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May 2021 Moms
mrosek91
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Product Spotlight: Health and Safety
mrosek91
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Happy Monday! Today I'm asking for contributions to discuss generally on the topic of Health and Safety, which admittedly is a pretty broad topic! How do we keep our babies healthy? How do we keep our babies safe? That's like, all of parenthood!
I think in a most immediate sense, let's think about stocking our first aid kits and medicine cabinets: what kind of thermometer do you have for babies? Do you use Infant Tylenol or Advil? If so, when? For a fever, or discomfort, or teething? If the baby is congested, do you use one of those manual bulb snot-extractors or do you swear by the Nose Frida? (And... on the other end... have you tried the Windi?) And speaking of gassy babies, do you use any products for that, like gripe water? How about keeping those sharp little talon nails safe from scratching their face? Do you clip, file, bite, or use one of those motorized kits?
And then there are outlier items that most people may not stock but some people love, and may even be controversial: do you have an owlet monitor? Humidifier/air purifier? Crib-rail covers for baby to chew on?
The big safety topic down the road is baby-proofing, which we will likely discuss once our babies are out and mobile, but if anyone has pressing advice or product recs to share with FTMs to keep in mind for the future, don't hesitate to speak up!
Prior and upcoming product spotlights
I think in a most immediate sense, let's think about stocking our first aid kits and medicine cabinets: what kind of thermometer do you have for babies? Do you use Infant Tylenol or Advil? If so, when? For a fever, or discomfort, or teething? If the baby is congested, do you use one of those manual bulb snot-extractors or do you swear by the Nose Frida? (And... on the other end... have you tried the Windi?) And speaking of gassy babies, do you use any products for that, like gripe water? How about keeping those sharp little talon nails safe from scratching their face? Do you clip, file, bite, or use one of those motorized kits?
And then there are outlier items that most people may not stock but some people love, and may even be controversial: do you have an owlet monitor? Humidifier/air purifier? Crib-rail covers for baby to chew on?
The big safety topic down the road is baby-proofing, which we will likely discuss once our babies are out and mobile, but if anyone has pressing advice or product recs to share with FTMs to keep in mind for the future, don't hesitate to speak up!
Prior and upcoming product spotlights
Re: Product Spotlight: Health and Safety
https://www.amazon.com/Playtex-6-Piece-Baby-Healthcare-Kit/dp/B01BZNFKKU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=playtex+healthcare+kit&qid=1610397739&sr=8-1
It's so convenient to throw in the diaperbag and I use most of the pieces frequently. I haven't used the medicine spoon yet, but medicine dripper was useful when I need to measure very small quantities of a store brand children's liquid acetaminophen when my DS was little. And I use the nail clippers a lot, very convenient.if I don't use it every three days he grows sharp claws. I don't really use the slicone bulb, but sometimes as a chew toy, my DS likes the feel of the silicone a lot.
I never used crib rail covers for chewing on, however sometimes I wish I had something because my DS has actually biten off chunks from the top bar of the crib.
I always just used a basic rectal thermometer. She really didn’t get sick except maybe once her first year though. We did infant Motrin a handful of times for either fever or teething.
I my experience the gas drop/gripe water just don’t work. We even tried a fennel extract & nothing ever really helped except pumping her legs to release gas. We had major tummy issues though and I had to cut dairy to resolve, so maybe they work for mild gas 🤷🏻♀️
The nose frida is gross but works splendidly. It's your baby so you'll do whatever you need to do!
*Rainbow 8/2015*
*Expected Rainbows 12/2018*
*Loss of Twin 5/2018*
Big Owelet fans here. DS wore it every night until he was about 9 months, then he would kick it off so we stopped using it. It did start to do funny things toward the end like it would randomly go off because it lost connection but I'm not sure if that was because he was moving more or our WiFi wasn't always great in that house. We loaned it to my BFF and she hasn't said anything so hopefully it's fine! I do need to get it back tho 😂
We had a forehead/ear thermometer and it doesn't work at all. We also had a regular cheap one and that worked fine for under the arm.
We use baby tylenol here and only really used it for fevers. Once DS started teething, we used it then too, but he was a really bad teether...high fevers and super fussy the day before a new tooth so we were constantly thinking he was sick.