Child Safety Resources (06)
ChildSafetyExperts.com
This site from Child Safety Experts.com has half a dozen articles on ways to make your home safer for your child. Every child deserves a safe and secure place to grow up. Start with the article on how to choose the proper safety gate. Safety gates are necessary to keep children from wandering into rooms where they shouldn't and to keep them from going up and down dangerous stairs. But not all baby gates are created equal and this article helps you spot the good ones and shy away from the bad ones. Next is a complete guide to baby-proofing your home, filled with tips and hints that you might otherwise overlook. Next is a guide to buying the all-important baby monitor. Your baby monitor is much too important to get stuck with a lemon. Next choose the perfect crib and mattress. Your baby will spend a great deal of time in the crib, so learn what to look for in a good one, and what to avoid in a bad one. Next is a printable list of emergency numbers, and finally there is an excellent and helpful article on helping you to know when your child is old enough and mature enough to be left home alone.
Tips for Childproofing Your Home
This site has dozens of tips for childproofing your home such as putting up baby gates across stairs, adjusting the water temperature in your home to 130 degrees F or 54 degrees C or even less to prevent accidental scalding, trying to find non-toxic cleaners and use childproof containers and securely locked cupboards to store dangerous chemicals, tossing out broken toys that can't be repaired quickly, covering electrical outlets with approved plugs, removing poisonous plants and several more. But remember, no matter how safe you try to make your home, Even though you have taken measures to child-proof your home, supervision is essential in maintaining safety. Hazards can only be minimized, not eliminated, and you are still responsible for keeping your child safe. This site also has links to additional safety articles including Tips on Preventing Falls in the Elderly, Use Medication Wisely, Hazardous Household Wastes, Ways to Burglar-Proof Your Home and more.
Childproof Your Home
This site from Baby World covers a wide range of potential hazards in your home for small children. Some of the tips include getting down on your hands and knees and looking at the home from your child's point of view. Parents should take a good long look at their home long before their child starts to crawl. Once a child begins crawling it becomes much more difficult to find the time and the energy to take care of everything that needs to be made more safe. Most accidents involving small children occur between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. when people are just starting to get tired and careless. Another frequent time for accidents is when a parent is distracted by things like cooking a meal. Remember, it only takes a child an instant to get into something they are not supposed to get into to. According to this site Childproofing your home has been described as the single most important child safety measure since the invention of the child car seat.
The Home Safety Handbook from the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
At first glance it might not look as if this site has very much on it, but with a little investigation you'll discover how misleading that first impression is. Click on one of the main subjects on the left side of the page and you will open a doorway to a whole slew of informative and helpful articles on a wide range of topics aimed primarily at making children's lives safer and happier. Main subjects include Before You Bring Your Baby Home, When Your Baby is Home, When Your Baby Begins to Explore, When Your Child Begins to Reason, and When You're Not Home. Clicking on the main topic brings up a wealth of specific articles. If you have a baby or a young child, this site covers a wide range of questions, fears, problems and joys that you will be dealing with.
Safety in the Home with a Child with Autism
This site by the Autism Society of America details some of the special concerns parents of autistic children face in making a home safe. A few of the special safety concerns of autistic children are climbing, throwing, breaking, jumping, peeling, cutting, pulling down, throwing utensils, plates and cups, sweeping items off surfaces, dumping drawers and bins, and climbing out of or breaking windows. Additionally, behaviors such as touching hot items, chewing on electrical chords, putting metal objects into electrical outlets and the like make it mandatory that the caregivers of Autistic children take special care in "childproofing" a home. This article deals extensively with ways to child-proof a home for an autistic child and ways to help train an autistic child to recognize dangers around the home. If you have an autistic child or if you are the caregiver for an autistic child, this site is a must-read.
|
