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Tips to help your pet become accustomed to your new baby. Making a smooth transition can be better for everyone.
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Lions and elephants and buffalo, oh my! Students from Hattie Daniels Day Care enjoy a trip to the North Carolina Zoo.
14 Calling the shots
New vaccination requirements take effect this school year. Does your child have the required vaccines?
18 Take a stand
Is your child affected by bullying? Nearly 30% of kids are... here is how to tell if your child is one of them.
also inside this issue: 5 Doctor Dialogue 8 Child care for before and after school 9 Things to do this fall 12 Activity Corner Games 17 Time for Lunch: lunches your child will eat!
20 Send your kids back to school in style. Check out our listing of back to school essentials that are sure to send them straight to the head of the class!
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Dear Worried Mom, There are several things you can do to help correct the lifestyle choices you are concerned about. First, make sure your child eats four to six servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Limit fast food, fried food and soda. Like adults, children should drink about eight sixounce glasses of water a day – more when they’re playing outdoors in the summer. Second, children also need more physical activity and less screen time. Limit screen time – including computer and TV time – to two hours a day. Make sure they get at least an hour of physical activity daily. Physical activity is a great way to encourage life-long wellness for your children. Starting healthy habits early one is one of the easiest ways to increase your child’s chances of a healthy adulthood.
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s i e m a n y Hel l o, m If your home is like most American homes, you have pets. In some cases, many of them. If your pets are your first children, you’ll want to take special interest in how you introduce a new baby into the mix. For some pets, that screaming, smelly, attention-hogging newborn is no big deal. For others, the stress of a new baby can be overwhelming. Experts suggest easing your pets into the new ‘normal’ by allowing pets to transition slowly. Here are a few pointers to help with a smooth, and hopefully easy, transition for your pet.
1. Allow them into the nursery to smell around and absorb all the new smells and sounds. Shutting them out of or blocking off their access to new areas of your home can create anxiety and stress, which could result in unwanted behavior in retaliation.
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2. P lay recordings of crying babies so they can become accustomed to the sound.
Start out with the recording on a low volume and slowly increase the volume to a normal level. This slow transition can help alleviate stress from the sudden noise change, especially if you have pets that fear loud or strange noises.
. 3. Carry around a stuffed animal or doll in a blanket and urge them to be gentle when they sniff out what’s inside.
Teaching your pet to be gentle with a stuffed animal or doll will help make it easier when it comes time to introduce them to your newborn.
4. Before the new baby comes home, expose your pet to items that have been worn or snuggled close to him or her.
Start this process slowly by allowing your pet to come to the items rather than pushing the items onto them. Once they’ve scoped it out, you can place the items in places they frequent, like their bed or a favorite nap spot. Allowing them to accept the new smells that are about to become normal in your home can help eliminate some of the anxiety that comes with sudden change.
5. Most importantly, make time for your first ‘baby’.
Some pets can become aggressive towards a new baby if they feel that the baby is taking too much of your attention. Take time to do the things they are accustomed to doing with you as often as you can.
The most important advice anyone can give you when it comes time to introduce your pet to your newborn is this: expect that no matter how much work you put into preparing your pet, things may not go as planned. At some point, the dog is going to steal one of baby’s toys and claim it as its own or the cat is going to bat a dropped pacifier or two under the fridge. Just know that you aren’t a failure as a parent, whether human, canine or feline! Is it really the end of the world if you have to fish a passy from under the fridge? We didn’t think so. It won’t be long before you’ll be teaching your baby not to pull the cat’s tail or not to eat the dog’s food. Good luck with that!
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Wilson County Schools 252.399.7714, Amy Deans, director of SchoolAge Care Program The following schools offer before-school care: Jones Elementary Lucama Elementary Rock Ridge Elementary Vinson-Bynum Elementary Forest Hills Middle Toisnot MIddle Springfield Middle
The following schools offer after-school care: Elm City Elementary Gardners Elementary Jones Elementary Lee Woodard Elementary Lucama Elementary New Hope Elementary Rock Ridge Elementary Stantonsburg Elementary Vinson-Bynum Elementary Wells Elementary
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o o z e h t t a y a d A Lions and elephants and buffalo . . . oh my! Children from Hattie Daniels Daycare Center spent a day at the North Carolina Zoo in June, a trip made possible by the generous people and businesses in our community.
