Saturday, February 6, 2010

10 Tips To Keep Your Little Ones Safer At Home

We all know there is nothing more important than the safety and wellbeing of our children. Our children are precious and the last thing we want is to be done something with them. But seriously, on an average day in Germany, 5,000 children are injured in the home, at school and at play. While it is impossible to make to your home completely safe and undamaged, there are steps we can take to reduce risk and our homes a safer place. We all should know that in the case of a non -Emergency and if a little one has an accident and hurt himself. Finally, it could be life and you must save your child's life ...

So what should we do? Here are 10 tips to help you to ensure our little ones:

- Get down to the level of your child and look around the house and yard to remove from their perspective, and the unsafe or dangerous situations.

- Make sure pools and spas are completely fenced and well maintained with good self-closing gates.

- You adjust your hotWater to a delivery temperature of 50 degrees to prevent burns and scalds.

- Fit child resistant catches and locking mechanisms, cupboards and drawers, where hazards such as medicines, cleaning products, agree to be stored sharp objects and potential choking hazards.

- Set rules and always supervise your child.

- Make sure play areas are off the road and entrance or play area is fenced off and well preserved in accordance with Australian standards.

- Smoke Detectorsare installed and at least twice a year and investigated a fire blanket / extinguisher is near the kitchen.

- Children are always properly restrained in an appropriate and approved child restraint in the car, stroller and high chair.

- Arrange a consultant to conduct a home safety audit and proposals and recommendations for reducing the likelihood of an accident or injury occurring in your home.

- Learn what to do in an emergency, accident or injurybefore it happens by attending a first aid courses are specifically tailored for children.