RE: where to start NOW (Baby gadgets)

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxx>]

There's a nice little Tomy baby monitor that simply plugs into the mains,
no
wires, no radio etc... I've you've got X10, avoid at all costs
otherwise
you'll have no X10 :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James,Daniel [mailto:Daniel.James@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 January 2003 09:32
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: Was RE: [ukha_d] Kinda OT: DV editing - where to start
NOW
> (Baby gadgets)
>
>
> Hi Justin
>
> >Congrats!
>
> Thanks, it's been a roller coaster ride so far, so can only get worse
:-)
>
> >P.S Sorry to the 99.9% of the list that aren't expecting
but...
>
> I know but it has either happened to them already, or will in the
future..
>
> >Baby tips from the "I wish I had known that"
collection:
>
> Perhaps we need to make a list :-)
>
> >Test out your baby monitor thoroughly _before_ baby arrives. Even
try
> >sleeping with it on for one night. We have gone through three of
them
> before
> >finding one that didn't suffer from terrible interference
(still
> not great
> >though). As you will discover sleep becomes more precious than
ever and
> >trying to get some with a horrible humming/ticking + random
> weird noise, as
> >well as a baby, is not easy!
>
> Dare I ask which one you are now using, - I had thought about
> rolling my own
> (the "nursery" - read my ex office, has loads of CAT5 in it
- and I will
> soon have audio in most rooms, - seems a shame to add in little
> boxes... (oh
> and I happen to have all my audio kit from when I used to do
> Theatre sound /
> PA) - so I may just put a Radio mike in the nursery and use that into
the
> HiFi
>
> >Baby baths are crap. Bought a contoured foam thing for the
> 'proper' bath -
> >much easier.
>
> Ok - I'm convinced, but SWMBO isn't (yet) (in fairness she has
> arthritis and
> bending down is problematic)
>
> >Electric bottle warmers are crap. Take waaay to long to warm up
when you
> >have a screaming baby. Although it is advised against - approx
> 15 secs in a
> >Microwave works a treat.
>
> Phew - SWMBO agrees with this, - that's one less baby gadget to
buy..
>
> So does anyone have any must haves to go with the baby?
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel
>
>
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