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Baby Safety Quiz
Just as important as all of the other issues that new parents must deal with, like feeding and sleeping, learning to keep your baby safe is very important. Take this Baby Safety Quiz to see if you know how to keep your newborn and infant safe.
Preparing for your New Baby
A discussion of preparing for your new baby, newborn clothing, feeding supplies, furniture, cribs, bedding, layette list.
Buying Used Baby Products
Buying used baby products, such as a car seat, crib, clothing and toys, can save you money, but you should make sure these items are safe and haven't been recalled.
Going Visiting With Your Baby
Learn about how to go visiting with your baby.
Fire Safety in Children
Fire safety precautions can help to prevent death and injury from fires. How safe is your home from fire?
Childproofing the House
Before your child is crawling, walking and becoming a lot more mobile, it would be a good time to childproof your house. Get down on all fours and search the house for potential hazards to your child.
Where Should Your Baby Ride? - About Pediatrics
Everybody would be safest facing backward while riding in a car. Infants are safest when riding facing the rear, because the back of the safety seat supports the child's back, neck, and head in a crash. So, whichever seat you choose, your baby should ride rear facing until about one year of age and at least 20 pounds.
Backyard Pool Safety for Children
Backyard Pool Safety tips to prevent drownings in your children and promote water safety when swimming around pools and spas, plus info on diving safety.
Babysitter Checklist - safety info for your baby sitter
Whether you occasionally hire a babysitter to watch your children or you have full-time in-home childcare, this baby sitter checklist covers everything a caregiver needs to know so she can keep your kids happy and safe when you're not around. Before you go out, fill it in, print it out, post it on the fridge, and rest easy as you head for the door.
Spa and Hot Tub Safety for Children
Spas, Hot Tubs and Spas can cause injury and death from drownings, hair entanglement and bodypart entrapment. High hot tub temperatures can also cause problems.
Safety Quiz for Parents
Accidents are the leading causes of death of children. Do you know as much about keeping your children safe as you should? Take our Child Safety Quiz to see how much you know about child safety.
Toy Safety for your Children
Learn about how to choose safe and age appropriate toys for your children, which don't have to be expensive or trendy.
Heating Systems Inspections - Autumn Safety
As the weather turns colder throughout much of the country, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges consumers to have a professional inspection of all fuel-burning heating systems - including furnaces, boilers, fireplaces, water heaters and space heaters - to detect potentially deadly carbon monoxide (CO) leaks.
First Aid and Safety for Children
First aid treatments for children, first aid kit, allergic reactions, burns, bleeding, animal bites, drug reactions.
Children's Car Seat Safety Guide
Car Seat Safety Guide. Learn to avoid the factors that contribute to preventable injuries from car accidents, including carseats used incorrectly or not used at all, children being placed in the wrong type of car seat, and moving children out of a car seat or booster and into regular seat belts at too early an age.
Kids in Hot Cars - Child Safety Guide
Learn about the danger of leaving kids alone in a hot car, which can lead to heat stroke and death.
Child Safety Seats Get Safer for your Kids
Read about the newest breed of car seating systems with LATCH that keep kid passengers more secure and makes installation a snap.
What are safety seat recalls?
Car safety seats may be recalled because of a defect which could injure your child. Manufacturers are required to fix the problem free of charge.
Is your car safety seat secure?
A child safety seat must be held securely against the vehicle seat back. If the lap part of the safety belt is not tight or the safety seat slides around on the vehicle seat, your child may not be protected.
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