Kitchener–Waterloo Proud of Louse-y Service

Head lice service that is.  Lice Squad Canada Inc.  offers much-needed louse-y service to residents of Kitchener-Waterloo with products and services that safely and naturally eradicate lice and nits.

This established franchise is available for sale now.

Are you ready to start your own business? Good news - you don’t have to“start from scratch” with a Lice Squad Franchise. We provide the system, training, support and proprietary services and products – like our professional clinics and exclusive use in Canada of the Louse Buster™!

Women –run businesses make up 800,000 Canadian businesses - and women have a higher success rate.

The report tells us that 60 percent of self-employed women could be termed "lifestylers" – women who start a business to balance the demands of work and family. Does this sound like you?

What makes this one of the most rewarding careers and businesses? All-natural, pesticide free products, caring and desperately needed service. You will build community connections with schools, family associations and families and hear grateful comments like this:

“When we got lice a second time, I knew I couldn’t deal with it alone. The first time it had taken us two months to get rid of the problem. Thank heavens for Lice Squad. I called, a consultant came the next day and by the time she left we were all lice and nit free. The Louse Buster is an amazing machine.”   Sue, Barrie, ON

Or this from Rachel: “When my kids arrived at camp, they learned they had lice and I was told to call the Lice Squad. Thanks for saving the day! We were able to get same-day service and get them back to camp fast and lice-free.”



Louse Buster in Action

These days our service is needed more and more as lice become more resistant to pesticides AND we work to remove the health risk of pesticides from our children. This is a problem that affects 37% of children between 3-12 years of age. And it is even harder on Mom when she gets infested! Ever tried looking for head lice on your own head?

If this opportunity resonates with you and you can envision a future of running a business that truly serves other families, find out more at http://www.licesquad.com/index.php/franchising.html.



Another Fabulous Resource Brought to You From momstown.ca - Positive Parenting Solutions

Get Kids to Listen without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling!

momstown is excited to partner again with Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, to offer a free live training webinar on Tuesday, Feb 21st, 9-10 PM EST or 11 - 12 PM EST.  Choose your time! 

The webinar promises that we’ll walk away with concrete tools we can use the next day and see results. I know you'll be especially interested in learning the 5 R’s of Fair and Effective Consequences. You can watch, listen and even interact with our host, Amy. Participants are not required to have a webcam, only a computer with speakers.

You'll love the way this webinar is structured. Amy is right there LIVE, a video image of her is in the upper left corner of your monitor the whole time. As she talks with you, you'll watch her PowerPoint presentation that is packed with valuable information. She'll also stop to answer our questions about difficulties and needs when it comes to getting our kids to listen.

You will also have the option to write in specific questions and she’ll address them, right there for you!

All you have to do is RSVP (sorry due to limited ‘seats’, you MUST register on positive parenting) (http://www.positiveparentingsolutions.com/momstown) and then kick back and learn the proven strategies to Get Kids to Listen without Nagging, Reminding or Yelling!

Have a friend(s) that are not momstown members that you think could benefit from this training? Please Invite Them Too! Just share this registration link http://www.positiveparentingsolutions.com/momstown!!

A Little About Amy McCready

Parenting expert Amy McCready is the founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, which has empowered thousands of parents worldwide to correct their kids’ misbehavior without nagging, reminding or yelling.  Amy is a frequent guest on the TODAY show and has also appeared on Rachael Ray, CNN, Fox & Friends, MSNBC, and elsewhere.  A regular contributor to the TODAY Mom’s blog, Amy lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband and two sons. http://www.positiveparentingsolutions.com/momstown

Family Winter Fun Day at Steckle Heritage Farm

Family Day is just around the corner and momstown KW has the perfect event for you & your family! Winter Fun Day at Steckle Heritage Farm.

The Farm in the City!

FREE.   FARM.   FUN.   FAMILY. 

Why Do Babies & Children Need Probiotics?

momstown KW Asks Tania: Why Do Babies and Children Need Probiotics?

Probiotic means good bacteria or the literal translation is “for life”. Antibiotic means “against bacteria” or to eradicate life.

When it comes right down to it, probiotics are really just a way to help the digestive tract do what it is supposed to do. This is no less true with infants than it is with older children or with adults. In fact, probiotic use in infants may not only help your infant’s digestive tract, it may provide a variety of other health related benefits.

Probiotics are actually live bacteria. The bacteria in probiotics are the same types of bacteria that normally live in the digestive tract. These bacteria make up what is known as the “gut flora,” which is just a phrase that describes the environment of bacteria and other organisms that exist in the digestive tract. These are beneficial bacteria. These bacteria aid the gut flora in doing its job. They help with digestion. They help to absorb minerals and other sorts of nutrients. They help to synthesize vitamins. They even help to provide something of a barrier against harmful substances.

Why do babies, children and even adults lack this healthy flora in their guts?  Bacteria is passed during labour and birth to your baby, so if Mom has had a history of antibiotics (which kill the bad and good) she may have imbalanced flora. If baby has been in the hospital for a while or is not being breastfed your baby may be a good candidate for probiotic supplementation.  Babies lack a strong immune system for the first three months of life so healthy bacteria help to promote this!

Probiotics can even help to boost the immune system. In all of these ways, probiotics can help your infant’s digestive tract.

In turn, by helping your infant’s digestive tract, probiotics can help your infant in other ways. For example, colic in many babies seems to be related to problems in the digestive tract. By helping your infant’s digestive tract, probiotics may be able to reduce your baby’s crying. In addition to helping with colic, probiotics also can help protect your baby from eczema. In some cases, eczema is caused by a reaction to a food allergy.

In scientific studies, probiotics helped to prevent eczema outbreaks for as much as two years.

The very conservative journal Pediatrics published this year on how probiotics can reduce the duration and severity of Upper respiratory tract infections in 3-5 yr olds. Some of the highlights include: (these are improvements over control)

• 63% reduction of fever
• 54% reduction of cough
• 44% reduction in runny nose -also associated with ear infections
• 80% reduction in antibiotic use. WOW
• sick days reduced  from 6.5 to 3.4. That's a 3 day reduction!! What's a day off work worth?!

There is also a link via some initial studies that show probiotics can help reduce the symptoms of and also help with the severity of ADD and Autism.

Probiotics are naturally occurring in many foods we eat on our planet, however for many many reasons, we who live in North America lack these healthy bacteria in our diets, lifestyles and internal environments.

This article has been modified from: http://www.thelaboroflove.com/articles/how-do-probiotics-help-my-infants-digestive-tract/