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Babies Safety

Baby safety: in a nutshell

As babies become more mobile, keeping your home safe becomes a full-time job. Before you spend up big on the latest safety gadgets, note that supervision is the only reliable prevention against accidents.

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Use the Home Safety interactive guide to learn how to make your home safe for your baby.
 

Videos

 
Demo
Baby CPR
2:37 min
 
 
Demo
Child restraint fitting
3:41 min
 
 
Demo
Choking baby
1:53 min
 
 
Info
First aid
3:50 min
 
 
Demo
Preventing accidents
6:35 min

Articles

Prevention & first aid

  • Burns and scalds: first aid
  • Burns: prevention and first aid
  • Child safety and emergency basics: videos
  • CPR for babies under 12 months
  • How to stop choking - first aid
  • Preventing choking
  • Preventing falls for babies and toddlers
  • Preventing poisoning
  • Scalds: prevention and first aid
  • Childhood injuries: common causes
  • Preventing strangulation and suffocation
  • Dogs and children

Car safety

  • Car seats and restraints
  • Staying safe in the car

Equipment

  • Safe baby furniture
  • Using prams, strollers and carriers safely
  • Baby carriers
  • Choosing a baby monitor

Indoors

  • Doors and hinges
  • Safety indoors
  • Small objects in noses or ears
  • Making home safe for kids
  • House fires
  • Safe bath temperature
  • Bath safety
  • Household poisons
  • Medicines that can poison

Outdoors

  • Safety in the sun
  • Safety outdoors
  • Safe fun with water
  • Dangerous plants
  • Swimming pool safety
 

Babies

3-12 months

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    • Preventing choking
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    • Poisoning
    • Scalds
    • Childhood injuries
    • Strangulation & suffocation
    • Dogs
    Indoors
    • Home Safety interactive guide
    • Doors & hinges
    • Safety indoors
    • Small objects
    • Making home safe
    • House fires
    • Bath temperature
    • Bath safety
    • Poisons
    • Medicines
    Car safety
    • Car restraints
    • Car safety
    Outdoors
    • Sun safety
    • Safety outdoors
    • Water safety
    • Poisonous plants
    • Swimming pools
    Equipment
    • Baby furniture
    • Prams, strollers and carriers
    • Baby carriers
    • Baby monitors
    View videos
    • Baby CPR
    • Child restraint fitting
    • Choking baby
    • First aid
    • Preventing accidents
  • Sleep
 
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