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On a warm summer morning in June, over 80 children dressed in bright green shirts boarded buses bound for the North Carolina Zoo. They are all students from Hattie Daniels Daycare Center in Wilson. For some of them, this was their first trip to the zoo. For others, this was a chance to visit some of their favorite animals for the second or even third time! “For many of these children, this may be their only opportunity to get out and see some of these animals. Many of them and their families don’t have the extra funds to pay for a trip like this,” says Wanda Mitchell, director of the daycare. “We are very fortunate that the Dynamic Leadership class has provided our students with this amazing opportunity. We are grateful for their hard work and can’t thank them enough.” The trip was made possible through fundraising efforts of the Dynamic Leadership class through the Wilson County Chamber of Commerce. “This year’s class worked hard to raise money to make this trip possible,” says Lynne Medlin,
office manager and DLW program coordinator at the Chamber. “Without their hard work and dedication, this trip would not have happened.” Members of this year’s class include: Tawanda Auston with Five Touch Spa and Salon; Kelly Chase with Cauley Pridgen, PA; Ronnia Cockrell with Wilson County Schools; Melissa Evans with Wilson Community College; Douglas Godwin with Narron & Holdford, PA; Melissa Howell with BB&T Insurance Services; Joey Lamm with BB&T; Rhonda Leegins with Wilson Medical Center; Joe Marks with Pizza Inn; Clayvon Scott, Sr. with Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC; Stephanie Short with Avante at Wilson; Claudia Spencer with Wilson County Schools and Rachel Sprecher with Wilson County Schools. Multiple fundraisers throughout the year allowed the group to raise more than $10,000 to fund the trip, lunch, carousel rides and a special surprise for each child upon arrival back at daycare. Once arriving at the zoo, the children were allowed to explore the many exhibits within the African and North
Children and teachers from the Hattie Daniels Daycare Center as well as members of the Dynamic Leadership class through the Wilson County Chamber of Commerce pose for a quick photo before starting their day at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. The trip was made possible through multiple fundraisers and donations from community members. American pavilions. The most popular attractions seemed to be the polar bear, Anana, and the sea lions. “Those sea lions bounced around and went back and forth and played with each other in the water the whole day,” exclaimed one excited child.
“Anana is so cute and cuddly. I just want to watch her swim around in that water all day,” said another. For hours, the excited children ran from one exhibit to the next and enjoyed handson activities and question and answer sessions that were
provided by zoo workers at many of the exhibits. They got to see lions dozing in the warm sunshine and baboons and their young playing tag. There were also elephants cooling off in their pond and buffalo roaming in wide open spaces. There was lots of laughter and excitement as children shouted to their classmates as they spotted animals out and about. Shouts of “There’s an ostrich over here!” and “Look at that monkey swinging on that tree!” could be heard over and over as the children
enjoyed their day. The kids weren’t the only ones that had fun on the trip. Medlin, along with many members of the Dynamic Leadership class were along for the trip and enjoyed helping out with the kids and seeing their reaction to the animals. “To see the excitement on their faces when they stepped off the bus was priceless.” says Medlin. “Their reaction to seeing some of the animals was even better. I think they thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the trip. I am so glad that we were able to provide them with an experience like this that they will likely remember for years to come.”
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grade school
. . . s t o h s e h t g n i l l a C If you have children entering elementary school or a middle school aged child, listen up! There are new immunization requirements for your student that you’ll want to know about. Starting with the 20152016 school year, students entering kindergarten and middle school aged children will have a few new immunization requirements to meet. The new guidelines include a previously unrequired immunization. Students entering the 7th grade, or are turning 12 years of age, whichever comes first, must have one dose of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV) with a booster dose being required before entry into the 12th grade or by age 17, whichever comes first. The booster dose requirements will become effective Aug. 1, 2020. If parents choose to have
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the first dose of the MCV vaccine administered to their student on or after their 16th birthday, the booster dose will not be required. This isn’t the only change parents will need to know about. Changes have also been made to the standard required vaccines as well. Here are the changes you’ll need to know:
Polio vaccine
: Booster doses are required on or after the 4th birthday and before entering school for the first time.
Varicella vaccine: Two
doses must be administered at least 28 days apart. The first dose is required on or after 12 months of age and before 19 months of age. The second dose is required before entering school for the first time. In the event your student has a previous history of varicella disease, or chicken pox, documentation of the disease must be obtained from a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician’s assistant. Documentation must include the name of the individual with history of the disease, approximate date or age of the individual at the time of infection, and must have a signature of the healthcare provider.
Tetanus, diptheria, and pertussis (whooping cough) Tdap: A booster dose of Tdap is now
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Packing a lunch your child will actually eat can be a struggle for many parents. Add in the allergy restrictions of some children, and you have every parent’s worst nightmare. We all know that to be successful in school, children need to eat a nutritious breakfast and lunch. But what do you do if your child is a picky eater?
