Author: Linda

It’s Day 5 of the 10-day Countdown for Don’t Drop the Baby! Dr. Lauren Kane is sharing 5 ways to prevent falls.

Falls in the elderly can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Here are five ways you can prevent falls – they’re easy and worth the effort!

1. Remove all throw rugs and small obstacles from hallways and floors. The first time my mother-in-law visited I walked a few feet ahead of her scooping up the throw rugs in her path. She must have wondered what the heck I was doing. haha
2. Don’t store anything in low cabinets that would necessitate bending over. It’s easy to lose your balance or have a dizzy spell if you bend over suddenly. It’s important to move from lying to sitting and sitting to standing slowly to give your blood pressure time to adjust.
3. Use a cane or walker, which has been appropriately sized for your height, strength, and mobility issue.
4. Make sure hearing aids and glasses prescriptions are up to date. Take pills as prescribed.
5. Exercise! Exercises for strength and balance are really important at any age –stretch calf muscles and shoulders, do knee bends to keep up the strength in your quadriceps/thighs so you can get up from a chair, lift light weights to maintain forearm strength and flexibility – you need it to wipe your bum and wash your hair, and practice balancing on one leg (safely) to maintain your ability to balance.

A bit about Don’t Drop the Baby ~

Dr. Brogan Corkie is happily semi-retired from medicine and now has time for other hobbies. Her passion for food is only second to her skill at matchmaking!

Ross Skye, owner of BabyCare, a high-end line of baby merchandise, is injured in an accident, and Brogan uses her cooking, medical – and matchmaking – skills to help him out. Dr. Lauren Kane is taking care of her nephew for two weeks, and Brogan agrees to babysit while Lauren is at work.

Two years ago, Ross and Lauren dated. At that time, Lauren wanted kids, but Ross wasn’t keen. Now the tables have turned, and Ross is trying to convince Lauren that they’d make an awesome parenting team. Brogan suggests they test drive parenthood by looking after a simulated baby for a week – a computerized version that eats, sleeps, wets, and cries. Ross and Lauren experience the “joy” of having a newborn firsthand, and the bar is set pretty low. Their first goal is: don’t drop the baby. The second goal is to find out if their love for each other will survive the test of…parenting.

Don’t Drop the Baby will be released on Feb. 4 for only 99cents – a bargooooon! Here’s the buy link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0847SFBFV

Stay tuned tomorrow for more Don’t Drop the Baby fun!

So excited to show you the cover for Don’t Drop the Baby! It’s dropping on Feb. 4!

Here’s a bit about Don’t Drop the Baby ~

Dr. Brogan Corkie is happily semi-retired from medicine and now has time for other hobbies. Her passion for food is only second to her skill at matchmaking!

Ross Skye, owner of BabyCare, a high-end line of baby merchandise, is injured in an accident, and Brogan uses her cooking, medical – and matchmaking – skills to help him out. Dr. Lauren Kane is taking care of her nephew for two weeks, and Brogan agrees to babysit while Lauren is at work.

Two years ago, Ross and Lauren dated. At that time, Lauren wanted kids, but Ross wasn’t keen. Now the tables have turned, and Ross is trying to convince Lauren that they’d make an awesome parenting team. Brogan suggests they test drive parenthood by looking after a simulated baby for a week – a computerized version that eats, sleeps, wets, and cries. Ross and Lauren experience the “joy” of having a newborn firsthand, and the bar is set pretty low. Their first goal is: don’t drop the baby. The second goal is to find out if their love for each other will survive the test of…parenting.

Don’t Drop the Baby will be released on Feb. 4. It’ll be 99cents – a bargooooon! Here’s the buy link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0847SFBFV

Stay tuned tomorrow for more Don’t Drop the Baby fun!

Day 7 of the 10 -day Countdown: Meet Ross Skye!

Hey, how’s it going? I’m Ross Skye, owner and CEO of BabyCare, a company that designs, manufactures, and sells a whole line of upscale baby products. I started the company after finishing university. It’s a bit ironic that I ended up making a living from baby products when – I don’t advertise this too broadly – I don’t have and don’t ever have plans to have kids of my own. I studied engineering and one of the competitions we had at school involved designing a functional and safe high chair. My team won the competition and the direction of my future was nailed. I went on to build a team of talented designers, engineers, and marketing professionals, and BabyCare was born. I’ve settled in Mapleton where I grew up – raised by Hampton Shorley. He’s my surrogate dad – and still is around to cook and take care of the house. Long hours and hard work are needed to build a successful company – and having Hampton around leaves me time for it. If you’re in Mapleton – and you have kids – drop by. We’re always looking for product testers. Better yet, look for BabyCare products wherever high-end baby merchandise is sold and support Mapleton. Until then, have a good one.

A bit about Don’t Drop the Baby ~

Dr. Brogan Corkie is happily semi-retired from medicine and now has time for other hobbies. Her passion for food is only second to her skill at matchmaking!

Ross Skye, owner of BabyCare, a high-end line of baby merchandise, is injured in an accident, and Brogan uses her cooking, medical – and matchmaking – skills to help him out. Dr. Lauren Ross is taking care of her nephew for two weeks, and Brogan agrees to babysit while Lauren is at work.

Two years ago, Ross and Lauren dated. At that time, Lauren wanted kids, but Ross wasn’t keen. Now the tables have turned, and Ross is trying to convince Lauren that they’d make an awesome parenting team. Brogan suggests they test drive parenthood by looking after a simulated baby for a week – a computerized version that eats, sleeps, wets, and cries. Ross and Lauren experience the “joy” of having a newborn firsthand, and the bar is set pretty low. Their first goal is: don’t drop the baby. The second goal is to find out if their love for each other will survive the test of…parenting.

