Around the Home
Your home contains a whole host of things that may pose a danger to your child. To spot the obvious things you could try sitting on the floor in the middle of a room to see how it looks through your child's eyes. You should also consider the less obvious things such as toy, high chair and stair safety and ways to prevent finger trapping in doors.
Below are our 14 articles in the 'around the home' category:
Grazed knees and elbows are a part of growing up - as children, the older we get the more our curiosity gets us into scrapes. The more our confidence and abilities develop, the more we are willing to ...
While your toddler may seem to have a strong and wilful personality - all that boundary testing - they are still small, vulnerable people. Even more so now that they can get around unaided, they can ...
From the age of five, children are absorbing a lot more detailed and specific information but they are also able to put it into a context and make logical links about the implications of what they ...
Traditional thinking says that to protect your children from developing asthma, you should keep a spotless house. Well, there's good news for busy parents everywhere -- current research contradicts ...
Poisonous fumes and gases are dangerous because they are invisible. You can't trip over them, you can't lock them away but they can be there. In your home, things you take for granted may be harmful. ...
Safety gates are designed to prevent your child falling down the stairs and to prevent them having access to selected areas of the home. In general they range in size from widths of approximately ...
You have to put yourself back into a child's mind to understand what hazards there might be in your home for falling. A small step out onto a patio for you might cause a little one to fall flat on ...
Children's parties at home can be frenetic and stressful. If you're lucky enough to have a child with a spring/summer birthday then you can often locate the whole thing in the garden - even the food ...
Accidents involving children trapping their fingers in doors are more prevalent than you might think. Every year, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA,) thirty ...
Electricity is a danger to children. RCDs can prevent accidents and should be fitted, plug guards should be used, appliances kept out of reach. If your child has been elecrocuted call a doctor or ...
Safety laws ensure that everything sold is safe. British and European Standards are marked on the product for child safety seats, toys, cots, high chairs, pushchairs, prams, safety gates and smoke ...
A smoke detector costs less than £5 and by fitting one you more than double your chances of survival in a house fire. Ensure you have a smoke detector, fire extinguisher, an evacuation plan and ...
Play is a vital part of child-development, what parent would want to miss the delight of watching their youngster playing imaginatively with a variety of perfectly designed "props"?
We all ...
Many mums and dads love the opportunity of having their baby in a special carrier or sling, not least because it makes them feel close by at all times and you can keep a careful watch on your infant. ...
