Baby Gate Safety

If your baby gate is not new it’s best to do a little research on it’s safety.

Please beware buying or borrowing a used baby safety gate! Older models are not always up to this year’s laws and regulations. Keep in mind those laws and regulations can change on a year
to year basis. Manufacturers are obligated to stay up with these new regulations, but your neighbor down the street is not! One way to stay up on these new laws and regulations yourself is to register your product or register it’s warranty with the manufacturer. Once you are registered you
will receive notification by email or mail of any recalls on the product or new information for upgraded hardware, etc. If you have a baby gate you bought a few years ago, contact the manufacturer with model number to inquire about current usage guidelines (model number should be stamped or printed on the product) you can also look it up and see if there is any CPSC recall attached to the product.

Also consider: will you use a pressure-mounted gate? Or a hardware-mounted gate? Pressure mounted gates are less expensive and are just as safe as permanent gates; if they weren’t, they
wouldn’t be sold in the United States! The limit to pressure mounted gates is that you have to put them up and down constantly, OR step over them! Pressure-mounted gates can tear up drywall, texture and paint jobs, due to the repetitive motion of putting up and taking down. Permanently mounted gates, though making holes in your walls are actually less damaging to these
areas. They can be easily repaired, even years later, and retextured and repainted.

Baby gates, when used correctly, are excellent tools for busy parents. Follow all mounting and/or installation instructions. If lost or unreadable, most instructions are available online. Be sure to follow all specifications for use and storage.

Please take a moment to visit our eBay store for a look at North States Industries and Kidco, inc. gates.

A brand new product is helping to save the day for moms, dads and grandmas everywhere (not to mention your little baby or toddler!) Nuby has a wonderful pacifier holder (I’m calling it Baby’s Binky Box) that allows you to take your baby’s binky when not being used and store it in a prominent place where you will know it’s whereabouts at all times.

Two pacifiers safely tucked away inside the nuby pacifier holder.

Two bug pacifiers getting ready to be tucked away inside.

This valuable plastic lifesaver has come to the rescue many times when my 6 month old granddaughter Ava is demanding her binky right before falling asleep. No more “where’s the binky” screams in our house. We know where hers is and we have spares.

Nuby pacifier holder attached to Precious Moments diaper bag

The Nuby pacifier holder can attach to just about anything. There is no clip. You just pull the plastic handle out a little bit and it fits around your purse strap, your diaper bag strap, your changing table leg, your keyring, your stroller, in your purse, in your diaper bag, to your pants belt, to your baby’s car seat belt, wherever you can think of putting several of them with extra binkys to save the day!

Nuby pacifier holder attached to purse

The nuby pacifier holder, Baby’s binky box, is hand washable with warm soap and water and comes in rainbow colors. No pinks, just rainbow. . . red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. All unisex colors that both boy and girl baby’s will love.

Don’t pass this one up. When you buy a set of binkies, buy a nuby pacifier holder. It will really come in handy and it makes a great gift. You can find them on of course under keywords, nuby pacifier holder.

With your baby on the way or already home you are experiencing the greatest joys of being a parent. As parents of 4 children, we are happy for you.

With the excitement comes that other part of life, Worry. The stress of so many baby product choices and which is best for our baby and of course new parents worrying.

The biggest benefit of a baby monitor is to help calm your worries. The advent of video and audio baby monitors makes taking care of your baby and keeping up with everything else much easier. Whether its nap time or bedtime, you know what is going on with out disturbing your sleeping baby. You can take a moment to yourself or take care of tasks around the house.

Using your baby monitor does not stop when your precious baby has grown into a child. As crawling, walking and playing independently become routine, your monitoring system is still very useful.

There are 3 main types of baby monitoring systems

Audio
This style of monitor lets you listen to your baby from another room. There is a microphone transmitter unit for the babies room and a portable receiver unit for the parent.

Audio and Movement
This includes an audio transmitter for sounds, a movement sensor pad you place under your baby, and a receiver unit. The sensor pad sends an alarm signal when there is no movement. While it may seem that your baby is perfectly still when sleeping, she really isnt. Movement sensors detect your babys slightest, even while sleeping. An alarm will sound alerting your to check your baby only after being still for a short time, typically 20 seconds. This is a good option if video monitoring is not your need.

Video and Audio
With these monitors you can hear your baby and see your baby in the light or in the dark. Small portable cameras that can be mounted include the video camera, microphone and infrared sensors. Picture quality will vary depending on the home wireless environment and quality or cost of picture monitor. Picture quality and definition will not be as good as television cable, digital cable or satellite service.

Video and Audio Baby monitors are the most popular and come with a wide variety of options. Black and White, Color, Wireless, Wired, Small Portable Screens, Hand Held, Small Counter Top TV style receivers, Flat screens.

