American Safety Zone - Child Safety

It's Paramount That You Learn About Child Safety

When it comes to child safety, some things are obvious. Some things come with instinct. But some things never enter your mind at all. Here we will list a few things you may or may not have thought of when if comes to child safety and child safety products.

Child Safety in the Kitchen

When children are small, they are very curious, and they tend to follow their parents around the house. In the kitchen, they always want to "help." (Why don't they want to help in the kitchen when they're teenagers??) But when you're cooking and a child is in the kitchen, keep these child safety tips in mind:

Try to keep your child as far away from the oven as possible. If your oven is on and you have an oven lock, use it.
When you're cooking on your stovetop, be sure the handles of saucepans are out of reach of a child. If they try to reach up and grab the handle of a saucepan that's got something hot in it, they could scald themselves.
Don't keep cleaning products and chemicals under the sink or anywhere that a child can get to them. If that's the only place you have to keep those kinds of things, put a lock on the cabinet. This home safety measure is important.
Keep small appliances, glass or breakable objects and sharp objects out of reach. Serious injury can occur!
It may be worth installing a child proof gate into the doorway of your kitchen, to keep pets and children out when the kitchen is left unattended.

Child Safety in the Bathroom

The bathroom is another area where child safety tips are necessary. Here are some child safety tips that again, you may have already thought of, but some might be new to you:

Only bathe a child in lukewarm water. (Test it with your elbow.) There are also many companies that make a child safety product that will test the temperature for you. Also make sure the bathroom is warm when you're bathing the child.
Don't leave small children alone in the bathtub. Remember, a child can drown in just six inches of water.
Lock up medications and sharp objects.
Store electrical appliances. If you have a hot curling iron cooling down, and the cord hangs down over the side of the counter, a child can come along and play with the cord, pulling the still hot curling iron down on them. To prevent this situation, wrap the curling iron barrel in a towel, then store it somewhere to cool where the child cannot reach.
When throwing away anything with sharp edges, make sure to put the garbage in a locked container or in a trash container the child cannot access.
As an extra measure, you could install a bathroom lock that can be unlocked from the outside. (There are bathroom locks with special keys.) Many people don't realize it, but this child safety top actually saves lives.
Keep cleaning products or hygiene products out of children's reach.
Put slip-resistant adhesives in your tub.

There are lots of safety products available to assist you as you seek to protect your child. Figure out which ones would help your family and which you could do without. Spending that small amount of money is an investment in the safety of your child. Never underestimate the power that one little child safety tip has!