Haley Villines of Rogers recently sent us a message about a new product that she can’t wait to use on her 2-year-old son, Caleb, this summer. It’s called SafetyTat (www.safetytat.com), temporary waterproof tattoos that can be customized with your cell phone number or other important information like allergies, etc., on them. They won’t put your kid’s name on the tats as a safety precaution (so strangers won’t be able to call out their name and confuse the child into thinking they know each other).

In addition to being a mom, Haley is a speech-language pathologist and makes some very good points.

“I work with lots of families who have a child who can’t clearly and effectively communicate his/her name, phone number, or parents’ names if lost,” she said. “When I share this concern with them, many have never even thought of it. After all, we never dream that it will be our children who are lost at a theme park or separated from us in the mall.”

Haley said for years she’s suggested that parents use a wearable ID (dog tags, wristbands, etc.) for their children when they’re in public places.

“These tattoos are so much more kid-friendly!” she said.

Haley shared the SafetyTat link with a friend who previously worked at Disney World and the friend said she’d seen a lot of children who could speak normally in any other situation, but when they were lost and scared, just couldn’t remember their information or were crying too hard to get the words out.

So Haley wants all the moms out there to be aware of these tats!

“I hope that my child’s tattoo never has to be used, but if it does, it will be worth infinitely more than the $20 that I spent,” she said.