With our experience here are the key options to consider.

Signal Range
Most baby monitors work great in home and apartments. If your home is large or want to take the parent receiver outside, choose a system that meets your needs. All systems work great when there is nothing but open air between transmitter, camera unit, and receiver, audio and video monitor. Closer is better. The more walls and distance you put between the units, clarity of reception diminishes. Most systems operate very well in the 100 to 300 foot range in the average home setting.

Signal Frequency
This is an important topic to evaluate so that the system will work in your home environment so you may hear and see your baby. The most common causes of interference are microwaves ovens, cordless phones and wireless Internet routers. In most cases adjusting placement of the various wireless systems in your home so as to not cross paths on a direct line will eliminate or minimize interference. Most wireless Baby Monitor systems come with multiple channels to help reduce interference. A system advertised as 900 MHz with two channels will have 2 frequencies, say 909 MHz and 921 MHz. This way you can evaluate each wireless system and set them on different frequencies. In addition, most cordless phones and wireless routers have channel options.

At our place of business, we have two offices. One office computer is LAN line hardwired and the other office computer is 2.4 GHz wireless Internet. We have two cordless phones, one 900 MHZ, one 2.4 GHz. Plus a microwave and our cell phones. We are able to operate each wireless Baby Monitor we sell in this wireless environment by making any needed positioning or channel adjustments.

Congratulations on your new baby!

The Rainforest open Top Take-Along Swing measures about 23″ high and has two carry handles on the left & right sides, has a palm tree mobile with two hanging plush toys.

This product can pose an entrapment hazard to occupants of the swing.

If you own one of these swings or are thinking of buying one for your infant, please read this guide so that you will be informed of the hazard and which model number of these swings that it pertains to.The Rainforest Open Top Take-Along Swings have a model number that contains a letter and 4 numbers which is stamped into the plastic. The model that is recalled contains the letter K. If it does not have the letter K within the model number, then the recall does not pertain to that swing.

For more information or to confirm your model number you may call Fisher-Price at 1- 888-303-5638 Mon.-Fri. between the hours of 9a.m. and 7p.m. Eastern Time, or Sat between the hours of 11a.m.-5p.m. Eastern Time. Or go to the Fisher-Price web site and click on recalls and you will find all of the information there. If you own one of these swings, Fisher-Price provides information and help at their web site for returning a swing - they will send you a shipping label for returns and not to worry, you won’t need a large box..

I know of this swing firsthand and watched an infant at the age of 5 1/2 months and 15 lbs. grab the outer bar to pull himself up and to the side, forcing the swing seat itself go back, tilting so as he would have fallen out of the swing, face first to the floor ( even though he was strapped in, due to the fact there are no shoulder straps) Luckily we were right there beside the infant so he was not injured, but can you imagine what could have happened?

Please pass this information along to spread the word about not only this recall, but all others you may be aware of, and help to keep infants and children safe from harm. If this guide has helped you, let it be known, and possibly we can spread the word a little faster to others with infants.

Thank you for taking the time to read this guide, and don’t forget to pass on the information!

As we all know, color trends like fashion trends tend to repeat themselves. Well, guess what, the 60鈥檚 and 80鈥檚 are coming back鈥?in color! The Mod look from the 1960鈥檚, the 1980鈥檚 Neon Colors, and 鈥楴ot So Traditional鈥?Pastels, are being seen in crib bedding and nursery d茅cor.
These eras had interesting and memorable color. For example, the 1960s had bright lively colors, especially jewel tones, and used strong primary and bold secondary colors. The 1980s began with some bright cheerful jewel tones, but by mid decade, the rise of street style saw black reduce the color palette to a shade card almost as dull as camouflage. Luckily, it is the neon鈥檚 of the 1980鈥檚 that are popular once again.
For girls there is focus on punk pink, bright cherry red as well as fuchsia and violet. For boys the trend is toward the color combinations like neon yellow and acid green.
Inspired by Pop Art, the 1960鈥檚 Mod Inspired colors include saturated orange, pink, red, and brown as well as royal blue and yellow.
The 鈥楴ot So Traditional鈥?Pastels continue the metallic trend and include soft background neutral colors for girls, and silver and gold tones for boys. Also gaining popularity are splashes of quartz orange and sand tones for boys, and shell pink and robin’s egg blue for girls.
The latest colors to choose from include: dusty apricot, old gold, mustard yellow, honey, yellow gold, banana cream, topaz, burnt ochre, camel, stone, sepia, peach, orange, brown, bronze, chestnut, tobacco, wood tones, cocoa, chocolate, ballet pink, bright pink, rose, sugar pink, dusky pink, hot fuchsia pink, coral, chili red, berry, scarlet pepper, garnet, bordeaux, burgundy, beetroot. Green is becoming very big and luckily there are many shades to choose from; lettuce, cucumber, avocado, asparagus, clover green, kiwi, pea green, moss green, leaf green, pistachio, olive green, parsley green, Kelly green, sage, mint, basil, bay, ivy, pine, emerald, and jade. Greens also range into the blue side of the spectrum from sea green to aquamarine, ice blue, pale blue, denim blue, and sapphire. Purple and lavender will abound with shades such as lilac, lavender, true purple, amethyst, violet, aubergine, and grape. Of course black, cream, oyster, white, and ivory are always beautiful accents to any color theme.
With so many fun and exciting colors, it is easy to incorporate them into your home and avoid those primary colors typically used for juveniles.
Recently, Designer Show House featured a baby nursery done in white, bright greens and fuchsia. The room included a skirted crib, topped with a sheer white canopy. The furniture was hand-painted with a fun mix of florals, checks, and dots. The hip colors and vibrant patterns, however, were cooled with white in the flooring, trim, and fabrics.
For nurseries, the trend seems to be going away from a room that baby will outgrow quickly to creating a room that baby can grow with.
When decorating the nursery, consider the existing style of your home. If you are working with a traditional home, choose a softer color palette that works with the rest of the house. If your home is more modern, then a bright color palette would be more in keeping with your d茅cor.
With all this in mind, it is most important to have fun. Happy decorating!

