Keep all small objects, including tiny toys and balloons, away from young children.
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The Reasons Behind the
Baby Safety Checklist
In the bedroom:
Put your baby to sleep on her back or side in a crib with a firm, flat mattress and no soft bedding underneath her. Follow this advice to reduce the risk of suffocation and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). To prevent suffocation, never put babies to sleep on adult beds.
Make sure your baby's crib is sturdy and has no loose or missing hardware. This will prevent babies suffocating or strangling by becoming trapped between broken crib parts.
Never place your baby's crib or furniture near window blind or curtain cords. This will prevent babies from strangling on the loop of the cord. To prevent falls, keep children away from windows.
In the bathroom:
Keep medicines and cleaning products in containers with safety
caps and locked away from children. This will prevent children
from being poisoned.
Always check bath water temperature with your wrist or elbow
before putting your baby in to bathe. This will prevent burns to
a baby's delicate skin.
Never, ever, leave your child alone in the bathtub or near any
water. This will prevent children from drowning. In addition,
keep children away from all standing water, including water in
toilets, 5-gallon buckets, and pools.
In the kitchen:
Don't leave your baby alone in a highchair; always use all safety
straps. This will prevent injuries and deaths from the baby
climbing out, falling, or sliding under the tray. Be sure to use
safety straps in strollers and baby swings.
Use your stove's back burners and keep pot handles turned to the
back of the stove. This will prevent deaths and injuries from
burns. In addition, keep children away from tablecloths, so they
can't pull down hot foods or liquids on themselves.
Lock household cleaning products, knives, matches, and plastic
bags away from children. This will prevent poisonings, bleeding
injuries, burns, and suffocation.
In other living areas:
Install smoke detectors on each floor of your home, especially
near sleeping areas; change the batteries each year. This will
prevent deaths and injuries from fires.
Use safety gates to block stairways and safety plugs to cover
electrical outlets. This will prevent injuries from falls and
electric shocks.
Keep all small objects, including tiny toys and balloons, away
from young children. This will prevent choking and possible
death.
Brought to you by:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Gerber Products Company
Food Marketing Institute
