Author: Jessica Saunders

  • Jessica Saunders

    Dayton Children’s new mommy safety blogger, Jessica Saunders is the community relations manager at Dayton Children's. She also serves as the coordinator of Safe Kids Greater Dayton and president of Safe Kids Ohio. In January, she became the proud mother of her beautiful daughter Mary Louise. As she goes through the ups and downs of new motherhood, she shares safety concerns and tips with the Dayton community!

A dangerous window of opportunity

Spring has finally arrived and it’s the time of the year when it feels great to open the windows and let that spring air in. As I shared in earlier blogs, we moved last summer and I’m learning as I … Continue reading

The “B” and microbiomes

As a mother there seems to be a variety of things I can feel guilty about – not spending enough time with my daughter, not feeding her the best food on a busy night or giving into one more television … Continue reading

View our new helmet video

Call me a safety geek – but I get so happy when I see kids (and parents) wearing bicycle helmets on the road.  Maybe it’s because we do so much education throughout the year about the importance of helmets in … Continue reading

We ought to do better

It’s the start of trauma season and without a doubt there is more that we can do to keep our kids safe – one is ensuring they always wear a bicycle helmet. This week State Senator Shannon Jones has a … Continue reading

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