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Lifting Little Ones: Back Tips for Parents and Grandparents

Carrying a toddler on one hip, leaning into a car seat, scooping a child off the floor twenty times a day. For parents, and for the many grandparents in north Broward who help with childcare, these small lifts add up. They are rarely heavy on their own, but they are frequent, awkward and often done while twisting. Why childcare strains the back A child does not hold still like a box. They wiggle, lean and suddenly shift their weight. Lifts often happen from the floor,