Infant: Safety 1st
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Baby Gate for Top of Stairs???
Asked by K.J. from Minneapolis
on April 10, 2007
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I need to get a baby gate for the top of my stairs for our split level home. We have a 9.5 month old son who is just finding the stairs. I got 2 for gifts at showers...
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- We use a screw-mounted one from Kid Co and are very pleased with it! For the safety of your son, please get a screw-mounted gate for the top of the stairs (and not RE...
- K., I have a son also about 9 mo of age. I also live in a split level house. I was talking to my husband about wanting to get a gate because I knew that our son wou...
- We've had lots of luck with the Kidco gates. The one at the top of our stairs is their "swingway." It has options to expand the gate and models that work for angle ...
Tossing the Infant Car Seat - Ready for the Next Stage.
Asked by B.A. from Chicago
on October 5, 2007
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Looking for advice on the best car seat for when my twins turn 1 and i am hoping the seat will last me until they are 3 or 4??? Any stories/advice welcomed!
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- I just bought the Alpha Elite Apex. It is by Safety 1st. It is the only car seat you will need. It is only forward facing, but goes from 22-100 lbs. You can also u...
- We have the Britax Roundabout and it's so easy to use. It's pricey but very safe and worth it.
- Hello, We bought the Britax Marathon. It's little expensive, but we were going on long road trip (Colorado) and I read comfort was a plus with this one. So far so...
Car Seat
Asked by L.M. from Chicago
on March 1, 2006
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I need a product recommendation, my daughter is hating the infant car seat, and we are looking to get her a rear/forward facing car seat. She is 10 months old. I have ...
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- I'm a big Britax fan--I have two--the second one I bought was the Marathon and it has holds the child until 60lbs I think, so that's a long time. I rationalize it by d...
- I would look it up for you--but someone borrowed my copy. Take a look in "Baby Bargains"--you can probably find it the library for a quick peek. Awesome book, with an...
- We bought the Evenflo Titan. It was highly rated at consumerreport.org as well as at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CPS/CSSRating/Index.cfm. The Evenflo Tital cost...
Baby Monitors
Asked by K.N. from Cleveland
on August 12, 2011
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Ok ladies, I have an 8 month old and we are 3 months pregnant. We live in a larger home and use a standard baby monitor to listen for our son when he wakes from naps ...
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- No to your first question and yes to your second we used two moitors for many months when our third was born.
- I have two Sony babycall monitors. Two bases and two handsets. You can change the frequency on each one so they don't interfere with each other. I just put the kids...
- Monitors with more than one base are super expensive. I wanted one but was unable to afford it. I ended up taking the monitor out of my oldest kids room and put it i...
Best Baby Gate for Top of Stairs
Asked by J.N. from Portland
on September 26, 2010
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We are slowly starting to baby-proof our house. Does anyone have any suggestion of which baby gates for top of the stairs that they love? Much appreciated!
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- We have a saftey 1st brand (from babies r. us) that is a pressure gate and plastic. Don't know the model number, but you cannot see through it there are no "bars or s...
- No gate, just teach the baby to navigate the stairs. I have three kids and stairs and never used a gate. Once they were mobile I taught them to flip over on their be...
- I have two sets of stairs and gates at the top and bottom of each set. At the top of our basement stairs we actually removed the door and installed a permanent gate. ...
Baby Gates
Asked by M.K. from Chicago
on September 2, 2006
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Hi,
I am looking for advice on a baby gate. We need one for the bottom of our stair. The problem is the railing is iron and the wall doesn't start until the 3rd stai...
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- Both of my sisters have done the wood strip attached to the post with zip ties and it worked great. We will be doing the same when its time. Paint the wood strip black...
- I suggest that you contact a firm that does babyproofing. They usually come for a free consultation and with your stairs they can probably give you good ideas and adv...
- I'm not sure if this idea will help you but we had a similar problem. Luckily we has one wall to work with but you may be able to do this on both sides of your stairc...
Seeking Baby Gate with Pet Door (Is There Such a Thing?)
Asked by M.B. from Milwaukee
on November 3, 2008
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Hi everyone! My almost-8-month-old daughter just started crawling (wheee!) and we're baby-proofing our living room to give her some space to crawl (up to now she's on...
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- Hi, We used baby gates to keep my son in the living room when he was crawling and first walking as well. Our cat just jumped over the gate when she wanted to go from...
- We too, put the gate high enough for the cat to get under but the baby can't, not that she didn't try real hard a few times. We really had some laughs at the dog and ...
- I don't know about a pet door in a baby gate, if a cat can push through it so can a baby (at least my daughter would be able too!). We just have a sturdy baby gate ...
Is There Such Thing as a Dual Transmitter Baby Monitor?
Asked by J.L. from Chicago
on April 5, 2006
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I realize there are plenty of models out there with dual RECEIVERS, but I'm looking for a baby monitor with dual TRANSMITTERS.
I'm expecting baby number 2 in a few ...
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- J., I could be wrong, but I would imagine that you could purchase two sets of the same kind and you would have two transmitters that send from the same frequency. Cu...
- I had the same issue - my first two are 15 months apart. I ended up buying a separate monitor so that each has it's own transmitter and receiver. It works perfectly. B...
- i don't know if sony makes one but the single sony one we have is amazing
Baby Rings?
Asked by S.W. from Greenville
on January 5, 2007
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I was reading on another page about bath rings, for babies that can now sit up. Anyone know what that is or looks like?
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- Hi S., You already have someone telling you the brand names and types of rings so i am not going there. But i do agree with the one person. When my youngest was a b...
- I wouldn't recommend these they are a drowning hazard. They are a ring that your child sits in while in the tub, but your child can flip in them and drown. We never us...
- I do know about this, and I have owned one. They are a little seat with suction cups to stick to the bottom of the bathtub. The saet is flat, and has a ring connecte...
Baby Monitors That Can Operate on Batteries Only?
Asked by R.L. from Chicago
on September 12, 2011
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I live in a place where power outages are frequent, and need a baby monitor that can run on batteries only (both the base and the parent receiver). Does anyone know o...
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- Another vote for the Sony Baby Call monitor. Inexpensive and we've had no problems with it. The battery charge lasts a super long time.
- We have the Angelcare Delux Movement Monitor, which has 2 handsets and one base... it runs off electricity, but reverts to battery power if your power goes out. We liv...
- brand-Safety First main base has night light and room temp. display. cheapest @ amazon
