Baby Safety

As a new parent, providing a safe environment for your new baby is a constant challenge. For the first few years they grow at an incredible rate, both in physical and mental capabilities. During these first years they look to you for all their needs, including protection from themselves and your environment.

The following articles are published to help you prevent common household accidents with a planned and instituted program of child safety.

Ordinary household items can be very hazardous to young children. Even with the best supervision, their ability to get themselves into trouble is uncanny. Once a child is up and moving around, his world expands rapidly. Your task is to be aware of what potentially dangerous situations he could get into long before they can happen.

As you read, keep in mind that there are no "cure alls" for accidents. Some accidents will still happen no matter how hard you work at avoiding them. Minor injuries are a part of learning and a result of your child's exposure to the world around him.

A child must, however, be taught what is an acceptable level of risk and what is not. A simple example is learning to walk and run. There is an acceptable level of risk involved in this learning process and you should expect the associated bumps and bruises from falling. This risk of minor injury is part of the price we pay for learning to become mobile. However, running through the house near furniture with sharp corners or on a slippery surface around the pool present risks of a much more serious nature without any benefit to be gained -- unacceptable!