We all know our kids get stuck in food ruts. Currently, my 8 year old daughter refuses to eat much of anything other than potatoes. Mashed, baked, french fried, it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s a potato. Dinner time is a struggle because we have to figure out how to incorporate potatoes into every meal just so she will eat something! But what will I do when school starts back and the lunch box needs packing? I’m not going to send her with just potatoes every day, so it’s time to get creative. I’ve started introducing some of her old favorites in new ways, just to encourage her to try them again. We cut fruits and veggies into fun shapes with cookie cutters and we put food in colorful
containers that draw her attention to them. Instead of boring sandwiches, we make wraps with her lunch meats and veggies instead. Since she’s insistent that she absolutely does not eat peanut butter and jelly, I tried making kid-friendly ‘sushi’ just to see what would happen. I took a slice of whole wheat bread, covered it with jelly and then peanut butter, rolled it up and sliced it into small pieces. At first, she turned her nose up at it. Then I handed her some chopsticks to eat it with. All of a sudden, peanut butter and jelly sushi is her new favorite lunch! Sometimes, all it takes is a change in presentation to get even the pickiest eater to try something new, or something old, whatever the case may be. When faced with the daily struggle of packing a nutritious lunch your child will actually eat, try shaking things up a bit with new twists on old favorites. You might be surprised how much of their lunch your kid will actually eat! As a bonus, your child’s friends might take notice and ask for fun lunches themselves. And just like that, you’ve become the cool mom and upped your quota of cool points just by being creative. Way to go mom!
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As if going to high school wasn’t stressful enough, teens are now facing a problem that is becoming more widespread by the day: bullying. In some cases, it isn’t just the other kids that are to blame. There are news stories and blog posts quite often referencing coaches and teachers that are bullying students as well. Why does it happen and how do we make it stop? According to statistics that have been previously reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of today’s students have been the victim of bullies or have admitted to actually being a bully themselves. The study also states that there are more than 160,000 children that miss school each and every day because they are afraid of being bullied by their classmates. While bullying can affect kids of any
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age, it seems as though kids of high school age are fairly easy targets. Kids entering high school for the first time find that they are now the little fish in a big pond and are therefore open game for the older, more experienced high school kids. Whether it’s about their clothes, their shoes, their glasses or even their appearance in general, kids are being bullied on a daily basis in every school across the nation. Many of these instances go unreported and therefore unaddressed because the child being bullied fears retaliation by their aggressor. If the aggressor happens to be a teacher or coach, the victim is
even less likely to report the incident due to the fact that the aggressor is their superior and the victim may feel as though they have done something to warrant the treatment they have received. Bullying can range from verbal abuse or comments to actual physical abuse that can result in injury. It has become such a large part of our mainstream society that many children aren’t aware that what is happening to them is actually bullying. In many cases, when kids are asked if they are being bullied, they will say no. But when more specific questions are asked, such as ‘Has anyone said mean or hurtful things to you or called you names?’, the answer then becomes yes. While most of our schools are now offering programs to teach kids about the negative effects of bullying, no amount of proactive attempts can prevent it all. Bullying can happen not only on school grounds, but at school functions, at after-school activities, and anywhere else where groups of kids congregate. Another major outlet for bullying is known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying takes place solely through
the use of electronic devices such as computers, tablets and cell phones and can use social media outlets, websites or even personal blogs to attack a victim. Cyberbullying can be difficult to trace back to one aggressor because many of the posts can be made anonymously and are then shared over and over by followers. Sadly, many instances of bullying have resulted in the victim taking extreme measures to rid themselves of the constant taunting and abuse. According to bullyingstatistics.org, victims of bullying are between 2 and 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. Of that percentage, girls ages 10 to 14 are at an even higher risk for bullyinduced suicide. Warning signs of being bullied can include: showing signs of depression, withdrawal from social situations, lack of interest in favor-
ite activities and sports, trouble sleeping or appetite changes. If you notice any of these signs in your child, talk to them immediately and report any bully-like activity to the appropriate administrators as soon as possible. Warning signs that your child is the aggressor in a bullying situation can include: behavioral issues, sudden instances of trouble at school, showing of aggressive tendencies, obsession with being part of the popular crowd, and violence at home that can transfer to other aspects of daily life. While these are not the only indicators of your child either being bullied or being the bully, they are strong indicators that there is an issue you should discuss with your child. For more information on bullying and how to talk to your child, please visit www.stopbullying.gov.
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