Would like to have had some of these things back in Nevin's "runner" days.  

Oliver Labels offers safety wristbands, waterproof inside shoe labels, large and small bag labels, iron on and stick-eez clothing labels and waterproof original and mini sized stick on labels.

http://www.oliverslabels.com/Products/product.aspx?ProductID=18

Those are cool.  I did this same thing but on the cheap for our trip this summer. I asked my nurse friend and she  spoke to someonw at the hospital and she was able to get a dozen or so of them. We just used a sharpie pen and put the information on it.

I will admit we put down that she had autism, which she doesn't..but since she has multiple DX most of which the general public would have no idea what it meant...where as I think most have heard of autism. KWIM>

Those are great! I'm getting some. I've forgotten what it was like to have a child that stayed put, or would actually follow me somewhere. I do hate to think he might ever get away from me, but it would be nice to know he was labeled if that were to happen.

How old was Nevin before you could put him to bed at night in an unlocked room? I wouldn't dare not have Joshie's baby gates up at night. (I use two, stacked.) He wouldn't think anything about going outside all by himself in the middle of the night.

Kel, my friends have a 9yo who still will go out in the middle of the night with no fear.  Twice last week he went outside at 2/3am and let their hunting dogs out    
They have installed loud alarms on the front and back doors now that they set before bedtime.

A sweet little six year old that I know through the school district (with multiple disabilities), got out her family's sliding glass door early one morning last summer.  They live in a subdivision on a small lake.  An older man who lives across the lake happened to be outside that early (isn't usually) saw her and then noticed he couldn't see her.  Didn't just let it go, but drove around the lake and went into the backyard.  He found her face down in the lake, not breathing.  He pulled her out just as dad came out of the house frantic.  She recovered fully!

She had crossed two barricades to get outside! I think they outfitted the house with alarms now.

A sweet little six year old that I know through the school district (with multiple disabilities), got out her family's sliding glass door early one morning last summer.  They live in a subdivision on a small lake.  An older man who lives across the lake happened to be outside that early (isn't usually) saw her and then noticed he couldn't see her.  Didn't just let it go, but drove around the lake and went into the backyard.  He found her face down in the lake, not breathing.  He pulled her out just as dad came out of the house frantic.  She recovered fully!

She had crossed two barricades to get outside! I think they outfitted the house with alarms now.

What a miracle Jeri! Praising God for that man.

I don't remember how old Nevin was before he stayed in his room all night.   We installed a door CHIME (not alarm..... alarm wakes everyone in the house! when we returned it, we got a door CHIME   ).  

The door chime was on Nevin's door and then the "speaker" was plugged in next to the head of my bed.  It chimed when the door opened.  (they also make some that are motion detectors).  It had different tunes that played..... but the one that woke me up consistently was "Hail, hail the gang's all here".   So that's the tune I heard multiple times per night for years!     It worked well, because then he wasn't locked in his room when he needed to get up to the bathroom, drink, etc.   Thus he wasn't "dependent" on me to come get him...... I could even secretly supervise from around the corner as he got older and thus build independence.

Oh that's smart! I'll have to tell our friends about this. They live in a rural Amish area and if Hunter hadn't let the dogs out who knows what could have happened. The barking dogs is what woKe his parents. They have a loud alarm on the doors to outside but its the very very loud type. I think it's supposed to be used for motel room security for travelers.