Warning: Carrying infants in baby carriers can be hazardous for both infants and adult carriers. Problems arise when parents wear carriers incorrectly, are unaware that carriers are particularly dangerous for certain infants, and parents cannot be notified when infant carriers are recalled for newly found defects, says the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Here […]
Infants/Baby carriers/Hazards
August 16, 2013 by kidstra
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Children/Hot Weather/Keeping Children Cool and Healthy
August 7, 2011 by kidstra

Common sense, air conditioning and readily available drinking water have greatly reduced the incidence of heat-related illness in infants and children. But don’t let your vigil down. Cases do still occur, generally due to lack of forethought, and sometimes with horrific results. Here is what you must know: 1. The younger the child, the more […]
Filed Under: Outdoor Recreation, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel, Sun Tagged With: acclimatization, air conditioning, air temperature, baby carriers, children, Dehydration, drinking water, fluids, healthy, heat index, heat-related illness, HI, hot weather, Infants, national weather service, obesity, perspiration, Prevention, relative humidity