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• Baby Needs - Health Care Kit (Absolutely you will want to get a health care kit before your baby is born, or at least the items that come in one.)

• Baby Needs - Teething Tablets (Absolutely teething tablets will help sooth your baby's sore gums when they are teething.)

• Baby Needs - Colic Tablet (Most likely you will be glad that you have a bottle of colic tablets on hand when your baby has an upset tummy or gas.)

• Baby Needs - Alcohol Swabs (Most likely you'll want to get some alcohol swabs to clean your baby's belly button, of course q-tips and alcohol would work too the swabs are more convenient though.)

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It is a good idea to keep a few things on hand for your baby's general health care. One thing that makes getting all of the these health care items for your baby is a health care kit, just make sure that the one that you choose includes all of the items that you want to make sure that you have. There are two very important items that should be included in the health care kit that you choose.

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A digital thermometer, you will want to avoid using a mercury thermometer with your baby, is something that you will want to have on hand incase you need to measure your baby's temperature. It is suggested that you check your baby's temperature when they are well to get an idea of what their normal average temperature is. Another item that is a must, and something that the hospital often sends home with you is a nasal aspirator. Obviously one can not ask their baby to blow their nose and from crying babies can get stuffed up noses, which makes it hard to eat. A nasal aspirator will allow you to get any snot out of your baby's nose.

Some other items that you may or may not find in your health care kit that are also really great to have on hand are a pair of tweezers, magnifying glass and a medicine dropper and spoon. Often the medicine comes with a dropper or spoon, but if it doesn't you will be glad that you have one. As much as you don't want your baby to feel yucky, it is nice to be prepared.

Digital Thermometer - Just in case you think that your baby has a fever, it is a good idea to always have a thermometer on hand so you could see the seriousness of their temperature.

Kinds of Thermometers for Baby

oral thermometer

Hospital Style Aspirator

It is very common that thermometers can be used to take temperatures orally, rectally and under the arm.

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Digital Thermometer at Mothercare

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Digital Thermometer at BabyCenterStore

pacifier thermometer

Aspirator With
Safety Tip

With many kinds of thermometers one choice you have is one that is designed to resemble a baby pacifier.

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Aspirator With Removable Top

A common choice that parents use to take their baby's temperature is with a digital ear thermometer, also common at the doctor's.

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Braun Thermoscan thermometer at Mothercare

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Rectal Thermometer

Usually to get the most accurate reading of a baby's temperature people will use a rectal thermometer. You will find that at hospitals when a doctor requires an accurate temperature of a baby they will use a thermometer of this kind.

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Nasal Aspirator - In order to get to those ity bitty boogies in those really tiny nostrils a good quality aspirator is a must have for parents to have on hand after their baby is born.

Kinds of Aspirators for Baby

classic aspirator

Hospital Style Aspirator

This is the kind of aspirator that often is the one used in hospitals. It is also a popular choice for Health Care Kits to carry and for parents to choose. Also, it is used to suck out the fluid in newborn's lungs.

safety tip aspirator

Aspirator With
Safety Tip

Another option of a nasal aspirator is one with a safety tip. They are not as a common choice but are none the less another kind of nasal aspirator that you can choose to use for your baby.

Aspirator With Removable Top

Another option that you have when it comes to choosing an aspirator for your baby is one that has a removable top. Their tips are often clear as well.

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Battery Powered Aspirator

A battery powered aspirator is like a tiny vaccume, but gentle and sometimes offers distracting tunes, and more than one kind of tip for custom fit as well as many settings of suction.

Batteried Powered Asporator
Types of Medicine Droppers and Spoons 
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Medicine Dropper & Spoon

Medicine Dropper and Spoon

Some medicines don't come with droppers or spoons so it is a good idea to have them on hand. There are several options that you have for a medicine dropper and spoon. These baby items can often be found in Health Care Kits but are also sold separately. In addition to giving your baby medicine a medicine dropper and spoon can be good to have on hand if you need to give your baby breast milk during a nursing strike or while they are sick with a stuffed up nose. There are medicine droppers that are designed to resemble a nipple to help your baby take medicine if they don't eat out of a spoon yet.

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Easy Fill Spoon

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Nursing Medicine Dropper

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Deluxe Healthcare Kit

Health Care Kits

Health Care kits are great to keep in your diaper bag because then if you are away from home you will have everything you might need for your baby. It is very common that Health Care Kits have grooming items that you will need for your baby as well. You may decide to get the items that are in a Health Care Kit, or you may decide to get a Health Care Kit that is a Grooming Kit as well. Either way you will find that the baby items that come with a health care kit are important to have on hand.

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Health Care Kit

Basic Health Care Kit

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Baby Healthcare Kit

Deluxe Healthcare Kit

Complete Healthcare Kit
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Baby Care Kit
at BabyCenterStore

Umbilical Cord Care
Tummy and Gums Care

Alcohol Swabs

For the first couple of weeks when your baby's belly button is healing you will have to clean it with alcohol swabs. By keeping these with your diaper changing items you will be sure to use them with every diaper change.

Alcohol Swabs

Teething and Colic Tablets

Colic tablets can help when your baby has gas or a tummy ache and teething tablets are great to have on hand when your baby has sore gums from teething.

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Teething Tablets
Colic Tablets
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Other Useful Items to Have on Hand for Your Baby's Health Care

tweezers

Tweezers

As much as no one wants to think about it, tweezers can come in handy for the most bizarre things with your baby. Some kids are fascinated by putting what ever they can fit into their noses and ears.

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Magnifying Glass

Everything on a baby is so small that it isn't always that easy to see what is really there. A magnifying glass can come in handy when

you need to examine a possible splinter or make sure that your newborn's umbilical cord is healing properly. A magnifying glass can be good even for just trimming your baby's fingernails and toenails. You may be able to find a Health Care Kits that carries a magnifying glass.

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