Infant Toy and Product Safety
Review our important tips for safe products and toys before giving your baby any toys or products which may cause harm. Picking out the items on your baby registry is a lot of fun, but make sure to choose items that are safe for your baby too:
- Using one piece pacifiers eliminates the risk of the pieces coming apart which is a choking hazard. In addition, one piece pacifiers are easier to clean.
- Never attach pacifiers to a string, rope, or ribbon to prevent accidental strangulation.
- Inspect pacifiers and nipples often to ensure their integrity.
- Ensure clothing does not contain drawstrings since this is a potential strangulation hazard.
- Ensure that toys, clothing and other baby products do not contain small parts that can be removed and become potential choking hazards. If you are unsure, use the toilet paper roll test to check for potential choking hazards. Take the item in question and see if it can fit through an empty toilet paper roll. If it can, it’s a choking hazard.
- Provide age-appropriate toys.
- Inspect toys and other products that come in contact with your baby frequently for damage, potential choking hazards, and potential strangulation hazards.
- Do not use toys made prior to 1978 since these items may contain lead-based paint.
- Monitor for toy and baby product recalls.
- Research and review toy and product safety ratings before purchasing.
All the cute baby items are so tempting, it’s easy to get carried away. Just remember to put safety and function before style and you’ll do just fine!
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Do you have to give your breastfed baby infant vitamins?My pediatrician told me that since I breastfeed exclusively I should give my baby infant vitamin drops. I gave him some at first, and it seemed to make him sick (diarrhea, fever). Since then, I stopped giving him anything, just breastmilk. Is this okay? He is 14 weeks and weighs almost 16 pounds, so he looks healthy to me! Any suggestions?
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I buy the powder formula which costs less then the can stuff. I find that it lasts me 1 week for a big can and that cost me 15 – 25 bucks. Look around the stores and find the cheapest price and stick with that store. I find Walmart is cheapest here in canada.
there are a few things that have changed since your husband was a baby – just make sure she knows about laying the baby on the back to sleep instead of the tummy like they used to. and also make sure she knows child cpr. I have a close friend whose 4 month old had RSV misdiagnosed as a cold and if the baby sitter did not know how to do cpr then the baby would have died.
Sarah is right. The other two are just trying to mess you up.
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I'd talk to her doctor. Most babies who start out having trouble with cow's milk protein out grow it by one year but some do not. It's a good idea to see if your doctor thinks you should try the whole milk or just keep up with the soy!
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Your son has his nights and days confused. This is very common but very draining on the parents. All you need to do is keep him up as much as you can during the day. Both of my Children had this problem and I found if I kept them awake for as long as I could during the day they slept much better at night. SOme suggestions on keeping them awake during the day is to 1. limit how long their naps are only let them sleep for an hour AT THE Most 2. When they do wake up keep them up for hours at a time…this may seem hard to do but all you have to do is little things such as talkign to your infant changing their diaper,clothing,change their position etc
It's hard to watch other peoples kids because other people raise there kids differently (I know this is an infant). But how well do you know the parent? What is the Parent's expectations? I worked at a day care for several years and HATED it! I worked with 2 to 3 year olds. I didn't like it because of the parents not making there children mind. I have worked and low income day care for the state HATE IT, and I have worked at Private day cares for the high class (kids were great, parents were SNOBS). I watch my nieces and nephews while school is out and on brakes, I love my sister in-law but I always have to track her down to get my money which I don’t charge her but $10.00 a day because she is family and it’s only while school is out. She doesn’t pack the kids really good lunches with all the food groups. I stopped watching a friends kid because he never would pay me on time and never brought his daughters lunch or diapers. That is some things you need to think about. Good Luck….
I never did. I guess I'm a bad mom, but I never saw the point. If you're eating a healthy diet, getting plenty of calories and drinking plenty of water, your baby is getting what he needs. I'm not a doctor–like me, you can decide for yourself and your baby.
just last night we were out with our 9 month old untill 2 am. She's fine. she slept in this morning and will probably go to bed early tonight. we just don't make a habit of it.
I've always started offering baby food at four months. Start with one food, offer it for a couple days to ensure they are no allergies. As for juice, I did 9mos but I'm not a big juice fan. It's empty calories unless your doctor asks that you put your child on juice. Good luck!