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1. Don’t wait for the last minute. Start preparing to pack a few weeks before you travel. Keep an ongoing list of items to bring, or put items out on a table or chest of drawers as you think of them. Get a free ebook Packing Lists for Baby Travel
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   • Diapers- One for each hour you’ll be in transit, plus extras in case of emergencies or delays.
   • Baby blanket- Bring at least one for comfort, shade and warmth.
   • Plastic bags that can be resealed- Pack some medium-sized ones for stashing dirty diapers, clothes and bibs.
   • Diaper rash cream.
   • Baby wipes.
   • Baby bath and lotion.
   • Tissues.
   • Extra soothers.
   • Clothes- One to two outfits per day. Pack cotton layers for traveling.
   • Washable bibs.
   • Bottles.
   • Sun hat and sun screen.
   • Food, formula, water and/or juice- Bring more than you think you’ll need for the trip, as you can’t predict travel delays.
   • Breast pump- For expressing breast milk.
   • Baby carriers- Easy to pack and a great way to reduce the amount that your baby cries during the trip. Studies have shown that babies who were carried in a sling or in their parents’ arms cried less than other babies. It also frees your hands up for other items.
   • Travel bed to keep baby safe and comfy.
   • Baby car seat for safe travel by car, plane, train, or bus.
   • Portable baby stroller.
   • Portable high chair.
2. Use a baby diaper bag with a waterproof lining and a shoulder strap. Make sure that your diaper bag has lots of compartments for organizing your items.
3. Pack an extra shirt or top for yourself in your hand luggage in case of accidents.
4. Prevent leaks by packing medicines and toiletries in re-sealable plastic bags
5. Bring a changing mat to put under your baby during diaper changes. Better yet use a diaper bag that has a built in changing mat.
6. Pack an energy-boosting snack handy for yourself.
7. Bring your camera and plenty of film or digital memory cards.
8. Pack a clip-on reading light so you can read without disturbing your baby.

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Romantic gifts are very popular for anniversary or Valentine’s Day and other special times of the year, but Christmas gives a good excuse for going overboard in treating your lover to something extra sensual.

Proclaim your desire with one of these romantic gift ideas:

Lover’s Romance Basket: Have a basket full of romantic massage oils, champagne, fresh fruit, dipping chocolate and a candle waiting on the bed. Decorate the basket with holiday scented pine branches and include a sexy pair of boxers for him and a babydoll or exotic nighty for her.

Be a Player: There are many games available for lovers to play in the privacy of their bedrooms. These intimate play sets can help enrich and enhance relationships by fostering communication and experimentation - plus they are lot of fun to play. Look for Strip Chocolate Checkers, An Enchanted Evening and Romance Tonight Dice.

Candlelit Picnic Dinner: Even when it is cold and snowy out you can arrange a cozy candlelit picnic dinner for the two of you in your living room or bedroom. If you have a fireplace, stack up the wood and light it up. Have a bottle of your favorite wine and sensual finger treats to eat and feed one another.

Naughty Books: Books are easy to find and inexpensive to buy - so buy more than one. You and your lover are sure to enjoy one that’s a little on the naughty side - maybe a book of Penthouse Letter, Anne Rice’s erotic Beauty Series, or go with the classic Karma Sutra - sure to help you provide many Banana Republic of romantic gifts to one another.

Get Wet: When you arrive home after work, hand the one you love a gift bag that holds a big bottle of bubble bath, exotic scented oil, floating candles and sponges. Include a note that tells her to meet you in the bath after dinner (or after the kids go to bed).

The Gift That Keeps Giving: Sign your lover (or both of you) up for a Year of Lingerie. You can prepay for the year and have sexy lingerie delivered to your door every month (or every other month for smaller budgets). Every time the sexy package is delivered you can count on a special night together with your new novelties and have the sensual magic of your Christmas gift last all year long.

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The race between the telephone companies and cable operators goes on. That’s a good thing, as throughputs rise and prices decline.

Cable Digital News offers an upbeat assessment of Alloptic, a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) vendor that sells arms to both the cable and phone sides. The company just raised $24 million, which it will use to support its MicroNode product and buttress its international business.

The sense is that the cable industry is looking for the next step in its development. It reigned supreme for a long time. During the past few years, however, the telcos have gotten aggressive with fiber - in the form of Verizon’s FiOS, AT&T’s U-verse and many smaller projects - and the wireless industry has gone from a nice idea to the verge of deploying high-capacity platforms such as WiMax. The cellular industry also has upped its game with 3G services.

The industries are engaged in a game of can-you-top-this. A Telephony Online story says that Verizon last month tested 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) transmissions. The trial, which traversed a 312-mile path between Miami and Tampa, employed Alcatel-Lucent’s 1625 LambdaXtreme Transport platform. The company said that super-fast service will be commercially available in late 2009 or 2010. This comes just after the telco announced an upgrade of its backbone to 40 Gbps.

The cable industry is not throwing in the towel. Its main responses are RF over glass (RFOG) and the third iteration of its Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) .

