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Baby Safety » Preventing Common Injuries |
| FALLS |
| Never leave babies alone on tables, sofas or beds as they might roll over and fall off. |
| Do not have highly polished floors as toddlers may slip and fall. do not let your child walk about in socks. |
| All high-rise flats should have grilles in front of the windows. Keep the grilles locked and put keys out of the child´s reach. |
| Children below the age of 7 years should never be allowed to sleep or play on the upper deck of a double-decker bed. |
| Baby Walkers |
| Baby walkers can be dangerous as the baby may try to walk down the stairs and fall. A baby in a walker is also able to pull at electrical wires, hot kettles and pots. If you must use a walker, make sure a responsible person watches over the baby all the time. |
| CHOKING |
| Do not let young children play around with small objects like marbles, small balls or coins which can easily get into their air passages. |
| Babies can also choke if you feed them when they are crying or when they are lying flat on the bed. |
| Be careful that food does not contain fish or chicken bones as these can stuck in the air passages and cause choking. |
| Strangulation |
| Don not hang gold chains or pacifiers around the neck of a baby, escpecially when the baby is sleeping. |
| Young children should not wear hoods and jackets with long strings. |
| Burns and Scalds |
| Stop small children from playing with matches or lighters. Put them away where the child cannot reach. |
| Avoid using a table-cloth, as a child may tug at it. Hot food or liquid on the table may fall onto the child and scald the child. |
| Do not allow children into the kitchen when you are cooking. Handles of pots and pans containing hot liquids should be turned inwards so that children do not pull and overturn them. |
| Thermos flasks should be capped properly. A child can tilt the flask and scald himself/herself if the cap is not tightly fastened. It may be better to use an airpot with the safety lock on rather than a thermos flask. |
| Keep your child away while you are ironing. Coil the wire around the iron once you have finished so that the child does not pull the hot iron onto himself/herself. |
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