Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Your Little Sweethearts
Create Valentine’s Day cards for each kid.
Tell your children all of your favorite things about them with their own personalized cards. There are so many ways you can get crafty with construction paper and glitter. Your kids are sure to love getting mommy-made or daddy-made one-of-a-kind valentines.
Bake Valentine’s Day goodies together.
What’s better than baking with your little ones? If you are short on time, you can find premade dough, usually with a Valentine’s Day theme. Or, you can try out your skills with heart-shaped cookie cutters and sprinkles. It can get messy, but it’s certainly worth it!
Valentine’s Day isn’t just for adults. Let your kids know they are the most important loves in your life with these sweet, inexpensive ideas that the whole family can enjoy! Your children will remember these traditions for years to come.
Wrap up a small Valentine’s Day gift.
Make a special Valentine’s Day breakfast.
Whether it’s a Valentine’s Day outfit, candy, a teddy bear, or a necklace, it doesn’t have to be big or costly! Your children will enjoy feeling the love, and they’ll be excited to get something new. Don’t forget to have fun with the wrapping! Most stores have Valentine’s Day gift bags and wrapping paper around this time of year.
Guess what? Pink pancakes, pink milk, and even pink eggs are a thing! With strawberry milk, food coloring and strawberries in the pancakes, and food coloring in the eggs, you’ll have an effortless and special breakfast for the little ones.
Your baby valentines have stolen your heart —make sure they know it by spreading the love! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Tip: Set the table the night before after the kids go to bed to make serving Valentine’s Day breakfast easier the next morning.
Has Your Child Suffered a Birth Injury? HOW TO PROVE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
The birth of a child should be one of the most joyous experiences of any parent’s life. Unfortunately, a birth injury can inject fear, worry, and stress into the otherwise blissful occasion. Birth injuries are more common than most people realize. Out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S., 6–8 have a birth injury. There are many types of birth injuries. Some of the most common include broken bones, spinal cord injuries, and cerebral palsy. Other common injuries can cause scalp swelling (caput succedaneum), nerve damage (brachial plexus injury), and loss of blood flow and oxygen to the brain (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy). Signs of birth injury include an infant requiring CPR after delivery, swelling or soft spots on the head, floppy or stiff muscles, seizures, and the inability of the infant to move one side of their body. Not all birth injuries are anyone’s fault. Some happen due to premature birth or lengthy labor. But many birth injuries are preventable and occur because of medical staff’s negligence. When this happens, the family may have a legal case for medical malpractice. Unfortunately, proving a child’s birth injury resulted from malpractice is not an easy task. First, the parents will need to demonstrate a patient relationship with the defendant via medicals and bills,
establishing a duty of care. Second, they will need to prove that the medical professional breached that duty of care. Plaintiffs usually accomplish this via expert testimony from other medical professionals. Third, the plaintiff will need to show that the breached duty of care was the actual cause of the birth injury. Proving causation can be tricky, as defendants generally argue the injury would have occurred regardless. Again, the plaintiff will need expert witnesses. Finally, they will need to prove the damages resulting from the birth injury, including medical expenses, permanent disability, pain and suffering, and more. The attorneys at The Law Offices of Marc L. Shapiro, P.A . are experienced in dealing with these cases and know how to compile the expert testimony needed to win. If you believe your child has been the victim of a birth injury, call us at (239) 649-8050 or visit our blog at AttorneyShapiro.com/blog to learn more about how we can help.
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