Don’t Drop the Baby will be released on Feb. 4. It’ll be 99cents – a bargooooon! The buy link is https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0847SFBFV

Stay tuned tomorrow for more Don’t Drop the Baby fun!

Meet Dr. Lauren Kane from Don’t Drop the Baby!

Hi Everyone – Lauren here! I’m so pleased to meet you. I’m a geriatrician in Mapleton, a small town in Ontario. My favourite part of the job is visiting the elderly in their homes. I can learn so much about how their lifestyle affects their health. It certainly keeps me busy! I’m happily single and don’t have any children of my own, but I love spoiling my nephew who lives with my sister and brother-in-law in Mapleton. Joey is eleven months old – my how quickly they grow – and he’s lots of fun to be around (until I lose his beloved giraffe then not so much haha). Dr. Brogan Corkie and I have mutual patients – and I’ve heard that she’s traded in her stethoscope to cook up romance and fun. I’m hoping she’ll be able to help me out and babysit Joey for a couple of afternoons. She can save the matchmaking for someone else. Shoot me an email if you’re visiting Mapleton – I’ll show you around!

Here’s a bit about Don’t Drop the Baby ~

Dr. Brogan Corkie is happily semi-retired from medicine and now has time for other hobbies. Her passion for food is only second to her skill at matchmaking!

Ross Skye, owner of BabyCare, a high-end line of baby merchandise, is injured in an accident, and Brogan uses her cooking, medical – and matchmaking – skills to help him out. Dr. Lauren Kane is taking care of her nephew for two weeks, and Brogan agrees to babysit while Lauren is at work.

Two years ago, Ross and Lauren dated. At that time, Lauren wanted kids, but Ross wasn’t keen. Now the tables have turned, and Ross is trying to convince Lauren that they’d make an awesome parenting team. Brogan suggests they test drive parenthood by looking after a simulated baby for a week – a computerized version that eats, sleeps, wets, and cries. Ross and Lauren experience the “joy” of having a newborn firsthand, and the bar is set pretty low. Their first goal is: don’t drop the baby. The second goal is to find out if their love for each other will survive the test of…parenting.

I’m aiming to release Don’t Drop the Baby on Feb. 4 on Amazon. It’ll be 99cents – a bargooooon! As soon as I have the buy link, I’ll let you know.

Stay tuned tomorrow for more Don’t Drop the Baby fun!

Don’t Drop the Baby is dropping on Feb. 4. Meet Dr. Brogan Corkie!

Well, this is certainly a pleasure! I’m Dr. Brogan Corkie. I’m a mother, a doctor, and by far the most fun, an amateur chef. I’ve been experimenting with recipes for years using my two children, Mae and Finn, as guinea pigs. They’re onto me now, though, and it’s harder to convince them that the substitutions I make are going to be just as tasty. They generally are. 😀

They know me well at the International Market, a small grocery store within walking distance to my home in Mapleton, Ontario. I love to try unusual ingredients!

I’ve been a family physician for forty years now, and I’m thinking of paring back my hours at the clinic to make more time in the kitchen. My fridge and freezer are getting mighty full, so I may need to branch out and find more victims…er…taste testers. I always thought it might be fun to start a catering business, maybe combine my medical skills with my cooking skills and help people who are laid up at home, recovering from an illness or injury. It’s a possibility, but for now, I’m just going to sit back, relax, and try out that new recipe I saw online using pawpaw fruit and ginger. Sounds delicious…and who knows, maybe it’ll inspire a little love. I know just the couple who could use a little push in that direction. 😉 Stick with me, and we’ll see what mischief we can get up to!

A bit about Don’t Drop the Baby ~

Dr. Brogan Corkie is happily semi-retired from medicine and now has time for other hobbies. Her passion for food is only second to her skill at matchmaking!

Ross Skye, owner of BabyCare, a high-end line of baby merchandise, is injured in an accident, and Brogan uses her cooking, medical – and matchmaking – skills to help him out. Dr. Lauren Ross is taking care of her nephew for two weeks, and Brogan agrees to babysit while Lauren is at work.

Two years ago, Ross and Lauren dated. At that time, Lauren wanted kids, but Ross wasn’t keen. Now the tables have turned, and Ross is trying to convince Lauren that they’d make an awesome parenting team. Brogan suggests they test drive parenthood by looking after a simulated baby for a week – a computerized version that eats, sleeps, wets, and cries. Ross and Lauren experience the “joy” of having a newborn firsthand, and the bar is set pretty low. Their first goal is: don’t drop the baby. The second goal is to find out if their love for each other will survive the test of…parenting.

I’m aiming to release Don’t Drop the Baby on Feb. 4 on Amazon. It’ll be 99cents – a bargooooon! As soon as I have the buy link, I’ll let you know.

Stay tuned tomorrow for more Don’t Drop the Baby fun!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: Holiday Romance, that is! Here are some great holiday romances ideas, including 99c Perfectly Christmas, over at awesome author McKenna Dean’s blog. It’s HERE

Tuck, Dr. Quinn Malone’s adorable golden retriever, is in the spotlight at awesome author Marcia James’ Go Pets! blog! Comment to enter to win a free e-copy of Perfectly Christmas or one of Marcia’s e-books! It’s HERE