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.
Tylenol and other meds
Date: 2005-06-27 10:31 pm (UTC)You may have no choice about the Zantac but otherwise I would never allow a sitter to ever give a child any medication, OTC or prescription. (It may actually be illegal for them to give prescription meds; most services will not allow their employees to give meds.) I would be very strict and say she can only have such and so by mouth; zero discretion on the part of the sitter.
Grandma S (also known as Worrywort)
Re: Tylenol and other meds
Date: 2005-06-27 11:31 pm (UTC)Services don't allow their employees to give meds because they're worried about liability. We didn't hire our sitter through a service, so that shouldn't be an issue. And yes, she does need to be able to give Alex her Zantac or Alex might have painful feeds in the late afternoon.