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The Fredericton Co-opHours of Operation:
Mondays 9am-6pm
Tuesdays through Fridays
9am-9pm Saturdays
9am-6pm Sundays
12-5
Gas Bar
Hours
Monday and
Saturday - 7:30 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday
thru Friday 7:30 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday - 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm.
The Medicine Shoppe is open Sundays 12:00 pm-5:00pm |
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Dear fredkid families:
The holiday season has arrived. Time to start your Christmas baking! This month we have a recipe contest! Please submit your favourite recipe for a chance to win a great prize. I have also included an easy 3 ingredient recipe to do with your kids.
Highlights of what's happening in December are also featured. There are lots of great holiday activities, many of which are FREE! Take advantage of this free fun with your family! If you know of anything happening for families please submit them here! (You'll need to login to fredkid to submit your event.)Take minute to read the Winter Car Seat article. It contains some really useful information on how to dress your tots in their car seats in winter!Continue to log on to fredkid daily, to view classified ads, participate in our forum, and find out what is going on, in our events calendar, there is always something new you won't want to miss!Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Halloween Everyone!
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Best Holiday Recipe Contest
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Easy Holiday Recipe to make with your fredkid
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 Fruit Dump Cake
This is an easy dessert for kids that doesn't require complicated measurements. Mom or dad will need to deal with the oven, and may need to help out with melting the butter for preschool age children, but otherwise, the youngsters can probably handle able to handle everything else about this simple, delicious holiday dessert recipe.
Ingredients:
- 2 20-ounce cans of your favourite fruit pie filling flavor, such as cherry, apple, peach
- 1 standard yellow cake mix
- 1 stick of butter
Cooking Instructions:
Dump the cans of pie filling into a 10 X 13 baking pan. Sprinkle the dry cake mix on top of the fruit. Melt the butter, and pour on top of the cake. Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees. Tastes great hot or cold, and is awesome with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
Check out other easy recipes @ hubpages.com
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Winter Car Seat Safety
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How to keep your little one safe and snug in his car seat this season
It's the time of year when Canadians are donning down-filled jackets and snowsuits to keep warm in the bitter cold. But did you know that the some winter outerwear can be dangerous if worn in a car seat? Read on for tips to keep your little one safe and snug this chilly season.
The compression factorWhen a child is placed in a car seat with a bulky jacket the harness straps are loosened to accommodate the thick material. Even though the straps appear to be tight, in the event of a collision, the bulky jacket or snowsuit can become compressed, causing the child to be ejected from the car seat or incur injuries from the slack in the harness straps.
Transport Canada issues this warning: Bulky snowsuits can affect the harness with respect to additional compressibility. When using winter clothing, ensure the harness system is tight, compressing the material to ensure a snug fit.
How safe are the insertable winter car seat bags that thread through the car seat's harnesses and are these safety-tested for use?Transport Canada warns against using car seat bags: Any additional padding ">behind the child can induce both slack in the harness and additional compressibility. The Standard, which regulates children's restraint systems, only allows for a certain amount of compressibility in the foam and material used. By increasing this amount, during a collision the additional foam/material can compress to the point that the harness system becomes very loose and therefore no longer is capable of restraining the child.
Child seat manufacturers state in their instructions not to use bulky clothing and never add anything between the shell of the restraint and the child. The padded car seat bag can re-route the harness system and add slack and increase compressibility. Check with the car seat manufacturer before using and ensure that the product does not compromise the harness routing path.
Also remember with all aftermarket products, there are no safety requirements applicable to these products in the Motor Vehicle Restraint Systems and Booster Cushions Safety Regulations. All manufacturers of child restraint systems and/or infant restraint systems state not to use any product that did not come with the restraint system unless manufactured specifically for that seat by the manufacturer themselves. This would also include head huggers and strap covers.
What about toddlers and preschoolers?Samantha Johnson, mother of three and a child restraint systems technician in Edmonton, says, "My four-year old son wears a sweater in his car seat, and we bring his coat along. Even though it seems like a pain, it's best for your child to take his coat off once he's in the car.
How do I know if my child's outerwear is too bulky?Put your child in his car seat with his winter jacket on and fasten and tighten the harnesses. If you can fit more than one finger between the strap and your child's collarbone once the jacket is removed, the straps are too loose and the coat is too bulky. Finding a thinner jacket specifically for use while in the car is the safest option and you can take along a heavier coat for when you need it out of the vehicle.
Source Transport Canada
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