It's Getting HOT. Where is your Baby?

Warning: What you are about to read may cause an influx of emotions. As most of us are mothers, women or just plain human. I will try to keep my opinions to myself and remain unbiased, remember, I said try.
My MIL and I were talking last week, she ran into a store and on her way out noticed that a parked car contained several young children without adult supervision. The mother was inside the store shopping. The car appeared locked. My MIL waited and watched those children for ten minutes until the mother returned. The temperatures during that last full week of April in the Tulsa area ranged from 70-89 degrees. The windows were not cracked. 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched its first ever national campaign to prevent child heatstroke deaths in cars. “Where’s Baby? Look Before You Lock,” is a communications program to educate parents and caregivers about the hazards of leaving children unattended in vehicles.
As an Infant Teacher, I am constantly looking for information to include in my monthly newsletters to parents. Usually information on teething remedies, car seat safety, recall sites, a new parenting app, etc. Not that any of my students parents need it, or our readers for that matter, but I will be telling them about the information above and also of a free app that is out called Baby Reminder. 

Baby Reminder reminds you not to forget your baby in the car. 

Simply set the days and time intervals in which you usually drive your children. Baby Reminder will automatically monitor and determine when you are driving and when not. An alert reminding you not to forget your baby in the car will be sent shortly after you arrive at your destination.

The app is actually rather annoying. If you did leave your baby in the car you will either go get her, or purposely turn off the nagging sound. I ignored mine so long testing it out that I halfway expected to find the police sitting in the parking lot waiting for me for child neglect arrest- that would be a nice feature wouldn't it. (oops, I told you I would try) Also, this app does not work on my eleven and five year old, I couldn't leave them in a car if I tried.
Yes, this app may sound ridiculous to some. Common sense should rule you would think, but it doesn't and hasn't. Some might even say that if you aren't smart enough to get your baby out of the car, then how can you be smart enough to set a reminder on your phone. If this app, campaign, or any other means of reminder can help decrease the number of deaths from the 33 the United States saw last year, then I say spread the word.
♥Mrs. Hart♥Trying to save lives like

Grocery IQ

Maybe I am a little late to the party, but I recently discovered the best app ever invented - Grocery IQ.  Have you tried it?  The price is right because it is FREE!

The funniest part to me is that the Doc is the one who discovered it.  He's a total app junkie.  Ask him anything and he will probably check to see if there is an app for it.  The irony here is that the Doc hates shopping.  To think he was the one who got so giddy about a grocery store app is beyond comprehension.  It's women's work, you know.  

Okay, okay - he isn't quite the caveman I describe him to be.  But as many housewives know, we are supposed to magically know when something is empty and needs replacing.  For years I have struggled with "the list."  I was the only one writing on it, for starters.  Even worse, I usually forgot it at home when I went to the store.

Sound familiar?

Let me introduce you to Grocery IQ.  Do you see it?

With your iPhone, you can actually scan the barcode of the item you need before you toss it.  You can also just type the name of the item in and be as specific as you want.  It alerts you to coupons available for you money savvy types.  You can specify a store for the item.  It groups your items in categories that make sense and might be in the same aisle.

The Doc and I have linked accounts so we can see what the other person added right away.  Sweet deal, huh?

I haven't even begun to discover all of the wonderful things this app can do, to be honest.

The Doc, on the other hand, has found one more way to harass me through this handy dandy app.  While shopping with Michael this past week, I found that Michael could no longer be the list keeper.  As I glanced at my phone while shopping, I noticed the Doc was working on adding a few items to the list - just for grins.

I'll let you decide which extra special items did not need to be purchased.

I had to grab my phone back from Michael real quick-like.
Now I know why the Doc was so excited about this app.

And just so you know, he used to write these items on my grocery list weekly.  Some things will never change.

The only thing that would make this app even better is if they had one for the Honey-Do list.  Please tell me one exists.  Pretty please?!

~ Mrs. Priss

Hitting the grocery store prepared like...