A
free online resource crammed with advice about compiling
a Health and Care Checklist !
A
Health and Baby Care Checklist !
The following Health and Care Checklist will really help you to get organised.
Print a copy and check the items off of your checklist !
1 Thermometer ( thermoscan )
1 Box Q-Tips
1 Pack Cotton Balls
1 Bottle Rubbing Alcohol or wipes (for umbilical cord care)
1 Nasal Aspirator
1 Petroleum Jelly
1 Infant Acetaminophen
1 Medicine spoon
1 Medicine dropper
1 Diaper rash ointment
1 Petroleum Jelly
1 Box Q-Tips
1 Pack Cotton Balls
1 First-aid kit
1 Disinfecting hand soap
1 pair of blunt nail scissors
1 Infant nose drops
1 Infant cold drops
2-4 pacifiers
1 Teething gel
1 Pain Reliever / Infant drops
2 Health and Baby Care Books
Click the
following link for a comprehensive list of ideas for
New Baby Gifts.
Health
and Care
The Health and care of your baby boy or
girl will be a major priority. The items listed above will ensure that your
medicine cabinet is filled with all of the basic requirements to help you with
the health and care of your new arrival. Telephone numbers of Doctors and
other Health care professionals need to be at hand for any emergencies - It
might help to put a copy of these in your medicine cabinet.
Health
and Baby Care Books
There are numerous books available on the
subject of an infant's health. We recommend that you buy two of them ! As
every new parent will confirm you will go into a near panic if your newborn
appears to be unwell or is just behaving in a way that you are not used to or
are unsure of! This situation happened to me when my son had hiccoughs for the
first time! It sounds ridiculous now but at the time I didn't know what to do!
(If you're wondering the answer is, of course, that you do nothing - the
hiccoughs just go!) I referred to my Health and Care books regularly
and found them extremely useful - the reason we recommend two books is that
they enable you to double check anything that you're not sure of. If you have
any health doubts at all then contact your Health Care Professional.
New Born Baby Checklists - A Necessary evil !
It's amazing how much equipment and how many items that you need to prepare for the
arrival of a newborn ! A newborn baby's checklist is
essential - take a look at the following quotes...
"It sometimes happens, even in the best of families,
that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits
about you and borrow some money !" ~
Elinor Goulding Smith.
"A baby's a blank cheque made payable to the human
race." ~
Barbara Christine Seifert.
"If your baby's "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma."
~
Theresa Bloomingdale
We
hope that they bought you a wry smile ! ( Please click the following link if
you want to see some more Funny Baby Quotes - they're great! )
Checklists for New Born Babies !
We have tried to compile a really useful set of checklists indicating quantities as
well as content. We have also added useful information on each category such
as the sections on this page relating to baby health and care. The newborn checklist, or layette
checklists, have
been categorised into the following sections - please click the link of your
choice for more useful and non commercial information:
