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How to Keep Your Baby’s Pacifier Safe and Sterilized

November 23, 2021 by

We’re all concerned with how to keep ourselves healthy, even with our busy lifestyles. And the health of our little ones is an even greater treasure.

But there’s one aspect that is easy to overlook: your infant’s pacifier.

It’s such an omnipresent part of your day-to-day life that you may give it little more thought than your car keys or your smartphone. But bacteria, mold spores, and other pathogens can easily contaminate an unattended binky. Knowing to clean, sanitize, and how to store pacifiers safely can mean the difference between a happy child and an ill one. For instance, we found dummy clips particularly useful, preventing the pacifier from falling on the floor and picking up dirt in the first place.

So to help keep your little ones healthy and happy, be sure to always follow these key points.

How to Clean and Sterilize Pacifiers

Knowing how to clean pacifiers will often depend on what materials they’re made of. If, for example, you can be certain that your pacifiers don’t contain heavy metals or carcinogens that could leech out of them, boiling them for a minute or two is a quick and easy way to ensure that they’re completely cleaned and sterilized every time. By the same token, running them through the dishwasher is another popular method if that material permits it.

Barring that, washing them with hot water and simple dish soap is considered adequate for most situations.

How to Store Pacifiers

Having cleaned and sanitized them, the final step is finding the best way to store pacifiers. After all, leaving them lying out in the open air invites all manner of ambient contaminants to make them their new home.

You want them in a place with easy access where you’re unlikely to forget about them. Hence, many parents will opt to keep spare pacifiers in their diaper bags with the rest of their daily supplies.

It’s convenient, but keeping loose pacifiers in a diaper bag is less-than-ideal. They could be exposed to baby wipes or other cleaning materials that, at best, will make for an unpleasant surprise the next time you hand it to a fussy child. And at worst, they may contain harmful ingredients that were never intended for consumption.

So whether you need to store pacifiers at home or on the go, keeping a dedicated container like a multicolor pacifier case is a good move. Aside from keeping clean pacifiers clean until they’re needed, color-coding can help you keep track of which ones are fresh and which ones need to be cleaned before their next use.

Health and Safety for the Whole Family

A pacifier is an essential item for any parent with a fussy child. But knowing how to store pacifiers as well as clean and sterilize them is essential to ensuring that they are kept safe for daily use.

But naturally, pacifiers are just one tool that you and your infant rely on almost every day. To help make sure that you and your baby are always healthy, happy, and safe, be sure to keep up with all our latest health and home guides.

 




4 Ways to Incorporate Both Sides of the Family For an Extra Special Baby Shower

January 15, 2019 by
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Organizing a family event can be chaotic, fun and exciting. Not only do you get busy choosing what food to serve and setting up the theme of the party but you get to be excited about the thought of seeing the faces of your loved ones. But what happens when you are in the midst of a party held for both sides of your family? It can be intimidating when you are up against a happy event where your side of the family meets your spouse’s family. Everyone will be excited and should be involved.

Whether it’s a baby shower or a sip and see gender reveal party, when you plan to incorporate both sides of the family in the same venue it means certified joy, chaos, and fun. It will be a joyous occasion because you are celebrating the coming or the presence of the newest member of the family. It can be chaotic because a lot of things can happen simultaneously. It’s for sure going to be fun because it is a big get together. To help you out on this endeavor, here are some ways to make sure incorporating families for a baby party is a piece of cake.

Have a family meeting to plan it

The most basic thing to start off with a baby shower or sip and see reveal party is by organizing a family meeting. Create a checklist of the things to eat and do on that special day. Be sure to get input from both sides of the family. Set up a date that is convenient for everyone.

Assign duties

Now it is time to distribute family duties. I’m pretty sure the doting uncles and aunties will be ready to be involved and that is something you can take advantage of. You can assign duties for them to help with. Give one the responsibility in the kitchen, so for what and how much to serve guests. Another one should focus on the decoration, it should be pleasing for both families and appropriate for a baby party. One should think about the kind of games that would be played and will surely make the occasion more fun. Another person’s job should be to make a guest list and send out invitations.

Get baby pictures for both parents

Both sides of the family will excitedly wonder who the baby will look more like, the parents will have their own claim and even grandparents. Setup baby pictures for both parents and create a game where the attendees will vote where the baby’s looks come from. Announce the winner in the birth announcement you send out.

Have each family member write a letter for the baby to open on their 18th birthday

On a more sentimental side, have every attendee write a letter addressed to the 18-year-old version of the baby. It can be anything from their best wishes, their aspiration for the child, their promise, or even their hopes and dreams for him or her. Ask if there is anyone willing to read out his or her letter for the baby, just to make the atmosphere more special. Afterwards, have all the letters kept in a sealed box, because 18 years is a long time. It sure is a sentimental, tearful and meaningful gift for the newest family member.