NMNB 11 - Tips for Newborn Daycare

05/27/09 • 25 min

New Moms, New Babies: Tips, Tricks, Sanity Savers

Your baby is the light of your life and you wouldn't trust just anyone to care for him. NMNB is here with tips, tricks and sanity savers for finding daycare for your baby. How to choose a daycare provider? Background checks and nanny cams. Plus, the importance of your provider keeping a journal, deal breakers and how to FIRE after a care provider has disappointed you.

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NMNB 10 - Child Seat Safety, Proper Installation and Seat Reccommendations

Is your child safe in his/her car seat? More than 80% of car seats are installed incorrectly. The problem, limitless variety in the way both car seats and vehicle seats are made. Robyn Siminoff, a Child Passenger Safety Instructor educates us about how to properly install infant, convertible and booster seats. When to or not to use the LATCH system, airbags, proper angle, are the straps too tight or not tight enough and the importance of where these straps go. Robyn's car seat recommendations, what to look for when shopping for a new car seat and is it safe to reuse or purchase a used car seat. Plus, using car seats on public transportation and resources in your area so you can make sure you car seat is installed correctly.

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Approx. 7-8 percent of babies born are in cloth diapers. How do you start with cloth diapers and understanding all the diaper lingo? How many will you need? How do you launder cloth diapers and how to lengthen the life of them? Plus, different materials including soy, hemp, organic cotton even bamboo. And the Gro Baby Diaper. Kim Ormsby from Gro Baby is our cloth diaper expert and our guest on New Moms, New babies Podcast. Plus, this weeks Mommy Matters.