This morning CBS The Early Show aired a segment about child safety. They featured several of our products that we sent to them last week. The show helped parents see the need for children to wear an ID product, containing parents cell phone numbers. The program showed that a wondering child alone was not helped for nearly an hour. However a loose dog was helped and returned in mere minutes. It included our teaching to tell your child “if your parent is lost find a mom with children and show her your ID and ask her to call your parent”.
Their segment showed our Child Locator, ID Bracelets and Shoe Tags from My Precious Kid. All of our wearable ID products are avaialble at My Precious Kid.
YOu can find the information on their segment HERE.
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1. BACK ONLY – Put the baby down on his/her back every time. When your baby rolls over by themselves it is fine. However still start them on their back for the first year.
2. BINKY – Put your baby to sleep with a binky/pacifier. This has been shown to reduce the SIDS rate. Start with one style of binky and use after every feed in the beginning weeks. Some learn it quickly; others take a bit of time. http://www.mypreciouskid.com/personalized-pacifier-binky.html
3. SWADDLE – Use a swaddle blanket that has closures (Velcro) so hands pushed up cannot put blanket over their face. At age 5-6 months or when they roll over in the swaddle, start swaddling 1 arm out. A few weeks later swaddle their body but leave both arms out. http://www.mypreciouskid.com/swaddle-blanket-sleep-sack.html
4. SLEEP SACK – When finished with swaddling, use a sleep sack, not blankets. Layer as needed for warmth with sleep sack the last item. If using with SWADDLE then dress in PJ’s, then sleep sack, then swaddle.
5. NO BLANKETS – No blankets or quilts in the bed until 12 months old. After child’s 1st birthday you may use one crib quilt with the bottom tucked under the edge of mattress so it cannot be pulled over the face.
6. NO STUFFED ANIMALS – At age 6 months you may add 1 small Taggie, “lovie” or small stuffed animal.
7. FAN – Use a fan in their room when sleeping (box fan toward the wall or a ceiling fan). This has found to reduce SIDS.
8. BUMPER PADS – Do not use regular fabric bumper pads. These are a suffocation hazard and not needed. If you want something to keep arms and binky’s in the crib get the Breathable Bumpers or Wonder Bumpers that allow airflow.
9. SWITCH POSITION – Each night switch which end their head is at. It helps develop their neck muscles as they look out the crib rails from both sides.
10. MOTION MONITOR – Motion Monitors provide great peace of mind. Monitors do NOT make it ok to put the baby on their stomach. Use motion monitors only with your baby is on its back. It will not prevent SIDS, but alerts to issues. The SNUZA monitor has vibration that may startle a baby to breathe. http://www.mypreciouskid.com/snuza-baby-movement-sids-monitor.html
11. CRIB ONLY – Use a safe approved crib or playpen, with tight fitting mattress. Do not put your child on a regular bed unsupervised. When traveling take a pack n play with you. AAP recommends no bumper pads in the crib, as it may be a suffocation hazard. http://www.mypreciouskid.com/breathable-bumpers.html
12. TODDLER BED – Do not move your child to a toddler bed or twin bed until at least 18-24 months old. Then use a gate at their door so you know they stay in the room at night. Also use furniture brackets to attach the furniture in their room to the wall so they are safe. And use a bed rail in the early days of sleeping in a big bed.
NOTE: If co-sleeping with your baby, be certain the baby is not near or under any blankets or pillows. Pull the mattress away from the wall, headboard and night stand for safety. And do not leave the baby sleeping in the bed when you get up. Never leave a baby unsupervized on your bed.
Do you have a child enrolled in preschool this fall but not yet potty trained? Are you feeling stressed knowing the school rules say they must be fully potty trained? Well we have the answers. There is a way to potty train your child in just a couple weeks or less. Some moms have used my system to potty train their child in 3 days! So where do you start?
