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Boot Camp for New Dads Offers Tips for Keeping your baby during the holidays

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One of the most important concepts they teach new fathers is how to provide a safe environment and keep the baby safely. The holidays are very busy and it is more difficult than ever to keep the baby away from choking and other hazards.

                         

Greg Bishop, founder of Boot Camp for new dads and author of two books on fatherhood, advice and sharing his second book, Crash Course for new fathers – Tools, Checklists and Cheat Sheets to keep your baby safe during the holidays:

Toxins. Treating the house before the holidays? Giving a manicure before going this Christmas? Paints and lacquers, varnish same solvent and nails should not be used near your baby. A newborn's immune system is not fully developed, and these substances can be harmful even in small doses.

 

Smoking. Although you and your spouse may not smoke, visiting relatives may not have a problem with the lighting around your baby. Unlike you, your baby can not get out of danger. Ask smokers to take visit outside or the garage, away from your baby's lungs.

Pockets. It is always gay with a house full of family and friends to vacation. But with so many people moving, sitting and standing – be aware that things can fall from the pocket of your customers without anybody noticing. You can grab a small object and have it in his mouth before you know it. Even swallowing a penny of your baby may need to go through surgery. Stay informed and do not be afraid to ask your guests to empty their pockets before holding your baby.

Salt and honey. Although you know the rules do not feed the salt and honey your baby, family and friends can not. Although you can not keep your sodium baby foods, excessive salt is harmful to the kidneys and pressure. And, until your baby turns one year, babies should NEVER be fed honey. Honey can cause infant botulism, which could lead to death. Make sure that the well-intentioned parents who may not be aware of the rules do not allow your baby the sample, even a piece of kitchen holiday without checking with you first.

Decorations. Christmas decorations are a feast for the eyes. Unfortunately, they are also a risk of choking Babies and toddlers can find small pieces and put in their mouths. To decorate your home, use the "drag-and-hide" technique. Take a tube of toilet paper and use it as a measuring device. If an object can slide along the tube, it can also slip your baby's breathing passage. Put these decorations that do not pass this test away until your baby is much older. And of course keep a close eye on the baby when relatives or friends visiting with older children who may have decorations and small toys around their homes.

In About Boot Camp for new dads

Boot Camp for New Dads has worked with over 200,000 new fathers to their workshops organized during the past 19 years. After attending a boot camp for new dads "hands on" training workshop, dads to be better equipped to face the challenges and opportunities of fatherhood. Men attending the class when they are expecting their first baby, and are joined in studio by "war veterans" who had already participated and returned with their two to four months, babies in tow. They are able to give dads-to-be a realistic idea of what to do and what to expect when their first baby comes. For many men present, it is their first time holding a baby.

Boot Camp for new dads

Now, celebrating their 19th year, Boot Camp for New Dads is nationally acclaimed as "best practice" to prepare men to be fathers and was named the U.S. Navy Model Program. Boot Camp for New Dads has prepared more than 200,000 men for fatherhood over the years.

With over 4.1 million births (National Center for Health Statistics), and approximately 1.5 million people become new fathers every year, it is more important than ever for fathers to realize that being a supplier of "good" is only part the very central role they have in the lives of their children.

For more information on Boot Camp for New Dads, visit www.bcnd.org . To arrange an interview with Greg Bishop, please contact sdubin@prworkzone.com (781) 582-1061.

National and International Locations

Boot Camp For locations, new fathers include Alaska (Anchorage), Arizona (Chandler, Flagstaff, Gilbert, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Sun City), Arkansas (Jonesboro, Paragould, Springdale), California (Apple Valley, Bakersfield, Fresno, Garden Grove, Irvine, Laguna Hills, Madera, Merced, Mission Hills, Oakland, Orange, Pomona, Port Hueneme, San Diego, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara S. Lake Tahoe, Travis, Valley Springs), Colorado (Aurora, Bristol Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, Fort Collins, Fort Carson, Greeley, Longmont, Thornton, Wheat Ridge), Connecticut (, Danbury, New London), Gainesville, Florida (Brandon, Clearwater, Hollywood, Jacksonville, North Palm Beach, Orlando, St. Petersburg, West Palm Beach, Sarasota, Tampa), Georgia (Atlanta, Elberton, Marietta, Savannah) HAWAII (Pearl Harbor, Schofield), Illinois (Aurora, Carbondale, Champaign, Chicago, East St. Louis, Evanston, Freeport, Geneva, Great Lakes, Highland Park, Libertyville, Moline, Oak Park, Rockford, Springfield, Urbana, Winfield), Indiana (Anderson, Bluffton, Hammond, Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, Kokomo), Iowa (Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Jefferson, Sioux City), Kansas (Junction City, Topeka), Kentucky (Paducah); Louisiana (Covington), MAINE (Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Brunswick, Ellsworth, Waterville), Maryland (Annapolis) Massachusetts (Beverly, Ipswich, Lowell, Nantucket, Plymouth, Weymouth, Springfield), Michigan (Ann Arbor Bay City Joseph, Centreville, Iron Mountain, Ithaca, Kalamazoo, Niles, St., Ypsilanti), Minnesota (Brainerd, Duluth, Robbinsdale); Mississippi (Tupelo); Jefferson City Missouri () MONTANA (Billings, Helena, Miles City), Nebraska (Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha), Nevada (Las Vegas) New Hampshire (Manchester, Portsmouth) New Jersey (Princeton) Glens NEW YORK (Falls, Little Falls, Mineola, Rome, Utica), North Carolina (Burlington, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Concord, Ft. Bragg Greensboro, Monroe, Raleigh, Shelby), North Dakota (Grand Forks), Ohio (Columbus, Akron, Cleveland, East Cleveland, East Liverpool, Garfield Heights, Lima, Lorain, Mayfield Heights, Middleburg Heights, Orange Village, Portsmouth, Toledo, Warren, Westlake, Youngstown), Oklahoma (Claremore, Oklahoma City, Tulsa) Oregon (Corval, McMinnville, Salem, Silverton), South Carolina (Columbia, Pickens, Walhalla), Tennessee (Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis), Texas (Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Hood, Longview, Lubbock, Plano, San Antonio, Texarkana, Waco, Webster) VERMONT (Barre, Brattleboro, Middlebury), Virginia (Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Hampton Everett, Richmond) WASHINGTON (, Fairchild AFB, Longview, Olympia, Puyallup, Yakima), West Virginia (Wheeling), Wisconsin (Florence, Green Bay, Madison, Oshkosh, Watertown, Wausau), Japan (Atsugi, Yokosuka), Italy (Sicily); UNITED aka Kingdom [Hit the Ground Crawling] (Birmingham, Liverpool)

 

 

 

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