Show 50: Safety Dad, Travel Tools, Keeping Naps and Bedtime
February 15th, we’re talking to James Hirtenstein The Safety Dad and Founder Baby-Safe about the most dangerous rooms in our house, with Heather from Mom4Life about things to make traveling with kids easier, and with Jami Kent about sleep solutions when your baby thinks it is time to give up the nap!
Safety Dad
For more information on the most dangerous rooms in your house, check out James’ blog. The most dangerous rooms in the house are
- Kitchen
- Bathroom
- Child’s room
- all other rooms
What You Need in the Kitchen
- Latches: (Kidco S331 adhesive), (Swivel S333), (Gerber Spring loadedGIN-80034409)) Magnetic tot lock
- Stove Knob Locks: 5 pk (kid kushion P/N 9000)
- Appliance/Lazy susan All-Purpose Locking Strap (Kidco)
- Water cooler anchors-Simple L bracket with zip ties
What You Need in the Bathroom
- Toilet locks-Lid-Lock (P/N I-0240) Made by Mommys Helper
- Safety Tap (P/N Made by Safety Tap Inc.-Protects against access to hot water valve
- Locks-should be switched so the locking machanism is on the outside of the door so a child doesn’t get locked inside accidentally
- Scald guard-Automatic hot water shut off if gets too hot.
- Latch all cabinets-see above for brands
What You Need in the Child’s room/other rooms
- Furniture tipping- furniture safety brackets by Mommy’s helper Item # 91192-2
- Change door stops with white tips-use solid doorstops by Kidco #906
- Electrical outlets –Safe beginnings Sliding Safety Plate for Decorator Outlets, Item # 794-2
- Power Strip safety cover-Power Strip Safety Cover (P/N 40896) by Mommys Helper
- Blind cord cleats-Anti Choke Pack of Cleats (P/N FO330) by R H Rowley
- Anti-slam door mouse-protect fingers Door Mouse, 2 Pack (P/N ) by Kid Kushion
Traveling with With Kids–Tools to Make it Easier
Here are some of the products suggested by Heather from Mom4Life.
For Mom’s on the go, City Hopper created the “Hold-me” Bib. Originally the bib was designed to hold the ever dreaded, but often life-saving, binky. As our babies grow, and we grow as parents, we now realize that these bibs can hold just about anything with a ring. Sippy cups, teething rings, and favorite toys can easily be attached to the baby*, their strollers, and car seats. Retail price: $16.00
Peek-A-Boo Stuff, LLC has found a way to combine entertainment, education, quiet time, and style into a simple hand-held toy. Choose from three styles, all perfect for quiet play, especially road trips! There is even a detachable contents list for the parent (or older sibling) to use to prompt what item the child can look for next. Retail price: $15.00
Angel Guard Seatbelt Release Cover $19.00 for a set of two Problem Solved: This guard deters small children from disengaging the seat belt holding their car or booster seat in place. The AngelGuard is really popular with moms that have toddlers in booster seats. My kids are not at that sage yet so I haven’t used them myself because they can’t reach down that far but they have gotten great reviews from moms of those kids.
Babysparewear Travel Kit outfits to go $24.99-$42.00
Problem Solved: Always have a spare set of neutral, comfortable clothing (pants, short and long sleeve shirt) on hand in the car or diaper bag for accidents while traveling. You could certainly just put extra clothes in the car but moms seem to like the idea of a set of clothes that are specifically for emergency purposes ready to go in their own little bag that you can put the soiled clothes in if needed and they are a popular for putting in the dad’s car. The plain colors makes it so that if you just need to use the shirt or pants it will likely still look ok with what they were wearing.
OnTray 2Go Multifunctional Container $9.99
Problem Solved: An easy way to keep snacks, small toys, coupons, shopping lists and more close at hand and attached to the handle bar of your shopping cart.
Travelmate $89.00 Problem Solved: Leave your stroller at home when you travel by plane. This easy attachment to your car seat allows you to just take your bare necessities!
SippiGrip $6.99 Problem Solved: Stop your child from dropping, loosing or throwing their bottle or sippi cup with this durable, washable affordable adjustable strap that attaches to car seats, strollers
and high chairs.
Key Chain Wristlet $10.00 Problem Solved: Stop losing your keys. Keep them close at hand by just slipping them over your wrist and be ready to go when you get to your car allowing you to be more alert to your child and your surroundings!
Babeebrite Hands Free Mobile Light Source $14.95 Problem Solved: Allows you to do many things in the dark hands free. Perfect for clipping to your purse to find your keys, a book in a dark car, your shirt while changing a diaper and more! I like it for clipping on my purse, it is a great hands free light in the evenings and useful for getting in the car, finding my keys in my purse, etc. In Idaho it gets dark at like 4:00PM now!! So there are lots of times that I am out with the kids and it is dark so a small handy hands free light is nice. It is also durable enough that my kids can play with it.
How to Keep the Naps Going Strong
Jami has great tips so listen and learn!
