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Toddlers Safety

Parent's hand holding a toddler's hand

Toddler safety: in a nutshell

Toddlers want to explore and do things for themselves. Remove sources of danger and establish a few sensible rules to help keep your child safe. Supervision is the only reliable way of preventing accidents.

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Prevention & first aid

  • Burns: prevention and first aid
  • CPR for children over 1 year
  • How to stop choking - first aid
  • Preventing choking
  • Preventing falls for babies and toddlers
  • Preventing poisoning
  • RICER: first aid for sprains, strains and fractures
  • Scalds: prevention and first aid
  • Preventing strangulation and suffocation
  • Childhood injuries: common causes

Car safety

  • Car seats and restraints
  • Staying safe in the car

Equipment

  • Safe baby furniture
  • Safety gates and barriers

Indoors

  • Doors and hinges
  • Safety indoors
  • Small objects in noses or ears
  • Making home safe for kids
  • House fires
  • Safe bath temperature
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Outdoors

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  • Safety outdoors
  • Safe fun with water
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Dangerous plants
  • Playgrounds: fun without tears
  • Swimming pool safety

Other concerns

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  • Dogs and children
 
 
 
 

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    • Safety gates and barriers
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