an infant care apparatus for providing heat to an infant . the infant care apparatus has an internal electronic communication device the allows it to send and receive information to and from the infant care apparatus for use by that infant care apparatus . a personal digital assistant is provided that can communicate with the internal electronic communication device such that information can be exchanged between the internal electronic device and the pda to allow a user to download information from the internal communication device to the pda and to use to pda to enter information into the internal electronic communication device to be used in the infant care apparatus .