When your baby is safe everyone sleeps better!

Baby Bath Tubs
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Baby Locks
Thermometers
Bed Rails
Outlet Covers
Safety Gates
Shopping Cart Covers
Sleep Positioners
Safety Harnesses
  


Baby health and baby safety is a very important aspect of raising and caring for infants. Today there are all kinds of gadgets and accessories to help people to better protect their babies. This is a definite money making industry since our babies are so dear to us and we would do anything to keep them safe and healthy.

Baby monitors come in many styles and designs but basically a baby monitor allows you to keep an eye on your baby and monitor your baby's safety from afar. There are now two basic types of baby monitors; Audio baby monitors and video baby monitors. Audio and video baby monitors come in sets of two. With an audio baby monitor you can here when your baby wakes up or if he starts coughing. Video baby monitors allow you to see your baby when you can't be by his side. You simply position the monitor securely in a way that it transmits a clear view of the baby's crib and you can glance at your monitor whenever you like to be reassured that your baby is safe and secure.

Baby locks are another important accessory for protecting babies from harm. There are baby locks for refrigerators, toilets, cabinets and much more. Baby locks can be frustrating to adults at times and you may want to sit down with all members of the household and explain to them how baby locks work, how to unlock them and remind them of the importance of relocking things when they are finished with them so that the baby doesn't get into things.

Thermometers should be at the tip of your fingers if you have a baby. Immediately knowing if your baby has a dangerously high temperature can save your babies life. There are special thermometers for babies and special methods for taking a baby's temperature.

Bed rails on baby cribs and baby beds should be tested for strength and safety regularly, once your baby graduates to a regular bed there are bed rails you can attach to the bed that fold down when not in use. If you have a baby that sleeps in your bed a baby bed rail attached to your bed will save you much heartache and worry and you wont be awakened by the awful sound of your baby's head hitting the floor once he has rolled of the bed followed by his heart-wrenching pain filled screams.

The importance of outlet covers cannot be stressed enough. When you have a baby around, all outlets must be covered. Infant's fingers are so small and although adults couldn't get a fingernail into one of the holes of an electric socket, babies can get the first joint or more of a finger in it, they could put their mouth on it, or stick their tongue in or on it causing harm and possibly death by electric shock. Babies are attracted to outlet covers because they look like a face to babies. Look into the available types of outlet covers on the market.

There are many other accessories available to insure your child's health and safety such as safety gates, shopping cart covers, sleep positioners, and safety harnesses. Safety gates can be placed in doorways and at the bottoms and tops of stairs to keep your baby from falling down the stairs or going in to possibly dangerous areas. When it comes to your baby's health and safety, there are many items available to make protecting your baby easier.

6/12/2004

limbnapping

- no name yet @ 12:14 am

She's been entertaining herself for twenty whole minutes!
I can't contain my excitement.
Thanks bouncy, vibrating, music-playing, light-flashing seat.

::baby crying in the background::

I knew she'd cry before I could post this.
Ahh well, it's progress.

I will reclaim my limbs! (eventually)

6/8/2004

still paranoid

- no name yet @ 10:51 am

My mom is crazy.

She's almost eight weeks old, but I?m still as paranoid as ever about her delicate little self.

The night before last, I stayed up until 6:15am waiting for a snot to come out of her nose because I was afraid she might not get enough oxygen and stop breathing in her sleep.

Just in case that wasn't clear, allow me to emphasize, I pulled an all-nighter because my daughter had a booger in her nose.

That is all.

6/4/2004

the big wheel keeps on turning

- no name yet @ 11:40 pm

Well, my mother has been out of the hospital for a little over 24 hours now, and she seems to be doing fine for someone with her condition. She?s going to be okay, but she?ll never be the same. Better that than the alternative. She?ll have four months of outpatient care and will have to take several heart medications for the rest of her life. My mother has entered the stage of life called ?old-person maintenance? and it was a shock to us all.

I talked to my mother about it, and perhaps she was the most shocked of us all. She told me that as she lay there on the table getting an angiogram (dye injected in your main arteries that you can see on a screen, showing where the blockage is occurring in your arteries) she was still convinced that the chest pain and exhaustion were simply caused by anxiety and that she was wasting hospital resources by being there. Three minutes later they told her her options were stents or open-heart surgery and asked her to make a decision and sign a waver on the spot, as they had to take action immediately.

I'd like to publicly apologise for questioning and doubting my mother's husband. Perhaps he didn't react in the way that I expected that he should, and perhaps he wasn't 100% available, but jesus who the fuck am I to judge how he should react?! It occurred to me that he was probably terrified of losing his wife. He has already lost two wives to serious illness. Could you imagine? Losing not one, but two wives, and then being lucky enough to meet one more wonderful person whom you could imagine spending the rest of your life with, marrying her, selling your house and moving to a new city with her, and then less than three months after you move, only days after your 2nd wedding anniversary, you're in the ICU with her? I was worried sick and angry that my mother was seriously ill; I misplaced that anger because it was easier to focus it there than on the situation at hand. enough said.

Overall, it's really not the end of the world. In all likeliness, my mom will live for many, many more years, but it's still nothing short of disturbing to have a parent's mortality shoved in your face. I mean, grandparents get sick and die; parents are strong and knowledgeable and always there to love and support you when you need them. Let's not even investigate the suggestion that if you've passed the point where your grandparents have died, and have reached the point where your parents are having serious health issues, the implication is that, ahem, well, who do you think is next?

6/2/2004

mama's mama

- no name yet @ 12:21 am

My doctor's appointment today went okay. She ordered me to get more sleep or risk worsening my potential-PPD (not yet diagnosed - they're "monitoring my mood"). Yeah, I'll get right on that... as soon as Mary Poppins gets here to look after my child and other responsibilities.


 

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