1. Set a date to begin. Clear your schedule and plan to spend 3 full days with your child with no activities outside the home
2. Purchase 12 pairs of the thick cotton training pants (yes 12).
3. Get 12 small prizes for your child ( dollar tree is great option).
4. I usually get a larger gift as reward for 5 days dry.
5. Have a timer, food treats and a good attitude.
6. The day before you begin remove all diapers and paper pull-ups out of your house..
7. You will need 2 nylon covers (for night/nap)
8. I also let them watch a Potty video every day the week before.
9. A potty doll that wets helps the process along.
THE SYSTEM KEYS: Cloth underwear and timer
HOW IT WORKS: Train the DOLL to go Potty. CLOTH UNDERWEAR! Take the child to potty often. Set a timer. Give immediate positive reinforcement when they go in toilet. Practice walking to the potty, clean up and change clothes for every accident.
MY CHILD: With this system Haley did not go in potty at all first couple days. We quickly changed after every accident. She would grab herself and say uh-oh when she went since the cloth makes the feelings wet and uncomfortable. Third day she said uh-oh and had not gone in panties so I took her to potty and she went. We clapped, shouted, got a treat, called daddy! Over the next 3 days every day was less accidents and more successes. After a week she had it mostly down so I could take her out. I used nylon pants over cloth to protect when out and about.
DAY ONE: I taught Haley how to have the doll go potty in the big toilet rewarding the child when the dolly goes potty. We played this game off and on all day. Watch the video, and read potty books. This is the teaching day.
DAY TWO: POTTY PARTY: I tell her she is a big girl like dolly. Put her in CLOTH training pants give her lots to drink. Every half hour check panties. If dry praise then take her to potty. If goes in potty reward with candy or sticker and lots of praise. Expect lots of accidents the first couple days until they get the uh-oh and are still dry. REWARD EVERY SUCCESS! For every accident help her run to the potty and say Uh-oh we must potty in the toilet then help her change into dry pants. Practice walking back and forth from the place of accident to potty.
TIMER: Use your timer. At first I set it for 30 minutes. I take her in every 30 minutes until we have a dry day. Then I go to 45 minutes until we have a dry day. Then I move to 1 hour. I continue sending them to the potty every hour for several weeks. Then as they start asking to go potty you can move the timer to 1.5-2 hours.
BED TIME: For nap and bed put a sheet protector under the sheet. Put on two pairs of cloth training pants and vinyl pants over. Change them to dry panties immediately upon waking. Use vinyl pants over cloth training pants only when out in public or in bed.
CONTINUE for the next 2 weeks. Praise every success. Help change every accident quickly. At the end of 2 weeks you will be having more successes than accidents. I find most kids really get it in this 2 week period.
PULL-UPS VS CLOTH: I get asked often why they cannot use paper pull-ups. Every mom I have known training with pull-up takes 6-9 months. The child simply does not get the uncomfortable, out of control, wet feeling with paper. CLOTH is the only way (in my experience) to potty train in 2 weeks or less. It really is the key.
ACCIDENTS: You may experience accidents again a couple weeks after training is complete. The solution is simply to go back to using the timer (set for 60 minutes) again. Usually the accident occurs when the parent stops sending the child to the potty regularly. The timer is a reminder to the parent and the child that it is potty time.
Here is our new video on keep your children safe while on vacation.
How do I get my child to wear an ID on vacation?
1. Start having them wear it everyday for 2 weeks before the trip. When you put on shoes put on the ID.
2. Everyone has one. Even mom and dad should wear them. They will follow your example.
3. Put the ID where they can not see it. The dog tag can be hooked on a belt loop on the back of their jeans out of site. On toddlers the ID bracelet an be put on their ankle with their sock folded over it.
4. PRACTICE it every day. Tell them what to do if they lose mom or dad!
This morning CBS The Early Show aired a segment about child safety. They featured several of our products that we sent to them last week. The show helped parents see the need for children to wear an ID product, containing parents cell phone numbers. The program showed that a wondering child alone was not helped for nearly an hour. However a loose dog was helped and returned in mere minutes. It included our teaching to tell your child “if your parent is lost find a mom with children and show her your ID and ask her to call your parent”.![[del.icio.us]](http://www.mypreciouskid.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/delicious.png)
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