Baby First Vaccination at 2 Months

Vaccination Soothing Tips

In this video, I go over what vaccinations are, what to expect, and three tips on how to soothe your baby after and before the shots.

2 Months Recommended Vaccinations:
DTaP: Diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine
Hib: Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
IPV: Inactivated poliovirus vaccine
PCV: Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
RV: Rotavirus vaccine

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Parenting in the Digital Age

Growing up as the last generation to remember life before the internet is bitter sweet. I’ll always have fond memories of those days spent riding my bike around the neighborhood with my neighborhood friends, however, I have just as fond memories spent in AOL chatroom talking to my group of friends.

The internet sure has made life much more simple, for example look at life before map apps. We had to use a physical map and learn how to read and use them properly!

However, from seeing the news the internet has also brought some major issues and pressures that I’ll never experience as a child. While the old saying “stick and stones may break my bone, but names will never harm me”, is easy to say, but isn’t quite true. While we did have bullies in school, we had a break from them when we got home. Now children growing up not only have the possibilities of dealing with real life bullies, but also cyberbullies. With technology social apps and text, children are constantly effecting them.

Another internet phenomenon is FOMO, fear of missing out. This one not only effects children, but many adults. With popularity of social apps like Instagram, people are constantly comparing their life to someone else. This is definitely bad for mental health. It may cause one to always feel that their life isn’t as good. As adults we’ll always encourage children to talk to us, but try to remember how it was when you were young. Talking to adults never seemed like it was an option.

Whether we’re being called Gen Y, Millennials, Xennials, or The Oregon Trail Generation we’ll never experience what the new generation of children will of only knowing life with the internet. With all that being said I guess it boils down that I really hope that I’ll be able to do all I can to help my son grow up happy and healthy in this wild west digital age. I want my son to get to experience the joys of life away from a screen and enjoy face to face interaction with friends.

Pampers Smart Diapers?

How many things can we make smart before we go too far? Pampers has now introduced smart diapers. While they don’t actually call it smart diapers, that’s basically what it is. Lumi by Pampers is the name of the new system that is supposed to help you “see and understand your baby’s daily development 24/7”.

The first part of the system are diapers with activity sensors that automatically track your baby’s activities including wet diapers and sleep. The sensors will attach via Velcro-ish patches to the front of the diapers, will only work with Lumi by Pamper diapers and have to be replaced every three months. No mention so far on how it actually tracks sleeping though. Also upon further reading it seems that the diapers only track the baby’s pee and not poops.

The next is an app for iPhone and Android devices. The app from what I can tell right now is similar to many already on the market that is basically a tracker of baby activities like diaper, feeding, and sleeping. The good thing is that paired with the Lumi by Pampers diapers the soiled diapers are automatically logged.

The final part of the system is a baby monitoring 1080p wide-angle camera with night vision and two-way audio. The monitor also has sensors for temperature and humidity. All this information will be fed to the app.

No pricing is available for any this yet, but Lumi by Pampers is expected to launch this fall. Personally, the pricing will have to be very attractive as I can’t imagine paying even more for diapers. You can read more and sign up for a wait list on their website.

[Photo: Pampers]

A blog by a new parent for new parents!

As a soon to be first time parent a couple months ago I started a YouTube channel to not only share my journey of becoming a new parent, but to also share the knowledge I’ve gained from researching various topics of becoming a new parent. Lately I found that many of the things I research weren’t quite video format ready or friendly, so here I am sharing it in a blog with you all.

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