The actual task of decorating a baby鈥檚 nursery is simple. It鈥檚 choosing the right style of decor from all of the available options that is the most difficult part of the process. There are hundreds of popular nursery themes that have ruled the roost for a long time and for good reason. Decorating a room using themes is easy, but some of the modern baby bedding collections have no obvious theme. What鈥檚 a mom to do? How do we decide whether to stick with themes or go with color schemes for the nursery design?
In my opinion, the best way to decide is to get personal鈥?BR>For instance, is your husband a fan of NASCAR? Have you daydreamed about tucking your baby girl into a crib that鈥檚 been decorated with pink, princess bedding straight out of Cinderella? The baby鈥檚 nursery theme is probably more important to you than it is to your sleeping infant at the moment. There is no harm at all in using decorations and themes that are extensions of your own personality for the first few years and you can be assured that whatever your vision of the perfect baby theme, there are bedding collections with matching room decorations. That鈥檚 part of the appeal of this style of decorating, it鈥檚 very easy.
Perhaps color is more important to you than any given nursery theme. Carefully chosen color schemes can seamlessly blend your baby鈥檚 space with the rest of your home鈥檚 decor. Soft and subdued color combinations can be used to create a space that鈥檚 elegant and sophisticated. Bright primary colors in bedding and wall decorations give the feel of a space bouncing with laughter and fun. Do you want your nursery to be a retreat filled with peace and tranquility or would you be more at home in a carefree area designed for fun and horseplay? A beautiful white on white nursery is lovely, but do you really want to spend your child鈥檚 first few years worrying about every little stain?
As with all decorating decisions, there may be a way to get the best of both styles of decor. It鈥檚 possible to adapt nursery themes to various baby friendly color schemes. A princess nursery theme does not have to be pale pink. You can still have that princess theme room even if you prefer a cool color combination with shades of blue and green. The same goes with for lots of other themes. Lay a decorative foundation using the color scheme you like and then choose coordinating accessories in your chosen theme. You may have to paint a few decorations yourself, but that鈥檚 a small price to pay to have the best of both worlds.

SOME 鈥淢UST HAVES鈥?FOR THE NURSERY:
Places to Sit, Rest, Play - Make the most of every bit of the room’s space.
Stations for Baby’s Needs:
Try a shelving tower as home to audio equipment: instruments, a personal DVD player, DVDs, and a video baby monitor receiver. You can wall-mount the camera in a corner of the room. The other side of the bookshelf holds quiet-time items including books, a caddy for pacifiers, and a blanket.
A Pretty (& Practical) Color Scheme:
Walls painted in a neutral but sunny hue can be decorated with removable decals and custom artwork in the same kaleidoscopic colors as the room’s fabrics. This will make room re-dos easy as baby gets older.
Fun, Funky Artwork:
Baby-safe acrylic (found in frame shops) protects the colorful framed art. Don’t want to shell out for one-of-a-kind collages? Create your own by using decoupage to layer tissue paper in a design that goes with your theme.
The “Stinky Station鈥?
The all-important Diaper Genie makes it less so. A soft-sided changing pad on top of the dresser-turned-changing table converts to a fun play mat for the floor.
A simple shelf above the changing table makes a smart spot for storing fragile toys, special artwork, and essential supplies such as a pacifier or tube of diaper-rash cream.
More Playful Fabrics:
Babies and toddlers love items they can grab and play with, try a pillow with securely attached pom-poms!