As our little baby bean gets older I can see how she can get herself in trouble. She already scratched her face with her nails numerous times and hit her little noggin on the edge of the table. So it got me thinking it is definitely time to get my little bean’s first aid kit together. So armed with CVS coupons, I am setting out to grab necessary items for her first aid kit.
• Infant and/or child thermometers (both digital and ear or rectal).
• Children’s and infants’ non-aspirin liquid pain reliever (acetaminophen), as recommended by your pediatrician.
• Topical calamine lotion or hydrocortisone cream (1/2 percent) for insect bites and rashes.
• Rubbing alcohol to clean thermometers, tweezers, and scissors.
• Petroleum jelly to lubricate rectal thermometers.
• An antiseptic skin cleaner, such as Hibiclens (don’t use hydrogen peroxide, which causes tissue damage).
• Antibacterial cream, also for cuts and scrapes.
• Tweezers for removing splinters and ticks.
• A pair of sharp scissors.
• Pediatrician-approved children’s-strength liquid decongestant.
• Nasal aspirator bulb (not a pointy-ended ear syringe).
• An assortment of adhesive bandage strips in various sizes and shapes (for children’s sensitive skin, , get the less-sticky kind).
• Gauze rolls (1/2 to 2 inches wide).
• Gauze pads (2 by 2 and 4 by 4 inches).
• Adhesive tape.
• Sterile cotton balls.
• Cotton-tipped swabs.
• Mild liquid soap (most antibacterial and deodorant soaps are too strong for babies’ sensitive skin).
• An oral syringe or calibrated cup or spoon for administering medicines to infants and children.
• A hot-water bottle and an ice pack.
• A small flashlight to check ears, nose, throat, and eyes.
• First-aid manual
• Rehydration fluids, such as Pedialyte.
In addition to the items listed on this list you should also have a little print out of the important phone numbers within the kit, so it’s readily available when you need it.
- family doctor and/or pediatrician
- local children’s hospital
- American Association of Poison Control Centers’ national emergency hotline: (800) 222-1222
- Your local police, fire, and rescue squad
- emergency contact information(such as your work number, closest neighbor, friend)
Well- it looks like rock climbing is more difficult than balancing on one of those cement parking blocks. (who makes those anyway, they must be millionaires.) Anyway, I did my rock climbing and got hurt. It seems the more body weight you are trying to climb with the more stress and strain it creates on your body. Who would have thunk it??? I was grasping for a hold and heard a huge pop in my right wrist. It hurts to the point where I can no longer hold little M in my right hand alone.One of my friends at work told me to exercise my wrist with a 2 pund dumble to strengthen all the muscles around the wrist. I hope it works
and these are one of the best.
