Episode 15: Prepping with Children and Infants Listen here! What about prepping with kids in the family? In this episode, we’re discussing some things you’ll want to stock when your preparations include children and infants. Plus some great electricity free boredom busters. Mentioned in the show: How to make dehydrated baby food Emergency Diaper Insurance […]
15+ Great Preparedness Gifts for Kids From Toddler to Teen
With the holidays fast approaching, some of you may be wondering what gifts you can give the children in your life that will help them be better prepared. I’ve thought the same thing every Christmas and birthday for my own kids, so here are some age specific gift ideas for the children (or grandchildren) that […]
Eight Fantastic Food Storage Foods for Toddlers
Do you have little people in your preparedness plans? Even if you don’t have any babies or toddlers in your home right now, you may end up providing for those around you or those in your extended family. We’ve covered some great options for food storage for babies, from stocking up on formula to dehydrated […]
Preparedness Quick Tip: Use a Disposable Diaper as a Hot/Cold Pack
Did you know a disposable diaper makes a fabulous hot or cold pack? To use hot, simply pour hot water into a new disposable diaper and let it soak in. You can use hot tap water or heat some water on the stove. You can also reheat your diaper hot pack in the microwave when […]
Using the Dehydrated Baby Food
Last fall I had a little too much fun making dehydrated baby food. For how to make your own, check the first post on carrots and this one where I made more from squash, pumpkin, and sweet potato. Well, baby brother is finally big enough to be eating solids, so we’ve been using some of […]
Emergency Diaper Insurance
For long term diapering in an emergency situation, cloth diapers are the way to go. They are reusable, washable,and you don’t need to loot your local store when a disaster hits because you’re worried about running out of diapers. And cloth diapers aren’t what they used to be. There are some really nice designs out […]
Special Survival Situations: Pregnancy
Here’s a situation that’s obviously on my mind lately. What if an emergency hits while I’m pregnant? With the rate that ladies are pregnant in this world, the possibility that someone you know is going to be expecting a little one when an emergency happens is pretty good. I’ll say now that every woman handles […]
Baby 72 Hour Survival Kit
Babies and toddlers have a whole different set of needs than we adults do when it comes to a survival situation, so your standard survival kit isn’t going to work for them. We’ve always just stuck baby stuff in our survival kits when we had a baby in the house, but this time I’m doing […]
Dehydrated Baby Food: Sweet Potato, Pumpkin, Squash
Last week I had some leftover pumpkin from making a pumpkin roll and just happened to have sweet potatoes left over from Christmas dinner at the same time, so I pulled some frozen “squash” out of the freezer (why I labeled it with only “squash” and not the variety, I do not know) and let […]
Make Your Own Dehydrated Baby Food
I know you’re thinking why not just make the baby food and either use it or freeze it, but I’m ahead of you on that one! Here’s why you would want some dehydrated baby food. For taking along when baby goes for their backpacking adventure (you know carrying the baby in the baby-backpack is heavy […]