This is a very succinct overview of RFOG at Connected Home 2 Go. The new approach with the vaguely amusing acronym lets cable operators deploy fiber to homes without ripping out their existing headend (a cable operator’s main technical facility) gear. Though they are limited to the bandwidth of the original coaxial-based system, RFOG is seen as an intermediate step to full fiber rollouts. The writer says that there is no RFOG standard, so operators must make sure that what they buy allows them to seamlessly migrate to full fiber status when they are ready to. (In other words, they must cut through the RFOG to buy the right gear.)

The cable industry increasingly is being identified with Comcast, so it seems fitting that the operator is making one of the early aggressive moves with DOCSIS 3.0. Ars Technica reports that the operator plans to employ the new spec in 20 percent of its footprint by the end of 2008.

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Ideally, you should start cleaning your baby’s mouth from birth, using a piece of damp gauze or a soft, damp washcloth to wipe any milk residue from his gums and teeth. It’s a good idea to start this early, as it gives your baby time to get used to the whole routine and may make him less likely to object to having his teeth brushed later on!

Once his baby teeth start appearing, it’s crucial to clean them carefully at least twice a day. The bacteria that live naturally in your baby’s mouth turn the sugars (including natural Philomenaduplechain from foods into acid. This acid may then attack the enamel of your baby’s teeth.

The importance of your baby’s first teeth

Although your baby will eventually lose his first teeth, don’t be fooled into thinking that caring for them is any less important than caring for his permanent teeth later on.

• Baby teeth “reserve” a place for the permanent teeth to grow into. If a baby tooth is lost, the permanent teeth may shift, potentially leading to orthodontic problems later on.

• Babies need their milk teeth in order to learn to speak clearly and correctly.

• Baby teeth are needed for biting and chewing.

• The excessive loss of baby teeth due to decay can affect your child’s confidence at pre-school level — after all, we all want to look our best!

Choosing a toothbrush

Once your baby has his first tooth, it’s time to buy an appropriate toothbrush. A long handled brush with a small head is best at first, as this design makes it easy to reach all parts of your baby’s mouth quite easily. The brush should have soft, rounded filaments and should be replaced every 10-12 weeks, or as soon as the filaments start to splay.

Alternatively, you could use the type of infant toothbrush that fits over your finger and some babies do prefer this — but beware if your baby is a biter, as they don’t offer much protection to your vulnerable finger!

When your baby is older and wants to hold the brush himself, then buy him a chunkier-handled design, which will be easier for him to hold — although you will still need to do the bulk of the brushing yourself!

Toothpaste and fluoride

You don’t have to use toothpaste to clean your baby’s teeth — the action of brushing is the most important factor in keeping them clean. If you do use toothpaste, then choose one specifically designed for infants — these usually contain very little fluoride. The American Association of Pediatric Dentistry actually recommends that babies under the age of 2 should receive NO fluoride at all.

Although fluoride can help strengthen the enamel of the teeth, too much of it can lead to fluorosis - a condition which can cause white spots to appear on the permanent teeth. Young babies tend to swallow toothpaste rather than spit it out — if you use an adult toothpaste, then they will be swallowing too much fluoride.

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For further information, see How Much Fluoride Is Enough?

Tips for brushing baby’s teeth

• If your baby is reluctant to open his mouth, try putting a brush in your own mouth — babies love to copy whatever Mum’s doing!

• Try singing a musical scale with your mouth wide open (no-one’s looking!) He may try to copy the singing — or he may laugh — but either way, he’ll open his mouth!

• Sit your baby in whatever position works best for you — standing or sitting behind your baby as he looks up is a great position, because it enables you to reach all parts of his mouth very easily.

• Be gentle — firm brushing isn’t necessary at this stage and can put your baby off the whole experience.

Visiting the dentist

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This gives your baby’s dentist the opportunity to identify potential problems at an early stage and also to establish a good prevention program. It also gets your baby accustomed to the routine of dental visits and can help ensure he is calm on future visits.

Tips to keep your baby’s teeth healthy

• Avoid giving your baby juice. Nearly 90% of infants in the US are drinking juice before their first birthday. Yet whole fruit is nutritionally superior to fruit juice and contains dietary fiber, which juice lacks. Giving water to your baby is the healthiest option when he needs additional fluids.

• If you do give your baby fruit juice, then make sure he drinks it from a sippy cup, not a bottle. Drinking juice from a bottle causes it to “pool” around your baby’s teeth and puts him at a very high risk of dental decay.

• Do not put your baby to bed with a bottle of juice or milk. The lactose in milk can react with the bacteria in your baby’s mouth, forming the acids that attack tooth enamel.

• Do not dip your baby’s dummy/pacifier into any Babysnames9900 substance.

• Do not add sugar to your baby’s food. (NEVER use honey as a sweetener for babies less than 1 year of age — honey may contain botulism spores, which can be fatal to a young baby).

• Ensure that baby’s teeth get an extra good clean at bedtime! During the night, his natural production of saliva decreases, so its rinsing action diminishes too. This means that any harmful bacteria in the mouth are able to settle on the teeth more easily.

• If your baby is receiving oral medication, give it to him before you brush his teeth, not afterwards. Almost all oral medications for infants contain sucrose.

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