A concise field guide to Alex.
Jun. 27th, 2005 02:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rivkaAlex and I are spending next week at my parents' house, because Michael will be in Kentucky for a mandatory nine-day business trip. The day after we all get back, I'm starting back to work and the babysitter is coming. Therefore, this week I need to put together an information sheet for the babysitter. I have some idea of what goes into something like that, but I'd love feedback about anything I've left out or misphrased.
This is a single large-print sheet, which I'm planning to post on the refrigerator. I'll be able to update it easily as she gets older (e.g., new feeding amounts, medication dosages, favorite things).
Alexandra Wald (Alex)
Date of birth: 4/11/05
Important numbers:
Mom at work: (number)
Mom's cell phone: (number)
Dad at work: (number)
Dad's cell phone: (number)
Pediatrician – Dr. Fragetta: (number)
Emergency: 911
Our address is: (street address)
House phone number: (number)
Health:
Alex has gastric reflux disease. She takes 0.5ml Zantac at 8am, 4pm, and 12am. Zantac and medicine dropper can be found in the diaper bag (inner mesh pocket).
Infant Tylenol in diaper bag – 0.6ml, only on doctor's orders.
Shield her skin from direct sunlight. She is too young for sunscreen.
Routine:
Alex is fed on demand. She currently takes about 4oz of formula or expressed breast milk every 3-4 hours. During feeding and for 30 minutes afterward, she should not lie flat – hold or prop her upright. Burp her carefully and expect spit-up. She is usually awake 1-2 hours between naps. She naps in the sling, in arms, or sometimes in her car seat.
Alex especially likes walks (stroller or sling – avoid the hottest part of day), ceiling fans, mirrors, lying on her back on a blanket, the mobile over her changing table, her bouncy seat (upstairs in Rebecca and Michael's room), and being held. Her current favorite toys and books are kept in a basket on or under the coffee table.
Where to find:
[gives locations of baby soap, bath thermometer, bathtub, blankets, books, bottles, breast milk, burp cloths, clothes, diaper rash cream, diapers, formula, nail clippers, nasal aspirator, thermometer (rectal), towels, toys, Tylenol, washcloths, wipes, Zantac]
Dirty laundry can be dropped directly into washer and left there for next load of wash.
This is a single large-print sheet, which I'm planning to post on the refrigerator. I'll be able to update it easily as she gets older (e.g., new feeding amounts, medication dosages, favorite things).
Alexandra Wald (Alex)
Date of birth: 4/11/05
Important numbers:
Mom at work: (number)
Mom's cell phone: (number)
Dad at work: (number)
Dad's cell phone: (number)
Pediatrician – Dr. Fragetta: (number)
Emergency: 911
Our address is: (street address)
House phone number: (number)
Health:
Alex has gastric reflux disease. She takes 0.5ml Zantac at 8am, 4pm, and 12am. Zantac and medicine dropper can be found in the diaper bag (inner mesh pocket).
Infant Tylenol in diaper bag – 0.6ml, only on doctor's orders.
Shield her skin from direct sunlight. She is too young for sunscreen.
Routine:
Alex is fed on demand. She currently takes about 4oz of formula or expressed breast milk every 3-4 hours. During feeding and for 30 minutes afterward, she should not lie flat – hold or prop her upright. Burp her carefully and expect spit-up. She is usually awake 1-2 hours between naps. She naps in the sling, in arms, or sometimes in her car seat.
Alex especially likes walks (stroller or sling – avoid the hottest part of day), ceiling fans, mirrors, lying on her back on a blanket, the mobile over her changing table, her bouncy seat (upstairs in Rebecca and Michael's room), and being held. Her current favorite toys and books are kept in a basket on or under the coffee table.
Where to find:
[gives locations of baby soap, bath thermometer, bathtub, blankets, books, bottles, breast milk, burp cloths, clothes, diaper rash cream, diapers, formula, nail clippers, nasal aspirator, thermometer (rectal), towels, toys, Tylenol, washcloths, wipes, Zantac]
Dirty laundry can be dropped directly into washer and left there for next load of wash.
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Date: 2005-06-27 10:06 pm (UTC)Along with the address and telephone number for
the 911 dispatchers put down the cross street
(the systems I have seen have that standard but baby
sitter should have it just in case) and color of house.
Anything you can give to the dispatcher, goddess forbid
something happens, to cut the response time down is
worth having on that sheet.
Along with the 911 stuff, make sure that baby sitter has
rough weight, last time meds were administered.
Nother thing: If baby sitter has a cell phone, have them
talk to the provide to find out where, if she had to call
911 on their cell, the 911 call is directed. She may want
to have the local, non-911, emergency number for the County
or city police and fire department programed in.
Example: For me when I have had to call 911 from my cell
phone I get the SF City 911 dispatch center (since mine
area code on the cell is 415). I could be in Marin or
Sonoma county it doesn't matter it still goes to SF.
Again with the programing of the number it would save time
if she had to use the cell phone in an emergency.
What about phone numbers to power and/or gas companies?