Tip Tuesday!

Before I get to the title of this post, for all of you that didn't see on facebook, the princess did fabulous with her echo. Needed a little oxygen during sedation, who doesn't! But the best news, her VSD has closed, and whatever else they thought she has, she doesn't! Her heart is perfect, and no sign of pulmonary hypertension! Finally some good medical news in the Rugg household! Her sleep study doesn't have results yet. We go in next week to find that out!

Ok, now I wanted to have a day where I post tips. Any kind of tips, from special needs, to something just for moms. Whatever. I have learned some great things from other parents, and spread my knowledge to others as well. And while I'm not creative enough to come up with a great title, every Tuesday I'm going to post tips! If you have a great tip, email me at laceyrugg@hotmail.com, and we'll post yours as well!

So I have two tips today. The first is one for every baby and toddler in the winter time. I bought these adorable sock/shoes for Jax last year. I loved them so much that I bought him another pair this year, and bought some for Arina. They are fabulous for babies that don't walk yet, they aren't hard and clunky, but they do have soles, and skid free bottoms, if your child does walk a little. They are super high, and you can put socks under them, so their piggies stay so warm in the cold winter. These are the only things that keep Jax purple feet warm.


Some babies prefer to eat them!



Look how cute they look with jeans! I get them at Target. And while I couldn't find them online to get the price, I know they were under 10 dollars! You have to try these!

Tip two is for trach moms. I posted a little about this a while ago when I found them. But if your child wears oxygen with his trach, you want these noses. We found them from friend Colton, I saw it on her blog and had to find out what they were.
They are called Thermovent T2. They are made by the same company as other noses, so your home care company should be able to find them. But I posted the wrapper at the bottom so you can get the item number.
Here is the new nose..

And the old. See how much smaller they are? And because the old one the tubing comes off the side, Jax was constantly knocking it off with his hand.

One thing you need to know is, regular oxygen tubing does not fit on these noses. Take your old oxygen piece (the green one) and cut it off where the green ends

See how much smaller it is than regular tubing.

It just fits right on the end. Here is the wrapper so you can get the item number if you want to try these. The other great thing is they have a little door on the front, so you don't have to take the whole nose off to suction!

Remember to email me at laceyrugg@hotmail.com if you have a great tip for me to post!