Child Safety Resources (07)
Baby Safety
This portal site for baby and child safety provides specific safety tips and instructions. It includes sections on kitchen safety, bedroom safety, stair and hallway safety, household baby hazards, living room safety and bathroom safety. Some of the tips include purchasing electrical outlet plugs, keeping windows locked, cleaning the house for baby safety, keeping cords and cording out of reach and making sure furniture is secure.
Childproofing Your Home
Children are inquisitive, and they sometimes seem to move like greased lightning. Before you know it they are into something they shouldn't be, something that you hadn't even thought of until it was too late. This article tries to foresee dangers so that a home can be made more childproof before an unfortunate occurrence. There are more than a dozen very specific tips for making the kitchen safer for children, more than half a dozen safety tips for the bathroom, and more than a dozen specific tips for making the living areas and the bedrooms of your home safer for children. Tips cover things such as making certain that curtain pulls are kept out of reach of children who can become tangled in them and strangle themselves, to keeping houseplants out of reach, to installing safety gates at the tops and bottoms of stairs, to setting your water heater to below 120F to prevent scalding, to making certain that all medications and cleaning supplies are securely locked away at all times, plus more than 30 additional tips and hints for making your home a safe and happy place for children.
12 Safety Devices to Protect Your Children
According to the Live and Learn toy store, use safety latches and locks for cabinets and drawers in kitchens, bathrooms, and other areas to help prevent poisonings and other injuries. Safety latches and locks on cabinets and drawers can help prevent children from gaining access to medicines and household cleaners, as well as knives and other sharp objects. Use Safety Gates to help prevent falls down stairs and to keep children away from dangerous areas. Safety gates can help keep children away from stairs or rooms that have hazards in them. Look for safety gates that children cannot dislodge easily, but that adults can open and close without difficulty. For the top of stairs, gates that screw to the wall are more secure than "pressure gates." Use Door Knob Covers and Door Locks to help prevent children from entering rooms and other areas with possible dangers. Door knob covers and door locks can help keep children away from places with hazards, including swimming pools. Use Anti-Scald Devices for faucets and showerheads and set your water heater temperature to 120 degrees Fahrenheit to help prevent burns from hot water. Anti-scald devices for regulating water temperature can help prevent burns.
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