? I know we don’t,…
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Many parents hope they will never need to use first aid on their children, but learning the basic skills might one day save their life. There are a wide range of courses available on the internet, but being taught by a medical professional will always give you the best information.…
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There are approximately 6,500,000 parents with children under 5 in the UK – that’s a huge number. Research shows that parents with a young child are keen to learn some basic first aid skills – they are responsible for the safety of their child after all. If the worst happened,…
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Being able to easily take an accurate temperature reading from your child is an important, but sometimes stressful, part of being a parent. I am sure we have all been there – trying to hold down a wriggling child while you attempt to keep a strip of paper on their…
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