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Infant Tylenol Returns to Shelves With New Cap

April 27, 2011 by Jennifer 8 Comments

Exciting news for parents on the horizon from Johnson and Johnson. As infant Tylenol re-enters the market during this upcoming cold and flu season, the bottle will have a new safety feature. The bottle will include a new, enhanced bottle with a protective opening and push-in syringe.

New Infants' Tylenol bottle with syringe

The protective opening will:

Provide even better dosing accuracy and ease of administration to infants

Allow for better control when dispensing the medication and reduce spillage

Further reduce the risk of children being able to get to the medicine in the bottle

An added bonus as well, the Children’s Tylenol products will also have the new enhanced bottles with the protective opening.

New Children's Tylenol bottle with dosing cup

I was able to test out each of these new bottles a couple weeks ago at the Mom 2.0 Summit. I have to say, I was completely pleased with the new bottles. This has definitely been history in the making and a huge step forward in the safety arena with children. The bottles are a hard plastic to where you have to squeeze really hard in order to get the liquid out. Also, with the Infant’s Tylenol bottle, you have to have the syringe in place in the bottle for the liquid to come out. This is great because as a mom, we can have so many busy things going on, that we forget to put the lid back on and the toddler can come up behind us and grab the bottle. I applaud Johnson and Johnson for coming up with new safety features and looking out for our children.

With that being said, we still need to make sure we are administering the medicines properly to our kids.

1. Always use the syringe, dropper, or dosage cup that comes with the medicine. The reasoning behind this, is other items like kitchen teaspoons may not always be the most accurate.

2. Never give children medicine that is indicated for adults. Adults medication is so much more powerful and could cause over dose problems in children.

3. Do not give children more than one medicine that contains the same active ingredient at the same time.

4. Be sure to know the infant’s or child’s weight and/or age to help determine the appropriate dosage.

5. When giving liquid medicine to infants, dispense the medicine slowly into their mouth, towards the inner cheek. If it goes directly to the center of the palate, it may cause the child to gag.

6. Do not give medicine to an infant or child who is lying down; this could cause choking.

You will see the new bottles this upcoming cold and flu season. I know you will be shaking your head in agreement with me, that this is a huge improvement over the older bottles!

Weight Watchers Pineapple Angel Food Cake

April 25, 2011 by Jennifer Leave a Comment

Holidays are all throughout the year and that means large family gatherings here at One Moms World. This could mean unfortunately, that you will stuff yourself so bad that you cannot even get out of your own chair. It does not have to be this way, believe me. I have learned that when invited to huge family gatherings, to take food that you know is healthy, so you will know, you will at least have a couple of choices to pick from.

For our big Easter celebration this past weekend, I found a recipe in the paper called Angel Lush with Pineapple. I made a few changes to it so it would be more Weight Watchers friendly and here was the end result.

Weight Watchers Points Plus = 4 Points

Ingredients:

1 fresh pineapple peeled and crushed
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Sugar Free Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1 cup thawed Fat Free COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
1 pkg. (10 oz.) round angel food cake, cut into 3 layers
10 small fresh strawberries

Directions:

1. Mix together in bowl pineapple and dry pudding mix. Stir in cool whip.
2. Stack first angel food cake layer, spread pudding mixture over first layer. Stack the second layer, and then spread pudding mix over layer and do the same with last layer.
3. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Add strawberries over top layer.

Enjoy 🙂

Weight Watchers Quick Lunch Banana and Peanut Butter Sandwich

April 13, 2011 by Jennifer 1 Comment

Growing up in the south, a banana and peanut butter sandwich was the go-to lunch when I was a kid. Just because I am an adult now, doesn’t mean that I cannot still love my specialty sandwiches. The only thing is that peanut butter can use up some beloved points but not anymore. A friend suggested the Better’ N Peanut Butter. It is only 2 points per 2 tablespoons. I am usually going through a jar once a week, it is that good. I do the low sodium.

I decided a couple of weeks to start making my banana and peanut butter sandwiches again. I use the white wheat bread that is now 3 points for two slices on the new points plus program.

This delicious sandwich is only 5 points and it will leave you full. Pair it with some celery or an apple and you have a quick lunch.

Disney Magic of Healthy Living With Darrell Green

March 30, 2011 by Jennifer 2 Comments

As you know, we are all about healthy living here at One Moms World. Healthy living campaigns are popping up all over the US and it could not bring more happiness to my soul to see this happening here in our own country. The happiest place on Earth, Disney World, has started their own campaign to healthy living with the Disney Magic of Healthy Living.

Disney Magic of Healthy Living is a new national multimedia initiative designed to partner with parents in their quest to raise healthy, happy kids, ultimately helping to create a healthier generation of kids and families. The campaign draws on the many assets and platforms of The Walt Disney Company and builds on the momentum of landmark nutritional guidelines introduced in 2006 associating Disney brands and characters with a more nutritionally balanced range of foods.

As a mom, I realize that the things that I am doing now, are what my girls are going to think is acceptable in their adulthood. That is why as America, we need to be watching our food choices, being active more and living a more healthier life. Disney partnered with former Redskins Football Player – Darrell Green for this magical weekend.

He had a great message as what we need to do as a nation. He has started his own healthy family website that will get families moving more. Look for post soon on this incredible and fun adventure. Darrell had the kids divided up into teams and participate in several fun activities. M was amazing me at how high she can jump. Look at that air!

Here is a shore 2 minute recap of the day.

You may say, “Jen, I find it so hard to do healthy living at home with my family.” Stop worrying as Disney is here to help you. Disney has created recipes, fitness tips, and fresh ideas to help you make healthy living happen at home. Click on the images below for more info.

Kids’ Healthy Eating

Farmer’s Market

Jumping Rope

Let’s start now and make our children’s lives so much easier when they become adults. Here is to a new and healthier family lifestyle :::cheers:::

Weight Watchers Creamy Alfredo Pasta Dish

March 30, 2011 by Jennifer 1 Comment

Creamy Alfredo has always been a huge hit in the household, but unfortunately, it comes with a price as it has a lot of fat and calories. The times have changed though thanks to Classico. I was in the grocery store last week trying to decide on a sauce that would be weight watchers friendly and did not have tomatoes. Not a lot of choices until my eyes met this jar:

I am pretty sure that I squealed right there in the grocery store aisle. This sauce is only 1 point on the new Weight Watchers Points Plus program. Oh happy day. I went and grabbed 99% fat free ground turkey and used a box of whole wheat pasta at home and came up with a 5 points nice dinner entree.

This dish was an instant hit, as there were no leftovers at all.

Directions:

1. Cook the box of noodles as stated on the box.

2. Brown the ground turkey.

3. Drain the noodles when done.

4. Add the ground turkey and 2 jars of Classico Light Alfredo Sauce with the noodles.

5. Mix thoroughly.

Dinner is served.

5 points – Weight Watchers Points Plus

Disclosure: Classico had nothing to do with this post. I just found the new light version on the grocery shelf last week and wanted to try it. It was a huge hit so now I am sharing this easy dinner entree!

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