Child Safety Outlet
Child Safety Outlet
There are several things you can do to go about child proofing your home
If you have little ones, it is a good idea to go through the process of child proofing your home. Children are extremely curious and they don’t yet understand which things are dangerous. Cleaning fluids, outlets, and hot stoves are all fair game for small children and can pose a serious threat to their lives and their health. Children need to learn to be afraid of certain things and wary of the consequences it can bring. In order to do this, the offending items need to be out of their reach or else they could get hurt.
There are several things you can do to go about child proofing your home. The first thing is to either put harmful substances in cabinets up high or put safety locks and latches on all your cabinets. For extra insurance you may want to do both. One of the problems with cleaning fluid is that some of them are in fun, appealing colors that may remind the children of happy things, such as their favorite juices. Well, these substances are not juice, they are poison and it can harm them.
Another thing to do when childproofing your home is to make sure that all unused electrical outlets are covered. The last thing you want to do is end up with an experimental child who finds a knife or fork and ends up sticking it in the outlet. This can cause electrocution which can easily kill. To prevent this from happening, covering the outlets with special covers is a good idea.
Also make sure to keep all doors closed and locked leading to the outside or to steps. A small child could easily toddle their way to the steps and fall down. Children can either escape falling down the steps unharmed or they could fall down and break their necks. If the steps are in an open setting look into the possibility of installing a gate to prevent the kids from going near them.
There are a lot of things you can do when you decide to child proof your home. It may be a good idea to hire an expert to help you go through the process, especially if you are a first time parent. Child safety experts can spot potential hazards and tell you what to do about them. Eliminating as many risks as possible will help your child because they will have the freedom to explore the things that are not harmful to them.
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Child-Proofing Your Home
About 2-1/2 million children are injured or killed by hazards in the home each year. The good news is that many of these incidents can be prevented - by using simple child safety devices on the market today. Any safety device you buy should be sturdy enough to prevent injury to your child, yet easy for you to use. It's important to follow installation instructions carefully. In addition, if you have older children in the house, be sure they re-secure safety devices. Remember, too, that no device is completely childproof; determined youngsters have been known to disable them.
Here are some child safety devices that can help prevent many injuries to young children.
SAFETY LATCHES and LOCKS on cabinets and drawers can help prevent children from gaining access to medicines and household cleaners, as well as knives and other sharp objects.
Look for safety latches and locks that adults can easily install and use, but are sturdy enough to withstand pulls and tugs from children. Safety latches are not a guarantee of protection, but they can make it more difficult for children to reach dangerous substances. Even products with child-resistant packaging should he locked away, out of reach; this packaging is not childproof.
SAFETY GATES can help keep children away from stairs or rooms that have hazards in them.
Look for safety gates that children cannot dislodge easily, but that adults can open and close without difficulty. For the top of stairs, gates that screw to the wall are more secure than pressure gates."
New safety gates that meet safety standards display a certification seal from the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA). If you have an older safety gate, he sure it doesn't have "V'' shapes that are large enough for a child's head and neck to fit into.
DOOR KNOB COVERS and DOOR LOCKS can help keep children away from places with hazards, including swimming pools.
Be sure the door knob cover is sturdy enough not to break, but allows a door to be opened quickly by an adult in case of emergency. By restricting access to potentially hazardous rooms in the home, door knob covers could help prevent many kinds of injuries. To prevent access to swimming pools, door locks should be placed high out of reach of young children. Locks should be used in addition to fences and door alarms. Sliding glass doors, with locks that must be re-secured after each use, are often not an effective barrier to pools.
ANTI-SCALD DEVICES for regulating water temperature can help prevent burns.
Consider using anti-scald devices for faucets and showerheads. A plumber may need to install these. In addition, if you live in your own home, set water heater temperature to 120 degrees Fahrenheit to help prevent burns from hot water.
SMOKE DETECTORS are essential safety devices for protection against fire deaths and injuries.
Check smoke detectors once a month to make sure they're working. If detectors are battery-operated, change batteries at least once a year or consider using 10-year batteries.
WINDOW GUARDS and SAFETY NETTING for balconies and decks can help prevent serious falls.
Check these safety devices frequently to make sure they are secure and properly installed and maintained. There should be no more than four inches between the bars of the window guard. If you have window guards, be sure at least one window in each room can be easily used for escape in a fire. Window screens are not effective for preventing children from falling out of windows.
CORNER and EDGE BUMPERS can be used with furniture and fireplace hearths to help prevent injuries from falls or to soften falls against sharp or rough edges.
Be sure to look for bumpers that stay securely on furniture or hearth edges.
OUTLET COVERS and OUTLET PLATES can help protect children from electrical shock and possible electrocution.
Be sure the outlet protectors cannot be easily removed by children and are large enough so that children cannot choke on them.
A CARBON MONOXIDE (C0) DETECTOR can help prevent CO poisoning.
Consumers should install CO detectors near sleeping areas in their homes. Households that should use CO detectors include those with gas or oil heat or with attached garages.
WINDOW BLIND CORD SAFETY TASSELS on miniblinds and tension devices on vertical blinds and drapery cords can help prevent deaths and injuries from strangulation in the loops of cords.
For older miniblinds, cut the card loop, remove the buckle, and put safety tassels on each cord. Be sure that older vertical blinds and drapery cords have tension or tie-down devices to hold the cords tight. When buying new miniblinds, verticals, and draperies, ask for safety features to prevent child strangulation.
DOOR STOPS and DOOR HOLDERS on doors and door hinges can help prevent small fingers and hands from being pinched or crushed in doors and door hinges.
Be sure any safety device for doors is easy to use and is not likely to break into small parts, which could be a choking hazard for young children.
CORDLESS PHONES help you watch your child continuously, without leaving the vicinity to answer a phone call. Cordless phones are especially helpful when children are in or near water, whether it's the bathtub, the swimming pool, or the beach.
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