If you have young children at home, especially babies, you already know you’re into a labor intensive phase of parenting.  This makes a few extra considerations necessary for prepping.  Recently RiverWalker addressed this on his Stealth Survival blog, and it serves as a good reminder for young families who take survival prepping seriously.

            Human babies require more care and attention than any animal in nature.  Whether you have a baby at home or have grown children or other relatives with babies and toddlers, emergency preparedness shouldn’t be taken lightly.  None of us knows what disastrous situations lie in waiting for us, but if you’ve got a preparedness mindset for survival, you’re headed in the right direction.

You’re already aware of the everyday hazards that we all hope never happen.  For example, you no doubt know the importance of having emergency phone numbers handy, such as numbers for your pediatrician and poison control center.

            As for preparedness, it would be a good idea to stock up on extra diapers, especially if you use disposables.  You may want to have a supply of cloth diapers and the means to wash them by hand in a time when you’re without electricity.  Stock up on clothing your children will grow into, if you don’t have hand-me-downs from older children.  I suspect the need for such clothing is partly why swap and bartering sites are growing in popularity.  Be sure you have proper baby formulas and medications on hand as well.  Have a food grinder for making your own baby food.

            If you’re running a daycare business from your home to make extra cash, be sure you’re in compliance with relevant state regulations.  You’ve no doubt gotten contact information for families of children in the event of a crisis while their children are in your care.  Take a class on CPR for children if you haven’t already.  If you have a preparedness mentality and can stay as calm as possible in an emergency, you’ll be most helpful for the children and their parents or guardians.

            Out of curiosity, I looked on QuakeKare’s site to see what they have to offer for young children in emergencies because they’re quite thorough in assembling survival kits of all kinds.

I found an accessory kit meant to be complementary to QuakeKare’s home survival kit.  This Child Care Safety Kit provides items mainly geared toward preventing accidents at home or elsewhere.  It’s a custom built kit designed to protect your child from many common, everyday dangers.  It would be excellent for daycare at home or church.  Get this kit if you haven’t had babies and toddlers at home for a while and need to childproof your home.

            This Child Care Safety Kit comes packaged in a flip-top waterproof container and contains the following items:

*   Child ID & Records Kit–Fingerprint ID cards and more

*   Outlet Safety Plugs

*   Doorknob Grips

*   Safety Corner Bumpers

*   Child Safety Cabinet Latches

*   All Purpose Safety Strap

*   Automatic Night Light - Night light and power failure light in one

*   Furniture Fastening Straps

*   Survival Guide–Designed for All Emergencies and Locations.

There’s more info about this kit on QuakeKare’s site.  QuakeKare offers discounts on quantity purchases, and I encourage you to take advantage of this if you need these items for your church or daycare business.

To order your Child Care Safety Kit, click on the QuakeKare logo, which takes you to their home page.  Look on the left sidebar for Accessory Kits.  Under that look for Child Safety Kits and click on that.  A picture of the kit shows up, and you can place your order from that page, or you can click on the picture to go to a page where you get more info and can place your order.

            As you know, planning for the needs of babies and children in emergencies and survival in any crisis is a vital part of showing love as a parent or guardian.  If you don’t need QuakeKare’s Child Care Safety Kit for your family, get one as a gift for a family who could really use one.